April 24 in Chicago Cubs History: Bill Nicholson of the Chicago Cubs makes his bid to become the first player in Wrigley Field’s 34 years of existence to reach its (1948)

April 24, 1948 – Bill Nicholson of the Chicago Cubs makes his bid to become the first player in Wrigley Field’s 34 years of existence to reach its distant right centerfield scoreboard with a batted ball. Instead, the ball sails by on the right hand side, out of Wrigley altogether and onto Sheffield

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