One thing that critics note when the revue Wrigley Field is that they always mention that Wrigley is virtually unchanged since it was built. Jim Caple wrote in ESPN's Page 2 in 2004 when he visited all 30 Major League stadiums and rated them based on several categories, "Wrigley is baseball's own little Way-Back Machine, a way to step into the game's past and remember what the game used to be like." These pictures prove that his statement is true. There are very few times that I find myself at a loss for words (being a writer and everything), but being at Wrigley is such an experience that everyone should go there in their lifetime because mere words cannot describe what it's like to be there.

 

Some old people took this picture using my camera, and evidently technology was the victor in this battle. They should've enabled the flash so that you could actually make us out, but alas, it's still a good picture.

 

I took this picture to test out what I like to call the "Wrigley Shot" which is when you take your picture in front of the trademark Home of the Cubs sign (located on 1060 W. Addison, which I learned from watching The Blues Brothers.

 

Brewers Game at Wrigley Field

So many people set up for this shot that onlookers know exactly how to frame it to get the people and the sign in the same frame at the same time. It's good to know that there are competent photographers around when you need them.

 

There were tons of bars in the neighborhood surrounding Wrigley Field, and we going to check them out, but they were all overcrowded. We figured that if we were going to go to overcrowded bars with overpriced drinks, it might as well be on Water Street back in good ol' Milwaukee. On the way home (Jess drove because it was his car, and I rode shotgun because I had the directions) Mike and Shawn slept. It was a rough day for Brewer fans like Mike and I, but I don't know why the Minnesota Twins' fans were so downtrodden. At least they made it to the playoffs last year. After the interesting day that we just had, we got all liquored up at Mike's before heading out to Water Street. We did a little drinking and a lot of dancing, and all was well by the time that we passed out that night. With George Webb's magnificent chilli rumbling around in our bellies, we couldn't help but look back on the day with the fondest of memories...

Although there were Budweiser ads all over the place, it was really refreshing to see Miller representing, especially with this awesome retro 1980's painting on one of the buildings.