A PERFECT DAY

Huge thank yous to LTN edit board members Andy Jurczyk of Sonnenschein, and to David Baker of Baker Robbins Co., for conspiring to grant me a perfect beisbol day, as part of a trip to Chicago this week.

It was a very rare day/night Chicago/NY doubleheader at Wrigley (Mets) and the Cell (Yanks). Last time that happened was 1980. Too kewl for word -- but here's The NY Times coverage (and their photo, right, actually, a Getty photo.)

Tuesday was one of those holy grail travel days where the stars absolutely aligned -- I got a NYC cab in 2 minutes, there were no lines at LGA, I got right out on an earlier standby flight, with an upgrade. Time from alarm clock to seat 2B: 54 minutes.

I bought a $5 CTA day pass so I could shuttle from O'Hare to the hotel and between the parks. The Palmer House (1 block from the El) gave me an upgrade to an outrageous art deco suite (why is it you only get realllllly great upgrades when you will be awake in the room for less than one hour --but I'm not complaining).

The weather was flat-out awesome all day, warm with a hint of humidity. And the Yankees won a great slugfest -- with home runs and grand slams flying outta the stadium. Fabulous seats in both parks. Great conversation. Lousy hot dogs. Even a black cat running across the Yankees' dugout could not jinx this day.

In fact, it was perfection. A perfect day. Thank you, thank you, beisbol gods. Thank you David and Andy. Life is good.

P.S. Check out Baker at this year's Arizona Fantasy camp! (above)