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Tuesday, August 24 2010, Chicago White Sox V.S. Baltimore Orioles @ US Cellular Field
Today started with our normal train ride from Waukegan to Chicago at the 2:10 time. Matt, Sal, and I. When I was paying the guy for my ticket apparently I was mistakin’ him for his paper. We ended up talking for a bit and he told me to have fun at the game. Keep this in mind for later.
When we got to the gates they Opened at 5:35 to let us in to BP. Matt and I hustled to LF where he got a baseball right away. So, I decided to go to RF. The bullpen catcher was just finishing up a session with a pitcher and he tossed me a baseball for BASEBALL #1.
Shortly after Orioles pitcher Alfredo Simon retrieved a baseball I proceeded to say, “Hey Alfredo! What do ya say?!?!” He proceeded to hook me up with BASEBALL #2 on the day and I thanked him for the baseball.
Then about 3 minutes after that Orioles IF Julio Lugo fielded a fly ball and lightly under my breath because I didn’t know if he had seen me get the other to I said Julio. He then turned and I threw up my arms and he hit me up with BASEBALL #3. I had 3 baseballs in the matter of 10ish minutes…
I moved back over to LF to play fly balls and see what I could get. A ball was smashed and bounced up the steps, off of a guys hand and started dribbling down the bleachers and I picked it up with the bare hand! Do not pick up a rolling ball with your glove! So I was at BASEBALL #4.
Four baseballs was my goal on the day. After I picked that one up I heard some BOOing and junk towards my buddy Matt. Apparently he dropped a ball right to him and it landed in the moat. I proceeded to “cup trick” it out while Matt was still gettin’ a lot of ****. The last 3 mins of BP left he went on a tare and snagged 3 baseballs on the fly like back to back to back and everybody shut up. He ended up with 8 baseballs and I was at BASEBALL #5 and that was it for the day!
We took the 10:35 train back from Chicago and we had the same conductor as before so we chatted for a bit before we got on the train then on the train I talked to him and I asked if he had any kids. He told me he had a daughter and I asked if he wanted a baseball for her. He said sure, but I might throw it at you when you walk off the train. He was quite humorous. We talked some Madden, some NBA and a bit of where he was from. Moral of the story, he was cool and he made the train ride go a bit quicker. (Fo Sho), He’d get that. Hopefully he’ll be checking the blog out sometime.
5 baseballs, 3 toss up, 1 batted, 1 device
Season Total: 109
Games: 29
Season Avg: 3.76
Career Total: 263
Tuesday, August 10 2010, Twins V.S. White Sox @ US Cellular Field
This was my second trip to US Cellular Field on the year. The White Sox are battling the Twins in the mits of a pennant race. This should be a fun game especially sporting my Twins apparel. Once again we’d be taking the 2:10 train. Sal, Wiley(He needs to do some blog updating himself), and I. The gates would open a little late at 5:34 and we hustled to the LF Bleachers. I was 1 away from 250 career baseballs and 5 from 100 on the year. Could I do both of the goals on the day?
The first thing I did was run over to the bullpen down the LF line and I spotted a ball that was gettable with a device. So i pulled it out (lolz) and I retrieved BASEBALL #1 and my 250th baseball of my career! I would have rather had my 250th tossed to me or caught but I’ll take what I can get.
Then I went over the the first row of LF and got Twins Pitcher John Rauch to toss me a baseball for BASEBALL #2 on the day. In the matter of about 7 or 8 minutes.
After that I roamed to RF because the power house lefties in Jason Kubel and Joe Mauer were taking BP. I was standing about 8 rows back and ended up catching me one on the fly while almost being tackled. BASEBALL #3. The Twins fan in the front row goes, ” OH! and the Twins fan catches over all of the White Sox fans!” I just laughed and gave him the “head nod”.
My last ball came via the “cup trick” as well and it put me at BASEBALL #4 on the day and I was sitting at 1 baseball from 100 on the year.
The Twins would go on to blast the White Sox 12 to 5 hitting 4 home runs during the game. Including a JJ Hardy bomb which was kind of nice to see a former Brewer taking it to a Chicago team. 
Wiley and Sal Decided I made a new friend at the train station. Haha
4 Baseballs, 2 device, 1 toss up, 1 batted
Season Total: 99
Games: 27
Season Avg: 3.67
Career Total: 253
Monday, July 26 2010, Mariners V.S. White Sox @ U.S. Cellular Field
Wiley, Matt, and I decided to take a trip to the Cell to see the Mariners take on the red hot White Sox. We left Cedarburg around 12 to take a ride to the Waukegan Train Station. Hopped on the train and took the 1.5 hour trip into the Oglivie Station in Chicago. We took the 2:10 train. So we arrived in Chicago approximately around 3:45. We chilled in the station for a few minutes then took the walk to the Subway to get to the Cell. We were there an hour before the gates opened so we played some catch for a bit.
Once the gates opened at 530 we hustled in and I found a goose egg in the Left Field bleachers for BASEBALL #1 of the day. That was easier than I had thought but the rest of the day was a little rough.
I ended up getting Mariners pitcher Chris Seddon to toss me BASEBALL #2 on the day and I yelled to CF where he was and I was in RF and he hurled it right to me and I politely thanked him for hookin’ me up.
After BP I went to the White Sox bullpen and had the opportunity for the “cup trick”.
I ended up getting a hold of it for BASEBALL #3 and my final baseball of the day. Before the game started we went over to the Mariners Pen and before the game started all the Mariners pitchers got together and prayed.. I think…
I ended up 3 feet of snagging a Paul Konerko home run during the game which snuck just pass the foul pole right into the bullpen. Damn it. Nice to have isle seats though.
My total for the Day.
Season Total: 91
Games: 24
Season Avg: 3.79
Career Total: 245
Friday, September 18 2009 Tigers V.S. Twins @ HHH Metrodome
So I took a trip up for the weekend to visit my cousin Wiley up at Winona State University and we decided to take a trip to Minneapolis to see the Twins play. In the heat of a playoff race with the rival Tigers. It was set up to be a great series. And it was what it was said to be. A hell of a playoff race and weekend.
I learned from these kids in Milwaukee the cup trick. So, I got into the Metrodome and was scoping out places to try using the device. I found a ball in CF behind the wall. A perfect place I could lean over and try it and be sneaky like a cat. I dropped it down over the ball and pulled it up. I was successful for BASEBALL #1.
I was happy with getting one baseball here. It was also a commemorative. But I decided to try and get at least one more. Tigers pitcher Eddie Bonine was out in deep CF. I hollared asking for a baseball with a please at the end. He looked, threw, twack…. right in my glove for BASEBALL #2.
The Tigers hit a few baseballs where I had cup tricked the one baseball. It turns out that the baseballs they were using we smaller than an average baseball. They were “international” baseballs.
I somehow managed to get one more from an un named Tigers OF. So I ended up with BASEBALL #3 for my first day at the dome. I though it was pretty good…
1 cup trick, 2 toss up
Season Total: 122
Season Avg: 3.48
Career Total: 142
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