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Willson Contreras and Ian Happ are excited to stay with Cubs — but their long-term futures remain uncertain

ST. LOUIS — The image of Ian Happ and Willson Contreras embracing in the home dugout at Wrigley Field represented a moment of goodbyes for what appeared to await the Chicago Cubs All-Stars.

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Paul Sullivan: Willson Contreras gets last look at Cubs fans on emotional day: ‘I’m always going to keep them in my heart’

CHICAGO — Players come and go at Wrigley Field, and some of the lucky ones get the send-off they deserve.

Chicago Tribune

Willson Contreras says goodbye to Cubs fans, Wrigley Field. Will this ever make sense?

In the fantastical world where up is down, good is bad and rich is poor, the Cubs seem to have no use for a three-time All-Star in his prime.

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Willson Contreras took in emotional standing ovation in potentially his final Wrigley Field home game

No, YOU'RE crying.

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Chris Stapleton brings the thunder to Wrigley Field, even if Mother Nature doesn’t

After a storm threat moves up his set and wipes out two opening acts, country rebel deliver a wide-encompassing set of Southern rock songwriting swagger with a guitar-shredding rock sensibility.

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Paul Sullivan: Chicago Cubs reach the All-Star break by ending a 9-game skid. Will the 2nd half bring signs of progress?

CHICAGO — Reporters eagerly inspected the damaged Chicago Cubs bat rack Sunday morning at Wrigley Field, searching for clues like paleontologists digging for dinosaur bones.

Chicago Tribune

The Cubs can’t seem to stop alienating people

This time it’s the wheelchair users at Wrigley Field. If this keeps up, the franchise won’t have a friend left in the world.

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Starling Marte has productive return in Mets' laugher vs. Cubs

CHICAGO — The Mets’ 8-0 win over the Cubs on Thursday night ended almost as soon as it started, with the visitors jumping out to a one-run lead within minutes and building a four-run advantage within an inning and a half in the series opener at Wrigley Field. The game…

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Paul Sullivan: It’s a big weekend between Cubs catcher Willson Contreras’ potential swan song and the underperforming White Sox

Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras’s audition for the New York Mets begins Thursday night at Wrigley Field, just as the White Sox arrive at a fork in the road in Minneapolis.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago’s U.S. attorney sues Chicago Cubs over ADA compliance in Wrigley Field renovation

The feds’ investigation of Wrigley’s ADA compliance became public in December 2019, when lawyers for the team filed a letter as part of a lawsuit brought by a Cubs fan with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who uses a wheelchair.

Chicago Sun-Times

Paul Sullivan: Boston Red Sox rookie’s 1-star review of Wrigley Field hits a nerve with the Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs owners have spent the last decade-plus trying to emulate the Boston Red Sox.

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Ca$h talk$: Cubs and MLB find a way to embrace once-detested gambling

The new sportsbook at Wrigley Field is a money-making vehicle that comes with potential dangers.

Chicago Sun-Times

Paul Sullivan: From yuppies to ‘Cuppies,’ Wrigley Field bleachers are still the place to ignore the Chicago Cubs’ failures

CHICAGO — It was a beautiful afternoon for baseball Saturday, so I ventured out to the Wrigley Field bleachers to see how Chicago Cubs fans were coping with the rebuild that can’t be called a rebuild.

Chicago Tribune

Rebuild it, and some of them will still come

Things with the Cubs are so bad, so bleak, so broken. Why are fans going to Wrigley Field and partaking in a grand fiasco?

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Theo Epstein lived a ‘Bleacher Bum’ dream life in return to Wrigley Field as Cubs snapped Braves’ win streak

He's earned it.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Cabrera, couple of clutch hits from rookies carry Cardinals to 5-3 win at Wrigley in 11 inningss

CHICAGO — Before the Cardinals could capitalize on the generosity of the rulebook in extra innings and the rolling production of their rookies, they first had to get outs.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Cubs sock three homers off rookie Liberatore, knock wind from Cardinals' winning streak

CHICAGO — Gusting out of St. Louis on a winning streak after a clean sweep of San Diego, the Cardinals were reminded abruptly how fast the winds can change at Wrigley Field.

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Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Chicago Cubs, live stream, TV channel, time, odds, how to watch MLB

The Arizona Diamondbacks will meet the Chicago Cubs in the second game of their four-game series on Friday afternoon from Wrigley Field.

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This You Gotta See: Crying in baseball? There will be at Fergie Jenkins’ statue ceremony

Hall of Famer Jenkins will be honored — with an unusual twist — outside Wrigley Field before Friday’s Cubs-Diamondbacks game.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: It might be ‘tough to watch’ at times, but Seiya Suzuki and the Chicago Cubs are trying to stay patient

Seiya Suzuki was a man of few words late Saturday when asked if he ever had experienced anything like playing in the unseasonably cold conditions at Wrigley Field.

Chicago Sun-Times

Rain can’t wash away reality that Dodgers have gone where Cubs didn’t try to go

An empty, quiet Wrigley Field after the postponement of the game Friday was a metaphor for where the Cubs are at.

Chicago Tribune

AJ Pollock’s bloop single gives the White Sox a 4-3 win over the Cubs to sweep the City Series at Wrigley Field

CHICAGO — A flared blooper falling just beyond the outstretched glove of diving Chicago Cubs second baseman Nick Madrigal was the break White Sox outfielder AJ Pollock needed.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: It’s hard to get too excited for the return of the City Series during a gloomy Chicago spring

CHICAGO — The City Series that begins Tuesday night at Wrigley Field matches the gloomy Chicago spring we’ve endured, with anticipation low on both sides of town.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘FOMO’? Oh, no! The night Len Kasper couldn’t help but root against a Cubs no-hitter

Kasper, then the Cubs’ TV play-by-play man, was watching from home as Ted Lilly took a no-no into the ninth in 2010.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs-White Sox is back. Which side are you on?

It’s North vs. South, Addison Street vs. 35th Street, blue vs. black, good vs. bad, bad vs. good. This week, the rivalry renews at Wrigley Field.

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