Some Last Observations on that long-ago trip to Wrigley Field that resulted in a Cubs defeat at the hand of the Brewers. Had it not been the Cubs Milwaukee was playing, I would have been pulling for the True Blue Brew Crew as they're my third favorite Major League Baseball team. The Cubs are my second and Sox way out in first.
The bleacher seats were completely full and the one little section of bleacher family seats only half occupied. The lower deck was mostly full, but there were a lot of empty seats in the upper deck.
TRUE BLUE FANS AND A GOOD DEAL
I was surprised at the large number of Brewer fans in attendance. I guess they were getting back at the Cubbies. Every time the Cubs play there, it always sounds like a Cubs home game with all the fans there.
The Sequoit Lodge paid $5 for our tickets, plus a 60 cent Chicago rip-off tax. That puts the tax at nearly 13%. That gave the Lodge a pretty good profit. No wonder we were in the Bob Uecker nosebleed seats.
A fan was there wearing a USS Long Beach CGN-9 was sitting a couple rows in front of us. It was commissioned in 1961 as the first nuclear-powered surface ship in the US Navy and took part in the Vietnam War. It was all guided missiles except for a pair of guns added later. It was decommissioned in 1995 and presently in line to be recycled. I wonder if he served on it?
One last rip off, a Coke in a plastic "souvenir" glass went for $5.
Wait, Not Home YET!! --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
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