Home Opener Numbness

For the first time ever I had one of those 'been there, done that' moments. I attended the Chicago Cubs Home Opener, and what an experiance it was! Most certainly one that I will remember for the rest of my life. Multi-layered clothing was a must, with the high temp in Chicago being 43 today! Still a pretty damn sweet time was had by both me and my mother. We talked, laughed, drank and slowly froze together.....oh and thawed out together on the way home. Highlight of the day, seeing Wrigley Field before the Ivy has had it's chance to creep up in the outfield!
As always the Chicago Style Hot Dog was thrilling, but the drafty wind and misty rain....not so much =(
I literally felt like I was at a Bears game, everyone was so bundled up and so close just to keep warm!
Basically I couldnt have asked for a more perfect way to start the baseball season, GO CUBS!

P.S. They beat the Rockies and WON!!!!

And were off.......

Yes. That's right baseball season, my favorite season thus far, is up and running! As a Chicagoian I am partial to my home teams, hands down!! The Chicago Cubs are my team of choice, but I won't spend hours knocking the rival team here because it's just plain annoying! I just love the rise in the temperatures that are associated with a good ol' fashioned game of baseball. Well with the exception of the past 48 hours......Snow, are you kidding me we had snow in April. It kind of ruins the mood when you wake up a few days into spring to a ground covered in white fluffy badness.
Now on to the topic of my dismay; Cubs vs. White Sox fans....both Chicago teams, but you would think we were from opposite ends of the earth. Now like I said earlier I will not bash the White Sox, I just need to vent and hopefully from this I can gain some sense of understanding of the human race.
I would love to live in a city where there is 1 baseball team! Of course there always will be that outsider who wasn't born and raised in Chicago who roots for the enemy. Or that single soul who has been following the Yankee's since birth but has always called Chicago their home.
The Cubs / Sox rivalry has gotten out of control! I can honestly say that I am very happy when the Sox win a game, but honestly is alot happier if the Cubs are on the same streak. Now on the latter side, die hard Sox fans are not the same. They would rather bask in their glory every step of the way and act like Cubs fans are rooting for some unknown invisable team.
My facebook homepage has blown up with the status changes today from Sox fans through out the opening day game today. People mimickin the announcers and acting so immature. Please tell me why I can be happy that my best friend's team won today, but get an attitude when I express my concern all the way up to the 8th inning. How dare she ask me if I have ever seen a Sox game in my life, of course I have I live in Chicago. Well maybe it's because she would rather lay on an operating table than go to good old Wrigley field with me.

GO CUBBIES!