How Wrigley Field got lights, night games in 1988 | Chicago Cubs - MLB.com
Jan 28, 2022 · The Cubs -- a franchise so long synonymous with day baseball -- celebrated their 108-years-in-the-making World Series glory not beneath the sun at iconic Wrigley Field but beneath the glow of Progressive Field’s distinctive “toothbrush lights.”
Wrigley Field Lights Chronology - chicagology
The New York Yankees’ announcement yesterday that lights will be installed in their stadium left only Wrigley Field, Fenway Park in Boston, and Briggs Stadium in Detroit without electric lights. “We believe that baseball is a day time sport,” said Wrigley,”and will continue to play it in the sunshine as long as we can.”
Lights go on at Wrigley | August 8, 1988 - HISTORY
Nov 16, 2009 · Lights go on at Wrigley. On August 8, 1988, the Chicago Cubs host the first night game in the history of Wrigley Field. The first-ever night game in professional baseball took place nearly 60...
The Cubs turned the lights on at Wrigley Field 29 years ago …
Aug 8, 2017 · The Cubs turned the lights on at Wrigley Field 29 years ago today. By the 1987 season, night baseball had existed in the Major Leagues for over 52 years. Beginning at the Reds' Crosley Field on May 24, 1935, each team gradually adopted the trend. There was just one holdout -- the Chicago Cubs.
Lights turn on for first night game at Wrigley - YouTube
8/8/88: 91-year-old Chicago Cubs fan Harry Grossman turns on the lights at Wrigley Field for the stadium's first ever night game Check out http://MLB.com/video for more!
#Shortstops: Light Comes to Wrigley Field - Baseball Hall of Fame
On Aug. 8, 1988 – 40 years after the Detroit Tigers became the penultimate team to install lights at their stadium – the lights came on at Wrigley Field. The process of illuminating the historic stadium was not an easy one.
Wrigley Field finally gets lights: Remembering 8/8/88 - Sports ...
Aug 15, 1988 · ''One, two, three," Grossman bellowed into a field mike, as the capacity crowd of first-nighters chanted along with him, "Let there be light!" And, lo and behold, there was. This touching...
ON THIS DAY: Lights at Wrigley Field power up for first time in …
Aug 8, 2015 · Lights at Wrigley Field became a reality Aug. 8, 1988 when a 91-year-old Cubs fan named Harry Grossman flipped a switch. Finally, every ballpark in the majors had lights installed and...
August 9, 1988: Cubs win first official night game at Wrigley Field
Aug 9, 1988 · Wrigley Field at night, as pictured in 2014. After rain washed out the Chicago Cubs’ initial attempt at an inaugural game under the lights on August 8, 1988, there was an anticlimactic sense to their first official night game at home the following day. True, the game itself was historic.
The Night The Lights Went On In Wrigley - CBS Chicago - CBS News
Aug 8, 2018 · CHICAGO (CBS) -- Thirty years ago Wednesday night, a blinding light lifted Wrigley Field out of the darkness. The event electrified Cubs fans and would forever change Wrigleyville. CBS 2's...