[cardcrimson]

Lived in Chicagoland for a stretch in the mid 80's during the Bears heyday--company had Bears season tickets and made it to a couple of games. Was a guest at a Cubs game or two, courtesy of our LTL freight rep; great experience indeed, and not just the baseball.

Back in the day, one of my bosses lived in Chicago and his secretary was married to one of the Chicago Budweiser distributors.  So through her I once got invited to the Budweiser box at Wrigley Field.  It was air-conditioned and had a catered spread that was hard to beat.  The next box over was Harry Carey, and watching him lead the stadium in "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" during the 7th inning stretch was really cool.  The two Budweiser employees manning the box were named Chip and Biff and were right out of frat boy central casting.  They made sure we saved room for the dessert cart that appeared in the middle of the 7th.  Rumor had it there was a game going on but I had no idea.

Great story! Thanks!

[cardcrimson]

Lived in Chicagoland for a stretch in the mid 80's during the Bears heyday--company had Bears season tickets and made it to a couple of games. Was a guest at a Cubs game or two, courtesy of our LTL freight rep; great experience indeed, and not just the baseball.

Back in the day, one of my bosses lived in Chicago and his secretary was married to one of the Chicago Budweiser distributors.  So through her I once got invited to the Budweiser box at Wrigley Field.  It was air-conditioned and had a catered spread that was hard to beat.  The next box over was Harry Carey, and watching him lead the stadium in "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" during the 7th inning stretch was really cool.  The two Budweiser employees manning the box were named Chip and Biff and were right out of frat boy central casting.  They made sure we saved room for the dessert cart that appeared in the middle of the 7th.  Rumor had it there was a game going on but I had no idea.

Great story! Thanks!