I did it.<\/p>\n
I bought the ticket.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, I’m going to DC to see the Cubs visit the Nationals at Nationals Park.<\/p>\n
If I have it figured right, it should be Carlos Zambrano, the Big Z himself, taking the mound Saturday night for the Northside Nine.<\/p>\n
I could have bought the cheap seats. The ten dollar seats. Or the twenty dollar seats.<\/p>\n
Instead, I have something out near the rightfield line in the outfield.<\/p>\n
Thirty-nine dollars.<\/p>\n
With taxes, surcharges, and e-mailing the ticket to myself, it came to fifty dollars.<\/p>\n
But I’m seeing the Cubs, and that’s priceless<\/i>. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Even makes up for the aggravation of trying to buy a ticket through the Nationals website. Which was, let me tell you, a pain in the sodding ass.<\/p>\n
Go Cubs go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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