Cubs Skybox

by Hammer on Aug 19, 2008 10:01 PM CDT

So I posted a little bit of bragging early in the game thread today. This is second straight year I have sat in the Cubs Skybox that is literally directly behind homeplate. I was sitting in a seat that was in line with homeplate and the pitchers mound.

The Skybox is fairly weak in terms of other facilities in the city but who gives a crap....its the Cubs and its was a 3 hit shutout. Watching Harden, Marmol and Woody dominate from that angle was amazing. (Last year when I was there it was Hart's MLB debut)

Anyways, the reason I am recaping is because last year when we sat there we realized we were next to the two owners boxes and I was really close to McDonough and Hendry. Well, IMO, today was a little cooler because I was sitting about 5 feet from Walt Jocketty. I have no real personal feelings at all towards the man but I thought it was pretty cool to watch his reactions to moments in the game (he never had an emotion) and just admire what a life he must live. It got a little cooler when Hendry dropped by and they spoke while Walt ate for about an hour.

Anyways, I am about a 15-20 game a year guy but for the last two years I have felt like a king sitting in the suite behind homeplate. Even better, IMO, is that I could care less about Walt, Jim or the Skybox and all I really cared about is the W. The game was magnificent tonight and to quote one of my favorite rivals on this site PITCHING IS KING and it was on display tonight.

GO CUBS

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Jocketty didn't gag when the trainer went out to talk to Cueto?

Brave man.

by rgonzale on Aug 19, 2008 10:18 PM CDT 0 recs

No but he was booing Dusty

….and oddly applauding CPat.

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Aug 19, 2008 10:31 PM CDT up 0 recs

that

by lexmarklover on Aug 19, 2008 10:36 PM CDT 0 recs

this

"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."

by flachimesa on Aug 19, 2008 10:38 PM CDT up 0 recs

Usain Bolt?

by lexmarklover on Aug 19, 2008 10:39 PM CDT up 0 recs

whoops

that is pretty cool. That woulda be priceless if you sat in the same seat for that Yankees-Cubs matchup a few years back. Lol steinbrenner would be going crazy if anything went wrong. Wish i had those seats. On a side note did u get actually have to pay for the seats?

by lexmarklover on Aug 19, 2008 10:39 PM CDT up 0 recs

I didnt pay anything.

My Dad gets these from a large Steel Manf. Their company gets them a few times per year and my Dad gets 3 tix once a year.

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Aug 19, 2008 10:41 PM CDT up 0 recs

Was Jocketty on the phone with Joe Morgan

I hear Morgan wants to manage. [not really]

"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."

by flachimesa on Aug 19, 2008 10:37 PM CDT 0 recs

As long as Morgan manages in the NL Cent...

….Im OK.

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Aug 19, 2008 10:41 PM CDT up 0 recs

he could take on

the Astros. He and TLR and Yostie could go bowling, once a week.

Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!

by drewishdrewid on Aug 19, 2008 10:48 PM CDT up 0 recs

I think the guy in the Miller Beer Ad

Should have come in and taken stuff out your Skybox. Got invited to one a few years back but turned it down. I am a hopeless purist and just don’t have any interest. Glad you had a blast GREAT win.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry

by Doggie Stalker on Aug 19, 2008 10:49 PM CDT 0 recs

I went once.

It was a friend of mine’s bachelor party. Those of us invited figured we’d at least be out of the cold and wind, since it was a Sunday in April.

It was 85 degrees that day. Felt kind of closed in and “apart” from the game.

Worth doing once for the experience. Wouldn’t likely do it again.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Aug 20, 2008 4:04 AM CDT up 0 recs

"TAKE HIM OUT! TAKE HIM OUT!"

“Man, they can’t even hear me through this glass!”

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Aug 20, 2008 10:12 AM CDT up 0 recs

Hey, does any one know the score?

The looks on those faces were priceless; a sorry-ass sign of sports events attendees today.

“Come to watch my favorite pitcher…get lit up?!” I love that guy in those commercials, especially with the $11.50 burger. “step aside, mona me….pardom-wa, see this about living the high life”

“I got’s to go smell me a hot dog!”

Now, he is the guy you want as a buddy to go to the game with at all times.

Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.

by blackhawk24 on Aug 20, 2008 12:49 PM CDT up 0 recs

Yeah, I love those ads.

Especially that one!

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Aug 20, 2008 12:54 PM CDT up 0 recs

That commercial is the best!

By far my favorite – that guy is awesome.

BELIEVE!

by cubbie08 on Aug 20, 2008 1:54 PM CDT up 0 recs

I have a picture of Hammer at the game last night

Just kidding. Congards and since the cubs won you have to go back tomorrow, too.

Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory

by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 20, 2008 1:50 AM CDT 0 recs

dude

the pink hat guy is my father

by joeschmitt on Aug 20, 2008 2:06 AM CDT 0 recs

Well, you work for Walt Jocketty, right?

Why didn’t you take some?

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Aug 20, 2008 10:13 AM CDT up 0 recs

nope

i work for fontenot, so these replies don’t really interest me all that much

the pink hat guy is my father

by joeschmitt on Aug 20, 2008 12:52 PM CDT up 0 recs

That would be kool..

I bet that view is really kool, i had the chance of seeing Nolan Ryan strike out the side in the first, from the same view, here in Texas once. And George W. was there!

ernie81

by ernie81 on Aug 20, 2008 4:03 AM CDT 0 recs

I still have the ticket

late 1996, I got invited by my boss to sit in WGN’s box. We went to the game and in the middle innings they took us into the radio booth. I found myself standing next to Harry! I was completely star struck and just kinda stuttered at him. He signed my ticket and so did Pat and Ron!!! I’ll never forget it.

Let's get some runs!!!!

by Colorado Cubbies Fan on Aug 20, 2008 9:42 AM CDT 0 recs

Done it a few times

my MIL’s company close to the ballyard goes annually. Since I didn’t have tix to the game each time, I went. Not the same thing as the bleachers, especially on a bright sunny day.

On the pseudo flip side, a colleague’s wife used to work at the ballpark. She often got a $200 Aramark card and let us use it. Suffice to say, me and three buddies ran that card dry before the 5th inning. Plus it was in the bleachers. So in essence we got freebie concessions AND got to sit in the bleachers. That’s probably the best of all worlds.

Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.

by blackhawk24 on Aug 20, 2008 9:51 AM CDT 0 recs

You should have told BlueMike...

…that you were going to be in the skybox. He could have fought his way through security, and then you two could have gone at it like Bruce Lee vs. Chuck Norris in “Way of the Dragon.” I envision the fight ending like the conclusion to “The Dark Knight,” with BlueMike cackling “PITCHING IS KING! SORIANO SUCKS!” as he plummets to the seats below.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Aug 20, 2008 10:18 AM CDT 0 recs

you are one funny guy, lol

Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!

by sue369 on Aug 20, 2008 1:51 PM CDT up 0 recs

Thanks!

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Aug 20, 2008 3:02 PM CDT up 0 recs

I agree

the suite/skybox is nothing to write home about. Here are some pics of my first and only chance at one a few weeks back (8/5/08). The coolest things were the view and the cushioned seats. It was also a little nerve wrecking walking across the platform where you enter all suites. Hope you guys don’t mind the pics here, figure it wont be as busy as a game thread to slow it down much.

As with you, the Cubs blew a big lead and Harden lost his chance at a W when Home Run Howry gave up a 2 run bomb to Carlos Lee. The Cubs did come back and beat the Astros 11-7 to make it an all around great experience.

Go ahead, Z me.

by tony412 on Aug 20, 2008 1:19 PM CDT 0 recs

Looks very similar

to the sky boxes at Principal Park in Des Moines.

Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!

by sue369 on Aug 20, 2008 1:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

funny I was at that game....sitting in the 400s

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on Aug 20, 2008 5:24 PM CDT up 0 recs

Sat in the skyboxs once.....

for a buddy’s bachelor party back in 2005. I agree completely with what Al said above, you feel more apart from the game. It was fun to do once & probably wouldn’t do it again. Would much rather be in the bleachers.

We did get to sit next to Micky Morandini, who was in town for the game. He autographed our tickets – was fun talking with him.

BELIEVE!

by cubbie08 on Aug 20, 2008 1:58 PM CDT 0 recs