* 1891 – The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.

They are also known as " The North Siders " because Wrigley Field, their home park since 1916, is located in Chicago's north side Lake View community at 1060 West Addison Street.

A common and unfounded myth is that since Wrigley Field did not have lights at that time the National League decided to give the home field advantage to the winner of the NL West.

Because of a blizzard, the game is moved from Wrigley Field to the Chicago Stadium, the field measuring long.

Fenway Park is one of the two remaining classic parks still in use in major league baseball ( the other being Wrigley Field ), and both have a significant number of obstructed view seats, due to pillars supporting the upper deck.

** The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago.

Wrigley Field is a baseball venue located in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago Cubs since 1916.

Wrigley Field is nicknamed The Friendly Confines, a phrase popularized by " Mr. Cub ", Hall of Famer Ernie Banks.

The current capacity is 41, 009, making Wrigley Field the 10th-smallest actively used ballpark.

Called " The basket ," by players and fans alike, the rules of the field state that any ball landing within the netting is ruled a home run, making the distance to hit a home run in Wrigley Field actually shorter than the location of the outfield wall.

Wrigley Field is known for its distinctive ivy-covered outfield walls.

Wrigley is now the only professional ballpark with an ivy covered outfield wall.

The Wrigley Building ( 400-410 North Michigan Avenue, Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois ) is a skyscraper located directly across Michigan Avenue from the Tribune Tower on the Magnificent Mile.

A time-honored and perhaps apocryphal story about Nagurski is a scoring gallop that he made against the Washington Redskins, knocking two linebackers in opposite directions, stomping a defensive halfback and crushing a safety, then bouncing off the goalposts and cracking Wrigley Field's brick wall.

Wrigley Field is featured in two interwoven and consecutive scenes.

Dodger Stadium is currently the third oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball ( behind Fenway Park in Boston and Wrigley Field in Chicago ) and is, by seating capacity, the largest ballpark in the world.

As of 2012, Dodger Stadium is one of eleven major league parks without a corporate-sponsored name ; the others are: Marlins Park, Turner Field, Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Kauffman Stadium, Angel Stadium of Anaheim, and Nationals Park.

Wrigley ( South Slavey language: Pehdzeh Ki " clay place ") ( 2001 population 165 ) is a " Designated Authority " in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

The community is located on the east bank of the Mackenzie River, just below its confluence with the Wrigley River and about northwest of Yellowknife.

Brian Sear is First Selectman, and Second Selectman is Leslie M. Wrigley.

Hunt's hometown is Chicago and she is a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, having not missed an Opening Day at Wrigley Field since 1977.

The management team of Wrigley and Veeck came to be known as the " double-Bills.

The ' 38 club saw Dizzy Dean lead the team's pitching staff and provided a historic moment when they won a crucial late-season game at Wrigley Field over the Pittsburgh Pirates with a walk-off home run by Gabby Hartnett, which became known in baseball lore as " The Homer in the Gloamin '".

The Hammond Pros played most of its games in Chicago's Cub Park, which is now known as Wrigley Field.

The Federal League left its mark on baseball history in the field now known as Wrigley Field, which was originally built for the Chicago Whales Federal League team.

* Aisle 4, Row 8, Seat 113 on the 3rd base of Wrigley Field, known as the " Bartman Seat "

; Don Wrigley ( Hardy Rawls ): Usually known as " Dad ", Don is the Petes ' father.

The Los Angeles Wrigley Field was built to resemble Spanish-style architecture and a somewhat scaled-down version of the Chicago ballpark ( known then as Cubs Park ) as it looked at the time.

At the time, he owned Santa Catalina Island, and the Cubs were holding their spring training in that island's city of Avalon ( whose ballfield was located on Avalon Canyon Road and also informally known as " Wrigley Field ").

The first film known to have used Wrigley as a shooting location was 1927's Babe Comes Home, a silent film starring Babe Ruth.

The diamond is locally known as " Wrigley Field ", and is the home of Wrigley Little League baseball and softball.

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.

The city is modeled after Chicago, including many of its landmarks, such as The ' L ', Willis Tower ( Then known as Sears Tower ), Wrigley Field, and Soldier Field.

The first was Arthur Wrigley, followed in 1966 by Bill Frindall ( affectionately known as " the Bearded Wonder ") whose final test was England's drawn 2nd Test with India in December 2008.

Starburst ( originally known as Opal Fruits ) is the brand name of a cuboid-shaped, fruit-flavoured soft taffy candy manufactured by The Wrigley Company, a subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated.

He organized the team for a second year in 1934, known as the Wrigley Aromints due to new sponsorship, and again played an exhibition schedule as the team remained unaffiliated with any league.

The Whales are notable as the original occupants of the stadium now known as Wrigley Field, the current home of the Cubs and the only Federal League stadium still in use.

Now known as Wrigley Field and used by the Chicago Cubs, it is the only Federal League stadium still in use.

When Wrigley could not get the city of Los Angeles to make the improvements to Washington Park he requested, he began construction of his own 21, 000-seat stadium, appropriately named Wrigley Field, at 42nd Place and Avalon Boulevard in what is now known as South Central Los Angeles.

" Mike's late father, Bill Veeck, Jr. is a well known baseball owner and counts one of his accomplishments as planting the ivy at Wrigley Field.

The cities include many of their respective landmarks, such as the Navy Pier and Wrigley Field in Chicago, the Havana's Plaza de la Revolución and El Capitolio, recreations of the hotels on the Las Vegas Strip, and the Corcovado, Christ the Redeemer and some other known landmarks of Rio.