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Wrigley Field / ˈ r ɪ ɡ l i / is a ballpark on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs, one of the city's two 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 World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
Wrigley Rooftops is a name for the sixteen rooftops of residential buildings which have bleachers or seating on them to view baseball games or other major events at Wrigley Field. Since 1914 Wrigley roofs have dotted the neighborhood of Wrigleyville around Wrigley Field, where the Chicago Cubs play Major League Baseball .
After Game 2 of the Series, the Bronx Bombers would not return to Wrigley Field for nearly 65 years until a three-game interleague series with the Cubs beginning June 6, 2003. This was the first World Series played at Wrigley Field following the bleacher reconstruction of 1937, which had significantly shortened the left-center field power alley.
View of the field from the upper deck, 2004. Wrigley Field is a stadium that opened in 1914. It has primarily served as the home field of the Chicago Cubs professional baseball club for over nine decades, but it also hosted football games and other events in its 100 years of existence.
The Iowa Hawkeyes will become the latest program to join the long list of teams to play a football game at Wrigley Field, the iconic baseball home of the Chicago Cubs.. Iowa takes on Northwestern ...
View inside Wrigley Field A special flag flying session occurred from April 24–29, 2008, when the Cubs franchise won their 10,000th game on April 23, 2008. The Cubs' then-owner Philip K. Wrigley ordered the reconstruction of the bleachers and the building of the manually operated scoreboard in 1937. [ 30 ]
1929 World Series; 1932 World Series; 1935 World Series; 1937 NFL Championship Game; 1938 World Series; 1941 NFL Championship Game; 1943 NFL Championship Game; 1945 World Series; 1947 Major League Baseball All-Star Game; 1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game) 1963 NFL Championship Game; 1984 National League Championship Series