Saturday evening we (Joe, my SIL, and E) went to Milwaukee to watch the Brewers beat the New York Mets. I enjoyed our first visit to Miller Park in May, but this recent one was even more fun. We were seated in pretty packed section compared to last time, almost directly across the stadium from before, but the people in our section were a lot less obnoxious. The tickets weren’t quite as cheap as last time, costing us $60 through StubHub for four seats, but still not bad. I’m guessing it’s because we bought them the night before the game instead of a few weeks ahead of time, but who knows.
The thing I love about Miller Park is that it’s not as big as Cellular One field, there are escalators to take you to the upper sections, the food tastes better, and there’s a good view from any seat; although that last point can also be said for Cellular One. However, what Cellular One doesn’t allow is one to roam the park freely if they have upper-seating whereas Miller Park does. I like this since some of the better food is found at the lower levels, including the pomme frites stand where I was looking forward to snagging some mayonnaise fries, but sadly they went out of business. (Side note to Miller Park’s webmaster – take them off the concession stand list!)
Despite the french fry disappointment I still had some great food. Joe got some chicken nachos that had a great flavor (unlike Cellular One’s Stadium Club’s nachos) and I munched a bit on those as well as some peanuts my SIL got, and the awesome waffle fries that came with Joe’s bratwurst. I also enjoyed a small bag of cinnamon roasted nuts which were almonds, pecans, and cashews with cinnamon sugar and vanilla coating. Next time I’m going for the large bag because they didn’t go the cheap route and fill the bag with primarily cashews. In fact there were more almonds than anything.
Between all the snacking I wasn’t expecting to end my night devouring a butter-dipped pretzel twist (picture a cinnamon twisted donut for the shape), but I spied a woman in the row in front of us chowing down on one and couldn’t resist. It came with a side of cheese dip that was actually good too. Normally I don’t eat that much food at a game so I blame it on the Excedrin I secured from the park’s first aid before the game started when a migraine began developing and I found myself without any medication. The caffeine in the pill boosted my appetite or something I think, which I realize is odd since for most people caffeine is supposed to subdue one’s appetite (hence why it’s used in diet pills).
Between all the eating and people-watching I didn’t really pay much attention to the game itself but I’m not a sports buff so I’m sure that comes as no surprise. I do know they won, however! I was just enjoying the atmosphere in our section. A guy sitting behind and off to our left had won $500 of concessions that night so after my SIL teased him about not sharing he bought her a beer which I thought was nice. There were so many wasted people at the game, including a guy sitting in front of us, but luckily they were all happy drunks (including my SIL) so everyone had a great time. I can see us attending at least a few games there next year as it’s the most fun I’ve had at a baseball game (it didn’t hurt that the weather was quite nice that evening too).