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History
Main article: History of Wrigley Field
The park was built in six weeks in 1914 at a cost of about $ 250,000 ($ 5,300,000 in 2008 dollars) by the Chicago diner magnate "Lucky Charlie" Weeghman, which belongs to the Federal League Dolphins. (The club has signed a 55-year lease to use the park for app $ 18,000 per year.) It was designed by architect Zachary Taylor Davis (four years earlier was designed to Comiskey Park in Chicago White Sox), incorporating the new "fireproof" building codes recently enacted by the city. According to some sources, when it was opened for Federal League season in 1914, Weeghman Park is a seating capacity of 14,000. According to another source, the original seating capacity was 20,000.
In late 1915 the Federal League folded. The smart Weeghman built a syndicate including chewing gum manufacturer William Wrigley Jr. to buy the Chicago Cubs from Charles P. Taft for about $ 500,000. Weeghman The Cubs moved away from dilapidated West Side yard in his two-year-old park. Wrigley in 1918 acquired the controlling interest in the club. In February 1926, renamed he park "Wrigley Field."
In 1927 an upper deck was added, and in 1937, Bill Veeck, the son of club president, ivy vines planted against the outfield wall.
Wrigley Field is a hold-out against the game night, installing lights to 1988 after baseball officials refused to allow the Cubs in play in any post-season game without lights. Night games are still limited in numbers by city council agreement. Capacity is set to 44 250.
Feature
Wrigley Field following the jewel box design of ballparks that are popular in the early 20th century. The two recessed wall areas, or "wells," located on both left, right and field, give the place a little more length than if the wall is to follow the contour from the center of the field, it is also Wells, when cross winds are blowing, the ball has a tendency of large all sorts of interesting directions, there is also a long net runs the entire length of the outfield wall, about two feet from the top, the main use is to keep fans from falling off the bleacher area, and onto the field of play, which about seven, ten feet below the top of the wall. Called "The Basket," by the players, and fans alike, the rules state the field that any ball landing inside the mine was ruled a home run, make the distance to hit a home run at Wrigley Field actually shorter than the location of the outfield wall.
Ivy-covered outfield wall
Wrigley Field is known for its unique ivy-covered outfield wall.
The stadium is famous for its wall outfield which is covered in ivy. The first week of the baseball season, ivy is not leafed out, and all will see the vines on which it grows. However, as the baseball season progresses further in the spring, ivy grows thick and green, disguising the hard surface of brick outfield wall. Many balls one was lost in the ivy when you hit the outfield fence. outfielder is a sign that a ball is lost, by raising his hands. When this happens, The umpires will call time and terms of playing a ground-rule double. Also, there are occasions fielders being injured when slamming the wall after a fly ball. The ivy covering the outfield walls are Boston Ivy, which can endure harsh Chicago winters better than his English cousin. ivy were planted in 1937 by Cubs General Manager Bill Veeck, to try and add some padding after the brand new brick outfield wall.
Rooftop seats
See also: Wrigley roof
The rooftops across the street seats offer similar insights into themselves from the stadium's seats.
Old-time ballparks were often surrounded by buildings that give a "freebie" look at the game for enterprising souls. In most venues, the clubs took measures to extend either standing around, or build fences block the view however. Perhaps the most notorious of these is one of Shibe Park in Philadelphia, that cause misunderstanding between the residents and the team that does not heal. The Cubs themselves have developed a high outfield fence along the West Side Park, to hide the field from flats whose back porches were right next to the outer wall of the stadium.
But Wrigley and it was different. The flat rooftops of the apartment buildings across Waveland and Sheffield, which pre-date the stadium, is often populated with a reasonable number of fans having cookouts while enjoying the game for free. The Cubs tolerated this quiet until the 1990s, when some owners of apartment buildings began to small sections of bleacher, and charge The people who watch the game. That is a whole different ball, and the Cubs management became very vocal in expressing their displeasure, threatening legal action. In 2003 they went so far in line with the screen above the outer walls with opaque strips, to block the best exterior sight lines. That is the nearest thing to a spite fence Wrigley seen. So the bleachers are sometimes called "The Spiteless Fence" as well as "The Ivy Wall".
View from a rooftop across Waveland Avenue
This led to meetings and a peaceful agreement between the various parties. The building owner agreed to share a portion of their proceeds to the Cubs, and the Cubs obtained permission from the city to expand the stadium's bleachers own out on the sidewalks and do some additional construction in the open area of the property to the west, bordered by Clark and Waveland, and to close the remainder of the Seminary Avenue as existing property. The rooftop seats are now effectively part of the seating area in the stadium's, although they are not included in the figure the seating capacity.
The Some rooftops have become legendary in their own right. The Lakeview Baseball Club, which sits across Sheffield Avenue (right field) from stadium shows a sign that reads, "Eamus Catuli!" (Approximately Latin for "Let's Go Cubs!" Atuli translating to "whelps", the closest Latin equivalent), flanked by a counter indicating the Cubs' long legacy of futility. The counter labeled "AC," for "Anno Catuli," or "In the Year of the Cubs." The first two numbers indicate the number of years since last division the Cubs' championship as the end of last season (2008), the next two digits indicate the number of years since the last trip Cubs' World Series (1945), and last three numbers indicate the number of years since their last World Series win (1908).
Now, Wrigley rooftops has become a unique alternative place to watch baseball game. Many venues feature rooftop bleachers, open bars, specialty food items, and a unique game-day atmosphere, although the quality may see vary depending on the specific location of the rooftop.
Unusual wind patterns
The main scoreboard sa Wrigley Field. This picture was taken on August 27, 2005 Marlins-Cubs game. Remember the video board in the bottom of the scoreboard, as it was added in 2004.
In April and May the wind often comes off Lake Michigan (less than a mile to the east), which means a northeast wind "blowing in" to cut down potential home runs and turn them into outs. Summer, however, or in any warm and breezy day, the wind often came from the south and the south-west, meaning that the wind is "blowing out" and has potential be normally harmless fly ball home runs. A third variety is the cross-wind, which usually runs from the left corner to right field field corner and causes all sorts of interesting confusion. Depending on the direction of the wind, Wrigley can either be one of the friendliest parks in major league for pitchers or among the worst. Wrigley makes it one of the most unpredictable in the Major League park.
Many Cubs fans check their nearest flag before heading to the park on game day for an indication of what the game could be like, this is less of a factor for game night, however, because the wind does not blow as hard after the Li goes down.
With the wind blowing in, pitchers can dominate, and no-hitters were tossed from time to time, though not recently, the last two occurred near the beginning and the end of the 1972 season, by Burt Hooton and Milt Pappas respectively. In the seventh inning of Ken Holtzman's first no-hitter, on August 19, 1969, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hammered one that looked like it was headed for Waveland, but the wind caught just enough for left fielder Billy Williams to jump up and snare it in "the good".
With the wind blowing out, some true tape measure home runs have been hit by well muscled batters. Sammy Sosa and Dave "Kong" Kingman broke windows in apartment buildings across Waveland Ave. wilderness again. Glenallen Hill put one rooftop. Batters have occasionally slugged it, or at the edge of the first row or two of the "upper deck" of the center field bleachers. Sosa hit the roof of the center field camera booth on the fly during the NLCS against the Florida Marlins, some 450 feet away.
But the longest blast was likely to hit by Dave Kingman on a very windy day in 1976 while on the Mets. According to local legend, on that day, Kingman launched a bomb that landed in the third roof porch the east (center field) side of Kenmore Avenue, some 550 feet away.
No SWAT has ever hit the center field scoreboard, but it was hit by a different kind of balls, a golf ball, hit by Sam Snead, with a two iron.
No matter the season, many fans congregate during batting practice and games on Waveland Avenue, behind left field, and Sheffield Avenue, behind right field, for a chance to catch A home run ball.
Hand turned scoreboard
Such as Fenway Park, Wrigley still boasts a hand turned scoreboard. However, unlike the fabled home of the Red Sox, the sa Wrigley scoreboard is mounted above the center field bleachers, rather than ground level, making it difficult to hit it. scoreboard was installed in 1937, when Bill Veeck installed new brick outfield wall, and the bleacher stands, scoreboard remained in place ever since, and has only been changed once, in 1988, when the installation of lights that made it necessary to add a set of lights situated facing onto the scoreboard. The scoreboard still hand turned, that with scores of coming through a scoreboard ticker tape machine (now, the computer is used to display scores turners number), as a turner watches the change score close, and reflect it by walking the length of the inside of the scoreboard, and manually changing the numbers to reflect the new brand for a certain game. It is known that during the existence of current Wrigley Field scoreboard, several players have come close, but nothing has ever hit it. scoreboard is made out of sheet steel, and is welded in place, then painted forest green, to reflect the now growing leaves below. These numbers are puts inning windows are steel, painted forest green, and as with white numerals, the case for games and playing Wrigley, however, for the inning, until at the end of that inning, the current runs scored is seen by the yellow numerals. The clock, which sits above the center scoreboard, has never lost time His 73 years of existence. The doors to enter the scoreboard is located at both ends, and to reverse the scoreboard, is a blue pennant, with the words "Chicago Cubs", in white, the word is also placed on the red neon lights, allowing the pennant seen at night.
Marquee main entry
Directly to the main entrance to the stadium stands the most recognizable icons of the outdoor stadium, a large red, art deco style marquee, painted in white letters that read "Welcome coming to Wrigley Field, Home of the Chicago Cubs. "marquee is in place since the stadium changed its name in the mid 1920's, and he was first placed in the announcements in the coming games with an old theater marquee design, with letters replaced by a suction cup on a long pole. In the 1980's, the original marquee theater setup is removed from the sign, and a scrolling electronic announcement board is added, effectively splitting the original big tent into two pieces. The using red neon marquee lights at night, showing the familiar "Welcome to Wrigley Field" in red, as the rest of the sign is in darkness. This is the most photographed part of the stadium exterior.
Stadium use
Main article: List of events at Wrigley Field
Baseball
Main article: Chicago Cubs franchise history
Wrigley Field has served as the home baseball park for the Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs franchise since 1916.
Football
Wrigley Field football configuration with extra bleacher seats right field
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League played at Wrigley Field before 1921-1970 relocating to Soldiers Field. The team was transferred from Decatur, and retained the name "Staleys" for the 1921 season. They renamed themselves "Bears" to identify the baseball team, a common practice in the NFL in those days. Wrigley Field once held the record for most NFL games played in a stadium with 365 regular season NFL games, but notes that it has surpassed the set 2003 by the Giant Stadium in New Jersey, thanks to its dual-occupancy by the New York Giant and New York Jets.The game played between the Jets and Miami Dolphins on September 14, 2003 is 366 regular season NFL game on the giant Stadium Wrigley's breaking regular season record. 50 times The bears spent Wrigley Field is an NFL record until 2006 when Lambeau Field has duplicated the feat by hosting the Packers for 50 season, and it broke 2007.
The Bears initially worked in the stands there. Eventually they got a large, portable bleacher section that spanned the right and center field and the area covered by most existing bleacher seating and seating of the right field corner. This "East Stand" raised Wrigley's football capacity about 46,000, or perhaps a net gain of 9,000 seats over normal capacity. After the Bears left, this structure will live on for many years as the "North Stand" military field, until it was replaced by permanent seating.
The football field ran north-to-south, ie, from left field foul side of first base. The remodeling of the bleachers made for a very tight fit for the grid. In fact, the corner of South end zone was literally visit den baseball team, which was filled with pads for safety, and required a special rule of land cut off corner of the end zone. A corner of north end line ran only inches short of the left field wall. There's a legend Bronko Nagurski, the great Bears fullback, steamrolled through the line, head down, and ran all the way through of the end zone, smacking his leather-helmeted head on the bricks. He went back to court and told Coach "Papa Bear" George serpents, "That final guy gave me quite a lick! "That kind of incident signaled the Bears to hang some padding in front of the wall.
The Bears are second only to the Green Bay Packers in the NFL championships, and all except one (their only Super Bowl championship) will come during their tenure sa Wrigley. After half a century, they have found themselves forced to move, because the NFL wanted every one of its stadiums in the seat at least 50,000. The Bears are an experimental game sa Dyche Stadium (now Ryan Field) to the campus from Northwestern University, but otherwise continues to Wrigley until their move to the lakefront ended their five-decade run north side. One left the Bears' time Wrigley has uncovered during the off-season rebuilding 20072008 playing field: the foundation for goal posts.
Other events
Hockey rink layout
The Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League (NASL) used Wrigley, Comiskey Park with, for their home matches during late 1970s and early 1980s. The sting hosted the San Diego Sockers 25 Agosto 1979 to Wrigley when the Bears Soldier Field uses. Unlike the Bears' layout gridiron football, the soccer pitch ran east-to-west, from right field in foul territory in the third-base side. [Citation needed]
On January 1, 2009, the National Hockey League played its 2009 Winter Classic at The Friendly pitting around two "Original Six" teams – the host Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings visit – An outdoor ice hockey game. The rink ran across the field from first base to third base to second base being covered approximately the center of the rink. According to espn.com, The attendance for this game is 40,818. The Red Wings won 64.
In recent years Wrigley Field opened on a limited basis popular concert, not without some controversy. Artists and groups to play Wrigley Field has included Jimmy Buffett (2005), The Police (2007), Elton John and Billy Joel (2009), and rascal Flatts (2009). Local neighborhood groups have expressed concern about the impact of the concert crowds and noise to surrounding residential neighborhoods, especially in 2009 when three concerts will be added schedules, one conflicting with an annual celebration of the neighborhood.
Mainstays tradition and
Corporate Sponsorship
Some advertising Wrigley field 2007
Wrigley Field shares its name to Wrigley Company, as the park is named for its then-owner, William Wrigley Jr., the CEO of the Wrigley Company. As early as the 1920s, before the park officially became known as Wrigley Field, scoreboard is topped by a little-like "doublemint Twins", posed as a pitcher and a beat. There are also ads painted on bare right field wall early in the stadium's history, before the 1923 remodeling to put bleachers there. After that, The doublemint elves are visible only in-park advertising. The elves are permanently removed in 1937 when the bleachers and scoreboard were rebuilt. It would be about 45 years before in-park advertising reappear.
Owned by Tribune Company since 1981, Wrigley Field is a notable exception to the recent trend of selling right corporate naming sporting venues. The Tribune Company chose not to rename the stadium, using other ways to bring corporate Sponsorship at the stadium.
During the mid 1980s, Anheuser-Busch Budweiser and Bud Light placed ads under the center field scoreboard. Was Bud Light sponsor bleachers rebuilt in 2006.
The early 2000s, following the trend of many ballparks, a green-screen chroma key board was installed behind home plate, in the line of sight of the center field TV camera, to allow electronic "rotating" advertisements visible only to TV audiences. By 2006, the Committee was set up to allow information to be both physically and electronically (so they can be seen in both live and replay Shots).
In 2007, the first on-field advertising appeared since the early days in the park's. Sporting goods Under Armour firm put its logo on double doors between the ivy wall outfield, in left-center and right-center field. Ads will also be placed in the dugouts, originally for the Sears department stores, then Walter E. Smithe furniture home and now State Farm insurance.
Corporate sponsorship is not limited to park itself. Wrigley Field is famous for its view of buildings across Waveland and Sheffield around Avenues. In addition to the spectators standing or sitting on the roofs apartment, corporate sponsors have often taken advantage of the location as well. The earliest days of Weeghman Park, one in the building Sheffield Avenue advertised a local hangout known as Bismarck Gardens (later called the marigold gardens after World War I). That same building since advertised for Torco Oil Company, Southwest Airlines, and the Miller Brewing Company.
A building opposite the deep right-center field is topped by a neon sign for Baby Ruth candy starting in the mid-1930s and running for some 40 years. The placement of Chicago-based Curtiss Candy Company, coincidentally positioned line of sight of the "called shot Babe Ruth's", proved fortuitous when the game began televised sa 1940she sign is also in the line of sight of camera The ground level on the back and left home plate. The roundup sign eventually removed in the early 1970s.
Another long-standing area for a sign is the sloping roof a building behind the left-center field. Not suitable for the bleachers that now decorate many buildings, buildings that angling the roof is painted to look like a big billboard for at least the 1940s. In recent years it has borne a bright red Budweiser sign and, beginning in 2009, an advertisement for the iron Casino. Other buildings have signs carried sponsoring beers, such as Old Style (when it was a Cubs broadcasting sponsor) and Miller, and also WGN-TV, which Cubs games are telecast since April 1948.
For 2008 and 2009, the Cubs worked out an agreement with Chicago Board Options Exchange to allow the CBOE to auction some 70 box seat season tickets and award naming rights to them.
For the 2009 season, the The Chicago Cubs announced that the renovated restaurant space in the south-east corner of Wrigley Field, formerly known as the Friendly Cafe grounds, is now known as the Captain Morgan Club.
On October 27, 2009, Thomas S. Ricketts officially taken over 95% ownership of the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and 25% ownership of Comcast SportsNet Chicago. The Tribune will retain 5% ownership. Ricketts, however, revealed no interest in selling the naming rights of Wrigley Field name, preferring to keep the name has been used since 1926.
"White flag time at Wrigley! "
The retired numbers for Ernie Banks and Ron Santo foulpole left field and for Billy Williams and Ryne Sandberg foulpole right field. Since 3 May 2009, the number 31 also flies to both foul poles, in honor Ferguson Jenkins (left field) and Greg Maddux (right field).
Main article: Cubs Win flag
The term "White flag time at Wrigley!" means the Cubs have won. The ritual of raising the flag after a game is decades old, but says only itself began in the 1990s, as the creation of Chip Caray.
Starting from the day of PK Wrigley and the 1937 bleacher / scoreboard reconstruction, a flag with either a "W" or an "L" was flown from atop the scoreboard masthead, indicating the results that day. Sa case of a split doubleheader, both flags were excessive.
Past Cubs media guides that show the original flags were blue with white "W" and white with blue the "L", the latter coincidentally suggesting "surrender". In 1978, blue and white lights were mounted atop the scoreboard, to further characterize wins and losses.
The flag was replaced in the early 1980s, and the color schemes are turning to "win flag" of white with blue W, and the "flag loss "the opposite. In 1982, the number of retired Ernie Banks was flying on a foul pole, like the white with blue numbers.
Keeping with tradition, fans are known to bring flags to win home and away games, and displaying them after a Cubs win. Flags are also sold at the stadium. On April 24, 2008 the Cubs flew extra white flag displaying "10,000" in blue, with the win flag, the 10,000 th win in team history was achieved on the road last night. Including parts of the tradition of "W" and "L" flags, the song "Go Cubs Go" is Sung after each home win.
References to popular culture
The iconic sign outside Wrigley Field.
The back of Wrigley Field, with old fashioned scoreboard taken during an offseason before the reconstruction 2005
Sa pregame warmup starting pitcher (Chris Young pictured) warms up in the bullpen. A few bullpens are playable foul territory as those at Wrigley Field.
Wrigley Field has a brief cameo in the movie The Blues Brothers (1980), starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as Jake and Elwood Blues. 1060 W. Elwood listed Addison as his fake address in his Illinois driver's license, tricking the police and later the Nazis listening to police radio. The Natural (1984), starring Robert Redford, is a scenes set in Wrigley but was actually filmed in All-High Stadium in Buffalo, New York. All other baseball action scenes in the film was shot in Buffalo, to for-demolished War Memorial Stadium.
During Cubs games, fans will often stand outside the park on Waveland Avenue, waiting for home run balls hit over the wall and out the park. However, as a tradition, Cubs fans inside and sometimes even out of the park will immediately throw any home run ball hit by an opposing player back onto the field of play, a ritual depicted in the 1977 stage play, bleacher Bums, and in 1993 film, Rookie of the Year.
The stadium is featured a scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Many scenes from the rookie of the Year was filmed in Wrigley Field. Later, the film, The Break-Up, Wrigley Field is used as the settings for its opening scene. The early 1990s film about Babe Ruth is optional scene in Wrigley Field about the "called shot" (the Stadium also doubled as Yankee Stadium for the film). A scoreboard similar to an existing in 1932 were used, on top of a branch of the wall (even if does not exist until later in the decade).
The stadium was used for tryouts scene establishing a League of Their Own (1992). This movie is a Hollywood account of 1940s women's league baseball Cubs owner PK Wrigley championed during World War II. Garry Marshall (older brother of film director Penny Marshall's) has a cameo as "Walter Harvey," Wrigley's fictional alter ego. The sign behind the scoreboard is temporarily redone to read "Field Harvey" and filming was split between Wrigley and Cantigny Park near Wheaton, IL.
Produced television series featured many scenes set in Wrigley Field, companions, Crime Story, Chicago Hope, prison break, perfect strangers, and My Boys. Also, the animated comedy, Family Guy featured a scene in Wrigley Field, which parodied the Steve Bartman incident. In an episode of The Simpsons entitled "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs," the arrival in Chicago, Homer walks past a number of famous of Chicago landmarks, including Wrigley Field, followed by a generic looking stadium bearing the name "As long as the White Sox play." Sa 2007, the band Nine Inch Nails has created a promotional audio skit, which involved Wrigley Field is the target of terrorist attack war veteran's satisfied.
The late-1970s comedy play stage, bleacher Bums, is set to right field bleachers sa Wrigley. The video is also playing on a stage set, with bleachers suggesting Wrigley's layout, rather than the actual stadium bleachers's. The tradition of throwing home run balls back opposition is explained by Dennis Franz's character: "If someone hands you some trash, you have to throw it back to them!"
The stadium is also featured on the popular Travel Channel television show, Great Hotels, starring Samantha Brown. He attended a game during a visit to Chicago.
Chicago folk singer Steve Goodman Wrigley Field featured as the setting for his famous lament Cubs "A Dying Fan's Last Request balloon," extolling both the Cubs and testing Wrigley Field the area holding the balloon fans' hearts. After his untimely death from leukemia, Goodman's ashes were scattered in fact Wrigley Field as described in the lyrics.
The Statler Brothers '1981 song "Do not Wait On Me" referred to a then-incredible situation: "When the lights to go to Wrigley Field. "However, after the lights were installed, the line was changed to" When they put a dome in Wrigley Field " for their 1989 album Live-Sold Out.
A short few Shots of Wrigley Field appears in 1949 movie It Happens Every Spring. It is also seen to show the life After People's History Channel.
The stadium made a brief appearance in tomorrow for the first episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, with Conan rushing through the turnstiles while running from New York (where his previous show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, was taped) from Los Angeles (where His new show tapes) and then running onto the field while being chased by security Cubs. O'Brien takes the route is somewhat misleading, as he is shown running south on Michigan Avenue past the Tribune Tower before coming to Wrigley Field, which is well north of Tribune Tower.
In the movie Category 6: Day of Destruction, a terrorist turns off all electricity in the stadium for a few minutes to show how hackers can penetrate the city electrical system.
A panoramic view of Wrigley Field from the upper deck.
Accessibility and transportation
Addison Station in Wrigley Field is served by Red Line train. This view is now blocked by buildings constructed in 2007.
The Red Line stop in Addison is less than a block east of Wrigley Field. The Stadium was originally developed for proximity to train tracks. The end of the game, the scoreboard operator raises above the center field scoreboard either a white flag with a blue that "W" to signify a Cubs victory or a blue banner with a white "L" for a loss. This is done not only to allow passengers to nearby L train to see the outcome of the game, but also anyone over the park can now know the results of game day. Interestingly, The basic flag colors was once the exact opposite of the colors used today (the rationale being that white is the traditional color for submission). In addition to rail service, the CTA provides several bus routes that service Wrigley. CTA bus route # 22 Clark, # 152 and # 154 Addison Wrigley Field Express all provide access to the stadium. Pace also runs the # 282 Wrigley Field Express Schaumburg, Woodfield Mall in from Schaumburg and the # 779 Wrigley Field Express-Yorktown from Yorktown Shopping Center in Lombard. Biking in the field is also a popular alternative. As Halsted, Addison, and Clark all have designated lanes road biking, getting into the field by the bicycle is a great way to avoid the hectic traffic before and after the game. Bikers need to worry about their bike during the game, because Wrigley Field provides complimentary bike check program. Cyclists can see their bikes up to 2 hours before game on racks bike off of Waveland Avenue, and can take their bikes up to one hour after the game ends.
Parking in this area remains scarce, but that does not seem to bother fans who want to come to this baseball Mecca, which has drawn more than 3,000,000 fans per year since 2004, averaging a near sellout everyday time, though there are many weekday afternoon game. The small parking is available around the park may go for as much as $ 100 per space. To partially alleviate this problem, the Cubs sponsor a parking shuttle service from campus near DeVry University in Addison and Western as part of their agreements with local neighborhood groups.
Commemorative stamps
In 2001, A series of commemorative postage stamps on the theme of the baseball park is administered by the U.S. Postal Service. Most of them are engravings taken from old colorized postcards, includes illustration of Wrigley Field. In the case of Wrigley, the famous scoreboard was cut off, perhaps to hide the original postcard banner containing the name the park's. It may also be observed that the original black and white aerial photos, probably from 1945 World Series, was taken from the area as nearly identical picture 1935 Series, allowing a comparison of before and after the 1937 alterations in bleachers. The seal and its source also provides a rare look at center field bleachers filled with spectators, a practice which later was discontinued because of the risk to batters, who could lose the flight of a pitch in the middle white shirts. This led to the development of darker backgrounds in pitchers mounds.
Source
A Day in the Park, by William Hartel
Ballparks of North America, by Michael Benson
Cubs Journal, by John Snyder
Green cathedrals, by Philip J. Lowry
Wrigley Field: The the Unauthorized Biography, by Stuart Shea
Top 10 Ballparks of 2008 by Devin Pratt
References
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Owner: serpents Virginia McCaskey Chairman: Michael McCaskey President / CEO, Ted Phillips General Manager: Head Jerry Angelo Coach: Lovie Smith
NFL Championships (9)
1921 1932 1933 1940 1941 1943 1946 1963 1985
Hehe Super Bowl (2)
1985 (XX) 2006 (XLI)
Other awards
Hehe NFL Championship (10) 1933 1934 1937 1940 1941 1942 1943 1946 1956 1963
Hehe NFC Championship Game (4) 1984 1985 1988 2006
Division Titles | NFL Western (8) 1933 1934 1937 1940 1941 1942 1943 1946 NFC Central (7) 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1990 2001 NFC North (2) 2005 2006
Current League Affiliations
League: National Football League Conference: National Football Conference Division: North Division
Former League Affiliates
League: Independent (1919) Conference: National Conference (19501952); Western Conference (19531969) Division: NFL Western Division (19331949), Central Division (19671969); NFC Central Division (19702001)
Local Broadcast Affiliates
Fox Newsradio 780 WBBM Chicago

Time (90)
1920s
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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Chicago Cubs
Formerly the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Colts and the Chicago Orphans Based in Chicago, Illinois
The Franchise
Historical period Players Records Broadcasters Administrator Opening Day starting pitchers
Ballparks
23rd Street Grounds Lakefront Park West Side Park I South Side Park West Side Park II Tokyo Dome (two games in 2000) Wrigley Field
Spring Training: Plant HoHoKam Park Field Blair Field
Lore
Babe Ruth's called shot the inning homer Gatorade Glove Play The Fall of Gloamin 'Sandberg game '69 Home Run Chase of Brock for Broglio Merkle's error worst on Monday June swoon First saves the Flag of College Coaches Playoff perfect game futilities Sandy Koufax's Ken Hubbs Billy Jurges incident incident Game 163
Culture
Steve Bartman Curse of the Billy Goat Ex-Cubs Factor tinker with Evers Chance in Old Rookie of the Year this Ronnie Woo Woo balloon Grant DePorter Wrigley Wrigleyville Rooftops Wayne Messmer Yosh Kawano Mike Royko Holy cow! WM. Wrigley Jr. Company Old Style Beer Hey Hey Holy Mackerel way Bill Holden bleacher heckler Arne Harris Bums The Voice of Chicago Billy Sianis "Go, Cubs, Go" The Natural Pat and Ron Show "All the Way" Cubs Win The Flag Brant Brown JDRF Addison Red Line Station Sheridan Red Line Station Taking Care of Business Billy Goat Tavern heel Click Clark Street Winter Classic Radio Network "Let's Play Two! "Mr. Wolf A League of their own Take Me Out to the Ball Game Wrigley Field North Io The Cubs Fan's Guide To Happiness Pat Pieper
Rivalries
St. Louis Cardinals Milwaukee Brewers Chicago White Sox
Important figures
William Wrigley, Jr., Joe Tinker Grover Cleveland Alexander Johnny Evers Mordecai Brown Cap Anson Frank Chance Hack Gabby Hartnett Billy Herman Stan Hack Wilson Ron Santo Ernie Banks Ferguson Jenkins Ken Holtzman Bill Buckner Billy Williams Ryne Sandberg Sammy Sosa Harry Caray Mark Grace Jack Brickhouse Andre Dawson Greg Maddux Kerry Wood Carlos Zambrano Derrek Lee Pat Hughes Aramis Ramirez Kosuke Fukudome
Retired Numbers
10 14 23 26 31 31 42
Key Personnel
Owner: Family Joe Ricketts, operated by Tom Ricketts General Manager: Jim Hendry Manager: Lou Piniella
World Series
Championships (2)
1907 1908
National League
Championships (16)
1876 1880 1881 1882 1885 1886 1906 1907 1908 1910 1918 1929 1932 1935 1938 1945
Division
Championships
Eastern: 1984 1989 Central: 2003 2007 2008 Wild Card: 1998
Minor League
Affiliates
Iowa Cubs (AAA) Tennessee Smokies (AA) Daytona Cubs (A) Peoria Chiefs (A) Boise Hawks (A) Arizona Cubs League (rookie) DSL Cubs1 (rookie) DSL Cubs2 (rookie)
Other assets
Comcast SportsNet Chicago WGN

Time (138)
1870s
1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879
1880s
1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
1890s
1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900s
1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s
1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
The 1920s
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The 2000s
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s
2010
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Chicago Tigers
National Football League dead club in 1920 Based in Chicago, Illinois
The Franchise
History Players
Head Coach Owners
Guil Falcon
Rivals
Chicago Cardinals Decatur Staleys
Notable players
Dunc Annan milt ghee Frank Rydzewski
NFL season
1920
Stadia
Wolf's paradox
League affiliations
National Football League (1920)
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Current ballparks in Major League baseball
American League
Angel Stadium of Anaheim Comerica Park Fenway Park Kauffman Stadium Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Oriole Park at Camden Yards Progressive Field Rangers stadium in Arlington Rogers Centre Safeco Field Tropicana Field Target Field U.S. Cellular Field Yankee Stadium
National League
AT & T Park Busch Stadium Chase Field Citi Field Citizens Bank Park Coors Field Dodger Stadium Great American Ball Park Miller Park Minute maid Park Nationals Park Petco Park PNC Park Sun Life Stadium Turner Field Wrigley Field
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Keeper of the Register History of the National Register of Historic Places Property types Historic district contributing properties
List of entries
National Park Service National Historic Landmark National Historic Site battlefields National National National Historical Parks National memorials Monuments
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NHL Winter Classic
2008
Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Buffalo Sabres Ralph Wilson Stadium sa
2009
Detroit Red Wings vs. Chicago Sa Blackhawks Wrigley Field
2010
Philadelphia Flyers vs. Boston Bruins sa Fenway Park
Legacy Classic
2003 Montreal Canadiens Classic heritage vs. Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium raincoat
See also
Broadcasters
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