Tag / US Cellular Field

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Honoring 2 Legends

minosouniform.0With the annual renewal of hostilities between the Cubs and the White Sox set to get underway this afternoon at Wrigley Field, the two teams announced earlier this week that they would be honoring both Ernie Banks and Minnie Minoso during the interleague series, both this weekend at Wrigley Field and in August at US Cellular Field.

Sunday, the Cubs will wear throwback home uniforms from 1958, the year of Banks’ first MVP award, and every Cub will take the field wearing number 14.  The White Sox will wear corresponding road uniforms from the same era.

Next month, the tables will be turned.  On Friday, August 14, the White Sox will don their home whites from the 1950s, all with Minoso’s number 9, while the Cubs will don the road grays of the time.

There has been some fan clamoring for the trophy awarded to the winners of the season series, the Crosstown Cup, to bear the name of both Banks and Minoso.  The cup was introduced back in 2010, when some marketing genius introduced the trophy as the BP Crosstown Cup.  The title sponsor has since dropped away, but the cup, for some reason, remains.  As long as it is going to exist, it may as well honor two of the best to wear the respective uniforms.

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Fitbit Week 22

Week22_FBA pretty spectacular week, where every day was over 6,000 steps, 5 days were above 8,000 steps, and 3 days were above 10,000 steps, which resulted in my best week since heading to Disney World 2 years ago.  Things got off to a good start on Sunday, when I took a nice long walk around the neighborhood.  Monday and Tuesday both saw me taking some time during the work day to explore the campus in addition to my afternoon coffee trip.  Wednesday benefited from an slightly abbreviated version of Sunday’s trip after work.  Thursday and Friday were back down to somewhat normal totals.  Saturday consisted on a trip to US Cellular Field to watch exciting White Sox baseball.

I also managed to pass 1,000,000 steps for the year this week, 4 weeks before the half way point.  While I didn’t set a specific goal, I think I’m on a good pace for surpassing my daily goal, which projects out to 2,002,000 steps.

Total steps: 64,405

Daily average: 9200.7

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Fitbit Week 21

Week21_FBDespite a disappointing start to the week, things picked up and I ended up with my most productive week since heading to San Diego last spring.  Sunday was Father’s Day, and despite a morning trip out for breakfast, a trip to US Cellular Field with Danny, and a post-game trip out for Father’s Day activities, I failed to make it to the 5500 step mark.  Things bounced back during the work week, as each day was over 6000 steps, in most cases well above.  The highlight of the week was Friday, despite horrific traffic that saw me spend well over 4 hours in the car to get home, with a stop at US Cellular Field for Grinder Bash.  I managed over 13,000 steps, my 14th best total ever recorded.  Saturday was Family Day at Wrigley Field, which helped boost the week’s total.

Total steps: 56,618

Daily average: 8088.3

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Fitbit Week 20

Week20_FBAnother decent week, with 6 of the 7 days above the 5500 step mark and the 7th falling just short.  Sunday just barely crossed the 5500 step mark, thanks to a trip to the grocery store.  The work week was its recent standard stuff, thanks to afternoon trips to North Plaza for coffee.  Saturday fell short of 5500 steps, despite a trip to US Cellular Field to see the White Sox snap their 8 game losing streak followed by a dinner party with college friends.

Total steps: 46,798

Daily average: 6685.4

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Fitbit Week 19

Week19_FBA disappointing week, as my streaks of 5500 step days and weeks with a 10,000 step day both came to an end, though the week itself still finished up above average.  Sunday had a trip down to US Cellular Field, but still managed to fall short of 5500 steps for the first time in 20 days.  The work week was a return to form, with every day topping 6000 steps.  Saturday again was a sub-standard day, despite a trip to the bowling alley.

Total steps: 43,553

Daily average: 6221.9

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Fitbit Week 18

Week18_FBAnother good week, my fourth straight over 50,000 steps and with at least one 10,000 step day.  Things got off to a good start in Memphis on Sunday, where I spent the day visiting Elvis related sights, including Graceland and Sun Studios.  Monday continued the Elvis extravaganza, exploring his birthplace in Tupelo, Mississippi, before spending the majority of the day driving home, with a small detour to stop and see Superman in Metropolis, Illinois.  Tuesday and Wednesday was back to the normal work grind, with the afternoon coffee run playing into the day’s total.

Thursday and Friday benefited from my leaving work on time and getting home at a reasonable hour, thus being able to explore the neighborhood, with Thursday just falling short of 10,000 steps and Friday surpassing it.  Saturday looked to be a bust early, but the evening’s trip to US Cellular Field, and a walk down the ramps thanks to a closed Fundamentals area, helped pull up the day’s total.

Total steps: 53,227

Daily average: 7603.9

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Fitbit Week 17

Week17_FBAnother good week as I put together my highest total since early January, crossed the 5500 step mark every day, and surpassed 10,000 steps in a day for the third consecutive week.  Things got off to what turned out to be a slow start, with Sunday, thanks to a trip to US Cellular Field, just barely crossing the 5500 step plateau.

The work week was very successful, with Monday being the worst day, clocking in at over 6000 steps and every other day finishing above 7000 steps.  Saturday was the big day, surpassing 10,000 steps, despite spending a large portion of the day driving south to Memphis.  Fortunately, that was followed by a trip to the Memphis Zoo.  More to come on that trip.

Total steps: 54,156

Daily average: 7736.6

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Fitbit Week 16

Week16_FBThe week got off to a bad start, but then picked up for my third highest total in the short Fitbit era.  After a wasted Sunday, things picked up on Monday thanks to an after-work trip to US Cellular Field requiring parking north of 29th Street, giving me a total that ranks in my all-time top 10.  The rest of the work week was pretty standard, with each day’s total drifting downward as the week went on.  Saturday was up thanks to another trip to the Cell, where Paul Konerko’s jersey was retired.

Total steps: 51,868

Daily average: 7409.7

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Fitbit Week 14

Week14_FBAnother decent week, with only one day falling below the 5500 step mark.  Sunday got the week off to a good start thanks to some nice spring weather which enabled me to take a nice walk around the neighborhood.  Monday was helped along by an afternoon training class in Willow, enabling me to park my car there in the morning before walking over to South.  Tuesday was the best day of the week, although I have no particular recollection as to why.

Wednesday and Thursday were pretty normal workdays, with afternoon coffee runs accounting for a good part of my totals.  Friday was the lone bad day, with afternoon rains keeping everyone inside.  A double header at US Cellular Field pushed Saturday above 7000 steps, finishing the week on a high point.

Total steps: 47,170

Daily average: 6738.6