1st night game at Wrigley Field: 8/8/88

[Catshrink]

I almost forgot about this significant anniversary! Thankfully, Yelladawg posted a thread in The Meeting Room:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=111x28909

Did anyone else see the game that night? Of course not. There wasn't a game -- it was rained out and actually played 8/9/88. Mark Grace and others were fined for playing "Slip 'n Slide" on the tarp covering the infield. What a memory!

[Catch22Dem]

1. Thanks for that

I remember waiting with anticipation for that game and took great delight in watching it on TV from here in Oklahoma.

Didn't they play a day game that same day?

[murielm99]

2. Of course it was rained out!

It was a sign from God.

Baseball should be played in the daytime, in God's sunshine, in God's ballpark, Wrigley Field.

[Catshrink]

3. Bart Giamatti called Wrigley Field "The Cathedral of Baseball"

ITA. It's my favorite place to be on a summer day.

[Zomby Woof]

4. I still have that on tape!

That is, the actual game from the next night - I remember being kind of sad, because I saw my first game at Wrigley in '83, and felt an era was truly over. At least we won that game!