Take Me Out to a Ballgame!  Family-Friendly Fun at U.S. Cellular Field

Whether you're cheering on our city's beloved Cubs or White Sox, nothing says summer like a baseball game!  U.S. Celluar Field is rolling out the red carpet this year for its littlest fans, thanks to family friendly programming that engages kids beyond the baseball diamond.  Here are the events that make a trip to cheer on the White Sox at U.S. Celluar Field even more fun for kids. 

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Family Sundays

On Family Sundays, you can count on affordable tickets and kid-focused activities.  Tickets are offered at prices as low as $5 in the upper level and $15 in the lower level, and parking is only $10.  Head to the concourse where you'll find fun games as well as the incredible opportunity to run the bases after games (weather permitting). 

The White Sox Kids Club

If you have a little big league baseball fan in your midst, sign them up for The White Sox Kids Club, presented by University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital.  Membership perks include free tickets, special newsletters, baseball cards and much more. 

All-Star Membership - ($29 plus $2 handling fee)

All-Star Kids Club Members will get the following awesome benefits:
· All-Star Lanyard with special Membership Card
· Exclusive Kids Club Baseball Cap
· Exclusive Kids Club Backpack
· Pack of White Sox Baseball Player Cards
· Four (4) Lower Level game tickets (to be redeemed online with a promotional code)
· Invitation to three special events throughout the season (specific events are subject to change):
· Kids Club Only Pregame Autograph Session
· Watch White Sox Batting Practice
· Kids Club Pregame Parade around the Warning Track
· Special Birthday Card from the White Sox
· Three Newsletters throughout the season
· Other special activities as well as other ticket and merchandise discounts

Slugger Membership - FREE
Slugger Kids Club Members will get the following awesome benefits:
· Pack of White Sox Baseball Player Cards
· Two (2) Upper Level game tickets (to be redeemed online with a promotional code)
· Membership certificate
· Two (2) Digital Newsletters
· Other special ticket and merchandise discounts

XFINITY Fundamentals Fun Zone

Head to the 15,000-square-foot XFINITY Fundamentals area, where kids can learn the fundamentals of baseball from Sox Academy coaches.  All the gear needed to train up a future baseball star are on hand, including a youth-sized wiffle ball diamond for coaching clinics, batting and pitching cages, batting "swing" boxes for proper batting techniques and areas for base running and skills instruction.  Located above the left-field concourse and overlooking the field and the outfield seating area, XFINITY Fundamentals opens with the gates and remains open throughout the game, with the exception of Fireworks Nights when it closes after the 6th inning.  It is accessible from the 100, 300 and 500 levels of the ballpark. 

Fireworks Fridays

Fireworks light up the skies over the field after Friday night home games throughout the 2015 season. 

American Girl Doll T-Shirt

Dolls love baseball, too, and now you can outfit then to support your favorite team: a White Sox American Girl Doll T-shirt will be given out at the August 2nd game to the first 5,000 kids ages 12 and under.  The T-shirt will fit an American Girl doll and will be accompanied by a T-shirt applique that can be brought to the American Girl store for the girls to have the same design printed on a shirt of their own! 

Author: Amy Bizzarri

Amy Bizzarri is a freelance writer specializing in family fun and travel, a Chicago public schools world language teacher, and an avid reader.  She lives with her two kids – a tween boy and a toddler girl – in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago.  Follow Amy and her adventures in Chicago and beyond on her personal blog, AmyWrites312.com.