Official "I Was There" Thread for 9/14/08
Oh my gosh. My hands and tongue were numb/tingling. The 23,441 fans were rockin' Miller Park. With every strike, the stadium EXPLODED. I hugged the fans around me. My family and my best friend decided on a whim to go last night.
I sat in section 208, row 6, seat 15. How about you guys? Where were you, what was going through your mind, when did you realize it was likely to happen? Who were you with? Any other interesting anecdotes that you have, please share them.
Also, I apologize for the 5th fanpost on this. I just thought this would be a cool spin on it.
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i was in the rightfield bleachers
what a scene. we all started singing go cubs go when it ended.
by mrmaroon25 on Sep 14, 2008 11:26 PM CDT 0 recs
I was in my basement watching online in New York.
But I’ll be at Shea when they play the Mets on the 22nd!
by CubFaninNY on
Sep 14, 2008 11:28 PM CDT
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I was in the 9th row on the home plate side of the Astros dugout
And I yelled at Lee when he questioned strike two before the double. “It’s not the umpire, Derrek. Swing the bat!”
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 14, 2008 11:32 PM CDT 0 recs
I have to be a negative Nelly,
but this has GOT to suck for the Astros. Not only is there a hurricane that wrecked the state of Texas, but they played at Wrigley Field ( minus 84 miles).
It’s a great day to be a Cubs fan, and I’m sure as hell not complaining on this end, but I’d have a quibble or two with the MLB if I was born in the city of Houston.
by NittanyCub on Sep 14, 2008 11:40 PM CDT 0 recs
Houston
Really didn’t have a choice in this matter. Sad, indeed, for them. Another fan made the point earlier that given Houston’s recent winning ways they could have gone in to this series with much more of a swagger, more of a ‘bring it on’ attitude.
by NWIowaCubFan on
Sep 14, 2008 11:58 PM CDT
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Right Field Bleachers Section 103 Row 7 Seat 6
What an unbelievable blessing it was to attend this game. I witnessed this game with my wife. It was the only game I’ve attended in person this season. What are the odds that I would be at the first Cubbie no hitter in 36 years…AND it would at Miller Park against the Astros. AMAZING!! For me, I simply cannot conjure enough superlatives to describe what it felt like to be there as Big Z threw the final strike…simply incredible…I’ll never forget it!
by WiscCubsFan on Sep 14, 2008 11:41 PM CDT 0 recs
I just got home from celebrating
A senior at Marquette and was ecstatic last night when I heard the game was here in Milwaukee. Best 25 dollars of my life was spent tonight. Realized in the bottum of the 8th when Dero caught the ball that it was going to happen. I have never witnessed anything so amazing. If you told me last week that I would watch Carlos Zambrano thow a no hitter in person in Milwaukee against the Astros, I would have thought you were crazy. Section 220 row 15 seat 8
by MangoCub on Sep 14, 2008 11:43 PM CDT 0 recs
RF 204 Row 4 Seat 4
What a ridiculous game! I too am a Jr. at Marquette, and purposely didn’t go out to see when they’d put tickets up for sale, and I’m glad I did! What a thrill! I kept thinking of all of you at BCB when the balls kept coming to Theriot… but besides the Lineout Lee caught, there was nothing that was trouble. What a game, what a year, something to always remember!
by serbianking33 on
Sep 14, 2008 11:52 PM CDT
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I was in the left field bleechers
Most amazing baseball game I’ve ever been to. I kept my eye on the velocity and pitch count through most of the game but I started to think that it could happen once we got to the bottom of the 7th. (I couldn’t believe how hard/well Z was throwing.) I felt once we got that 5 run lead that the game was in hand, but as Z kept cruising I felt that maybe all of us were in store for something special. The atmosphere was absolutely electric all night long, but with each pitch in the 9th it was even more so, I screamed my lungs out with every strike/out from the 8th inning on. Simply an incredible night. I wish I could be more eloquent, but it’s difficult when I’m STILL on cloud 9.
by peterman on Sep 14, 2008 11:44 PM CDT 0 recs
Left field bleachers too
History!!!!!!!!!!!! and no voice this morning.
Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana
by copes006 on
Sep 15, 2008 6:40 AM CDT
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I was there in the 200's along first base line
unbelievable, can’t believe I got to see it.
by Rezze21 on Sep 14, 2008 11:47 PM CDT 0 recs
Just got home around 11:30
but since home is Gurnee I have a shorter trip than most of the Chicago-area folks. Section 228, row 2, so a little past 3rd base, in the loge. Quite good seats.
I have to give props to the Milwaukee organization for putting on the game on apparently quite short notice, and being pretty well staffed regarding concessions, ushering, etc. It was kind of a mess leaving the general parking, but I probably could have saved some time by not following the herd and instead heading south to National Avenue. But I got to hear the whole WGN postgame on the way home.
They didn’t have any Cubs-Astros scorecards, reasonably enough, but they gave me an extra Reds-Brewers scorecard (from earlier this month) so I could keep score. “If you want a pencil it’s a dollar” – “Thanks, but I don’t need a pencil” – “then Thank You.”
Managed to say hi to Al before the game – nice to see you again Al – you must have had a great view from your section.
by ChipSet on Sep 14, 2008 11:51 PM CDT 0 recs
Leaving the Miller Park Lot
It’s always a problem, all the staff in the world won’t help the eternal traffic jam after games there. I live in Milwaukee so I attend my fair share of games there and it’s about the only thing I don’t like about Miller Park.
by peterman on
Sep 14, 2008 11:55 PM CDT
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Traffic control tonight was beyond laughable
I know the game was on short notice, but my experience traveling to and parking at Miller Park tonight was by far the worst I’ve ever experienced. It blows my mind that they don’t have cops in the streets directing traffic, as if 20,000 people heading in the same direction should be stopping at red lights every 30 seconds so 2 cars can get the green going a different way.
I was pretty angry upon arrival. Oddly enough, that has passed…
For your information, the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint.
by Less is Walrond on
Sep 15, 2008 1:52 AM CDT
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I actually got lucky...
We weren’t parked too far from one of the exits and once we got out of the parking lot, it only took about 30 minutes to get to open traffic. If you’re parked in a bad spot though, it can take a really long time to wait for everyone to queue up to the main traffic artery leading to the highway.
by cubsonWGN4ever on
Sep 15, 2008 3:50 AM CDT
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Napa, CA with a laptop!
The game was nowhere to be found on my DirectTV mlb package or on WGN. I about lost it when I couldn’t get the game. Thank God for MLB.TV. I was watching on a laptop out by the BBQ and then simply pointed to the screen to show my wife what was going on. She cleared the spot on the dinner table for the laptop and the family stayed glued to the screen well after the food was gone…I love that woman!
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the Cheshire Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
by Hagen on Sep 14, 2008 11:53 PM CDT 0 recs
I LOVE THAT WOMAN!
My wife let me have our bedroom and the phone to talk to my dad.
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on
Sep 15, 2008 8:14 AM CDT
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Oh, I love Napa too!
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on
Sep 15, 2008 8:14 AM CDT
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RF must've been popular...
We were in RF section 104, row 5.
Aside from Z’s game, my favorite part was the Huuuun-Ter, Huuuuun-Ter, Huuuuun-Ter, YOU SUCK!! Chants. It really was a unique experience with the sheer number of Cubs fans just itching to show that they were there. Non-Cubs fans showed on the jumbotron were booed, the 7th inning stretch was great and I participated in at least 3 different acappella renditions of Go Cubs Go.
Awesome, just unbelievably awesome.
by CubFan81 on Sep 15, 2008 12:00 AM CDT 0 recs
LF Bleachers 235 Row 10 Seat 15
Took my little brother, had to teach him that you can’t talk about a no-no while it’s in progress. At least he realized he was seeing something historic. Sori’s homer landed about 2 sections over from us. Nice quick drives there and back (from/to Madison). All I gotta do now is pick up a Trib tomorrow to put with my ticket to save forever. Looking forward to drivin to Wrigley Tuesday for Demp/CC.
Ron Santo should sing TMOTTBG everyday. Period.
by Schwa on Sep 15, 2008 12:05 AM CDT 0 recs
I was there!!! Section 122 Row 12
just a few rows behind the Astros dugout! We had a spectacular view of Big Z’s every pitch. I’m also gonna save these newspaper clippings and ticket stubs. My Grandfather was at the last Cubs no hitter as well, Milt Pappas, 36 years ago. This was something I had always wanted to see for myself and I must admit to tearing up a little bit. The whole atmosphere was ELECTRIC. Couldn’t have worked out any better for the Cubs.
by cubsonWGN4ever on Sep 15, 2008 12:21 AM CDT 0 recs
Section 118, Row 6
By far the best tickets I have ever had for a baseball game anywhere. 6 rows directly behind homeplate.
Still shaking a bit. Best 36 hour trip to Chicago I could imagine….
How did Neifi Perez, Kevin Orie, and Jeremi Gonzalez get Rookie of the League votes in 1997?
by bgsiggy on Sep 15, 2008 12:25 AM CDT 0 recs
I was only one section over from you, then.
Great view from section 117, row 10. I will, of course, post much more on the front page later this morning.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on
Sep 15, 2008 3:53 AM CDT
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boooo
i did see you. my friend sent me a text saying her family was circa row 10 in the section next to me, so i was looking both ways and thought I saw you. turns out I was right. shoot.
great view of Z throwing as hard as he could at ronny’s face after catching the pop up in the 8th….how has no one shown a replay of that???
How did Neifi Perez, Kevin Orie, and Jeremi Gonzalez get Rookie of the League votes in 1997?
by bgsiggy on
Sep 15, 2008 6:55 AM CDT
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I missed seeing that.
That wasn’t your family sitting in front of me, was it? A mom and a nine-year-old girl?
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on
Sep 15, 2008 8:36 AM CDT
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I was in 117, row 12
Crying like a little girl.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
by chilango2 on
Sep 15, 2008 10:58 AM CDT
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Two rows behind me?
I must have seen you. Maybe even high-fived you.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on
Sep 15, 2008 1:45 PM CDT
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Secton 121 row 9
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on
Sep 15, 2008 7:17 AM CDT
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Section 221 Row 3
Almost directly behind home plate, incredible. Best road trip to Milwaukee.
by rtraugs25 on Sep 15, 2008 12:53 AM CDT 0 recs
LF bleachers 235
best game I’ve been to in my life. Between last nights Badger win and today’s no-no its been a good 24hr
I was also at the second best game pitched in Miller Park, Ben Sheets 18k performance vs. the Braves May 16, 2004.
by uwbadger on Sep 15, 2008 12:53 AM CDT 0 recs
second best
would be CC’s (almost?) no hitter, in my opinion.
How did Neifi Perez, Kevin Orie, and Jeremi Gonzalez get Rookie of the League votes in 1997?
by bgsiggy on
Sep 15, 2008 6:56 AM CDT
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that was in Pittsburgh
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on
Sep 15, 2008 7:17 AM CDT
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touche.
I should probably take that as a hint to never post before 7 AM ever again…
How did Neifi Perez, Kevin Orie, and Jeremi Gonzalez get Rookie of the League votes in 1997?
by bgsiggy on
Sep 15, 2008 11:30 AM CDT
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ah, not the worst mistake someone ever made
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on
Sep 15, 2008 1:03 PM CDT
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121, Row 15
Well worth the 6 hour round trip for a 2 hr game! Once it was the 7th inning and he was at 85 pitches, I knew he had a chance, especially since the bottom half of the order was coming up. Z was AMAZING.
I heart the riot. (www.riotshirts.com)
by RIOTSHIRTS.com on Sep 15, 2008 12:54 AM CDT 0 recs
Sec 111 Row 20
Unbelievable! First time to Milwaukee to boot! What a special night, not only was it great to see the Cubs respond, but to see the best fans in baseball make the trek was amazing!
by Fukudome is my Homie on Sep 15, 2008 1:04 AM CDT 0 recs
Section 109, Row 6
Incredible game. I kept thinking it would get broken up at some time, but that 9th inning was incredible. Sometime I’ll always remember!!!
by ankeith15 on Sep 15, 2008 1:06 AM CDT 0 recs
Section 121 Row 12
It was awesome, glad I decided to goto this game. Too bad my Tivo didn’t record it, I set it to the wrong game sadly.
by McCarron on Sep 15, 2008 1:19 AM CDT 0 recs
I was playing Rock Band 2 with some friends.
Missed the whole thing.
D’oh.
Before each game, please remember to feed the bats.
by Cool Hand on Sep 15, 2008 1:23 AM CDT 0 recs
me too.
well, we were checking every once and a while on gameday.
by nathew on
Sep 15, 2008 1:53 AM CDT
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Section 209 Row 1
Took my 4 year old son to his first Cubs game. Drove up from Peoria at about 2:30PM and just now got home (3:45AM). Well worth the trip and a night to remember for myself and my son.
by Scrapptastic on Sep 15, 2008 3:46 AM CDT 0 recs
Section 419 - Row 18
Drove up there with some buddies at the last minute after a disappointing Bears game. Wow… that was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen in my life. That “Let’s Go Z!” chant in the 8th was LOUD and gave me goosebumps. I only missed the 5th inning b/c I was searching for a giant pretzel.
"Remember each day this year, where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, how you felt as the Cubs win their way through it. Because if this does turn out to be the promised land we have all been waiting for, you will want to remember, savor, cherish every moment..."
by CubsBullsBears on Sep 15, 2008 7:00 AM CDT 0 recs
Section 129 row 3 (1st row)
My seats were basically right where Bartman would have been in Wrigley only at Miller Park. Great atmosphere… GREAT game. Best I’ve ever seen in person. Wore my BCB shirt hoping to find some more of you guys but didn’t get to see anyone.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
by Fishbone2 on Sep 15, 2008 8:01 AM CDT 0 recs
I MOVE
to have that picture of Geo in every game thread from here on out…October too.
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Sep 15, 2008 8:17 AM CDT 0 recs
The Geo pictures will continue.
But I’m going to try to find a new one every day.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on
Sep 15, 2008 8:36 AM CDT
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Terrace Reserved, section 421 last nite, Field Bleachers today
I have wanted to witness a no hitter my whole life and I am so glad my husband and two boys were with me. It was so exciting, fun, incredible, an absolute joy to watch.
Is that really a Hatori Hansu bat?
by Hey Moe on Sep 15, 2008 8:20 AM CDT 0 recs
Say, since you were in the upper level..
…. when did they decide to open it? Saw some people sitting up there, how many were there?
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on
Sep 15, 2008 8:37 AM CDT
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I had just drove back from San Antonio (8 hours)
sitting on my couch in Tulsa, had tickets to the game in HOUSTON…..i know it wouldn’t have happened there but it hurts still to think it could have….BUT i got to watch it on Astro’s feed then the 9th on ESPN
by KC in OK on Sep 15, 2008 8:22 AM CDT 0 recs
SEC 201 ROW 10
UNBELIEVABLE! Imagine if the cubs played every game in a dome? I don’t remember hearing 23,000+ ever making that much noise. What I don’t understand… people leaving in the 7th – 9th innings? I know we all had a long drive back to chicago, but with the fast pace the game was going and ummmm a no hitter being tossed, why would you leave? Glad to eb part of it and thanking my wife for buying the tickets as I was calling her from a bachelor party on saturday night after we found out the game was being played in Milwaukee!
by chicagodave on Sep 15, 2008 9:04 AM CDT 0 recs
You saw people leaving?
Really? Unbelievable. NO ONE left in the section I was sitting in, or anywhere nearby.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on
Sep 15, 2008 9:16 AM CDT
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Al, three Astros fans were right in front of us
and they left after the bottom of the 8th, in disgust. Nice folks though.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
by chilango2 on
Sep 15, 2008 10:59 AM CDT
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Those must have been the only Astros fans in the place...
… besides the one I saw in the section next to mine.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on
Sep 15, 2008 1:45 PM CDT
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I saw a pair from WI who said they have friends in TX
On my way out after the game. They had a sign about Houston and thoughts & prayers. Had a nice 30 second chat with them.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on
Sep 15, 2008 1:56 PM CDT
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My family and I were there in spirit ..
.. although in the flesh, we were scattered to the winds across the Midwest.
My four brothers, my mom and I are all die hard Cub fans, from Chicago to Columbus, Hammond and here in Cleveland, TN. When the top of the 9th started, my phone started ringing off the hook. We were all barely coherent. I am certain that the phone connection problems we all had were because Cub fans across the nation were clogging the circuits. Sure it was!
My mom, God bless her, has a heart condition and I thought she was going to die when she keyed in screaming on the phone: “THREE MORE OUTS! THREE MORE OUTS! Aren’t you watching it? It’s on WGN!!”
I had been watching Gameday dumbfounded and was too wrought up by the drama of the moment to go to the BCB game threads. I knew WGN in Chicago had it, and my mom was watching it .. But when my mom’s hysterical query sank in, I realized .. "Dang it! ESPN simply HAS to be covering this .. " I turned the boob tube on and just in time to see Z walking out of the dugout and to here the boys on WGN calling it all (thank GOD it wasn’t the talking heads on the Eternally Suckily Pompous Network) ..
My wife couldn’t take it .. she had to hide during the second out .. but when the third came, I let out my war whoop and danced in my living room with about a couple zillion other of the CUBS NATION ..and my phone didn’t stop ringing for about ten minutes as an avalanche of calls from my brothers poured in and they were as ecstatic as I. My mom said she cried on her knees in front of the TV, bless her.
What a night! Unforgettable! Excelsior!
Well, Next Year is here .. and Jack's century's gotta end some time .. GO CUBBIES!
by cubnational on Sep 15, 2008 11:28 AM CDT 0 recs
section 119 row 15
GREATEST NIGHT OF MY ENTIRE LIFE….hopefully up until the end of october!!!! :)
"next year" is finally HERE!!!!!
by ryno4ever on Sep 15, 2008 11:39 AM CDT 0 recs
Right behind the plate
I had the perfect seat to watch Z’s great control. When we got that last out, I started crying!
"I'm a Cubs fan. I'm very, very patient." -- from a Shoe cartoon.
by No Southern Belle on Sep 15, 2008 12:02 PM CDT 0 recs
You and me both
Not much of a crier, but I was overwhelmed.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
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Sep 15, 2008 12:14 PM CDT
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OMG!! i think you HUGGED ME!!
just kidding guy
Ramlee Zamfukusoridero
by hiphopgamer26 on Sep 15, 2008 1:41 PM CDT 0 recs
Yea...
I was on an flight from LA, missed the whole game.
I can’t believe I missed it. I watched about 70% of the games, and I missed the biggest one of the season….
by astroview on Sep 15, 2008 1:43 PM CDT 0 recs
I was there
in 234, left field bleachers, row 1. Wow, that was fun! To bad I decided to be a student today, and not stay in Milwaukee for todays win
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