2013 Season in Review

I can finally stop living in the past. There are no more time sensitive stories to tell. I no longer have to act like what I'm writing about took place last week instead of three months ago.

It's almost the new year, and baseball (even the World Series) is long gone. Even though this year was tough to let go, I was let down pretty easy. After my final game, I was still catching up on games in July. When the Series was ending, I was stuck in August. I worked for a few more months, and now finally, with 2014 right around the corner, I can put this past season to rest.

Game 20 - 9/28 at US Cellular Field

Wow, the big 2-0. It was just three years ago when I felt like ten games was overdoing it a little bit. Not only did I double that original goal, but I got to this point in many different ways rather than just going to Wrigley all the time.

You may have thought that my last entry would be the one to finish out the year. To be honest, at the time, I did too. I was very focused on making at least one trip home in September, and failed to realize that I wouldn't have any major commitments at ISU during this last weekend of the month. As as luck would have it, this was also the final weekend of the regular season, and the Sox were closing at home.

Game 19 - 9/6 at Wrigley Field

I could never have predicted the way things played out this summer. There were so many experiences, especially crammed into those three weeks in May and June, that made the next few months simply fantastic. If I had to do it again, I wouldn't change a single thing.

Today was a little far removed from the warm weather and carefree attitude I had in those months, but this game still gave me yet another day to remember. It's even in the running as the best day I've ever spent at a ballpark.