Greensburg, IN to Chicago - Sunday, 28 July 2019

Even though we gained an hour, it was Wheels rolling at 8:00. The Twins/White Sox game started at 1:10 and Buckley Tours always aim to get to the ball parks when they open, which today was 11:10. 

We did stop for about 45 minutes, for a "lunch break" despite it being 10:00 (after the time zone change) We stretched our legs and picked up a snack for the coach for when we got closer to Chicago. 

Guaranteed Rate Field has had numerous names including the second coming of Comiskey Park. It was opened in 1991 and has undergone numerous renovations. Ollie was able to park our coach quite close since the temps were approaching 90°.

 We entered the stadium under the impression that all the commemorative statues were inside the stadium. This was not the case so we missed the tribute to the 2005 World Series team. 

We checked in to get my passport book stamped and our certificate for a first time game at guest relations. Then we walked the entire perimeter of the park and captured some pictures of the the famous White Sox and there were quite a number of them. 

Paul Kenerko

Frank Thomas

Minnie Minosa - I used to love saying that name when he was batting

Carlton Fisk

Billy Pierce

Nellie Fox

Luis Apparicio

Charles Comiskey

Harold Baines - newly elected to the HOF

 
 Then there is the tribute to Goose Island Brewery.

We went to our section and saw that the seats were in the sun. There are actually few seats in the shade in the park. It was intentional not to have overhangs like we had in Kansas City, but boy it's a killer on a day game. Decided we weren't super hungry so no food yet, but a visit to the facility was in order. Well maintained and very clean. 

 

Opted to stay in the shade as the game began, but soon a couple came and claimed their rightful seats. We moved to another shady row, but were soon displaced and so headed to our real seats. 

That lasted about 3 innings since the game was a rout by the Twins over the White Sox 11-1, many people left and we headed back to the shade. 

 Our group was pretty much of a curse on home teams this trip, but for the most part they were all entertaining games. Not so much were the Pirates as they dropped another one to the Mets. 

Back on the coach and headed back to where we started. We cleared out the overhead lockers and went to our room, relatively exhausted. 

Neither one of us had the energy or desire to explore restaurants for dinner so we went down to Harry Caray's again. Earle had a seafood Cobb salad and I had shrimp scampi. Both were delicious. 

Back to the room to do some writing, but that didn't last long and we were in bed by 9:45.