From the April 5, 2015, Chicago Tribune by Blair Kamin.
Much is being made of all the work being done on Chicago's Wrigley Field these days, what with the bleachers and the huge new video board as well as the ongoing wars with the rooftop owners across from the ballpark.
Some thing of Wrigley field as always being the way it looked last year, but that is not the case. The venerable old ball field has undergone renovations quite often.
Case in point would be August 6, 1937, during the second game of a double header with the Boston Bees (now the Atlanta Braves). Cubs catcher and future Hall of Famer Gabby Hartnett, hit a home run over a temporary left field fence placed there because of construction on the new Wrigley bleachers. The ball bonked a construction worker doing cleanup. He was given the rest of the day off. This according to Cubs team historian Ed Hartig.
Watch Out for Home Runs. --Cooter
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