Day 6: Chicago (AL)

It is not often that the home team scores 6 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning and loses, but that is what we saw in Chicago today as the White Sox late rally fell short in their 10-8 loss to the Indians. The Indians were beneficiaries of great pitching by Jake Westbrook, who allowed only 2 runs over 8 innings, and great hitting with 4 home runs. I had picked the defending World Series Champions, so Ben gets the win and we are even at 2-2 in our head-to-head picks.



We left Minnesota at 8:47am and arrived in Chicago a little after 2:30. The drive was once again uneventful, although we did manage to go through quite a few of the toll boothes that Illinois has to offer, ranging from $0.30 to $1.00. The Riordan Family was awaiting our arrival, and we had an excellent ham dinner before heading down to the ballpark at 4:30. After driving some 60 blocks too far, due to some misinformation, we managed to get to the ballpark around 6:00 thanks to some helpful McDonald's patrons. We then had the privledge of paying $18 for parking in the stadium lot.

Another travel note to those who have iPod adaptors for their cars: placing a napkin between the iPod itself and its holder will eliminate the subtle rattling that can drive you crazy over the course of a few hours on the road.

Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer in the French Open finals today, so both Ben and I were wrong with our selections. Perhaps the result will be a little different in a few weeks when Wimbledon gets started.

Here are the statistical updates:
1-end of day odometer: 18,630
2-miles traveled today: 458
3-miles traveled total: 1,987
4-states traveled in today: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illionis
bonus stat: teams who hit the most home runs are 3-0, with one game being a wash