Fireworks at Wrigley Field
By David Sweet • Jul 3rd, 2009 • Category: A-B InBev, MLB
At Yankee Stadium, the best seats have been sliced to $1,250 from the previous $2,500. But at a fraction of even that absurd New York price, a seat by the visitors’ dugout at Wrigley Field ($100) is far more fun.
In the first inning Thursday night, the Bud Light man arrived just in time to offer his wisdom about Chicago’s leadoff man. “Fuld. Isn’t that what the Cubs do every October?” he quipped. But after he sold his $6.50 beer (probably priced at $10 in the Bronx), Fuld got on base, as did the next batter. Then, Derrek Lee ripped a towering home run onto Waveland Avenue that was reminiscent of a Dave Kingman blast during the 1970s, and the Cubs were on their way to shellacking division rival Milwaukee.
The dugout seats on the first-base side offered a few perks. After a Milwaukee player such as outfielder Mike Cameron caught the third out, he would trot toward the dugout and wait as the adult fans begged him for the ball. But he made sure a child took him the souvenir each time. Less inspiring was the photographer who kept looking at his computer sceen at the picture of the celebrity who tossed out the first ball – Miss Illinois.
As the beer vendors trailed away and the beer cutoff deadline approached in the seventh inning, I visited a concession stand and grabbed an Old Style Light. Not as good. At Wrigley — where Harry Caray was a Cub fan and a Bud man — Bud Light is the beer of choice.
