2024 Cubs

[MrSheps]

I've hit Fenway a bunch of times. Saw Pedro Martinez pitch there years ago, which was absolutely electric. My daughter goes to school in Boston now and so I've been back there with her a couple of times, too. Not to state the obvious, but it feels the most like Wrigley of any other stadium in baseball. The only thing I really don't like about it is the seats are facing the wrong way the farther down the foul lines you go. If you're down the first base line into the OF, the seats aren't facing the mound, they're facing the outfielders -- so you're spending the entire game looking to the left. You don't notice it so much for an inning or two, but by the late innings you're like, "why does my neck hurt?" Seems like something they could fix if they really wanted to.

Everything else about it is great.

Wrigley has much more of a neighborhood vibe surrounding the ballpark than Fenway, but you can tell that they're trying to change the area surrounding the park to make it much more of a destination beyond just the game lately.

It's great that your daughter goes to school in Boston, I have to think it's the quintessential college city in the country. We stayed right by Fenway, and I liked the area a lot, much more than I thought I would based on what I heard from people who haven't been in some time. A few friends, one who lives in Boston, said not to stay right by the park, we'd be bored, but I'm so glad we did, it was like a 5 minute walk to Fenway and there were plenty of good spots in the area. And Boston in general is just so different than sprawling LA or even Chicago, everything we wanted to see was like 15 min away. 

But with obvious bias, I do think Wrigley and the neighborhood around beats Fenway and it's surrounding area. And I know not everyone agrees, but I like the evolution of Wrigleyville.

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I've been enjoying this season a ton, the Busch walkoff was incredible. But can I take a moment to complain about the schedule? I know it's random, but I feel like this is an incredibly front-loaded schedule. And right when it's like, "Alright, we're playing the Pirates", they call up Skenes.