Wrigley Field
History
Main article: History of Wrigley Field
The park was built in six weeks in 1914 at a cost of about $ 250,000 ($ 5.3 million in 2008 dollars) in the magnate of Chicago Dining "Lucky Charlie" Weeghman, owner of the Dolphins in the league. (The club has signed a contract lease of fifty-five years to use the park for the application $ 18,000 per year.) was designed by architect Zachary Taylor Davis (Who, four years earlier had designed Comiskey Park Chicago White Sox), incorporating the new codes of fire-proof building, recently adopted the city. According to some sources, when it opened for the season 1914, Federal League, Weeghman Park has a capacity of 14,000. Another source was the original capacity 20,000.
In 1915, the end of the Federal League folded. The ingenious Weeghman formed a union, including chewing gum manufacturer William Wrigley Jr. bought the Cubs Chicago by Charles P. Taft for about $ 500,000. Weeghman immediately moved the west side of the Cubs in ruins Reasons for its fleet of two years. In 1918, Wrigley acquired a majority stake in the club. In February 1926, the park was renamed Wrigley Field. "
In 1927, an upper floor was added, and in 1937, Bill Veeck, son of club president ivy vines planted on the walls of the field.
Wrigley Field was a robbery against night games, no installation lights until 1988, after baseball officials refused to allow any party Cubs postseason play without lights. night games are still limited according to the city council. The capacity is set at 44 250.
Features
Wrigley Field next to the stage box design that was popular in the 20th century. The two areas on the wall, or sinks "in the left and right field, giving these areas a little longer than if the wall was to keep contour of the center, which appears in these wells, when the wind blows from the Cross, that used to bounce the bullets in all sorts of interesting directions, including is a thread along the entire length of the field wall, about two feet high, its main use is to keep fans from falling off the bleachers area and pitch, which is about seven to ten feet below the top of the wall. Called "The purchase by players and fans, the rules of the State on the basis that the ball landing in the net missed a home run, making the distance to hit a homer in fact shorter than the location of the garden wall at Wrigley Field.
walls ivy-covered field
Wrigley Field is known for its distinct field walls covered with ivy.
The stadium is famous for its walls are covered with ivy field. In the first weeks of the baseball season, the ivy leaves are not turned on, and all you see are the vines in which it grows. However, as the baseball season spring progresses, the ivy grows thick and green, to disguise the hard ground surface of brick wall. More than one ball has been lost in the ivy on the impact the outfield fences. A gardener of the signal is lost the ball, raising his hands. When this happens, umpires call time and the state to play a ground rule double. In addition, there were opportunities for field players are injured crashing into the wall behind a ball. The ivy covering the wall area of Boston Ivy, that can withstand the harsh winters of Chicago better than its English cousin. The ivy was planted in 1937 by the Cubs general manager Bill Veeck, to try to add some types of fill to the mark and click New brick wall on the ground.
rooftop seating
See also: Wrigley Roof
The seats on the roofs of the street offers similar views to those of their own seats Average.
Old-time stage are often surrounded by buildings benefit from a "freebie" watch the game for enterprising souls. In most sites, the clubs have taken steps to extend the well is around, or build fences, despite blocking the view. Perhaps the most notorious of these was that of Shibe Park in Philadelphia, which has caused a rift between residents and the team that has never healed. The Cubs themselves had built a tall fence along the gardens on the West Side Park, to hide the field of flats which back porches were right side of the fence outside the stadium.
But Wrigley was different. The flat roofs of apartment buildings on Waveland and Sheffield, are prior to the court, have often been filled with a reasonable number of fans cookouts while enjoying the game for free. The Cubs allowed in silence until the 1990s, when some owners of these apartments has begun to build small sections of bleachers, and people pay to watch matches. This game was completely different, and the Cubs management became very vocal in expressing of his displeasure, threatening legal action. In 2003, he went to the line that shows the top of the outer walls with opaque strips, to block the sight lines more outside. It's the closest thing to a fence, but Wrigley had seen. Therefore, the steps are sometimes called "The Near Spiteless" and "The Ivy Wall.
View from the roof of a building on Waveland Avenue
This led to meetings and a peaceful solution between the different parties. Building owners have agreed to share some of their products with the Cubs and the Cubs obtained permission from the city to develop their own paces on the sidewalks and do something building more on the open area of the property to the west, bordered by Clark and Waveland, and close the rest of the Seminary Avenue, there was also on the property. The seats are now on the roof of an effective part of the stage of life, even if not included in the number of seats.
Some roofs have become a legend in his own right. The Lakeview Baseball Club, located on Sheffield Avenue (right field) phase shows a banner, "Eamus Catuli!" (About Latin to "Let's Go Cubs!" Atul Translation of "Cubs" America's closest equivalent), flanked by a counter that indicates the long legacy of futility of the Cubs. The meter is called "AC" for "Anno Catuli" or "in the year of the Cubs. The first two digits indicate the number of years since the Cubs last championship division at the end of last season (2008), the next two digits indicate the number years since the Cubs last trip to the World Series (1945), and the last three digits indicate the number of years since his last victory World Series (1908).
Today, the roofs have become a unique alternative for Wrigley watch baseball. Many sites have rooftop terraces, open bar, special food, and atmosphere of game day, although the quality of the view may vary depending on the specific location on the ceiling.
Unusual patterns Wind
The main scoreboard at Wrigley Field. This photo was taken on August 27, 2005 Cubs-Marlins Thurs Note the video card under the dashboard, as was added in 2004.
In April and May, the wind often comes close to Lake Michigan (less than a mile to the east), which means the northeast wind blowing "potential below the circuit and turn them into products. In summer, however, or any other hot day and windy, the wind is often south and south-west, which means the wind is is blowing "and has the potential to normally harmless fly balls into the channels. A third variety is the crosswind, which usually runs from the left corner on the ground in the right-field corner and causes havoc on all sorts of interesting. Under the direction of the wind, Wrigley can be one of the best parks in Major League or worse pitchers. This makes a more unpredictable Wrigley Park in the majors.
Many Cubs fans check your nearest flag before going to the park on game days for an indication of what the game could be similar, which is less a factor for night games, however, because the wind blows so hard after sunset.
With the wind blowing in, pitchers can dominate, and hitters have been thrown from time to time, but none 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 no-hitter, the first August 19, 1969, Hank Aaron Atlanta Braves hammer seemed headed for Waveland, but the wind caught him enough for left fielder Billy Williams traps to jump and "good."
With the wind blowing, some true tape channels were affected by muscular hitters. Sammy Sosa and Dave "Kong" Kingman broke windows in buildings on Waveland Avenue. on several occasions. Glenalla Hill put one on a roof. Batters have sometimes distracted, or on the side of the first row or two of the top cover "of the center-field bleachers. Sosa hit the roof of the cabin center field camera on the fly during the NLC against Marlins Florida, just 450 meters away.
But the biggest blast was probably hit by Dave Kingman on a windy day in 1976, while with the Mets. According to local legend, this day, Kingman launched a bomb that fell on the roof of the porch in center third (east) of Kenmore Avenue, about 550 yards away.
No hitter has beaten the scoreboard in center field, but it was affected by another type of ball, a golf ball hit by Sam Snead, using a two iron.
Whatever the weather, many fans gathered at batting practice games on Waveland Avenue behind the left, and Sheffield Avenue, behind the garden right, for a chance to catch home run ball.
Main tourist Scoreboard
Just as Fenway Park, Wrigley still has a hand returned dashboard. But unlike the legendary home of the Red Sox, the scoreboard at Wrigley is mounted above the center-field bleachers, instead of ground level, making it more difficult to hit. The marker was installed in 1937, when Bill Veeck installed new field of brick wall, stands and booths, the Group remained in place ever since, and has been amended once, in 1988, when the installation of lights, it was necessary to add a set of light is in front on the scoreboard. The scoreboard is still turned by hand, with the score next to the dashboard with a teletypewriter (Currently, a computer is used to display the number turners score), Turner watches a number score changes closely, and reflects the market by the length inside the dashboard and manually replace the numbers reflect the new partition for a given game. Known that during the existence of the current board Wrigley Field, several players approached but have not ever touched. The instrument panel is sheet steel, welded in place and painted forest green foliage to reflect the growing below. The figures are placed on windows steel rods, painted forest green, and numbered with white numbers, with my game at Wrigley, however, for the round until the end of this round, the course will reflected in the number marked in yellow. The clock, located in the top center of the dashboard, has never lost time in its history 73. The doors to enter the box indicators are on both ends, and on the other side of the dashboard is a blue flag with the words "Chicago Cubs" White, the words also are placed in neon red, allowing the flame to see at night.
Home Store entry
Just above the main entrance of the stadium is the best-known symbol of the approach was a large red tent Art Deco style, painted in white letters read "Welcome to Wrigley Field, home of the Cubs of Chicago. The capital is in place since the stadium was renamed in the mid-1920s and was first introduced to the upcoming games, using a design Marquee of the old theater, with lyrics that are replaced by a suction cup on a long pole. In the 1980s, the original configuration of the theater was recognized removed the poster and a scrolling list of e-card added by separating the tent home in two pieces. The Marquee uses red neon at night, showing the familiar "Welcome to Wrigley Field" in red, like the rest of the sign is in the dark. It is the most photographed outside the stadium.
use of the stadium
Main article: List of events at Wrigley Field
Baseball
Main article: History of the Chicago Cubs franchise
Wrigley Field used home aa Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs franchise from 1916.
Football
Wrigley Field football configuration with additional seating in stands right field
Chicago Bears National Football League played at Wrigley Field from 1921-1970 before moving to Soldier Field. The team had transferred from Decatur, and kept the name "Staley" for the 1921 season. They changed the name of "Bears" to identify with the baseball team, a practice common in the NFL in those days. Wrigley Field, once held the record for most NFL games played in a unique setting of 365 games of regular season NFL, but this record was surpassed in September 2003 by the New Jersey Giants Stadium, thanks to its double occupancy for the New York Giants and New York played the game Jets.The between the Jets and Miami Dolphins September 14, 2003, was the regular-season game in record breaking 366th NFL regular season Giants Stadium Wrigley. The 50 stations of Bears at Wrigley Field last was an NFL record until 2006, when the Lambeau Field Packers host repeated the feat this season and started 50 in 2007.
Initially the bears worked with the stands that were there. Finally, they acquired a large portion extending mobile bleachers in right and central parts of the earth and covered most of the existing seats and the bank stands the right-field corner. This "East Stand" raised the capacity of approximately 46,000 football Wrigley, a net gain of 9,000 seats could be more normal capacity. After Bear left, this structure would live for several years the "North Stand Soldier Field, to be replaced by permanent posts.
The football field has north-south, either from left field to one side in the area of first base. The renewal of the steps made for a perfect fit for the grill. In fact, the corner of the south end zone was literally in The visiting dugout baseball team, which was filled with blocks of security, and required a special rule base cut this corner of the end zone. A corner baseline to the north ran a few inches below the left field wall. There is a legend that Bronko Nagurski, have a great running back, crushed on the line, head down, and ran along the end zone, hitting his head with leather helmets against the bricks. He returned to the bank and told the coach "Dad Bear "George Halas," This guy gave me one last lick! "This kind of incident prompted the Bears to stop certain types of cargo to the wall.
The Bears are the second championships after Green Bay Packers of the NFL in total, and all but one of them (their only Super Bowl championship) took place during his tenure at Wrigley. After half a century, were forced to move because the NFL wanted each stage to accommodate at least 50,000. The bear had one experimental game Dyche Stadium (now Ryan Field) on the campus of Northwestern University, but otherwise continues to Wrigley until it was transferred to the lake ended its five decades to turn on the north side. A remnant of Bears at Wrigley when the reconstruction was found during the off-season field 20072008: the basis of goalposts.
Other Events
place in ice hockey
Chicago Sting of the NASL (NASL) used Wrigley, in Comiskey Park for their matches at home during the 1970s and early 1980. The Sting hosted the San Diego Sockers August 25, 1979 at Wrigley when the Bears use the Soldier Field. Unlike the arrangement of the Bears football field, the football field running east to west, from right field to third foul on the landward side of the base. [Citation needed]
On January 1, 2009, the League Winter 2009 National Hockey played his classic face Friendly confines two "Original Six" teams – the host Chicago Blackhawks and the Red Wings visited – In a hockey game outdoors. The track has crossed the field to third base first base with the second on the list is roughly in the center of the track. By espn.com, the presence of this game was 40 818. The Red Wings have won 64.
Recent years, the Wrigley Field was opened on a limited basis for popular concerts, but not some controversy. Artists and groups to play Wrigley Field have included Jimmy Buffett (2005), The Police (2007), Elton John and Billy Joel (2 009), and Rascal Flatts (2009). neighborhood groups have expressed concern about the impact of the crowd and the noise from the residential neighborhood cooperation, especially in 2009 when three concerts were added to the agenda, conflict with an annual festival neighborhood.
Traditions and pillars
Corporate sponsorship
Some advertising in Wrigley Field 2007
In the name of Wrigley Field to the Wrigley Company, the park was named for its then owner, William Wrigley Jr., CEO of Wrigley Company. In the 1920s, before the park officially became known as Wrigley Field, the scoreboard has been completed by the twins, as Elf "Doublemint" posed as a pitcher and a hitter. There were also ads painted on the wall in right field early in the approach to the history discovered before the upgrade 1923 brought its current form. After that, the elves were the Doublemint only advertising visible in the park. The elves have been permanently retired in 1937, when the stands and the marker were reconstructed. Would be about 45 years before advertising in the park, would reappear.
Owned by the Tribune Company since 1981, Wrigley Field was a notable exception to the recent trend of selling naming rights to sports business. The Tribune Company has decided not to rename the stadium, using other ways of achieving corporate sponsorship at the stadium.
In the mid 1980s, Anheuser-Busch's Budweiser and Bud Light to place ads on the scoreboard in center field. Bud Light became the sponsor of steps rebuilt 2006.
In the 2000s, following the trend of the stage of many, a chroma screen Green Key Council was installed behind the plate in the line of sight of television cameras center of the field, to allow electronic "rotation" ad visible to television audiences. In 2006, the Board has been created to allow advertising on both physical and electronic (and what can be seen live outlets and play).
In 2007, the first advertisement appeared in the field since the early days of the park. Under Armour sportswear company put its logo on the double doors between the ivy in the area of the wall in the center left and right of center. Ads are also placed in the canoes, originally for shops Sears department and Walter E. Smithe furniture and now State Farm Insurance.
Corporate sponsorship is not limited in the park itself. Wrigley Field is famous for its opinion on neighboring buildings across Waveland and Sheffield avenues. In addition to viewers standing or sitting flat on the roof, the sponsoring companies have often used these areas too. In the early days of Weeghman Park, a building across Sheffield Avenue said a local shelter known as Bismarck Gardens (later called Wonder Garden after the First World War). In the same building has been announced for the Torco Oil Company, Southwest Airlines, Miller Brewing Company.
A building across the street from the deep right-center field was passed a neon sign for the start of Baby Ruth candy in the mid-1930s and running 40 years. This investment by the Curtiss Candy Company Chicago, coincidentally placed in the spotlight of "Babe Ruth called shot", was chance when the games began airing 1940she the sign was also in the line of sight of the camera at ground level and left behind the original plate. The sign of aging eventually eliminated in the 1970s.
Another long held as a sign of the slope of the roof of a building behind the field center-left. Not in the stands that adorn many of these buildings, the ceiling was painted vessel in form of a large panel for at least the 1940s. In recent , wore a bright red sign and Budweiser, from 2009, a notice of Horseshoe Casino. Other buildings have signs sponsorship beers like Old Style (When he was a sponsor of the Cubs broadcasting) and Miller, and WGN-TV, which broadcast the Cubs games since April 1948.
For 2008 and 2009, the Cubs have worked an agreement with the Council of Chicago Options Exchange CBOE to allow the auction of nearly 70 entries and award stage of the season naming rights for them.
For the 2009 season, the Cubs announced that the renovated restaurant space at the southeast corner of Wrigley Field, formerly known Friendly Confines as the cafeteria, will now be known as Captain Morgan.
On October 27, 2009, Thomas S. Ricketts officially took over ownership 95% of the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and 25% owned by Comcast SportsNet Chicago. The Tribune will retain 5% of capital. Ricketts, however, expressed no interest in selling the naming rights to Wrigley Field, preferring to preserve the name he has used since 1926.
"White flag time at Wrigley!"
View numbers Ernie Banks and Ron Santo in the field foulpole left and Billy Williams and Ryne Sandberg in right field foulpole. Since May 3, 2009, the number 31 also flies in the failure of two poles, in honor of Ferguson Jenkins (left field) and Greg Maddux (right field).
Main article: Cubs Win flag
The term "White flag time at Wrigley!" means that the Cubs won. The ritual of flag-raising after a game is several decades old, but allegedly did not begin until the 1990s, as coined by Chip Caray.
From the days of PK Wrigley and the 1937 reconstruction steps marker either a flag with a "W" or an "L" flew from the top of the dashboard top, indicating the next day. In the case of a double that is shared, two flags are flown.
Past Cubs media guides indicate that the flags were in the blue house with white "W" in white and blue with an "L", which by chance, suggesting "surrender." In 1978, the blue and white lights were mounted on the board, to continue referring to the victories and defeats.
The flags have been replaced in the 1980s, and the colors were reversed under the banner of victory "for being white with a blue W, and the flag "loss" to the contrary. In 1982, the number of retirees Ernie Banks was flying in a failure of the pole as the target numbers blue.
Following the tradition, the fans are known for winning flags at home and outside the home, and watch them after a Cubs victory. Banderas also sold to the approach. On April 24, 2008, the Cubs have made an extra white flag showing "10000" in blue with the flag of victory as the 10,000 th win in franchise history have been on the road last night. In addition to the tradition of "W" and "L" flag, the song "Go Cubs Go "is sung after every home victory.
References in popular culture
The iconic sign of Wrigley Field.
The back of Wrigley Field, written by the former taken during a season before 2005 Reconstruction
During the preparation pre-game starting pitcher (Chris Young photo) was heated in the bullpen. Bullpen A few are in playable foul territory as at Wrigley Field.
Wrigley Field has a cameo in the movie The Blues Brothers (1980) with John Belushi Jake and Dan Aykroyd and Elwood Blues. 1060 W. Elwood Addison listed as his address false driver's license in Illinois, which led to the police and later the Nazis to listen on the police radio. The Natural (1984) with Robert Redford, was a scene in Wrigley, but was filmed in High Stadium in Buffalo, New York. All other scenes of action baseball in this film were shot in Buffalo, as the demolition phase-War Memorial.
During Cubs games, fans can often be found outside the park on Waveland Avenue, waiting for balls to run home at once on the wall and out of the park. However, as a tradition, Cubs fans inside and sometimes outside the park promptly to a home-run ball shot beaten by an opposing player back in the playground, a ritual depicted in the play of 1977, Burns bleach, and in the 1993 film Rookie of the Year.
The stadium was featured in a scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Rookie Many scenes were filmed the year at Wrigley Field. Later, the movie "The Break-Up, Wrigley Field would use the staging for the opening. One of the early 1990s film Babe Ruth had the obligatory scene at Wrigley Field on the spot "called" (the stadium has also doubled the Yankee Stadium for the film). A panel similar to that in force in 1932 was used at the top of a wall of ivy (although that did not exist until the end of the decade).
The stadium was used to set the Test scene in a league of its own (1992). This film was a Hollywood story, 1940 League Baseball Cubs owner PK Wrigley women defended during the Second World War. Garry Marshall (director Penny Marshall's brother) has a cameo as Walter Harvey, "Wrigley fictional alter ego. The sign behind the board has been temporarily re-reading "Harvey Field, and the filming was split between Wrigley and Cantigny Park near Wheaton, Illinois.
Many TV series have included scenes Wrigley Field, including ER, Crime Story, Chicago Hope, Prison Break, Perfect Strangers, and my children. In addition, the animated comedy, Family Guy there is a scene at Wrigley Field, Steve Bartman incident parody. In a Simpsons episode titled "He Loves to Fly and SEE D" "When you get to Chicago, Homer walk more Beyond a number of tourist attractions in Chicago, including Wrigley Field, followed by a generic search Stadium called "When the game the White Sox. "In 2007, the band Nine Inch Nails parody created an audio promotion, which is the Wrigley Field be a target of terrorist attack, a veteran of malcontents.
The comic book in late 1970, Burns Bleacher has been the bleachers in right field at Wrigley. The video of the work has also been on stage, with steps up Wrigley suggesting instead that in the current stage. The tradition of opposition home run ball throwing again explained by the character of Dennis Franz: "If someone hands that refuse to be rejected by them! "
The stadium has also been featured on the popular Travel Channel TV show, big hotels, with Samantha Brown. She attended a party during a visit to Chicago.
Chicago folk singer Steve Goodman Wrigley Field appears little people Marco his ballad "" Last Request A Dying Cub Fan's, calling for both tests Cubs Wrigley Field and place in the hearts of the fans has Cub. After his untimely death from leukemia, Goodman's ashes were scattered, in fact, at Wrigley Field as described in the letter.
1981 The Statler Brothers' song "I served" refers to a situation so unlikely: "When the lights at Wrigley Field." However, after the lights have been installed, the line has been changed to " When they put a dome on Wrigley Field for their 1989 Live-Album Sold Out.
Fewer putts Wrigley Field in 1949 in the movie, it happens each spring. Also visible in the living history program chain after people.
The stage had a brief outdoor appearance for the first episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, Conan rushed through the turnstiles during the execution of New York (where his previous show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien has been recorded) in Los Angeles (where his new show bands) and run on the field while being chased by the security of the Cubs. The road O'Brien takes is somewhat misleading, as it is shown south of Michigan Avenue beyond the Tribune Tower, before arriving at Wrigley Field, which is north of the Tribune Tower.
In the movie Category 6: Day of Destruction, a terrorist becomes of all electricity in the stadium for a few minutes to show how Hackers can penetrate the city's electric system.
A panoramic view of Wrigley Field from the upper deck.
Accessibility and Transport
Addison Station at Wrigley Field is served by trains from the red line. This view is blocked by buildings constructed in 2007.
Stop line Addison Network is one block east of Wrigley Field. The stadium was built near the railway. At the end of games, the scoreboard operator closed the scoring in the field or in the middle, a white flag with a blue "W" mean a victory for the Cubs or a blue flag with white "L" for a defeat. This is not only to allow passengers at the nearby "L" Trains to see the outcome of the game, but anyone who passes through the park, now you can tell the score of the day. Interestingly, the color of the base when the indicator was the exact opposite of the colors used in the present (the reason is that the target is the traditional color of discount). In addition to rail service, the CTA offers several bus routes that service Wrigley. bus No. 22 Clark CTA, # 152 and # 154, Addison Wrigley Field Express offer access to the stadium. Pace also operates the Schaumburg-# 282 Wrigley Field Express Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg and Yorktown # 779-Wrigley Field Express Yorktown Mall in Lombard. ATV on the ground is also a popular alternative. As Halsted, Addison Street and Clark have designated cycle paths, to enter the field of Bicycles are a good way to avoid heavy traffic before and after games. Cyclists do not care about their bikes during the game, because the Wrigley Field offers free bike control. Passengers can check their bikes up to two hours before games bike racks beyond Waveland Avenue, and can retrieve their bikes up one hour after the end of games.
Parking in the region remains at a premium, but this does not seem to bother fans who want to come to this mecca of baseball which attracted more than 3 million spectators every year since 2004, averaging almost daily delivery of the season, even with many games in the afternoon from Monday to Friday. The small parking lot is available throughout the park can go up to $ 100 per seat. To alleviate this problem, in part, the developer of a Cubs shuttle parking near the campus of DeVry University in Addison and West, as part of its agreement with neighborhood groups.
Commemorative stamps
In 2001, a series of commemorative stamps on the theme parks in baseball was released by the United States Postal Service. Most of them were taken recorded of the old colored postcards, as the illustration of Wrigley Field. For Wrigley, the famous ditch score was probably to hide the flag of the postcard with the original name of the park. We also observe that the original photo in black and white aerial probably the 1945 World Series, was taken near the same location as the photo 1935 series, allowing a comparison before and after 1937 amendments to the stands. The seal and its sources as a rare glimpse into the center-field bleachers full admissions, a practice that was dismissed by the rappers risk, the risk of losing the flight of a white shirt midfielder. This led to the development of launch vehicles mounds obscure origins.
Sources
A day in the park, by William Hartel
Stage North America, by Michael Benson
Cubs Journal by John Snyder
Green Cathedrals, Philip J. Lowry
Wrigley Field: The Unauthorized Biography by Stuart Shea
The 10 stages in 2008 by Devin Pratt
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Chicago Cubs
Formerly the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Colts and the Chicago Orphans Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois
Franchise
The History Players Seasons Records Opening Day starters senior broadcasters
Stage
Lakefront 23rd Street Grounds Park West Side Park I South Side Park West Side Park II Tokyo Dome (two games in 2000) Wrigley Field
Spring Training: Field Hohokam Park Blair Field plants
Traditions
Baby Ruth shot manga Gatorade Glove Play Homer in the fall Gloamin "The Sandberg Game 69 Home Run Chase Brock for Broglio Merkle Boner June Swoon at worst first Monday Saves the Flag trivia College coaches Sandy Koufax perfect game playoffs Ken Hubbs Billy Jürges incident incident 163 game
Culture
Curse Steve Bartman the coppersmith Cabra Ex-Cubs Factor in Rookie of the Year Evers Chance This Old Cub Ronnie Woo Woo Housing subsidy Wrigley Wrigleyville spoiler Wayne Messmer Yosh Kawano Mike Royko Holy Cow! Wm Wrigley Jr. Company Beer Old Style Mackerel Bleacher Hey Hey Bill Santo Bums Arne Holden Heckler Chicago Voice Siani Billy Harris "Wow, Cubs, Go "The Pat and Ron Show physical" All the Way "Cubs Win Addison Brown Line Brant JDRF Sheridan Station Station Red Flag Red Line Taking Care of Business "Billy Goat Tavern Clark Winter Classic Heel Radio Network Click on the Street" Let's Play Two! "The Mr. Cub A League of their own interpretation Me Out to the Ball Game Wrigley Field Guide to North happiness IO Pat Pieper Cubs Fan
Rivalries
St. Louis Cardinals Milwaukee Brewers Chicago White Sox
Important figures
William Wrigley, Jr. Johnny Evers Grover Cleveland Alexander Joe Tinker Hartnett Mordecai Brown, Frank Cap Anson Gabby Chance, Hack Wilson, Billy Herman Stan Hack Ron Santo Ernie Banks, Ferguson Jenkins, Ken Holtzman Buckner Bill Williams, Billy, Harry Caray Ryne Sandberg Sammy Sosa Grace Jack Brickhouse Marcos Andre Dawson Greg Maddux Carlos Zambrano Derrek Lee, Kerry Wood Pat Hughes Aramis Ramirez Kosuke Fukudome
View Numbers
10 14 23 26 31 31 42
Key Personnel
Owner: A family of Joe Ricketts, Tom Ricketts operated by general manager Jim Hendry Manager: Lou Piniella
World Series
Championship (2)
1907 1908
NHL
Championship (16)
1876 1880 1881 1882 1885 1886 1906 1907 1908 1910 1918 1929 1932 1935 1938 1945
Division
Championship
East: 1984 1989 Central: 2003 2007 2008 Wild Card: 1998
Minor Leagues
Partners
Iowa Cubs (AAA) Tennessee Smokies (AA) Daytona Cubs (A Peoria Chiefs) (The Hawks) Boise (A Cubs) Arizona League (Rookie) DSL Cubs1 (Rookie) DSL Cubs2 (Novato)
Other assets
Comcast SportsNet Chicago, WGN
Seasons (138)
1 870
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Chicago Tigers
National Football League club in 1920 based on lack Chicago, Illinois
Franchise
Players History
Coach-owner
Guil Falcon
Rivals
Decatur Staley Chicago Cardinals
Famous Players
Milt Ghee Frank Rydzewski Dunc Annan
NFL seasons
1920
Stadiums
Cub Park
League Affiliations
National Football League (1920)
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Current Status Major League Baseball
AHL
The Angel Stadium of Anaheim Comerica Park Fenway Park Kauffman Stadium Park Coliseum in Oakland-Alameda County for the Orioles at Camden Yards Ballpark Rangers Progressive Field in Arlington Rogers Centre Safeco Field Tropicana Field target U.S. Cellular Field Yankee Stadium Field
NHL
AT & T. Busch Park stadium field Citi Park Chase Field Citizens Bank Park Coors Field Dodger Stadium Great American Ball Park Miller Park Minute Maid Park Nationals Life Petco Park PNC Park Stadium Turner Field Wrigley Field Sun
EV
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
History of National Registration Tutor Registration Historic Places Property types Historic district property taxpayers
Topics List
National Park Service National Historic Sites National Battlefield National Historic Sites National Parks National Monuments National Monuments
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NHL Winter Classic
2008
Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres at Ralph Wilson Stadium
2009
Detroit Red Wings vs Chicago Blackhawks Wrigley Field
2010
Flyers Philadelphia vs. Boston Bruins at Fenway Park
Heritage Classic
2003 Montreal Canadiens Heritage Classic vs Edmonton Oilers Commonwealth Stadium
See also
Broadcasters
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