Day 16: The day that Michigan football died (oh, yeah, the Cubbies won, too)

Sunday, September 1, 2007
Chicago

By Craig

Yep, sure enough, I’ve got a banging headache from my night out at Shuba’s. Nonetheless, I am up and at ’em, on-time for our rendezvous before the game. We actually have FREE tickets for today’s game, courtesy of Marie’s brother Mike. (Many, many thanks, Mike!). Since the Irish Oak isn’t serving breakfast yet (it’s part of Mike’s Wrigley routine, I think), we hit a perfect little diner for some grub. Personally, I’m quite pleased with this. Jamie, Brian and Mike are Celtophiles, but I am not really ready for potatoes and Guinness.

It’s another beautiful day at Wrigley. I’m functioning as the designated driver, so I’m not rocking the Old Style beer. The others buddy up with Alex the beer man early on, so all is good for our group. Jamie continues his home team streak as the Cubs beat the Astros 4-3.

Back at the Irish Oak after the game, all continues well for a while. Brian’s alma mater the Fighting Irish are not looking great, but he is elated that Michigan has lost to Appalachian State, a AA school.

I really should let Jamie write his rant here. This is not his best Irish Pub experience. Bad music, no meat on the chicken wings, and to top it off, the waitress tries to put the first round of drinks (which I paid for with cash) on Jamie’s Visa charge. Then she cops some serious attitude about having to fix her OWN mistake, and then it takes forever for us to wrap up the bill and get out of there.