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Article: Turmoil in Chicago: Cubs' Lights, White Sox' Threats; City's Traditions Imperiled by Lure Of Florida, Money
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- June 21, 1988
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"When I was a kid I used to pray that the Cubs and White Sox
would merge; it would settle all the differences in the city and
then Chicago would have only one bad team."
-Comedian Tom Dreesen in "The Cubbies"
Soon enough, if the White Sox follow through on their threat to
relocate to St. Petersburg, Fla., Chicago may well have only one bad
team: the Cubs. And that would be just peachy with most people in
this baseball-obsessed city, except that one of the qualities that
makes the Cubs so adorable-a home schedule with only day games-will
be lost by the end of the season.
The first night game in the history of Wrigley Field has finally
been scheduled, for Aug. 8 against the Philadelphia ...