One, two three strikes, you're out

I love going to Wrigley Field
  

     That is no secret, and most of you know that.  I do love the Cubs.  But I love going to the park.
     Take yesterday's game, for example.
      It was Gale Sayers bobble head give away, to the first 10,000 fans.  Dan, John and I have a six pack of tickets along the first base line in the upper deck, pretty close to the scoreboard in the upper deck area.  And even though we are in our mid 60s, we go for those give-a-ways!
       So we got there early enough, about 1:20 for a 3:05 game  Now that has another advantage.  Concessions are 25 percent off up to one hour before a game.  So my $16.00 lunch was only $12, which was a significant savings.  I actually could have saved more if I brought my own bottled water....but I forgot.  But, saving 25 per cent helps.
      Anyway, we are sitting there in the stands and people sit next to us.  Turns out, her daughter two seats away is starting as a fifth grade teacher in Valparaiso in Indiana.  The lady was an x-ray tech, her husband in insurance, and we chatted throughout the game.
      One row ahead of us, and to the left, was a man with his son.  The kid starts playing with the bobble head, which strangely showed Sayers without a helmet.  A man two rows ahead sees the kid and yells to him: "Hey kid, how much do you want for your bobble head?  Name your price."  The kids recoils in horror and the dad explains that he has two kids, two bobble heads and isn't selling.  The man is pretty persistent. He again makes an offer, then says, "A friend game me these seats and all he wants is a bobble head...but we got here to late.  How much?"
     The guy sitting in front of us taps him on the shoulder and sells his bobble head for.......$50!!
     I checked on e bay this morning, and there was one for $9.95...I could have made $40!!
     The ebb and flow of the game....the Cubs do well, the crowd cheers; the other team rallies and the Cub fans just sag back into their seats.  There have been more sag back in the seat moments, but once in a while we get to cheer.
     And singing the stretch.....can't beat it.  Sayers might have been a little fast, but all 36,000 of us sounded pretty good at the end.
     Wrigley has charm.  A lot of people think it's a dump.  That will be changing as the Rickett's family begins a major overhaul of the park...a $375 million project that will result in a lot of new signs, features,
     I just hope the charm doesn't disappear.  Dan had a t shirt that said:  All I want is one before I die.
     I just hope a better ball park and a World Series can go together.