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Nicknamed "the Friendly Confines," Wrigley Field has been home to the Cubs since 1916. Its original name was Weeghman Park when it was built in 1914 for the Federal League's Chicago Federals, also known as the Chicago Whales. When the Whales folded and the Cubs moved in, it was known as Cubs Park. In 1926, it was renamed Wrigley Field after William Wrigley, who was owner of both the Cubs and the chewing gum company that bears his name. Located at the corner of Clark and Addison Streets on the North Side, it is surrounded by the neighborhood that eventually became known as Wrigleyville. It was the last major league ballpark to install lights, on Aug. 8, 1988, and is the second oldest ballpark...
Nicknamed "the Friendly Confines," Wrigley Field has been home to the Cubs since 1916. Its original name was Weeghman Park when it was built in 1914 for the Federal League's Chicago Federals, also known as the Chicago Whales. When the Whales folded and the Cubs moved in, it was known as Cubs Park. In 1926, it was renamed Wrigley Field after William Wrigley, who was owner of both the Cubs and the chewing gum company that bears his name. Located at the corner of Clark and Addison Streets on the North Side, it is surrounded by the neighborhood that eventually became known as Wrigleyville. It was the last major league ballpark to install lights, on Aug. 8, 1988, and is the second oldest ballpark in the majors behind Boston's Fenway Park, which was built in 1912. Wrigley's most distinctive features include its ivy-covered outfield walls. It last hosted a World Series in 1945.
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Cancer takes 'nice, humble' ex-Cubs pitcher
Chicago Tribune reporterFormer major league pitcher Kevin Foster, who fulfilled a lifelong dream by playing for the Cubs, died Saturday at the age of 39. The former Evanston High star died in an Oklahoma City hospital after a six-month bout with renal cell carcinoma, his...Tags: New York Mets, Death and Dying, Major League Baseball, Greg Maddux, Philadelphia Phillies
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Age no barrier to steady Moyer
Chicago Tribune reporterLOS ANGELES — Perhaps the best way to make the second round of the postseason is to be an ex-Cub rather than a current Cub. And so we find 45-year-old Jamie Moyer, who started with the Cubs, not only pitching in the National League Championship...Tags: All Stars, Derek Lowe, Major League Baseball, Joe Torre, Greg Maddux
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THE HOMECOMING
The 14th hole at the Highland Park golf course is a 443-yard par four, slightly uphill from the tee before twisting right and heading downhill toward a green that is protected by a winding creek. It is a cruel hole, and one afternoon in the late summer of...Tags: Celebrity, Movies, Christmas, Victory Gardens Theatre, Police Investigations
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Hawks sell brand, but focus on wins
For a decade or so, as the Chicago Blackhawks racked up losses on the ice and in their ledgers, their iconic Indian-head logo was as likely to evoke the memory of Iron Eyes Cody's famously rueful response to litter and pollution as any of the storied...Tags: Tickets, Bobby Hull, Major League Baseball, Sales, Jonathan Toews
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Cubs GM Jim Hendry deserves a new deal
John McDonough is doing a great job with the Blackhawks. Yet the reality is he should still be with the Cubs, as the club president. Remember, he left because the team's uncertain ownership situation gave him little choice when Hawks Chairman Rocky...Tags: Scott Linebrink, Jeff Suppan, Kosuke Fukudome, Ryan Dempster, J.D. Drew
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Age no barrier to Phillies' Jamie Moyer
Tribune reporterPerhaps the best way to make the second round of the postseason is to be an ex-Cub rather than a current Cub. And so we find 45-year-old Jamie Moyer, who started with the Cubs, not only pitching in the National League Championship Series but trying to...Tags: All Stars, Derek Lowe, Major League Baseball, Joe Torre, Greg Maddux
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I enjoyed a whirlwind of activity in the Windy City
Special To The SentinelMy husband offered to take me to Chicago for my birthday. That was all I needed to hear. I immediately sat down at the computer, made our airline reservations and began my research of the Windy City. After studying hotels, I decided we should stay at The...Tags: Sears Tower, Georgia O'Keeffe, Georges Seurat, Magnificent Mile, Art Institute of Chicago
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Time to move
As a lifelong Cubs fan and season ticket holder, I ask the next owner of the team to consider the following proposal: Within two to four years, the Chicago Cubs should move out of Wrigley Field. I know this will upset many, but building a modern,...Tags: Baseball, Major League Baseball
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Chicago's Fashion Focus wraps up a successful week
Chicago Tribune reporterCompetition was stiffer than ever for Fashion Focus Chicago, the city's fashion week that wrapped Wednesday. The first of five runway shows, Gen Art's Fresh Faces in Fashion coincided with the Cubs playoff opener Oct. 1 at Wrigley Field. The next night...Tags: Millennium Park, Landforms, Macy's, Caves and Caverns, Chicago White Sox
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Cubs GM deserves payoff
John McDonough is doing a great job with the Blackhawks. Yet the reality is he should still be with the Cubs, as the club president. Remember, he left because the team's uncertain ownership situation gave him little choice when Hawks Chairman Rocky...Tags: Scott Linebrink, Jeff Suppan, Kosuke Fukudome, Ryan Dempster, J.D. Drew
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Thinking big, indeed, at this year's Humanities Festival
So have you bought your ticket yet to the talk on the physics of time travel? The panel discussion on visual perspective? The six-hour unabridged performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"? What are you waiting for? Get your liberal arts...Tags: Chicago Humanities Festival, Festive Event, Drug Trafficking, Tom Wolfe, F Scott Fitzgerald
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Cuban: Financial crisis will slow Cubs sale
What, you expected the Cubs' sale to go smoothly?
After the club's torturous playoff loss to the Dodgers, which brought on a great depression?
While the U.S. financial system is in convulsions?
No.
According to Mark Cuban, the shaky economic situation...Tags: United Center, Financial Markets, Baseball, Tribune Co., Sam Zell
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