Wednesday, June 17, 2009

WRIGLEY FIELD



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Wrigley Field Was built in 1914 by Charlie Weeghman for $250,000. The stadium was built to house his baseball team, the Chicago Federals (a.k.a. the Chi-Feds and, later, as the Whales) of the brand-new Federal League, which was challenging the established major leagues. The Federal League folded after only two years, so Weeghman and a group of men including Willam Wrigley, Jr., purchased the Cubs of the National League. The stadium name actually did not become Wrigley field until 1926, this happened after William Wrigley Jr brought out Mr. Weeghman and the other owners of the team.The outfield bleachers went up in 1937 and the scoreboard was constructed the same year by Bill Veeck. The scoreboard is still manually operated to this very day.

NOTABLE EVENTS

October 8, 1929: Cubs fall 3-1 to Philadelphia in first World Series game at Wrigley Field.
October 1, 1932: Yankee Babe Ruth hits "called shot" off Charlie Root in Game 3 of World Series.
May 18, 1947: Jackie Robinson makes his Chicago debut
June 30, 1959: Infamous "two balls in play" game
May 17, 1979: Philadelphia beats Cubs 23-22 in 10 innings.
August 8, 1988 first night game (rain out)
August 9, 1988 first official night game
1990, 1962 and 1947 All-Star games.
January 1 2009 blackhawk redwings played hockey game Red Wings won 6-4


STATISTICS
Former names: Weeghman Park (1914-1920) Cubs Park (1920-1926)
Location: 1060 West Addison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60613
Broke ground: March 4, 1914
Opened: April 23, 1914
Owner: Chicago Cubs
Surface: Grass
Architect: Zachary Taylor Davis
Capacity: 41,118 (2006)
Field dimensions:
Left Field - 355 ft
Left-Center Field - 368 ft
Center Field - 400 ft
Right-Center Field - 368 ft
Right Field - 353 ft
Backstop - 60.5 ft