Chicago White Sox - June 18, 2012

 When Lee and I were at the University of Chicago, we went to more White Sox games than anything else.  It was an easy train ride from the U of C campus.  I loved hearing the White Sox announcer say, "Robin Ventuuuuuuuuura!" every time Ventura came to the plate.  (Lee would later get me a baseball signed by Robin Ventura.)  So we were really excited to see the White Sox and to show the kids a bit of our dating history.

Unfortunately, U.S. Cellular field (which I will always call Comiskey) was horrible.  There were two bright spots.  Owen and Lee went to batting practice while Aliyah and I scoped out the food (a tradition that would become common in future ball parks).  Owen caught a ball!  He was so excited.  It was his first of many.  The second bright spot was that Scottie Pippen threw out the first pitch.  It was another slice of early 90s nostalgia. 

Outside of that, U.S. Cellular was pretty grim.  The upper deck was a ghost town.  Hardly any of the food areas were open and it had the feel of the Pontiac Silverdome at the end of its days.  The food was just standard ball park fare - nothing special.  We were a little sad to see the decay.  We had such great memories, but nothing lasts forever.

At the end of the day, we still got to be together watching baseball.  And that's a pretty great way to end any day.