Editing Chicago Cubs (section)

==Ballpark==
===Wrigley Field and Wrigleyville===
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The Cubs have played their home games at [[Wrigley Field]], also known as ''"The Friendly Confines"'' since 1916. It was built in 1914 as '''Weeghman Park''' for the [[Chicago Whales]], a [[Federal League]] baseball team. The Cubs also shared the park with the [[Chicago Bears]] of the NFL for 50 years. The ballpark includes a manual scoreboard, ivy-covered brick walls, and relatively small dimensions.

Located in Chicago's [[Lake View, Chicago|Lake View]] neighborhood, Wrigley Field sits on an irregular block bounded by Clark and Addison Streets and Waveland and Sheffield Avenues. The area surrounding the ballpark is typically referred to as Wrigleyville. There is a dense collection of sports bars and restaurants in the area, most with baseball-inspired themes, including Sluggers, Murphy's Bleachers and [[The Cubby Bear]]. Many of the apartment buildings surrounding Wrigley Field on Waveland and Sheffield Avenues have built bleachers on their [[Wrigley Rooftops|rooftops]] for fans to view games and other sell space for advertisement. One building on Sheffield Avenue has a sign atop its roof which says "Eamus Catuli!" which roughly translates into [[Latin]] as "Let's Go Cubs!" and another chronicles the years since the last Division title, National League pennant, and World Series championship. On game days, many residents rent out their yards and driveways to people looking for parking spots. The uniqueness of the neighborhood itself has ingrained itself into the culture of the Chicago Cubs as well as the Wrigleyville neighborhood, and has led to being used for concerts and other sporting events, such as the 2010 [[NHL Winter Classic]] between the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] and [[Detroit Red Wings]], as well as a 2010 [[NCAA]] men's football game between the [[Northwestern Wildcats]] and [[Illinois Fighting Illini]].

In 2013, Tom Ricketts and team president Crane Kenney unveiled plans for a five-year, $575&nbsp;million privately funded renovation of Wrigley Field.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 1, 2013 |title=Photos Of Planned Wrigley Renovation Revealed |url=http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/01/photos-of-planned-wrigley-renovations-revealed/ |access-date=July 7, 2013 |work=[[WBBM-TV|CBS Chicago]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = Cubs Hint at Paying for Renovations |first = Ben |last = Strauss |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/21/sports/baseball/cubs-unveil-wrigley-field-plans-hinting-at-picking-up-tab.html |newspaper = [[The New York Times]] |date = January 20, 2013 |access-date = January 23, 2013 }}</ref> Called the 1060 Project, the proposed plans included vast improvements to the stadium's facade, infrastructure, restrooms, concourses, suites, [[press box]], [[bullpen]]s, and clubhouses, as well as a {{convert|6,000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} [[jumbotron]] to be added in the left field bleachers, [[Batting cage|batting tunnels]], a {{convert|3,000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} video board in right field, and, eventually, an adjacent hotel, plaza, and office-retail complex.<ref>{{cite news |title = Selling of Wrigley Field Renovation Plan Begins |first = Paul |last = Sullivan |url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/01/20/selling-of-wrigley-field-renovation-plan-begins/ |newspaper = [[Chicago Tribune]] |date = January 20, 2013 |access-date = January 23, 2013 }}</ref> In previous years mostly all efforts to conduct any large-scale renovations to the field had been opposed by the city, former mayor [[Richard M. Daley]] (a staunch White Sox fan), and especially the rooftop owners.

Months of negotiations between the team, a group of rooftop properties investors, local Alderman [[Tom Tunney]], and Chicago Mayor [[Rahm Emanuel]] followed with the eventual endorsements of the city's [[Commission on Chicago Landmarks|Landmarks Commission]], the [[Chicago Plan Commission|Plan Commission]] and final approval by the [[Chicago City Council]] in July 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Spielman |first1 = Fran |title = City Plan Commission approves Wrigley Field revamp |url = http://www.suntimes.com/news/21400523-418/city-plan-commission-approves-wrigley-field-revamp.html#.VDXP9Wd0xYd |work = Chicago Sun-Times |access-date = October 9, 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141015025120/http://www.suntimes.com/news/21400523-418/city-plan-commission-approves-wrigley-field-revamp.html#.VDXP9Wd0xYd |archive-date = October 15, 2014 }}</ref> The project began at the conclusion of the 2014 season.<ref>{{cite web |last1 = Mooney |first1 = Patrick |title = The 1060 Project: World Series Dreaming |url = http://www.chicagonow.com/world-series-dreaming/2014/10/the-1060-project/ |work = Chicago Now |access-date = October 23, 2015 |archive-date = September 23, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923212437/http://www.chicagonow.com/world-series-dreaming/2014/10/the-1060-project/ |url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Bleacher Bums===
The "Bleacher Bums" is a name given to fans, many of whom spend much of the day heckling, who sit in the bleacher section at Wrigley Field. Initially, the group was called "bums" because they attended most of the games, and as Wrigley did not yet have lights, these were all day games, so it was jokingly presumed these fans were jobless.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-michael-haley-obituary-20170113-story.html |title=Mike Haley, an original 'Bleacher Bum' beloved by Cubs fans and players, dies |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=October 13, 2017 |access-date=October 3, 2018 }}</ref> The group was started in 1967 by dedicated fans Ron Grousl, Tom Nall and "mad bugler" [[Mike Murphy (sports radio personality)|Mike Murphy]], who was a sports radio host during mid days on Chicago-based [[WSCR]] AM 670 "The Score". Murphy has said that Grousl started the Wrigley tradition of throwing back opposing teams' home run balls.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mueller |first=Jim |title=Excerpt from ''Miracle Collapse: The 1969 Chicago Cubs'' |url=http://www.chitownradio.com/messages/606.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019035644/http://www.chitownradio.com/messages/606.html |archive-date=October 19, 2014 |access-date=August 1, 2014 |publisher=Chitownradio.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first = Jim |last = Mueller |date = April 13, 2008 |url = http://www.chitownradio.com/messages/606.html |title = Chicago Cubs fan tradition a throwback to 1969 |via = Chitownradio.com |work = Chicago Tribune |access-date = August 1, 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141019035644/http://www.chitownradio.com/messages/606.html |archive-date = October 19, 2014 }}</ref> A 1977 Broadway play called ''[[Bleacher Bums]]'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Dretzka |first=Jeff |date=June 30, 2004 |title=Jeff Santo |url=http://www.moviecitynews.com/Interviews/santo.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109014716/http://www.moviecitynews.com/Interviews/santo.html |archive-date=January 9, 2010 |website=Movie City News}}</ref> starring [[Joe Mantegna]], [[Dennis Farina]], [[Dennis Franz]], and [[James Belushi]], was based on a group of Cub fans who frequented the club's games.