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Wrigley Field is a baseball park located on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home of the Chicago Cubs, one of the city’s two Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises. It first opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park for Charles Weeghman’s Chicago Whales of the Federal League, which folded after the 1915 baseball season. The Cubs played their first home game at the park on April 20, 1916, defeating the Cincinnati Reds with a score of 7–6 in 11 innings. Chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. of the Wrigley Companyacquired complete control of the Cubs in 1921. It was named Cubs Park from 1920 to 1926, before being renamed Wrigley Field in 1927,More info:wiki

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#10 Behind the Scenes Chicago’s Wrigley Field,More info:midwestliving

The red-brown dirt at Wrigley Field sticks to my knees the way this ballpark has saturated my heart since I was a 7-year-old kid with a mitt.

I kneel on the field where my childhood hero, Chicago Cubs Hall-of-Famer Andre Dawson, played, as well as our 108-year-curse-breaking 2016 World Series champs. It’s been a dream to touch this field, as it must have been for the nearly 50 other fans at the 104-year-old ballpark-second in seniority only to Boston’s Fenway Park among Major League Baseball stadiums.

Our group meets under an azure sky at Gate H, which the Cubs unveiled in time for last year’s Opening Day. Just outside, The Park at Wrigley-with fountains, restaurants and a multilevel Cubs gift shop-has become a new gathering place for the neighborhood.

Inside, we head to the lower seating bowl, where guide Bill Stamper greets us with a ballpark nickname coined by Cubs legend Ernie Banks: “Welcome to Wrigley Field: the Friendly Confines and home of the 2016 World Champion Chicago Cubs!”

We cheer at “champion,” and Bill-who’s been coming to games here since 1954-breaks into a grand-slam grin. “We’ve been waiting a long time to say that.”

As we walk, he quizzes us on the number of baseballs that have hit the three-story scoreboard (fewer than 10) and the first professional baseball team to play at Wrigley (the Chicago Whales).

#9 How Much Of Original Wrigley Field Will Be Left After The Renovations Are Complete?,More info:bleedcubbieblue

Some queries were posted last week concerning whether any of the original structure of Wrigley Field is now being exposed. It’s a fair question how much material from the 1914 ballpark remains at all.

The answer is: Not much, and only a minority of that stands where it was built. The last of the original 1914 structure is the supporting steel of the majority of the lower deck, some of the office space fronting the Clark/Addison corner, and the visitors clubhouse. And even here, only the structures along the first-base/right field side are in their original position. Nothing above the lower bowl roof, nothing in the outfield, and nothing immediately fronting the playing field, is original to 1914. The lower bowl seating concrete has all been replaced at least once, and in some places several times. The visitors clubhouse, more than a century old, is usually cited as the worst in baseball. If the renderings are correct, some existing original structure is going to be sacrificed in the name of progress as rebuilding continues. The following photos illustrate the original material that can now be more easily seen. You can click on any of the photos for a larger version in a new browser window or tab.

#8 The Cubs are re-numbering every seat in Wrigley Field,More info:bleedcubbieblue

#7 A (jealous) A’s fan visits Wrigley Field,More info:athleticsnation

Wrigley Field. Fenway Park. Those two ballparks are spoken of as the true cathedrals of baseball, the over century-old pieces of living history left in the game. I had been to Fenway before. It was charming, but somewhat annoying. Is it sacrilege to say that they might as well expand left field and get the dimensions right there? It also felt old, and not in the awesome classic retro way. A lot of it was in disrepair and needed some work. Perhaps it was my disdain for the Red Sox coloring my experience, but I absolutely loved and appreciated some aspects of Fenway while I couldn’t stand others.

Wrigley Field had no such shortcomings. When you arrive in the 101-year-old ballpark, you get the ancient charm combined with modern convenience, and a great group of fans to watch the game with.

I had just gotten off a red eye flight and jumped into Wrigleyville, drowsy but intrigued. Parking was easy, as we were able to park about a 15-20 minute walk from the ballpark on the street and walk down Addison Street (yeah A’s fans, Mr. Russell belongs in Chicago). Many others were doing the same thing. We had gotten there quite early and decided to walk around the area outside the park

#6 Here Now, Images of Wrigley Field’s Completed Bleachers,More info:chicago.curbed

#5 23 HOTELS NEAR WRIGLEY FIELD, ILLINOIS,More info:choicehotels

#4 Limousine Service to Wrigley Field | Sedan Service to Wrigley Field | Van Service to Wrigley Field | Chicago Cubs Group Trips | Shuttle Bus Cubs Games,More info:allamericanlimo