Category: Chicago Cubs

  • Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals [Postponed]

    Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals [Postponed]

    Another day, another rainout Over my three days in Washington, DC, I managed to spend almost 12 hours at Nationals Park and saw a total of 10 1/2 innings of baseball. One one hand, that’s a fair amount of time at the ball field to take in the sites, eat some food and drink a…

  • Chicago Cubs 3 – Washington Nationals 10

    Chicago Cubs 3 – Washington Nationals 10

    Max Scherzer goes nine innings for the CG win Game Recap | Box Score My favourite thing about 2018 baseball is Max Scherzer. I guess he was also my favourite thing about 2017 and 2016 baseball. Maybe even 2015 baseball. When I was considering my baseball travels this year, I booked six Nationals games with the intention of…

  • Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals [Postponed]

    Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals [Postponed]

    23 minutes of baseball and 4 hours and 15 minutes of rain delays Rescheduled to 3:05 pm on September 8th With Joe Ross’ 2018 debut after Tommy John surgery, tonight should have been an opportunity for the Nationals to celebrate the fireballer’s return to the rotation. Instead, fans had to wait around for over five hours…

  • Milwaukee Brewers 15 – Chicago Cubs 2

    Milwaukee Brewers 15 – Chicago Cubs 2

    Brewers demolish the Cubs Game Recap | Box Score And, that was a massacre. When I visited Wrigley in 2017 to watch the World Series bound Cubs, the place was like one big party. It was like the fans and the players all knew they were going to finally win the World Series and knew that no one else…

  • Milwaukee Brewers 2 – Chicago Cubs 0

    Milwaukee Brewers 2 – Chicago Cubs 0

    Ryan Braun hits his 300th career home run Game Recap | Box Score After a shaky start in the first inning, John Lackey settled into a dominant performance until the 7th. Unfortunately for him and the Cubs, the two runs he gave up were more than enough for the Brewers to win the game. All it took was…

  • Pittsburgh Pirates 3 – Chicago Cubs 4

    Pittsburgh Pirates 3 – Chicago Cubs 4

    For my second game at Wrigley with the Chicago Cubs, I decided to sit in a substantially different spot. The previous game I chose to be higher up in the stands in exchange for being right behind home plate, my preferred spot to watch a game. For this game, I was 4 rows up from…

  • Pittsburgh Pirates 0 – Chicago Cubs 6

    Pittsburgh Pirates 0 – Chicago Cubs 6

    The first time and last time that I visited Wrigley Field was in 2009 and it was the reason that my passion for baseball reawakened. It was in this city, in this park that I realized everything that is special about baseball and why it mattered so much to me. I’ve spent the last 7+…

  • Chicago Cubs 2 – Los Angeles Dodgers 0

    Chicago Cubs 2 – Los Angeles Dodgers 0

    No-Hitter: Jake Arrieta

  • Chicago Cubs 2 – Boston Red Sox 0

    Chicago Cubs 2 – Boston Red Sox 0

    — Attended by Jason Koskie

  • Milwaukee Brewers 2 – Chicago Cubs 8

    Milwaukee Brewers 2 – Chicago Cubs 8

    Game Highlights: The was a birthday present that I gave myself to celebrate being alive for 38 years. It was also this specific game, and being at Wrigley that turned my love of baseball into an all-out passion. It was thanks to the beauty of this experience that going to baseball games is now the way…