By Ted Bauer

Monday, August 4, 2008

Throughout this week, we'll be rolling out a package dedicated to the first night game at Wrigley Field, which took place on August 8, 1988 (twenty years ago this Friday). Why is this so important? Wrigley, which opened as Weeghman Park in 1914, was the last of the old-school major stadiums to play night baseball. For five days, we'll investigate what that meant to the members of the '88 Cubs, the city of Chicago, the economics of baseball, and maybe even a few surprise guests. Here now: a loo ...

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