Cubs Insider Tours Cubs Spring Training Facility with Cult Hero John Baker

My favorite view in the whole placeI know most people think, “Man, those bloggers live glamorous jet-set lifestyles and get access to all the cool stuff,” but that’s not actually the case. Weird, right? And while sometimes we really do get to participate in stuff like Social Media Night forums with Tom Ricketts, this most recent event wasn’t one of those situations.

Nope, I actually won — if paying the most for something is considered winning — a silent auction at the John Baker Day festivities in Chicago this past summer.

There are two lessons here. First, you should always plan to attend the annual tribute to the night the backup catcher got the win (got the win!), hosted just down the…