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June 25, 1943: The first 'night' game in Major League history is held at Wrigley Field. This Friday evening game against the first place St. Louis Cardinals started at 6 PM (which is considered a twi-night game by MLB standards today). The game ended 2 hours 17 minutes later (some minutes before sundown), on one of the longest days of the years ...
"Go Cubs Go", "Go, Cubs, Go" or "Go, Cubs, Go!" is a song written by Steve Goodman in 1984. [1] At various times the Goodman version of the song has been the official Chicago Cubs team song and the official Cubs victory song, playing after every home win for the Cubs at Wrigley Field. [ 2 ]
Detroit Tigers infielder Jace Jung (17) hits an RBI single against the New York Yankees in the ninth inning at BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, Aug ...
CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs played a rare Friday night game at Wrigley Field after getting cooperation from the city to relax the ordinance that limits weekend night games. Manager David Ross ...
Wrigley Field was the first Major League ballpark to have organ music on April 26, 1941. [2] [6] Pressy was hired in 1987.He marks the 2016 Chicago Cubs World Series as one of his most cherished highlights of his career.
WGN-TV Chicago, through its WGN Sports department, holds the broadcast rights to the following sports telecasts, which were discontinued from airing on WGN America as of December 15, 2014: [3] Chicago Bulls NBA basketball games 1; Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball games 1; Chicago White Sox Major League Baseball games 1
After being beaten in Game 3 7–1, the Cubs lost Game 4 when Smith, with the game tied 5–5, allowed a game-winning home run to Garvey in the bottom of the ninth inning. In Game 5 the Cubs took a 3–0 lead into the 6th inning, and a 3–2 lead into the seventh with Sutcliffe (who won the Cy Young Award that year) still on the mound. Then ...
The Cubs entered the Wild Card Game with a record of 95–68, while the Rockies entered at 91–72. The Cubs and Rockies tied the six-game regular season series 3–3, with each team winning two of the three games in its opponent's ballpark. [4] This was the first postseason meeting between the two teams.