My sister Susan and I stopped at the Wynkoop Brewing Company for a beer last week, and as we were leaving, I took the photograph above of the Wynkoop's balcony. I have sat in the seat on the far-right a number of times after an afternoon Colorado Rockies baseball game. Coors Field is located just a block away, and that particular seat is perfect for having a happy hour beer, doing a little people watching, and hanging out until the light rail train home has less than 300 people in each car. Opening Day was especially nice, watching the first baseball game of the season, and afterwards sitting there watching 50,000 people walk past you. Of course, that was when every game was priced the same, before "dynamic pricing," and all you had to do to get an Opening Day ticket was stand in line the morning they went on sale. These days, an upper deck infield ticket to Opening Day costs $92 (plus internet fees, even though you cannot buy a ticket in person anymore), a seat which will cost $30 when my South Side heroes, the Chicago White Sox, play a Sunday afternoon game this coming July. And so yes, I will once again not be attending Opening Day. And not only because of the cost. Sometimes that early in the season, snow will still be on the ground, just as it was the day I took that photo. In other words, a game that is both expensive and miserable to attend. To watch a team that has lost over 100 games two years in a row. I rest my case.
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