When people who have never gone ask me about Wrigley Field, I always tell them, “It’s the best bar in the world.” Here’s an example from the early 80’s. When the Mets had Dwight Gooden at the top of his game, he wore the Cubs out every game he started, except one. My buddy and I went to a Friday afternoon game, called a “Business Man’s Special” because it started at 2 instead of 12 and made a vow to drink a beer for every run the Cubs scored. The Cubbies won the game 9 – 0.
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My First Trip To Wrigley
I had a choice to make. I could either go to the Canton Illinois Park District city championships and represent Isaac Swann School in checkers and knock hockey, or I could to Chicago to see the Cubs play in Wrigley Field for the very first time in my life. My dad gave me this decision to make as I lay in bed at Graham Hospital, where I had been rushed three days earlier with a high fever, racking cough, and violent body tremors.
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