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7/27 Ron Santo Day at Wrigley
Long time Cubs third baseman and radio analyst Ron Santo, inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame last Sunday, was celebrated on Friday at Wrigley Field. There were No. 10 flags on top of the ballpark and a “10″ imprinted in center field in honor of Santo, who passed away in December 2010, one year before the Golden Era committee voted him into the Hall of Fame. Santo’s wife, Vicki, and Santo’s sons, Ron Jr. and Jeff, and daughter Linda and her two children, Sam and Spencer, received a photo from the ceremonies in Cooperstown in which the family posed with the plaque. The family then shook hands with Cubs manager Dale Sveum, the coaches and all the players lined along the dugout. Santo’s grandson Spencer Brown threw a perfect strike to recently retired Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood for the ceremonial first pitch. As they took the field, the Cubs players clicked their heels as they did last Sunday in St. Louis in honor of Santo, who first did the celebration in 1969.
– Carrie Muskat
5/17 Sing along
Former Cubs outfielder Gary Matthews will lead the Wrigley Field crowd in the seventh inning stretch on Thursday. Matthews is currently a broadcaster for the Phillies. On Friday when the Cubs face the White Sox, former Chicago Bulls star Bill Wennington will sing. Saturday is still to be announced, while Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins will do the honors on Sunday.
– Carrie Muskat
5/16 Soccer at Wrigley Field
Wrigley Field will host a soccer friendly on July 22 when Italy’s AS Roma meets Poland’s Zaglebie Lubin. This will be the first soccer match at Wrigley since 1984 when the Chicago Sting beat the Vancouver Whitecaps, 3-1. The match kicks off the first leg of AS Roma’s U.S. tour, with additional stops scheduled for Boston and New York. Tickets will go on sale May 24 at 10 a.m. CT at www.cubs.com/soccer. Tickets range from $25 to $110 (tax included), with the majority of seats listed at $50 or less. The playing field will run from the third base dugout to right field, similar to the football field layout during the college football game in 2010 between Northwestern and Illinois.
– Carrie Muskat
5/9 Social media night on May 16
The Cubs will host the inaugural Social Media Night on May 16 prior to the game against the Phillies. Fans will enjoy special perks such as a pregame social media panel and a set of Cubs “Social Media Series” baseball cards. Many packs include a card personally autographed by a Cubs player on Twitter, such as Kerry Wood (@KerryWood), Ryan Dempster (@RyanDempsterFDN), Paul Maholm (@paul_maholm), David DeJesus (@David_DeJesus3) and Ian Stewart (@IAN_STEWART_9). Fans who purchase Special Event tickets for this event will also receive a gift package containing a T-shirt compliments of Cubs.com, a copy of Vine Line Magazine, a complimentary classic Vienna Beef hot dog voucher from Levy Restaurants and the “Social Media Series” baseball cards. Throughout the game, @Cubs will encourage fans to use the Twitter-specific #CubsSocial hashtag.
The Captain Morgan Club pregame social media panel will feature Chicago Bears kicker Robbie Gould (@RobbieGould09), Cubs PR and marketing specialist Kevin Saghy (@Cubs) and yours truly (@CarrieMuskat). The panel will share stories and discuss social media from an athlete, media and club perspective. Seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. The program will begin at 5:45 p.m. CT and conclude within an hour.
Tickets to the May 16 Social Media Night game are $27 before taxes and fees. Guests must purchase dedicated Social Media Night tickets through the Special Events page of Cubs.com or in person at the Wrigley Field Box Office. See you then.
– Carrie Muskat
4/23 Extra bases
Matt Garza opens the Cubs three-game series Monday night against the Cardinals at Wrigley Field. If you’re coming, bundle up. It’ll be chilly. In his last 13 starts at Wrigley Field, dating to last June 27, Garza has given up 19 earned runs over 95 2/3 innings for a 1.79 ERA. He’s given up three or fewer earned runs in each of those games, and two or fewer runs nine times. His ERA in that stretch is second lowest in the Majors. Only the Angels’ Jered Weaver, who has a 1.47 ERA in that stretch, is better.
* Happy birthday, Wrigley. On this date 98 years ago — April 23, 1914 — Wrigley Field, which was then known as Weegham Park, hosted its first pro baseball game as the Chicago Federals beat Kansas City, 9-1. The first home run in the ballpark’s history was hit by Federals catcher Art Wilson, a two-run shot in the second off Chief Johnson. Four years ago today, on April 23, 2008, the Cubs won their 10,000th regular season game in franchise history, a 7-6, 10-inning win over the Rockies.
* Mr. 300: Starlin Castro’s next game will be No. 300 of his young career.
– Carrie Muskat
4/7 Sing along
Ex Cubs catcher Jody Davis was to sing the seventh inning stretch on Saturday. On Sunday, WGN Radio’s Keith Moreland will do the honors, followed Monday by another former Cubs catcher, Randy Hundley. On Tuesday, Scott Sanderson will lead the crowd in “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” and author John Grisham will do so Wednesday. On Thursday, former Bulls forward Dickey Simpkins will sing.
– Carrie Muskat
4/7 Wrigley I and II
The elements were much more favorable for hitters on Saturday at Wrigley Field. Instead of blowing in from the northeast at 18 miles an hour, it was a pleasant 12 miles an hour from the south. Don Zimmer used to say the ballpark was actually Wrigley I and Wrigley II, depending on which way the wind was blowing. Does Cubs manager Dale Sveum need to manage differently?
“You’re fighting and scratching for any kind of way you can possibly score,” Sveum said of conditions when the wind is blowing in.
Ian Stewart and Alfonso Soriano were each robbed of potential home runs and the Nationals Ryan Zimmerman hit two that should’ve gone out.
“You do manage different, there’s no question about it,” Sveum said. “You can’t sit around and wait, thinking somebody is going to hit a solo home run to win it or a three-run homer. That’s just reality and it’s not going to happen.”
– Carrie Muskat
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