The Cubbies come to the Desert

This week marks one of John's favorite times of the year: when the Cubbies play the Diamondbacks. They were here for three games and we were able to make it to the last two on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Tuesday, we went with our friend Shane. We were supposed to sit up in the upper deck area, but courtesey of a friend of a friend, we got awesome seats at field level right next to the Cubs dugout. We were so close, we could have almost touched the dirt. We were about 30 feet away from Derrek Lee at 1st base. And Fukudome jogged out right in front of us to get the the right field every inning. The only downfall was this super weird guy sitting two seats down from Shane. He had on an elbow, knee and ankle brace, which didn't seem to stop him from jumping up and down wildly while cheering for the d-backs. He also had the largest and shiniest watch on that I have ever seen in person, plus a giant, tacky class ring of some sort. He was certainly a strange dude. I wanted to take a picture of him, but John wouldn't let me. However, even with our amazing seats, John still left the game depressed because they lost 9-2 to the diamondbacks, which is why he looks so grouchy in the pictures right next to the dugout. As we were leaving through the underground tunnels to exit from our seats, the security guards stopped us because Carlos Zambrano was walking from the dugout to the visitors locker room. Even though the Cubs lost, John was still excited to see Zambrano just a few feet away.

Wednesdays game was much better. We didn't have as great as seats as the night before, but we were in the bleacher area behind right field, which was fun. There were tons of Cubs fans all around us, probably at least 50% of the stadium was filled with Cubs fans, which says a lot about the fans out here in AZ. John was still depressed because the game wasn't shaping up for a win, until the 8th inning when Reed Johnson hit a grandslam, which was awesome. Even though they lost the series, 2-1, it was a great way to end the run in the desert. John's looking forward to seeing the Cubbies at Wrigley on Sunday during our trip to Chicago.