* 1945 – Baseball: Billy Sianis and his pet billy goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series ( see Curse of the Billy Goat ).

Many fans associated the Bartman incident with the Curse of the Billy Goat, allegedly laid on the Cubs during the 1945 World Series after Billy Sianis and his pet goat were ejected from Wrigley Field.

Despite paid-for box seat tickets, Cubs owner Philip K. Wrigley allegedly ejected Sianis and goat due to the latter's odor.

The incident with Steve Bartman and a come-from-behind win in Wrigley Field in Game 7 helped the Marlins capture their second NL pennant, keeping the " Curse of the Billy Goat " alive and well.

The curse of the Billy Goat was supposedly placed on the Chicago Cubs in 1945 when Billy Goat Tavern owner Billy Sianis was asked to leave a World Series game against the Detroit Tigers at the Cubs ' home ground of Wrigley Field because his pet goat's odor was bothering other fans.

Sam Sianis, nephew of Billy Sianis, has been brought out onto Wrigley Field with a goat multiple times in attempts to break the curse: on Opening Day in 1984 and 1989 ( in both years, the Cubs went on to win their division ), in 1994 to stop a home losing streak, and in 1998 for the wild card play-in game ( which the Cubs won ).

They brought along a goat named Wrigley whom they believe will be able to break the Curse of the Billy Goat upon arrival at Wrigley Field.

According to three interviews with Sam Sianis, William Sianis ' nephew-in-law, the Curse of the Billy Goat can be dispelled only by the Chicago Cubs organization's showing a sincere fondness for goats ; allowing them into Wrigley Field because they genuinely want to and not simply for publicity reasons.

Some state that Sianis declared that no World Series games would ever again be played at Wrigley Field, while others believe that his ban was on the Cubs appearing in the World Series, making no mention of a specific venue.

Sianis ’ family claims that he dispatched a telegram to team owner Philip K. Wrigley which read, “ You are going to lose this World Series and you are never going to win another World Series again.

" The Cubs won the division that year and then came within five outs of playing in the World Series but were undone by the Florida Marlins ' eight-run rally immediately following the Steve Bartman incident, which occurred the same day that Wrigley Field denied entry to a goat accompanying Sam Sianis.

Some state that Sianis declared that no World Series games would ever again be played at Wrigley Field, while others believe that his ban was on the Cubs appearing in the World Series, making no mention of a specific venue.

Owner Sianis brought a pet goat, a tavern mascot, to Game 4 of the 1945 World Series, a home game at Wrigley Field against the Detroit Tigers.

In 1989, the first full season with night baseball at Wrigley Field, Don Zimmer's Cubs were led by a core group of veterans in Ryne Sandberg, Rick Sutcliffe and Andre Dawson, who were boosted by a crop of youngsters such as Mark Grace, Shawon Dunston, Greg Maddux, Rookie of the Year Jerome Walton, and Rookie of the Year Runner-Up Dwight Smith.

* William Veeck, Sr., a sports columnist who was hired as team vice-president by the Chicago Cubs ' William Wrigley Jr. after a series he wrote criticizing the team.

The seven Hershey trustees who voted to sell Hershey Foods on September 17, 2002, for US $ 12. 5 billion to the William Wrigley Jr. Company were removed by Attorney General Fisher and Judge Morgan.

The first " Pro All-Star Game ," featuring the all-stars of the 1938 season ( as well as three players from the Hollywood Stars and Los Angeles Bulldogs, who were not members of the league ), was played on January 15, 1939 at Los Angeles's Wrigley Field.

Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch, who also owns the Tigers, has wanted Detroit to host the Winter Classic ever since 2009 ( when the Wings faced the Chicago Blackhawks at Wrigley Field ).

Because there were no replay boards or JumboTrons in Wrigley Field, no one in the crowd knew of Bartman until friends and family members who were watching the game on TV started calling them on cell phones, informing them of Bartman and his appearance.

The Cubs, who had signed contracts to install lights at Wrigley Field, drop their plans because of the military need for the material.

Wrigley Field was built in South Los Angeles in 1925 and was named after William Wrigley Jr., the chewing gum magnate who owned the first tenants, the original Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League team.

Kalas had sung " Take Me Out To The Ball Game " on several occasions during the seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field in Chicago on several occasions in tribute to Harry Caray, the late voice of the Chicago Cubs, who had led fans in that song at most home games.

Veeck Sr. was a local sports writer who wrote several columns about how he would have run the Cubs differently, and the team's owner, William Wrigley Jr., took him up on it.

However, Miss Honey ( played by Margaret Rutherford, typecast as ever as an eccentric old lady ), who is director of a home for the orphans of London in Hampstead, recruits Wrigley to engage in a little light safebreaking, on the tenuous basis of having written Miss Robin Hood.

Production was hampered by financial difficulties for the Wrigley company, who supplied key components such as the steering gear and three-speed gearbox.

Wrigley has made many appearances in British TV programmes such as Phoenix Nights ( where he was Dodgy Eric, who sold club owner Brian Potter a Das Boot fruit machine, a bucking bronco and an obscene bouncy castle ), Emmerdale ( as eccentric rocket inventor Barry Clegg ), and his sixth character in Coronation Street ( as the Rev.

He replaced the previous scorer, Arthur Wrigley, who had been the BBC scorer from 1934 up to his death in October 1965.

The Angels franchise of today was established in the MLB in 1961 through former owner Gene Autry, the team ’ s first Major League owner who bought the rights to continue the franchise name from Walter O ' Malley, the former Los Angeles Dodgers owner who acquired the franchise from Phil Wrigley, the owner of the Chicago Cubs at the time.

The Angels franchise of today was established in MLB in 1961 after former owner Gene Autry bought the rights to continue the franchise name from Walter O ' Malley, the former Los Angeles Dodgers owner who had acquired the franchise from Phil Wrigley, the owner of the Chicago Cubs at the time.

In 1938, the old Vernon Tigers, who had played in San Francisco as the Mission Reds since 1926, moved back to Los Angeles, this time as the second version of the Hollywood Stars and, like their predecessors, played their 1938 home games in Wrigley Field.

Early in 1957, Philip Wrigley, who had inherited the team from his father, sold the Angels and Wrigley Field to Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O ' Malley for the then-astronomical sum of $ 3, 000, 000 and the Fort Worth Panthers of the Texas League.

He appeared as Nick Wrigley, the irresponsible uncle who steals Santa's sleigh to have a crazy ride to practically destroy Christmas in ' Twas the Night, a Disney Channel Original Movie that was released in the winter of 2001.

The Staley company sold the team to Halas and his partners, who transferred the team to Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois in 1921.

These blown saves earned him the ire of Cubs fans, who made a habit of booing him loudly at Wrigley Field when he came on in relief.

The White House had chewing gum until it could chew no more, and every Christmas, Mr. Wrigley sent the President a check for $100, to be divided among all the help.

Dillinger had always been a fan of the Chicago Cubs, and instead of lying low like many criminals on the run, he continued to attend Cubs games at Wrigley Field during the months of June and July 1934.

Cubs catcher Joe Girardi announced at Wrigley Field that the afternoon's game versus the Cardinals had been canceled, though he did not announce that the cancellation was prompted by Kile's death.

( Kauffman, Turner, and Wrigley were named for individuals rather than their corporations ; the Angels and Rangers previously had corporate sponsorships.

However, the difficulty of transcontinental travel in the era before modern air travel must have been a major factor in the decision to base the team in the Midwest, especially considering there were numerous other stadium options available for the league ( the Rose Bowl and Wrigley Field of Los Angeles being among them ) had the league desired to pursue that route.

Following his Hall of Fame induction, Sandberg had his number 23 retired in a ceremony at Wrigley Field on August 28,, before a Cubs game against the Florida Marlins.

; Joyce Wrigley ( Judy Grafe ): The Petes ' mother, usually just called " Mom ", has a metal plate in her head from an accident she had as a kid.

On July 27, 2006, he had the honor of throwing out the first pitch of a St. Louis Cardinals / Chicago Cubs baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Not only did L. A. Wrigley get its name first, it had more on-site parking than the Chicago version did ( or does now ).

The film noir classic Armored Car Robbery had its title heist set at Wrigley.

The use of Wrigley was studied by the Dodgers, but they opted for seating capacity over suitability as a baseball field, and instead set up shop in the Los Angeles Coliseum ( which had a 251-foot foul line ) while awaiting construction of Dodger Stadium.

They previously played at Wrigley Field, best known as the home of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, and had been originally intending on building a stadium in Arlington Heights.

He had 299 home runs by May 16 after a fast start, then slumped until August 11 against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field when he hit his 300th.

But, magnate Philip K. Wrigley saw that people loved to see the arm and leg revealing uniforms that others had worn, so he outiftted the players in short, flashy skirts, when he created the league in 1943.

The previous record, 248, had been set at the Angels ' original home of Wrigley Field in Los Angeles in 1961, its only year for major league ball.

Before its launch, Hubba Bubba had been referred to as " Stagecoach " during product development and early manufacturing at the now-defunct Wrigley plant in Santa Cruz, California.

The car was an assembly of proprietary parts, containing as it had a 2. 3-litre side-valve engine from Tylor, a 3 speed gearbox and rear axle by Wrigley, Woodhead springs, and Goodyear wheels.

The candy maker, located on the same street as Wrigley Field, named the bar " Baby Ruth " in 1921, as Babe Ruth's fame was on the rise, over 30 years after Cleveland had left the White House, and 17 years after his daughter, Ruth, had died.

As if to tweak their own official denial of the name's origin, after Babe Ruth's Called Shot at Wrigley Field in the 1932 World Series, Curtiss installed an illuminated advertising sign for Baby Ruth on the roof of one of the flats across Sheffield Avenue, near where Ruth's home run ball had landed in center field.

On July 23,, in a game against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, Callison had the first hit ( a single ) seen live by television audiences in Europe.