Baseball fans will want to come to Opening Day for the Windy City Thunderbolts minor league baseball team at Standard Bank Field in Crestwood, May 10, and stay at the nearby and affordable Motel 6 Chicago Hotel in Tinley Park!

One writer’s opinion: Minor League baseball is more fun than Major League Baseball. The setting is more intimate, the bread and circuses are a lot more fun, and man, is it cheaper!

The Windy City Thunderbolts team is in the Frontier League, with teams stretching from Kentucky to Michigan and Pennsylvania to Missouri. The Frontier League is an independent league not affiliated with a major league team. But scouts come to the games, and the Cubs, Mariners, Royals and White Sox all have players that started with the Windy City Thunderbolts!

Plus! Tuesday Night is $2 Ticket Night! Enjoy Wednesday Night Senior Night! Thursday is $1.50 Bud and $3 craft beer night! Saturday nights is fireworks night! Sundays are family days. It’s $50 for tickets for four, hot dogs, chips, sodas and hats! Enjoy in-game promotions such as Are You Smarter than a Thunderbolt, Beggars Pizza giveaways, Dirtiest Car in the Parking Lot, Closest to the Pin golf shots, and much more!

The Standard Bank Stadium is located at 14011 South Kenton St. in Crestwood. For tickets, go online to http://wcthunderbolts.com/tickets/singlegame/ and follow the prompts.

The Motel 6 Chicago Hotel in Tinley Park, just minutes away from the Tri-State Tollway and the Standard Bank Stadium in Crestwood, features very affordable room rates, including special AAA and AARP discounts. Enjoy the free breakfast and fitness room. Free parking. Call the property direct at 708-371-5600.