Wrigley Field

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Addison Street</div> <div>                  Chicago, IL  60613</div> <bR> <div> Team- Chicago Cubs</div> <bR> <div> Year Opened- 1914</div> <bR> <div> Renovations- </div> <bR> <div> Capacity- 38,957</div> <bR> <div> Surface- Grass</div> <bR> <div> More than 40 years after Tiger Stadium became the second-to-last Major League ballpark to install lights, Chicago's Wrigley Field followed suit. </div> <bR> <div> The all-day-game era officially came to an end on Aug. 9, 1988, when the Cubs beat the Mets 6-4 in Wrigley Field's first night game. The inaugural night contest had been scheduled for the previous evening, but the Phillies-Cubs game was rained out in the fourth inning. </div> <bR> <div> While baseball purists and neighborhood residents fought fiercely against the lights, often turning to the courts for help, the local statutes now allow the Cubs 18 night games per season until 2002. </div> <bR> <div> Interestingly, the debate over the necessity of lights in Wrigley was almost rendered moot in the winter of 1941, when the Cubs had lights in the ballpark ready to be installed. But when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the lights were donated to the war effort, and Wrigley Field remained a daylight ballpark for 47 more years. </div> <bR> <div> Today, despite the presence of light standards on the roof, Wrigley Field remains one of baseball's most old-fashioned parks, rivaled only by Fenway Park in simplistic charm and beauty. </div> <bR> <div> It has the smallest capacity in the NL at 38,143, with an ordinary double-decked grandstand that runs along each foul line and very small bleacher sections in the outfield. The outfield walls are still made of red brick, and are covered with thick green ivy, into which balls often disappear for ground-rule doubles. </div> <bR> <div> The large center field scoreboard is still manually operated, and it carries the complete line scores of all NL games each day. </div> <bR> <div> By 1927, the park had assumed its current name in honor of new owner William Wrigley, and a second deck had been added, doubling the capacity to near 40,000. Since then, it has been modernized periodically, but has changed little in appearance or scope. </div> <bR> <div> Aside from its lack of lights, Wrigley Field's most distinctive feature has been its winds. </div> <bR> <div> Usually strong, when they are blowing out, the tiny park is a pitcher's nightmare (the Cubs once beat the Phillies here, 23-22), but when they are blowing in, home runs are virtually nonexistent. </div> <bR> <div> The foul lines are surprisingly deep (353'-355'), but the fences do not curve away from the plate as is the norm. Rather, the power alleys are only 10'-15' deeper, and home runs frequently leave the park completely, landing on either Waveland or Sheffield Avenue behind the tiny bleachers. There is little foul territory, and the field, of course, is natural grass. </div> <bR> <div> Wrigley Field has not hosted many World Series games, but on Oct. 1, 1932, Babe Ruth allegedly "called his shot" here in Game Three. </div> <bR> <div> And on May 2, 1917, Fred Toney and Hippo Vaughn pitched baseball's only double no-hitter, with Toney winning 1-0 in the 10th inning.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Source- The Idea Logical Company</div> </td> </tr></table></body>