BASEBALL TIME!!

The main purpose of our family traveling this week is to visit three more ballparks. We are in Chicago and we are heading to US Cellular Field (Park #13) for the White Sox versus the Detroit Tigers. When we started the baseball road trips in 2006, one of our first parks was Wrigley for the Cubs.

Again, since we have the train & bus passes for the weekend, that is the same method we used to the Field.
It's kid day at the Field and they are giving away White Sox backpacks to the first 10,000 kids that walk through the gates. Lucky enough, my two "brothers" received one - hello!! Am I not considered a kid??? Oh well...At any rate, you need to know that since my family & I are from Boston, we travel to these parks for the love of baseball and to see all of the parks- not to travel and see our beloved Red Sox. BUT - and there is always a but - we do wear our team colors proudly at the parks - whether they are playing or not!

My brothers love to get autographs (both balls & cards). The boys were lucky & met some of the Detroit Tigers players (the visiting team). For those of you who do not follow baseball like we do, you usually only get the visiting team to sign anything. You are not usually able to get into the parks while the home team is taking batting practice. The "big" meeting of the week was Johnny Damon who of course used to play on the Red Sox. That made Jeff's whole week!!

Me,on the other hand, am just happy to get to visit the dugouts - usually on top - but I stand proud! (The whole holding a pen waiting for the signature makes my arms tired!)

This is a picture of "Mom" and I on the dugout while we were at the field. Notice how happy I look?? Notice "Mom" rocking the home town pride??

Well I'm hungry. Time to go buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks.....well, "Mom", I'm kind of out of money.....

Play ball,

Jimmy