Wrigley Field looked resplendent while hosting its first World Series game in 71 years
Baseball fans waited 71 years for Wrigley Field to host another World Series game, and the venerated old ballpark didn't disappoint.
First opened as Weeghman Park in 1902, Wrigley became Wrigley in 1927. It's since become perhaps the most hallowed ground in all of Major League Baseball but hadn't got to host a World Series game since 1945, the last time the Chicago Cubs advanced to MLB's final round.
When the 2016 World Series moved back to Chicago on Friday night after the Cubs and Indians split the saga's opening two games in Cleveland, that streak was finally broken. And boy, did Wrigley shine in its close-up.
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They just don't make ballparks like this anymore, folks. Here are some shots from Friday night's night game, which visiting Cleveland won 1-0 to take a 2-1 lead in the series.
Fans pour in
Posing for photos
Pregame walk-through
National anthem time
Turn on the bright lights
A slice of the action
The view from center field
Yep -- you looked gorgeous tonight, Wrigley
Chicago hosts Game 4 on Saturday night.
Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
