Wrigley Tour

Let me start out by saying I am a White Sox fan. I love my Sox.
I do not care what the Cubs are doing and you do not have to save me a seat on the bandwagon, because I am not interested in getting on board.

BUT my husband is a lifer Cub fan and  my Grandson, Logan, is a huge, in your face, Cub fan. Ugh.
So I thought for his 13th birthday (which was in April last year) it would be fun to take him on the tour of Wrigley field.
With all the changes being made at the park we had to wait till now for the tours to start up again.
I researched it and knew that we definitely wanted to go when the team was out of town so we could get into the visitors locker room.
Mike had no idea that there was such a thing and he was super excited to tour his Cubbies' ballpark.

I had a really good time. Surprised myself.

We walked around the ballpark and had to stop at Mike's favorite player of all time Billy Williams' statue.

We started out sitting behind home plate while Trevor, our awesome tour guide, told of the history of the ball park. I saw my first Bears game there the last year they played there, 1969.
Then we headed out to the famous bleachers. He told of great stories about the bleacher bums, the ivy, (which was planted by Bill Veeck, who was a grounds keeper there)  and the scoreboard.
There is no woman who has ever worked in the score board.

 Then on to the visitors locker room. Everything there is pretty much as it was when Babe Ruth played there except for the carpeting. It's also the "green room" for concert people and they needed to replace the carpet after the Pearl Jam concert. I stood in the same spot as Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Jim Thome, Marian Hossa, Michael Jordan, and so many others. History right there!

 From the locker room we had to walk up stairs to the press box. This is the tiny space they give their TV guys. It's really tiny. 4 steps down.

Before they hosted the All Star game in the nineties they expanded the press box to accommodate all the press so this is a little bigger. I sat in the spot for CSN.

 Then on to the part that everyone was excited about. The dugout and field.
I almost felt sorry for the players. This dugout is small. Really, really, small. If you stand up to fast you bump you head on the overhang.
and it smelled - It was nasty. And hot!!!

 Logan loved it all. For a kid that doesn't like to smile he couldn't help it.

When we left we asked him his favorite part - "All of it - I loved all of it"
He is going to be telling his kids and grandkids about the time his Papa Millikan took him to tour Wrigley field. I may get a shout out for taking the pictures, but that's OK. This is something that needed to be shared between a long time Cubs fan and his Cub fan grandson.

I would highly recommend this tour to every Cub fan and most baseball fans. There is really a lot of history there.
Do I want to see a game there? No. Like I said my allegiance is to my beloved White Sox.