Article: Schmidt likes Wrigley Field, favors others

A look at the numbers should convince nearly everyone that Mike Schmidt would have a pretty good love affair going with Wrigley Field.

After all, the Philadelphia Phillies' veteran by mid-season had a career total of 75 homers against the Cubs - tops on his list of personal targets - and 47 of those were hit at Wrigley Field. Among opposing players, only Willie Mays (54) and Hank Aaron (50) hit more homers at Wrigley. And both did it over a longer period of time.

Included in Schmidt's numbers at Wrigley Field were four on the same day on April 17, 1976. In all, he has had eight multiple home run days there.

But Schmidt says he isn't really a lover of Wrigley Field. On many days, he'd ...

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