Chicago Cubs

Si hay algo que se vive mucho en Chicago son los numerosos eventos deportivos. En mi lista de cosas por hacer en Chicago antes de volver a Europa, se encuentra la asistencia a partidos de baseball, futbol americano, hockey y baloncesto, por supuesto.

Sport evens are very celebrated in Chicago and of course, going to different games of many sports was on our bucket list. So from now and until we go back to Europe we are planning to attend baseball, football, hockey and basketball games.

La verdad es que queria empezar por ir a un partido de la NBA y de hecho, compre entradas para un partido de los Chicago Bulls vs LA Lakers, que se cancelo :( Las entradas fueron muy caras, por lo que ahorrar un poco me vino bien, pero para una vez en la vida que tenia la oportunidad, tambien merecia la pena. De todos modos, ahora tendra que ser otro partido, puesto que se ha reanudado la temporada, pero no hay ningun super partido dentro de poco.

The truth is that we wanted to start going to a NBA game and we even bought tickets before Christmas to go to a Chicago Bulls vs LA Lakers game. Unfortunately it was cancelled :( The tickets were pretty expensive, above 300 $, so saving a bit was nice, but on the other hand, it is going to happen only once in a life time. Anyway, we will have to buy tickets for a different game because the season is back, but there is not a game like that one these days.

Tambien habiamos intentado ir a un juego de futbol americano universitario. La universidad de Northwestern tiene un equipo que esta en el top 10 de futbol americano. Son los "Wild cats" :). Tambien habiamos intentado ir, pero no creiamos que las entradas fuesen a estar tan solicitadas, asi que lo intentaremos de nuevo cuando empiece la temporada.

We had also tried to get tickets for an University football game. The "Wild cats" from Northwestern are in the top 10 :) We didn't know the tickets would be booked so early, so we'll try again for the next season.

Por fin, el domingo pasado nos decidimos y compramos entradas para un partido de baseball de uno de los equipos de Chicago, "The Cubs". El estadio "Wrigley Field" esta a pocas paradas de metro, entre Evanston y Chicago. El tiempo estaba soleado, pero hacia frio y la verdad es que no me podia imaginar lo largo que es un partido y el frio que hacia alli!!!

Para empezar llegamos tarde, pero no me arrepiento. El partido dura unas 4 horas, asi que nos perdimos los primeros 45 minutos. 

Teniamos buenas entradas, al ladito del diamante y abajo, todo se veia estupendamente. Solo hubo un unico inconveniente, el frio!

El ambiente buenisimo, habia muchisima gente apoyando al equipo, que por cierto, no es muy bueno, jeje! Habia mucho movimiento, puestos de comida, camisetas del equipo, familias, bares alrededor del estadio, todo muy animado.

We finally decided to buy baseball tickets last Sunday. We went to a Chicago Cubs game. They were playing against the "Cinccinaty..." I forgot the animal, hehe! Wrigley Field is about 10 metro stops from Evanston, close to Chicago downtown. The day looked nice, very sunny but cold at the same time. At that moment I didn't know how long a game was and how cold it was there!!

We were late to start with, but I don't regret it. The game lasts about 4 hours, so we only missed the first 45 minutes. We had very nice tickets, downstairs close to the diamond. The view was perfect, the same as the environment. There were tones of people cheering for the team (which is not the best one ever). There were all kinds of food tents, shops, families and bars all around the stadium. Everything bright except for the crazy cold!!

Me compre una gorra nada mas llegar al estadio, si hay que animar al equipo se anima, jeje! Aqui me veis en las fotos, con cara de frio y los ojos llorando.

I bought a cap as soon as we entered the field. I wanted to support the team in the best way possible, hehe! Here you can see me on the pics. I was freezing as you can see.

En las proximas fotos podeis ver el estadio desde nuestro asientos. Espero que os guste.

You can see some pics of the field from our seats. Hope you like it!

En uno de los descansos que hicimos nos fuimos a comer algo "tipico", es decir, comida basura americana, jeje! En este caso fue un perrito caliente, el primero de toda mi vida.

We went to get some "typical" food during one of the breaks, in other words, American junk food. This time, we got hot dogs. It was my first dog ever :)

Tambien recorrimos el estadio por dentro, viendo las tiendas y bares, andando entre la multitud. Subimos a las plantas superiores desde las cuales la vista tambien es bastante buena. Incluso habia terrazas al sol en algunas de las plantas, donde se podia comer algo o beber cerveza y disfrutar del ambiente.
We also walked around the stadium looking at the bars and shops, walking among the crowd. We went up to the rest of the floors. The view from there was also pretty good. There were even some terraces where you can eat and drink beer while enjoying the game.

Al final hicimos la foto de rigor a la entrada del campo. Los Cubs perdieron como podeis ver y yo la verdad es que no preste mucha atencion a las reglas del juego, jeje! Pero fue un dia que disfrute mucho y una experiencia mas a nuestras espaldas :)
We took a picture at the entrance of the stadium once the game finished. The Cubs lost as you can see and to be honest, I didn't understand completely the game rules, hehe! But a very good time was had by all and we count with one more experience on our list :)