CHICAGO CUBS CUPS 1988 LIGHTS ON
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| Management number | 14837655 | Release Date | 2025/10/02 | List Price | $30.00 | Model Number | 14837655 | ||
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CHICAGO CUBS CUPS 1988 CELEBRATING
THE FIRST NIGHT GAME! BASEBALL ⚾
August 08, 1988
Lights go on at Wrigley
On August 8, 1988, the Chicago Cubs host the first night game in the history of Wrigley Field.
The first-ever night game in professional baseball took place nearly 60 years earlier, on May 2, 1930, when a Des Moines, Iowa, team hosted Wichita for a Western League game. The match-up drew 12,000 people at a time when Des Moines was averaging just 600 fans per game. Evening games soon became popular in the minors: As minor league ball clubs were routinely folding in the midst of the Great Depression, adaptable owners found the innovation a key to staying in business. The major leagues, though, took five years to catch up to their small-town counterparts
| Category | Sports & outdoors > Fan shop > MLB |
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| Size | N/A |
| Brand | MLB |
| Condition | Like new |
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