A 12-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital for smoke inhalation and two pets were saved after a fire broke out Thursday in the Grand Crossing neighborhood.
Fifteen other people escaped unharmed from the burning apartment building at 1455 E. 69th Street, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said.
Firefighters received a call at 11:25 a.m. that the building was burning. The fire started in one unit and was contained there, Langford said.
The 12-year-old boy was taken to Jackson Park Hospital for smoke inhalation and his condition is listed as good, Langford said.
There were also two dogs in the unit when the fire broke out, Langford said. The dogs also made it out safely and were taken to a fire station where firefighters gave them a bath to remove soot, Langford said.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Langford said it appeared to be accidental.
While Easter Sunday is generally known for the resurrection of Jesus Christ, two legendary Funk and R&B bands aim to leave yet another impression on generations of their fans.
A Verzuz battle between Earth, Wind & Fire and The Isley Brothers is slated for 7 p.m. Easter Sunday on Instagram and the Triller app.
The news bringing the groups together was announced in the aftermath of the last Verzuz battle between Wu-Tang Clan members Ghostface and Raekwon.
Earlier this week, the music curation website created by producers Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, tabbed comedian and perennial presenter Steve Harvey to host the show, while DJ D-Nice will provide the music.
Earth, Wind & Fire, a group with Chicago ties, is known for hit records “September,” “Shining Star,” “Let’s Groove” and “Boogie Wonderland,” among many others, along with winning multiple awards, and enshrinement in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The Isley Brothers’ hit music spans several decades including “Twist & Shout,” “It’s Your Thing,” “Between the Sheets,” “That Lady” and “For the Love of You.” Lead singer Ronald Isley later rebranded himself as “Mr. Biggs,” exposing his music to newer audiences via standout tracks such as “Contagious.”
Due to the groups’ extensive catalogs, the Easter Sunday show shapes up to be one of Verzuz’s most anticipated battles to date.
Both groups have loyal — and fierce — followings as country singer Taylor Swift discovered in 2018 when she released a cover of “September,” one of EW&F’s most well-known songs.
Alan Lloyd, the CEO of Maddsoul, who was the head of Global Touring Operations for Beyonce and Jay-Z’s “On The Run II Tour,” says his prediction of a winner won’t be judged in absolutes.
“When asked who’s going to win, it’s Black people,” Lloyd says. “I think it’s a ‘winner’ that we are re-educating ourselves as to what good music really is. … White people go support the Grateful Dead and the Rolling Stones for as long until all of them die, right? Earth, Wind & Fire and The Isley Brothers are our versions of that.
“Earth, Wind & Fire — just in a name — is telling you about yourself and the elements, right? All of that has a message for our people, right from the artwork, to the songs — there was always a message for the people.”
Upcoming Verzuz battles will include a “4/20” event featuring Method Man and Redman, and in May, R&B groups SWV and Xscape will face off in a special Mother’s Day edition.
Thousands of overjoyed Cubs fans returned to Wrigley Field for the first time in over a year Thursday for an unprecedented Opening Day matchup with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Prior to the first pitch, throngs of fans chanted, cheered and posed for photographs under the Wrigley’s iconic marquee at the intersection of Clark and Addison streets. Tim Gerster, of Portage Park, said the city’s move to allow a limited number of fans back to ballparks marks a shift “back to normalcy.”
“A year’s too long to be away from the Cubs,” said Gerster, who has for a decade brought his teenage son to every home opener.
William Gonzalez, 40, of Gage Park, wears a Cubs-themed luchador mask outside Wrigley Field on Opening Day 2021.
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Fans wait to enter Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs Opening Day game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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A group of Cubs fans, including Roberto Ramos, 56, of Norwood Park, wearing full team attire and a bright blue face mask, walk outside Wrigley Field on Opening Day.
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Carla Piunti, 50, of Chicago Heights, smiles as she prepares to enter Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs Opening Day game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Ivan Aroyo, 25, of Cicero, poses for a photo outside Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs Opening Day game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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People walk their dogs outside Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs Opening Day game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Fans take selfies outside Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs Opening Day game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Fans wait to enter Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs Opening Day game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Amy Zeiher, 34, drove to Chicago from New Jersey for the Chicago Cubs Opening Day game at Wrigley Field.
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Greg Cooper, 58, of Springfield, holds a sign that says “First masked game 4-1-21” outside Wrigley Field on Opening Day.
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Fans wait to enter Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs Opening Day game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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An usher waits for fans to enter Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs Opening Day game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Fans wait to enter Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs Opening Day game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Vanessa Burks, 26, of St. Charles, approaches Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs Opening Day game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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As fans lined up outside, it was clear that changes had been made to the ballpark’s operations as a response to the coronavirus pandemic. Almost all fans donned protective masks and the attendees who were able to score tickets were ushered separately through socially distanced lines — a far cry from the mob scenes that were previously commonplace at the stadium’s entry points.
Kelli Serviss, a home health care worker from the Northwest Side, said she was “concerned” about coronavirus cases rising again as she posed for selfies outside the stadium with her daughter, niece and another health care worker. This week, city officials warned that baseball stadiums could again be shut down to fans if cases keep climbing.
“This does not feel like a normal Opening Day, not at all,” said Serviss, who has attended every home opener for roughly two decades. “It’s very empty. It’s very different.”
Still, Serviss said she deserves a reprieve after working through the pandemic and being vaccinated.
“Walking through the gates, I want to see that first pitch. Give me that first pitch,” she said, adding she also couldn’t wait to hear the stadium’s organ.
“I’m getting chills,” her friend, Allison Hoehn, chimed in.
Ushers said 10,000 tickets were sold for Thursday’s game, which was more than initially announced but still less than a quarter of the stadium’s capacity.
Richie Garcia (center, in white jersey), 47, of Bridgeport, with friends outside Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs home opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates.Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
“We got scared because the seating was so limited [and] we paid way too much. But we’re here. All that matters is that we’re here,” said Richie Garcia, a Bridgeport resident who said he and his friends have a “tradition” of attending Opening Day that stretches back two decades.
Garcia said he typically attends between 50 and 60 Cubs home games each year and being shut out of Wrigley last year was “really hard” on him.
“I went through a depression, withdrawals and all that other stuff,” he said. “But you know what? We’re back. It’s OK now. It’s a better day. I made it.”
Asked about the Cubs’ prospects this year, Garcia said jokingly: “We’re going to go 162-0.”
One of the first big cheers went up for old friend Jake Arrieta, back again in a Cubs uniform, as players lined the third-base line for the kind of ceremonious introductions that happen only on special occasions like Opening Day.
It got even louder when right fielder Jason Heyward — carrying a Chicago flag — led the Cubs’ starting nine out of the dugout for the first inning.
He doffed his cap first to the fans beyond the right-field foul line, then to those in the bleachers. And then there was baseball.
Seated in tiny clusters of up to four, distanced from their neighbors, fans huddled against the cold and got, well, pretty quiet, the kind of thing that happens when voices are muffled by scarves wrapped over masks and clapping hands are muted by mitten on mitten.
April 1. It’s time for major league baseball opening day. No April fooling about this!
I’ve always loved opening day. It signals the end of winter. No more snow. No more cold weather. That might not be exactly true in Chicago, but it’s close…maybe.
My first live Cubs opening day at Wrigley Field was in 1965. I went with a bunch of junior high friends. Ernie Banks hit a home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie the game against the St. Louis Cardinals. The game ended with that tie score because Wrigley Field didn’t have lights back then. Ballgame called on account of darkness.
I’ve been to so many openers since that first one that I have lost count. I’ve skipped school and work to be there. One year I was interviewed by ABC/Channel 7 before the game. When my boss saw it that night, he was more than a little pissed off since he didn’t know I was blowing off work to go to the game. Oh well…my dad got over it.
About ten years ago, I decided I had seen enough live openers. They seem to almost always be on brutally cold and windy days. At my supposed last one, in the fifth inning, I needed to use one of the lovely Wrigley Field bathrooms. When I entered I found myself shaking and chilled as if I had the flu. I left the park and headed to a neighborhood bar. It was a much more sensible way to watch baseball.
Then there was three years ago. After opening the season on the road, the Cubs home opener was scheduled for April 9. It was snowed out. The next day my brother calls me about an hour before game time. He has tickets and wants to know if I want to go. Sure…why not. I mean the temperature is in the 40’s so how bad can it be? Live opening day baseball was back!
Four layers of clothing weren’t enough. There were more vendors selling hot chocolate than beer. Ten bucks for a cup of warm water with some powdered chocolate.
ENOUGH!!!!
So tomorrow when the Cubs open the new season against the Pirates, I’ll be watching from the comfort of my home. No heavy coat, no hoodie, no wool cap, and no ten-dollar cup of warm chocolate. It’ll be baseball the way it’s meant to be watched in early April….sitting in front of a television.
My so called friends think it’s time to edit this section. After four years, they may be right, but don’t tell them that. I’ll deny it until they die!
I can’t believe I’ve been writing this blog for four years.
It started as a health/wellness thing and over the years has morphed to include so many things that I don’t know how to describe it anymore.
I really thought this was going to be the final year of the blog but then Donald Trump came along. It looks like we’re good for four more years..God help us all!
Oh yeah…the biographical stuff. I’m not 60 anymore. The rest you can read about in the blog.
I’m Jerry Partacz, happily married to my wife Julie for over 40 years. I have four children and eleven grandchildren. I’m enjoying retirement after 38 years of teaching. I now have an opportunity to share my thoughts on many things. I’m an incurable optimist. I also love to solve crossword puzzles and to write light verse. I love to read, to garden, to play the piano, to collect stamps and coins, and to watch “Curb Your Enthusiasm”.
Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong photo credit: City of Kankakee Website
Four years ago, I was Chasity Wells-Armstrong’s biggest supporter. For ten days before the election, I hammered the former Mayor, Nina Epstein, supporting Chasity. In my column in Chicago Now, I posted a series of glowing articles about what her administration’s new era would bring to a failing city.
Four years later, there is no new era. The city has maintained high levels of crime and violence; her economic development is nearly non-existent. She has attracted one major retailer to the community, but retail jobs are historically low paying.
The fact that it has not worked out should be reason enough to change mayors, but there is something about her administration which is as compelling for change as the familiar echoes of gunfire.
The mayor’s lack of ethics jeopardizes the common good. This article is the story of one incident. There are others, but this one stands out for its pure dishonesty.
“You and your friends should show me some respect. You should let me wet my beak a little…Tell your friends I don’t want a lot. Just enough to wet my beak.”—Gangster Don Fanucci, Godfather II
Former New York mobster Michael Franzese, a one-time capo in the Columbo crime family, maintains that government is a Mafia. While the analogy seems absurd on its face, there are similarities one can draw.
Both provide their services by force; both make claims their activities are for the greater good. Both engage in shakedowns and tributes. Government, especially the political arms, are built on lies, deceit, and extortions. The mafia and the government via “the family” and political parties brainwash their enablers.
The Mayor of the City of Kankakee, IL, levied what appears to be a street tax on a Federal Grant that School District 111 received. Kankakee’s residents recall the numerous incidents involving guns brought to the local High School and fights in the hallways between rivals requiring the police to restore order.
Kankakee’s street gangs overrun the city, and for a while, the violence crept into the High School. Kankakee is not alone when it comes to gang violence. In a town of fewer than 27,000 residents, the challenges look out of place. The streets’ activities are more like what one would see in Chicago, rather than a wide-spot in the road an hour and a half away from the big city’s mean streets.
The mayor extorts money from the school district
Extortion is defined as the act obtaining something, especially money, via threats or violence. Read further, and see how the actions of Mayor Wells-Armstrong fits the definition.
The Federal Government sees the problem and began offering grants to pay for additional security for students in high-crime areas. Kankakee School District 111 applied for one of the grants.
There was a twist in the grant process. To qualify, the Feds required the signature of the mayor.
The memo traffic between the city and the school district is subject to the Freedom of Information Act. I have the memo traffic between the two. If anyone wants those emails, write to me, or personal message me on Facebook or Twitter, and I’ll be happy to send them along.
There is an important point to remember in this discussion. The city has no role in implementing the grant. All work performed was by the school district, with no involvement of anyone in the city other than the mayor signing the grant form.
The Superintendent of Schools approached the mayor, requesting her signature to get the funds to increase security and students’ safety. The mayor refused to sign. She was unwilling to help the schools get the Federal Government’s funds to make the campus safer. The superintendent asked to be placed on the City Council Agenda to ask the city’s governing board for their support. The mayor refused this request as well.
Determined to get the grant and make the schools safer, the superintendent went to the next council meeting and made her pitch in public comments. The council ultimately overruled the mayor and supported the school district. It wasn’t over.
The mayor, like a mafia capo, wanted money for nothing. All she had to do was sign the grant, but she wanted a street tax for her signature. The school board relented and authorized 2,000 dollars for her signature—$ 2,000 paid to the city for absolutely nothing.
Under the threat of withholding her signature, she tried to get more money from the school district and waited until one hour before the deadline to sign the grant. The school district had to scramble to make the submission minutes before the grant submission time expired.
She held increased student safety hostage.
The mayor caught in the indelicate position her egregious behavior standing in the way of school safety has a revisionist history of the events, which her emails contradict.
She claims the school district is not providing her an audit trail. She falsely claims that the city must administer the grant, and that involves a cost. That is a lie.
The school district administered the grant, not the city, and the audit trail is public information. She should FOIA the data if it is a worry for her, the same way I sent an FOIA to the school district.
I spoke with one of her staff privately about the grant and heard the fairytales she is putting forward to cover up her behavior. The emails from the time contract her false victimhood.
It is time for another change in the Kankakee government. I am sorry that Chasity failed. I wanted her to succeed. The biggest impediment to her success is not the Republicans, racists, or the times in which we live. The most significant hurdle she could not overcome is herself.
You can read my articles at Chicago Now supporting the mayor from four years ago here. In the search box, type in “Chasity Wells-Armstrong,” and they will pop up. If you would like the email traffic between the school district at the city, you may email me at [email protected], and I will send them to you.
Bob has spent more than 40 years in politics, more than 20 years on the national level working in Washington, DC in a variety of roles. His policy areas of expertise are Foreign Policy, Defense, Appropriations, and Trade Policy. In his time in Washington, he worked on some of the most contentious issues to come before the Congress, and Administration. Semi-retired, he now writes and lectures on politics. He also collects and writes about art.
We are going to switch the preview format a bit this season. Every day is it’s own mini-preview no more series previews. We are starting of course with opening day against the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates. If the Cubs are to top their reduced preseason expectations beating up on the massively rebuilding Bucs is a must.
Wire, a music venue and bar, used to form with nearby FitzGerald’s a twin bill of live entertainment on Roosevelt Road in Berwyn. Then the pandemic hit, upsetting even the best-laid business plans.
The owners of Wire have been forced to put their well-equipped club up for sale. It’s been closed completely since March 2020 and co-owner Christopher Neville said he saw no other way out of escalating losses.
He said he hopes the two-story building can be sold to someone who wants to keep using it for live music. “It would be nice to reopen but we were just getting deeper into a hole,” said Neville, also a member and manager of the local band Tributosaurus.
“It’s been a great ride. As a musician, it’s been interesting to be on the other side of the counter,” he said.
The stage at Wire, a music venue in Berwyn.David King & Associates
The building at 6815 W. Roosevelt Road is a former movie theater that dates from 1918. It’s marketed by Realtor David King of David King & Associates, who noted that Neville’s group undertook a gut rehab after buying it in 2012. Before that, it was a hall for a Teamsters union local.
“It’s set up as a music venue. The sound systems and the lighting systems are all staying. This is really a turnkey solution for someone,” King said.
It’s being offered with no upfront asking price. Property records show Neville’s group paid $205,000 for the building in 2012. King and Neville said there have been several inquiries since it was listed about seven weeks ago.
Neville said the space can be configured for 250 to 400 people, depending on the seating plan. At 8,500 square feet, the building includes a 35-foot bar and a second floor for VIP seating, according to the listing.
The region’s halting progress against the pandemic has caused confusion about when live events can return and be financially viable. FitzGerald’s, at 6615 W. Roosevelt Road, has gotten by with limited-capacity performances in its outdoor patio, but no such space was available to Wire.
Neville said he’d face costs to restart even in a modest form and that warmer weather isn’t the prime season for indoor venues anyway. “I’m just grateful to my investors for helping us get this far. We wanted to keep the place out of the tax sale,” he said.
His partners in Wire include musician Tracey Dear and sound engineer Jon Smith. Paul Bolger, part of the rock group Mr. Blotto, is a former partner, Neville said.
Wire’s situation continues a sad storyline for performing arts establishments. Chicago’s Second City comedy business has been sold and plans to continue, but the improv hub iO Theater and Mercury Theater Chicago have closed for good. The Chicago Tribune has reported that the Royal George Theatre may be sold for redevelopment.
There are real-world pressures that can be much more profound than the pressure found in major-league baseball, which is to real life what the ukulele is to the cello. Paying rent, for example. Or having major surgery.
But there have to be moments when Tony La Russa experiences constricted breathing, excessive sweating and anything else related to being the White Sox manager and having one of the most talented rosters in the game. Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf should have some of those moments, too.
The questions about whether Reinsdorf made the right decision by hiring the 76-year-old La Russa as his manager can only be answered in the affirmative if the team has major success this season. That’s it. Nothing else. There are too many good hitters and too many good pitchers in the clubhouse for there to be any other expected outcome. The Sox made the playoffs last season. More, please. A lot more.
The baseball world is going to judge La Russa on wins and losses. If there aren’t enough victories as the season rolls along, the questions will press in harder from the outside. Does the three-time World Series champion still have it? Is he still sharp? Can he physically keep up during the trudge of a 162-game schedule?
And, most of all, what could Reinsdorf have possibly been thinking by hiring someone who hasn’t managed since 2011?
If La Russa succeeds this season, if the Sox get within breathing distance of the World Series, then Reinsdorf will look like a genius and his manager will look 20 years younger.
If La Russa doesn’t succeed, if the season is a disappointing ride, everybody will be wise to stand back. The abuse will be ugly.
So, no. No pressure. No pressure at all.
The Sox opened their season Thursday night in Anaheim, Calif., and for some reason it seemed right that La Russa’s first game as skipper of the 2021 team would come against the Angels’ Joe Maddon, the most recent manager to win a World Series in Chicago. Maddon won a title with the Cubs in 2016 and three seasons later was sent on his way.
He’s a reminder of how a manager can own this town, for a time, if he plays his cards right. Despite his sometimes-maddening, in-game decisions, Maddon was hugely popular in Chicago.
Will La Russa play his cards right? For now, it’s the great unknown and one of the bigger questions in baseball. He knew how to deal with the Cards, upper case, but his success in St. Louis feels like a lifetime ago. Now he has to deal with the baggage of an offseason DUI arrest, the possible burden of advanced age and the perception that Reinsdorf’s famous, sometimes infamous, loyalty is the only reason he has the job.
Looked at from any angle, it’s a lot.
La Russa is an extremely proud man, so expect him to come out with fire in his eyes in April. You could already hear some of it in his recent comments about perceived cronyism in his hiring. He managed the Sox from 1979-86, and Reinsdorf has said many times that OKing La Russa’s firing was one of the decisions he regrets most. The two remained friends, leading some to wonder whether that friendship got in the way of smart decision-making when it came to hiring a manager to replace Rick Renteria after last season.
La Russa is insulted by the accusations of cronyism, but I’m not sure what he expected. He wasn’t exactly a hot candidate for other managerial openings.
“The disrespect to the person that they’re commenting about is a very serious comment to make, and you have to have a lot of substance and proof to make that and they don’t,” La Russa told the Sun-Times. “Jerry Reinsdorf, he’s got trophies and a World Series ring. He loves the game. We’ve been close ever since I got fired. But it’s disrespectful and insulting to say somebody like Jerry, the owner of the Chicago White Sox, is going to put a personal relationship anywhere close to the priority that is the team’s chance to win. It’s an insult, and it’s disrespectful. You have to know Jerry better.”
Again, success in 2021 will make any potential ugliness go away. No one will be talking about an owner taking care of a friend. No one will be dissing the old-guy manager. There will be cover stories about La Russa proving that age is just a number (although, to be fair, so is the national debt). He’ll be lauded for getting the most out of a team that was without gifted hitter Eloy Jimenez, who is expected to miss most of the season with a chest injury.
That’s how the story will be told if a talent-heavy team wins big in 2021. If the Sox don’t meet expectations, La Russa will want to duck, provided he still has the flexibility and reflexes to do so.
For the first time in nearly two years, thousands of Cubs fans returned to the friendly confines to take in the unbeatable sights and sounds of a sunny day at Wrigley Field. Don’t let the mid-30s temperatures distract you: It’s Opening Day in Chicago, and it is indeed glorious.
Fans bundled in jackets with faces covered by masks took to the Wrigleyville streets Thursday to celebrate the first major sporting event to allow fans in the stands since the start of the pandemic last year.
One fan had a sign celebrating the fact that he’s attending his first game with a mask on. Another sign said what fans around the country are thinking as the season starts: “Thank God baseball is back.”
Here’s a look at the sights at and around Wrigley Field as the Cubs welcome fans back home:
A group of Cubs fans, including Roberto Ramos, 56, of Norwood Park, wearing full team attire and a bright blue face mask, walk outside Wrigley Field on Opening Day.Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
Carla Piunti, 50, of Chicago Heights, smiles as she prepares to enter Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs Opening Day game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
An usher waits for fans to enter Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs Opening Day game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
William Gonzalez, 40, of Gage Park, wears a Cubs-themed luchador mask outside Wrigley Field on Opening Day 2021.Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
People walk their dogs outside Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs Opening Day game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
Amy Zeiher, 34, drove to Chicago from New Jersey for the Chicago Cubs Opening Day game at Wrigley Field.Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
Wrigley Field employees work inside of the stadium before fans arrive on Opening Day.Shafkat Anowar/AP Photo
Ivan Aroyo, 25, of Cicero, poses for a photo outside Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs Opening Day game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
Greg Cooper, 58, of Springfield, holds a sign that says “First masked game 4-1-21” outside Wrigley Field on Opening Day.Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
Fans enter Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs Opening Day game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
Fans enter Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs Opening Day game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
Fans take selfies outside Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs Opening Day game.Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
Fans wait to get into Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs take on the Pittsburgh Pirates on Opening Day 2021.Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
The Cubs also gave us a taste Thursday morning of what it looks like inside the stadium:
This story will be updated with additional photography.
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