Just recently, there was a lot of discussion out there. We need more night games! How could you expect us to win when we play so many games during the day?
Well … Remember all the angst and torment? How could the Cubs even think about adding light standards to Wrigley Field? I make myself sound real old with this next sentence. But we’re now on generations – yes, generations, with a plural “s” – that don’t know what it was like to play major league baseball solely during daylight hours. Today – August 8 – is the anniversary. The date still rolls off the tongue … 8/8/88. And I remember it like it was … well … 29 years ago today. Wow, I do feel old. Wrigley Field managed to survive almost 75 full years without lights. It has managed to survive 28 with lights, so I guess night baseball didn’t ruin the venerable park. It’s not possible to forget all the buildup to that night.
And how could I forget the sights and sounds of the ballpark?
And then the game started.
Thankfully, the powers-that-be for the Cubs had already selected August 9 as a night game – as an alternative date in the event August 8 was postponed. Mercifully, the powers-that-be in the meteorology division didn’t interfere with that affair, and the first official night game took place without a hitch. Happy 29th Anniversary to night baseball at Wrigley Field. In the immortal words of the late, great Harry Grossman, “Let there be lights!”
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8/6/2018 12:06:17 am
Most of us loves to reminisce the good times that we experienced. These were the days wherein we had fun and wanted to relive it again because it was a memorable moment for us. Celebrating the twenty ninth anniversary of baseball at Wrigley Field is a way to give recognition for the players and the actual day. Through these celebrations, we are able to honor important people or events and acknowledge it. Thank you for sharing this with us, continue posting and I look forward to reading more of your blogs.
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