Paul Sullivan: Wrigley Field’s drawing power means the Chicago Cubs need only the illusion of contending
CHICAGO — Back in the opening week of the 2006 season, in a Chicago Tribune article accompanied by cartoonist Rick Tuma’s illustrations, I offered some predictions of what a Wrigley Field experience would be like 20 years in the future.
“No one knows what Wrigley Field or the Cubs will look like 20 years from now,” I wrote. “But at this rate there will be far fewer day games, bleacher tickets will cost $400 and the manager still will be barking about his players’ fundamentals.”
The 2006 Cubs were 98 years into the franchise’s famous World Series drought and entering the final
