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...Series for a decade longer and ostensibly for a far more ridiculous reason. The Cubs’ drought has nothing to do with management decisions. Instead, they say it’s because a popular and powerful pub owner was not allowed to bring his goat in to Wrigley Field, even though the goat had a ticket. Furious, the man pronounced, “Never again shall a World Series game be played in Wrigley Field,” a curse which has prompted some Cubs fans to even talk about demolishing their historic ball park...

Author: By Nikki Usher, | Title: Breaking the Curse, Chicago Style | 10/15/2003 | See Source »

...Number of fans at Wrigley Field on the day after the corking discovery, when Sosa was given a standing ovation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Jun. 16, 2003 | 6/16/2003 | See Source »

Like most Harvard undergrads, Hendricks grew up dreaming of ivy—but it was the kind climbing up the outfield wall of Wrigley Field. Harvard was never the dream. Baseball always...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: LONE STAR: Texas Boy Hendricks Takes Long Road to Big Leagues | 4/10/2003 | See Source »

...about the six months the trio spent touring San Diego County, there is some evidence that Elizabeth was falling further under Mitchell's sway. While in Salt Lake, Elizabeth had freely roamed the aisles of the Wild Oats supermarket in which Trotta worked, but Mark Arabo, the manager of Wrigley's Market in Lakeside, Calif., observed a much more chastened customer. Over the four months that the three patronized his store, Arabo said, they always stuck to the same pattern. The two women walked meekly behind the man and never grabbed anything from a shelf. "Their behavior stood out more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Missing Nine Months | 3/24/2003 | See Source »

...floated 49.9% of the company at $4.20 a share in 1991, is taking it back for $3.87 Chocolate War Truce Activists in Pennsylvania pulled off a surprise coup as the Hershey Trust gave in to local opposition and stopped the sale of the confectioner, despite a bid by Wrigley of $12.5 billion. Discredited Swiss Switzerland's bank secrecy can't hide the problems at Credit Suisse. After shares fell 50% this year, CEO Lukas M?hlemann was forced out, to be succeeded by John Mack and Oswald Gr?bel. Lingering Illness Asbestos suits continue to hit Europe's insurers, as Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MobilCom Gets One More Last Chance | 9/22/2002 | See Source »

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