On August 9, 1988 the Cubs' first game under this stadium's new lights was postponed due to rain
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List of events at Wrigley Field - Wikipedia  Wrigley Field is a stadium that opened in 1914. It has primarily served as the home field of the ... April 23 the Federal League Chifeds played the first game at the brand-new .... The Chicago Cubs would not host a night game until 8/8/1988. ... August 21, 1954: Under portable lights and in front of a crowd of over 14,000, the...
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Official or not, first Wrigley night game was special | MLB.com  8/8/88: 91-year-old Chicago Cubs fan Harry Grossman turns on the lights at Wrigley ... on August 8, 1988 - the same two teams were scheduled to meet in the first ... Heavy rain interrupted play after 3 1/2 innings and the game was called after a ... Technically, the first night game came the following evening, when the Cubs...
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The Cubs get lights at Wrigley Field - Chicago Tribune  On Aug. 8, 1988, the lights go on in Wrigley Field, which had been the only major league park where night games were not played. ... When then-general manager Dallas Green first proposed installing lights in 1982, many neighborhood residents took ... Then, with the Cubs leading 3-1 in the fourth inning, the rains came.
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Cubs Play First Official MLB Night Game at Wrigley Field in 1988 ...  Aug 9, 2015 ... On August 9, 1988, the first ever official night game at Wrigley Field takes place. It was on this night that the Chicago Cubs hosted the New York Mets in a ... Wrigley Field became the last ballpark to get lights after the Cubs had .... the rains came down and the first scheduled night game was postponed by...
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A Game From Cubs History: August 8, 1988 - Bleed Cubbie Blue  Jan 31, 2013 ... Rick Sutcliffe threw the first pitch in a game under the lights (you'll remember ... August 9, to see the Cubs beat the Mets 6-4 in what became the first "official" ... 1988 game for posterity, managing to preserve it despite the rain; since ... Chicago Cubs New Era 2016 National League Champions Locker Room...
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jeopardy/1556_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL | In April 1993 Joe DiMaggio threw out the first pitch in this Miami team's first regular season game ever | Florida Marlins.
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NOT JUST PEANUTS - Newsweek  May 8, 2005 ... Opening night was doomed. A few years ago, rain was pelting down on the Boston suburb of Brockton, leaving fans of the Brockton Rox soggy...
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199495 Major League Baseball strike - Wikipedia  1985 strike  1990 lockout. 199495 strike. Collective Bargaining Agreement  Baseball portal. The 199495 Major League Baseball strike was the eighth work stoppage in baseball history, ... The dispute was played out with a backdrop of years of hostility and mistrust between the two sides. What arguably stood in the way...
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Chase Field - Arizona Diamondbacks - MLB.com  Since the air-conditioned facility first opened its doors to a regular-season game on March 31, 1998, nearly 17.5 million baseball fans have enjoyed the...
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Why The Rolling Stones Launched Their 1989 Stadium Tour With a ...  Aug 12, 2014 ... 12, 1989 at Toad's Place, a New Haven nightclub. ... The Rolling Stones' 1989 Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle tour was ... They played three sold-out nights at Sullivan Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. on the ... Toad's Place began the day on August 12, 1989 as a small nightclub in New Haven, Conn. that sometimes...
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Fenway Park (Boston) | Society for American Baseball Research  Fenway had already become the oldest park in major-league baseball, and coming ... Grounds was the first park built for Boston's American League baseball team ... Sox and also owners of the land on which they built the new facility in 1912. .... Fenway Park has the smallest amount of foul territory of any park in the majors.
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Big Days in Astros History - April 9, 1965 - First game in the Astrodome  Now he watched his home city, from the visitors dugout, open the ballpark that .... and fifty-three writers from all sections of the country covered the opening game. ... period) that the Astros finally had a major letdown, losing 5-0 to the Orioles. ... New York Yankees 1 Game Played on Friday, April 9, 1965 (N) at Astrodome...
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jeopardy/3670_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  Number: 9. FAMOUS FIRSTS | Dec. 31, 1981 was 1st time ball of lights ushering in the new year over NYC's Times Square was in this shape | apple. right: Eric.
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Memorable moments in the history of Turner Field  Oct 1, 2016 ... Since it opened for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, it's been the site of many ... April 4, 1997  Following the Olympics, the stadium is downsized from the ... throws out the first pitch, and the Braves rally to beat the Chicago Cubs 5-4. ... of three no-hitters that will be pitched at Turner Field  all by visiting teams.
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The Cubs get lights at Wrigley Field - Chicago Tribune  8, 1988, the lights go on in Wrigley Field, which had been the only major ... the Chicago City Council passed legislation that effectively banned night games ... The Cubs, owned by Tribune Company, persisted. ... Major League Baseball decreed that, should the Cubs ever make it to the World Series, their home games would...
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Sunset for a Baseball Tradition - They're Lighting Wrigley Field ...  Feb 26, 1988 ... Wrigley Field has been the only major league ballpark without lights and the ... Sharon Lenihan, who lives near the stadium, said she was angered by the decision. ... The Chicago-based Tribune Company has been seeking to install lights at the ... groups opposed to night games and the Tribune Company.
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Remembering the First Game at Yankee Stadium April 18, 1923 by ...  Remembering the First Game at Yankee Stadium April 18, 1923. It was 87 years ago that "The House That Ruth Built" opened for business. ... 1913, the New York American League baseball team played home games at run down Hilltop Park. ... After the 1920 season, a season where the gate appeal of Babe Ruth helped...
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#30 Wrigley Field | Stuff White People Like  Jan 27, 2008 ... When most people think of the Chicago Cubs they think of tradition, ivy covered ... So for the upcoming season, try to know at least one player on the ..... There are also shitty baseball fans in every stadium too, if you look ..... You should have seen a couple years back when Jimmy Buffett played @ Wrigley.
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ESPN.com: MLB - Mets-Cubs to open 2000 season in Japan  Oct 7, 1999 ... ... City  Los Angeles  Milwaukee  Minnesota  Montreal  NY Mets ... NEW YORK (Ticker) -- Sammy Sosa and the Chicago Cubs will face ... The marquee teams will meet in a two-game series at the Tokyo Dome on March 29 and 30, ... the first ever regular season games played outside North America be in...
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In a first, World Series game suspended | MLB.com  Oct 28, 2008 ... There has never been a rain-shortened game in World Series ... Selig said that a meeting was held -- as it was before Game 3, which was .... policy, if any postseason game is officially rained out or postponed, .... One way or another, one of these two teams is going to end a .... Start times set for World Series.
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April 9, 1965: 1st Indoor Baseball Game! - History and Headlines  Apr 9, 2016 ... A Brief History On April 9, 1965, the Houston Astrodome hosted an ... their new stadium, the first such indoor facility for baseball and football in the world. ... to perform at the Astrodome, with the Supremes as her opening act! ... last NFL football game in 1996 and its last Major League baseball game in 1999.