“Along with Fenway, we’re the last major-league park posting scores from around the league by hand. This scoreboard was essentially born with Wrigley, so it will have to die with Wrigley. The board is split into three floors. I man the second floor. I’m also in charge of reading all the scores off a website and hollering them to the guys on other floors. That’s why I’m called the Chairman of the Board. We update the pitchers, too, posting their uniform numbers. One time we were playing Cincinnati, and people in the bleachers were yelling at me, ‘Why do you have yesterday’s starter coming in to relieve?’ I didn’t realize I was using the scorecard from the previous series—against Pittsburgh. Fridays are nice because the Cubs are the only team…
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Chicago (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2016