The best end-of-the-year gift that I got from a student this year was tickets to a Cubs game in San Francisco! This game has been hanging out on our mid-July calendar for a while and was something we've been looking forward to all summer!
It was a gorgeous, warm, sunny day by the bay-- perfect for a ball game!
We always love getting to the park a little early so the kids can race down the Coke slides and play on the trolley.
While we were strolling around, we ran into 2 different families we knew from school (both Cubs fans too)! The game's attendance was 41,000! What are the odds?!
Our seats were really cool-- something totally new for us! We were in a middle-balcony section, hanging as far off left field as the stadium goes. Our section was only 3 rows deep and every seat around us will filled with fellow Cubs fans! We has the best time chatting and cheering with them. Towards the end of the game, another Cubs couple even moved over by us because we were having so much fun and they wanted to join the party! Another fun part of these seats was having first Schwarber and then Zobrist playing deep left field RIGHT UNDER US! We saw up close all the impressive almost-home-run grabs they made and feel sure they could probably hear us screaming encouragement at them! :)
Wowza! This game was a nail-biter! Almost all the runs scored were exciting home runs. And then it stayed tied at 4-4 through 13 innings! Each time we'd come to the top, we'd get excited that the Cubs would finally pull ahead. And each time we'd come to the bottom, we'd get nervous that they'd let the Giants walk off. What a 4 extra innings roller coaster! We joked that we really got our money's worth!
Unfortunately, this picture, taken at the end of the game and showing our section's fun side view, does not have our W Flag in it. After the long and intense battle, the Cubs could not secure the victory. But, to see an exciting game in good company on a gorgeous day in a fun park was still the best day. And Delia had 2 things of nachos, so it was still a Win for her. :) What a great teacher gift! We're so thankful!
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How fun that you were in a section of fellow Cub fans. So glad that Dave could enjoy some time off, and that the entire family could have a great time together. Happy Summer!
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