4182. Go to Fan Appreciation Day at Miller Park

One of things I've always wanted to do, besides slide down Bernie's Slide, is go to Fan Appreciation Day at the Brewer's Game. Because Fan Appreciation Day is usually the last Saturday night home game of the season, we are usually busy. This year because the World Champion Cubs were at Wrigley North (aka Miller Park) I am pretty sure they decided not to give away all the prizes to Cubs fans so Fan Appreciation Day was moved to the last home stand of the season. The hubby decided since the Brewers were still Hunting October we should go. YIPPEE!!! Another baseball game....

Upon entering the stadium, we each received a scratch off card that contained some sort of prize -- game tickets, game used jerseys, autographed balls. Both the hubby and I won free tickets to early season games next year. The hubby will rearrange his schedule so we can go. The people behind us left their unscratched off cards on the ground and as we were leaving we scored 2 more sets of tickets for the same series.. but this time field box seats.

Every half inning there was a drawing for prizes. About 6 lucky tickets were drawn and your section, row, and seat number appeared on the scoreboard. You actually had to pay attention to scoreboard to see if you won. Prizes ranged for autographs to coolers to tickets to a suite. The grand prize was a Chevy Equinox. Neither the hubby or I won.. not that we were expecting to win or came to win. Some people bought multiple tickets just to try to win. The hubby didn't think this was fair... sell tickets to people who actually want to be there.

Despite being in a chase for the last wild card spot, there wasn't really a play off atmosphere in Miller Park. Maybe because the game sucked and the Brewers had slightly more offense than the last time we sat in the nose bleeds but still couldn't get a guy home. They gave up way too many runs in the 3rd inning to make a game of it. The real reason the hubby wanted to go to be part of the play off atmosphere at Miller Park and he was greatly disappointed. 

I'm sure there will be more play off atmosphere chances before I die at Miller Park... and maybe another Fan Appreciation Day. I know the hubby wants to be part of real play off atmosphere and we both want to see play off and World Series baseball... some time before we die....