Wrigley Field, Chicago

April 25, 1989 Chicago, Ill - 75th Anniversary Wrigley Field

Wrigley Field - Major League Baseball (MLB) stadium on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. Home of the Chicago Cubs. It first opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park for Charles Weeghman's Chicago Whales of the Federal League, which folded after the 1915 baseball season. The Cubs played their first home game at the park on April 20, 1916, defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings. Chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. of the Wrigley Company acquired the Cubs in 1921. It was named Cubs Park from 1920 to 1926, before being renamed Wrigley Field in 1927

It is actually the second stadium to be named Wrigley Field, as a Los Angeles ballpark with the same name opened in 1925

Chicago Cubs - National League Playoffs

 

1989-Oct-04 Chicago, Ill

Notarized postcard to indicate that dirt from Wrigley field was applied to the postcard obtained during the 1989 National League Playoffs. 

This was part of a large auction lot of Cubs memorabilia

front of the Designer Prints postcard

Ballpark Series

Ballpark Series from Zaso Silk

All-Star Game - 1990 Wrigley Field Chicago

SportsMark Limited Edition - photo by Michael Vagaries

Ron Alexander cachet

Perrone

July 10, 1990 Chicago, Il - Wrigley Field
Ernie Banks threw out the ceremonial first pitch
American League defeats the National League 2-0
Winning Pitcher: Bret Saberhagen (KC Royals) -- Losing Pitcher: Jeff Brantley (San Francisco Giants)
All scoring done in the top of the seventh inning, as Julio Franco hit a double to right to score Sandy Alomar from third and Lance Parrish from first
Texas Ranger Julio Franco was named Most Valuable Player

Baseball's Legendary Playing Fields - 2001

Baseball's Legendary Playing Fields - 2001

The USPS issued a booklet of post cads in conjunction with the Playing Fields stamps.

Each postcard features a full color image as seen on the stamp.

The art work on the front and back cover features Sportsman Park, St Louis

The back cover has the USPS and Cooperstown Collection logos and the text: Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. c2001 US Postal Service. All rights reserved. To obtain additional information on Commemorative  Stamps and Stamp Products available from the US Postal Service please write to: Information Fulfillment USPS PO Box 219424 Kansas City Mo 64121-9424

Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, NY (front and back)

The back of the card features a stamp imprint of the stadium and USA 21 (21c the value for mailing a 4 x 6 postcard)

Tiger Stadium, Detroit

Crosley Field, Cincinnati

Yankee Stadium, Bronx

Polo Ground, NYC

Forbes Field, Pittsburgh

Fenway Park, Boston

Comiskey Park, Chicago

Shibe Park, Philadelphia

Wrigley Field, Chicago

cars shown in the order they were in the booklet

Art craft cachet applied to the back of the Tigers Stadium postcard