Sunday, April 30, 2006

Game 7---Brewers 9 Cubs 0

Product---Jumbo hot dogs
Temperature---54 degrees, drizzling throughout game

An April vending recap

Games-7
Cubs record- 3-4
Average Temperature-53 degrees
Most common product-Jumbo hot dogs (six times)
Average commission- $70.28
Average tips- $70.80
Average total- $141.08
Best Day- April 7 vs Cardinals ($178.80)
Worst Day- April 30 vs Brewers ($112)
Best Game- April 9 vs Cardinals---Michael Barrett hits a grand slam in the eight inning to give the Cubs the lead, and the North Siders go on to sweep St. Louis with an 8-4 win.
Worst Game- April 29 vs Brewers---The Cubs lose 16-2. Each of the four pitchers who took the hill for the Cubs let up at least three earned runs, and none of them pitch at least three innings. (Greg Maddux has allowed five earned runs in 33 1/3 innings this year)

Observations
As Hova asks, what more can I say? When you get outscored 25-2 in a span of thirty hours on your home field, there is something seriously wrong….The game started thirty minutes late due to the rain, and it took another half hour for the seat to fill up. Too bad the game was already over by then…I was in the upper deck for the first time of the year today. Being upstairs has its positives and negatives. The good is that there are only three hot dog guys based up there, so there is a better fan : vendor ratio. The bad is that you have to do a lot more walking, first up the ramp to the upper deck, then through all of the sections, and finally back down the ramp…I only did three loads because I was tired, lazy, and not very excited to be in the park…By far the loudest cheer of the game was when they announced that the Bulls won…I’m off tomorrow (thought I will be posting my NFL Draft review), but I’ll be back vending on Tuesday versus Pittsburgh.

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