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Wrigley Field at 100: Help Wanted for Cursed Cubs

April 23, 2014 by · Leave a Comment 

Forget the rally caps and break out the party hats. Wrigley Field celebrated its 100th birthday on Wednesday. Ernie Banks was there. What's a Friendly Confines celebration without Mr. Cub? So was Dutchie Caray. How can you sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" without Harry's widow? Steve Bartman? How cool would it have been to officially reunite the team with the unfairly vilified fan of the 2003 playoffs? "No, he is not going to appear at the 100th anniversary of Wrigley Field," Frank Murtha, Bartman's lawyer/friend/spokesman, said of the man who touched off a Chicago firestorm by touching a potentially catchable foul ...

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