For the last several years it's been a tradition for me to go to Opening Day for the Chicago White Sox. Win or lose, it signals the start of another baseball season and the end of winter. This year I had my ticket for the first game, but it was snowed out and the make up game was scheduled for the next day. Since my job is to wake up Madison every morning, it wasn't possible for me to go to the next day.
However, I got to go to my first game over Memorial Day weekend. In fact, I took Lindsay to the game. I was excited to get back to the park despite the fact that the White Sox have been struggling so far this season. I was also excited because over the winter I shelled out some cash for a brick with my name to be installed outside the stadium.
For those of you unfamiliar with White Sox history, the team won a World Series back in 2005, but that was the first championship in 88 years! World Series wins are rare in Chicago so a giant shrine was installed outside the park honoring the 2005 champs. Suckers like me could pay good money to have a brick installed around the shrine.
Here's a picture of my brick:
So when we got to US Cellular Field I was excited to see the brick and to show Lindsay how cool I was to have my very own brick. I have a feeling it is something that probably impressed me more than her. I can't imagine she'll be saying to her friends, "Did you know Jonathan has his own brick at U.S. Cellular Field?!"
She doesn't have to tell anyone yet because there is no brick...yet. Apparently the bad weather over the winter made it difficult to install the new bricks so mine wasn't in place. The picture you see is of the "copy brick" that was sent to my apartment.
I was slightly disappointed the brick wasn't there, but it was still time for baseball!! Lindsay and I had great seats behind home plate and she seemed to enjoy the game. They were playing the Pittsbugh Pirates and there were quite a few Pirates' fans sitting around us. I got a little tired of making small talk with Pirates fans about the rivalry between the Cubs and White Sox or how could voters have elected Rob Blagojevich as Governor of Illinois.
However, the game moved at a pretty decent pace and suddenly it was already the top of the ninth and the there were two outs. The White Sox were leading 3 to 2 and the fans all jumped to their feet to cheer for the final out. Then the White Sox ace reliever, Bobby Jenks gave up a home run and then a few more hits and suddenly it was 4 to 3 Pittsburgh.
They ended up losing the game! I've been a White Sox fan for about 27 years and honestly most of those years have ended in disappointed. So to steal another sports term: I guess my first visit of the year was "par for the course."
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Today is World Goth Day, a day to celebrate the post-punk, anti-establishment, dark clothes-wearing subculture.
I'm pretty sure I was a Goth for at least for little while, for two reasons.
1) I almost hardly ever wear pastels.
2) I used to...
Hello to all from Nfusion. Another round of challenges has moved beyond us all. Congrats to those of us lucky enough to have survived to this point. Sad to see the others eliminated as they were all very creative and talented. Good Bye to our new friends...
This morning it seemed like just about everyone was in the mood for some Funky Cold Medina...except Kitty. This ridiculous song made it all the way to number 3 in 1989. Jonathan says any song that references advertising dogs from the 80's has got...
Madison's summer music festival season kicks off this weekend with Brat Fest at Willow Island, where there are more bands than you can shake a bratwurst at! Check out the Brat Fest website to plan your itinerary.
Next up is the Marquette...
John Fogerty is making the talk show rounds this week, stopping in to see David Letterman Tuesday and Wednesday, and the ladies of "The View" on Thursday.
He's promoting his new album, "Wrote a Song For Everyone" which comes out next Tuesday...
It's a miracle that both Jonathan and KItty wanted to hear Barry Manilow this morning. They were not alone. Plenty of Fanilow's called in to vote yes. One caller claimed to have seen Manilow in concert 25 times!
The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, it is another gorgeous Monday, fit for another great show at the Crystal Corner tonight.
Through locking ourselves in the barn on Irish Lane, tossing some ideas around, as well as a few choice beverages to...
Hey everybody, we were thrown for a loop by the twist this week, but were able to make one of our "oldie but a goldie" songs fit the mold.
We have a few songs that we have played consistently over the years, and we are very happy that we will be...
For the last several years it's been a tradition for me to go to Opening Day for the Chicago White Sox. Win or lose, it signals the start of another baseball season and the end of winter. This year I had my ticket for the first game, but it was snowed out and the make up game was scheduled for the next day. Since my job is to wake up Madison every morning, it wasn't possible for me to go to the next day.
However, I got to go to my first game over Memorial Day weekend. In fact, I took Lindsay to the game. I was excited to get back to the park despite the fact that the White Sox have been struggling so far this season. I was also excited because over the winter I shelled out some cash for a brick with my name to be installed outside the stadium.
For those of you unfamiliar with White Sox history, the team won a World Series back in 2005, but that was the first championship in 88 years! World Series wins are rare in Chicago so a giant shrine was installed outside the park honoring the 2005 champs. Suckers like me could pay good money to have a brick installed around the shrine.
Here's a picture of my brick:
So when we got to US Cellular Field I was excited to see the brick and to show Lindsay how cool I was to have my very own brick. I have a feeling it is something that probably impressed me more than her. I can't imagine she'll be saying to her friends, "Did you know Jonathan has his own brick at U.S. Cellular Field?!"
She doesn't have to tell anyone yet because there is no brick...yet. Apparently the bad weather over the winter made it difficult to install the new bricks so mine wasn't in place. The picture you see is of the "copy brick" that was sent to my apartment.
I was slightly disappointed the brick wasn't there, but it was still time for baseball!! Lindsay and I had great seats behind home plate and she seemed to enjoy the game. They were playing the Pittsbugh Pirates and there were quite a few Pirates' fans sitting around us. I got a little tired of making small talk with Pirates fans about the rivalry between the Cubs and White Sox or how could voters have elected Rob Blagojevich as Governor of Illinois.
However, the game moved at a pretty decent pace and suddenly it was already the top of the ninth and the there were two outs. The White Sox were leading 3 to 2 and the fans all jumped to their feet to cheer for the final out. Then the White Sox ace reliever, Bobby Jenks gave up a home run and then a few more hits and suddenly it was 4 to 3 Pittsburgh.
They ended up losing the game! I've been a White Sox fan for about 27 years and honestly most of those years have ended in disappointed. So to steal another sports term: I guess my first visit of the year was "par for the course."
