Last time we went through an Illinois' toll-booth, during a road trip last December to watch the Montana Grizzlies collapse in a football national championship game, Will inquired about the cost of the U.S. Senate. This experience was tremendously tenser as a U-turn back to Miller Park was calling our name. Business Will brought a healthy dose of depressionville inside the prizm.
Two hours after leaving we were back exactly where we began: the parking spot. After scouring the area to no avail, Will and his slumped shoulders walked into stadium control and inquired about his lost lifeline. More often than not, this would be greeted with a laugh and a quip about ones mental health, instead in the land where the positive disposition flows like the suds, you get a behind scenes tour of the joint. While Will fretted aboard the golf cart, Ed Doron, a 60-something who had worked for the Brewers for over two decades, reminisced about how the fan experience was much better across the street at County Stadium. "The people were closer, the players were approachable and the real fans showed up," said Doran. Weaving and dodging throughout the hallways, they arrived at the seats. Realizing that the majority of the hurricane-like debris of a professional game was collected, Will put in a last ditch walk of shame. Not going to happen, right? Well it did and Will did his best impression of Brandi Chastain scoring the winning goal in the World Cup. Not a dollar or card was missing!
The ride back to Chicago, which resulted with us in bed around 3am, was understandably quiet. Of course, Todd drove and Will slept. After all, it is Will, the guy who will buy tanks of gas for the foreseeable future.
Todd & Will
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