"Super exciting:" Fans make their way to Chicago to experience World Series excitement
CHICAGO -- You would think if a city waited 71 years for this, it wouldn't sleep through the opening night -- but the crowds expected to gather around Wrigley Field Tuesday night for Game 1, never really showed.
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One mile south from "The Friendly Confines," the pocket of Wisconsin, proved lively on a school night.
Will's Northwoods Inn is a Wisconsin-themed bar. That's where FOX6 News found Lindsay Leinenkugal of Menomonee Falls -- now working for a Chicago ad agency, and trying her best to let her Brewers-loving heart root just a little bit for the Cubs.
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Lindsay Leinenkugel
"People being a lot more relaxed at work probably. Like yeah, it's just like if you need extra time, take it -- because the Cubs are in the World Series.
Next to her is Danny Neelon, A UW-Milwaukee grad student who was not hiding where his loyalties lie.
"Super exciting. I was home last week when we clinched the ALCS. It was amazing. The energy in the city is awesome and I'm just like, I'm coming down to visit you. I want to be around baseball fans," said Neelon.
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