Chicago, IL - Wrigley Field

On Monday afternoon we had lunch at Miller's Ale House in Lombard, IL near our hotel and then headed to North Chicago. We arrived near Wrigley Field at about 3:00pm for the 7 o'clock game and the area was already hopping with Cubs fans of all ages.  We parked at the McDonalds directly across the street from Wrigley Field for $25 and then walked around Wrigleyville looking for someplace interesting to have something to eat and drink before the game.  We had a of couple drinks and a nacho appetizer at Redmond's which is actually a Wisconsin Badger bar.

We walked back to Wrigley Field at about 5:30pm.  Wrigley Field is definitely a step back in time.  There was a Dixie Land Band playing outside and lots of kids and families along with the usual crowd of rowdy Cubs fans.  There are no fancy Jumbo-Trons and no fan interaction during the game.  Dick Vitale of college basketball fame was in the crowd and walked right down our aisle and was taking pictures with fans between innings.  The Braves beat the Cubs 3-0 as the Cubs left something like 15 men on base without scoring.  Darwin Barney, our  dentist's son from Beaverton, was awarded the Cubs player of the game after making two great defensive plays at shortstop.  After the game we worked our way back to our hotel and then prepared to head to Tina's hometown of Milwaukee.