2022 Cubs Baseball Retrospective
Mar 23, 2023 07:12:36 #
Harry Caray covered five Major League Baseball teams: St Louis Cardinals, St Louis Browns, Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox, and Chicago Cubs.
Harry Caray by Paul Sager, on Flickr
Wrigley Field has been the home of the Chicago Cubs since the Cubs played their first home game at the park on April 20, 1916. The park first opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park. It was renamed Cubs Park from 1920 to 1926, before being renamed Wrigley Field in 1927.
Cubs Opener 2022
The 2022 Chicago Cubs season was their 151st season, the 147th in the National League, and the Cubs' 107th season at Wrigley Field.
Cubs Opener 2022
The Cubs began the season at home against the Milwaukee Brewers on April 1, and finished the season on the road against the Cincinnati Reds on October 5, finishing the season 74–88, 19 games out of first place.
Cubs Opener 2022
In the final game of a short two-game series in May, the Cubs took an early 3–1 lead on homers by Nico Hoerner and Patrick Wisdom, but Kyle Hendricks surrendered four runs in 5.2 innings and the Cubs lost to the Chicago White Sox 4–3. The loss dropped the team to 9-15 at this early point in the season.
Cubs / Chi Sox
For the 2022 season, the green area at Gallagher Way was updated with the statues of Cubs greats previously located around the outsides of Wrigley Field.
Fergie Jenkins
Ferguson "Fergie" Jenkins was a 20-game winner for seven seasons, including six consecutive seasons for the Cubs. He led the NL in strikeouts in 1969 and had over 3,000 strikeouts during his career. He earned 284 victories playing with the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox. In 1991, Jenkins became the first Canadian elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Harry Caray
Harry Caray would usually hold the microphone out to the crowd during his distinctive, down-tempo version of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame". And if the visitors were ahead in that game, Harry would typically make a plea to the home team's offense: "Let's get some runs!"
Fergie Jenkins
In 1979, Jenkins was made a Member of the Order of Canada for being "Canada's best-known major-league baseball player".
Wrigley Field
By the June 15 game against the Padres, the Cubs were on a 8-game losing streak and had fallen to 23-38. This loss, and the next game too, would lead to 10 losses in a row.
Wrigley Field
The Cubs were thrashed by the Padres, losing 19–5 in game three of the series.
Wrigley Field
The 2022 San Diego Padres went on to earn a wild card birth in the playoffs, defeating first the NY Mets, and then pulling a major upset of the LA Dodgers in the Division Series.
Wrigley Field
By the June 17 game against the Braves, the Cub's 2022 record was at 24-40.
Wrigley Field
The Braves entered the 2022 season, their 152nd in Major League baseball, as the defending World Series champions.
Wrigley Field
The Cubs broke Atlanta's 14-game winning streak along with their own 10-game losing streak.
Wrigley Field
This retrospective covers several weeks of the season, using multiple cameras and formats, all processed in LR6. Image details are located in the Flickr host pages, just use the image title as the URL to Flickr.
As we prepare for next week's Opening Day 2023, the southeast corner at Wrigley Field has been redone, with a new entrance and restaurant / bar connected to the stadium.
Wrigley Field
Harry Caray by Paul Sager, on Flickr
Wrigley Field has been the home of the Chicago Cubs since the Cubs played their first home game at the park on April 20, 1916. The park first opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park. It was renamed Cubs Park from 1920 to 1926, before being renamed Wrigley Field in 1927.
Cubs Opener 2022
The 2022 Chicago Cubs season was their 151st season, the 147th in the National League, and the Cubs' 107th season at Wrigley Field.
Cubs Opener 2022
The Cubs began the season at home against the Milwaukee Brewers on April 1, and finished the season on the road against the Cincinnati Reds on October 5, finishing the season 74–88, 19 games out of first place.
Cubs Opener 2022
In the final game of a short two-game series in May, the Cubs took an early 3–1 lead on homers by Nico Hoerner and Patrick Wisdom, but Kyle Hendricks surrendered four runs in 5.2 innings and the Cubs lost to the Chicago White Sox 4–3. The loss dropped the team to 9-15 at this early point in the season.
Cubs / Chi Sox
For the 2022 season, the green area at Gallagher Way was updated with the statues of Cubs greats previously located around the outsides of Wrigley Field.
Fergie Jenkins
Ferguson "Fergie" Jenkins was a 20-game winner for seven seasons, including six consecutive seasons for the Cubs. He led the NL in strikeouts in 1969 and had over 3,000 strikeouts during his career. He earned 284 victories playing with the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox. In 1991, Jenkins became the first Canadian elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Harry Caray
Harry Caray would usually hold the microphone out to the crowd during his distinctive, down-tempo version of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame". And if the visitors were ahead in that game, Harry would typically make a plea to the home team's offense: "Let's get some runs!"
Fergie Jenkins
In 1979, Jenkins was made a Member of the Order of Canada for being "Canada's best-known major-league baseball player".
Wrigley Field
By the June 15 game against the Padres, the Cubs were on a 8-game losing streak and had fallen to 23-38. This loss, and the next game too, would lead to 10 losses in a row.
Wrigley Field
The Cubs were thrashed by the Padres, losing 19–5 in game three of the series.
Wrigley Field
The 2022 San Diego Padres went on to earn a wild card birth in the playoffs, defeating first the NY Mets, and then pulling a major upset of the LA Dodgers in the Division Series.
Wrigley Field
By the June 17 game against the Braves, the Cub's 2022 record was at 24-40.
Wrigley Field
The Braves entered the 2022 season, their 152nd in Major League baseball, as the defending World Series champions.
Wrigley Field
The Cubs broke Atlanta's 14-game winning streak along with their own 10-game losing streak.
Wrigley Field
This retrospective covers several weeks of the season, using multiple cameras and formats, all processed in LR6. Image details are located in the Flickr host pages, just use the image title as the URL to Flickr.
As we prepare for next week's Opening Day 2023, the southeast corner at Wrigley Field has been redone, with a new entrance and restaurant / bar connected to the stadium.
Wrigley Field
Mar 23, 2023 07:54:31 #
Mar 23, 2023 08:29:39 #
Mar 23, 2023 08:51:59 #
Nice shots of Wrigley! I hope to see it in person someday. My wife is from Chicago and I have been there numerous times but have not been to see a game there. Ideally it would be against St. Louis, which I consider my team even though I have never lived in the city. Growing up in Memphis, we had the Memphis Chicks which was the Cardinals triple-A team. Today they are known as the Memphis Red Birds.
It is one of three stadiums I want to visit. The other two are Camden Yards in Baltimore and Fenway Park in Boston.
I went to games in St. Louis at Busch 1, and Busch 2 but have not been to Busch 3. I did finally get to see the Yankees play at the old stadium the last week they used it. They had only three games left there before heading to their new stadium.
It is one of three stadiums I want to visit. The other two are Camden Yards in Baltimore and Fenway Park in Boston.
I went to games in St. Louis at Busch 1, and Busch 2 but have not been to Busch 3. I did finally get to see the Yankees play at the old stadium the last week they used it. They had only three games left there before heading to their new stadium.
Mar 23, 2023 08:53:26 #
Mar 23, 2023 09:38:58 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Harry Caray covered five Major League Baseball tea... (show quote)
Nice photo-tribute to the Chicago Cubs and related.
Mar 23, 2023 10:09:01 #
Rab-Eye wrote:
Maybe your best series yet! Of course, to me baseball is life.
Ben
Ben
Thank you and glad you enjoyed, Ben! I maybe like last year's survey of the Harry Caray statue better, something I put together before the 2022 Opening Day, but it didn't make the digest and didn't get much visibility. Personally, I'm in the final week of Spring Training with a roster of mostly unknowns (to me) on the Cubs that I need to learn their names and positions.
For the 2022 Baseball Season - a Harry Caray Retrospective
Mar 23, 2023 10:09:32 #
Bridges wrote:
Nice shots of Wrigley! I hope to see it in person... (show quote)
Thank you Mike! I've lived within ear-shot of Wrigley for most of my 33 years here on the Northside. The neighborhood vibe is noticeably different when our arch rivals are in town.
Redbird Invasion by Paul Sager, on Flickr
Mar 23, 2023 10:09:55 #
Thank you mvetrano2, W9OD, Bridges, Ben, Mike W! The past few years, I've been to Wrigley more for concerts than baseball. I'm still smarting over the collapse at the end of the 2018 season where we few out of the division title into a 1-game playoff against the Brewers (a loss). And then the next night, a loss to Colorado in the 1-game wild card. I had the identical seat along the left field line for both.
Mar 23, 2023 10:14:18 #
Mar 24, 2023 05:30:44 #
March 30th is almost here Paul. I can already smell the hot dogs and popcorn. I try to hit Yankee Stadium once or twice a year. Great shots.
Mar 24, 2023 08:02:21 #
Great shot of the sign for the 2022 opener. Many yellow/blue flags for Ukraine. (Yellow for the wheat fields / Blue for the sky)
Great shots over all. Reminded me of those days when I drove by, hearing the crowd noise from inside.
Great shots over all. Reminded me of those days when I drove by, hearing the crowd noise from inside.
Mar 24, 2023 08:50:29 #
Well done, I have been in South Carolina for 36 years but grew up in northern Indiana, the Elkhart/South Bend Area. Still follow the Cubbies, watch all their games on MLB.TV.
Mar 24, 2023 10:17:57 #
Thank you Alvin, Ray, Stephan, Steve! If you haven't been around Wrigley lately, there's been a lot of work on the outsides of the stadium and the lots of work across the streets along Clark and Addison. New hotels and restaurants. I'm planning to kick off the day around 10am with live music at the Gman Tavern, a 1902 building with a history of various businesses before the latest incarnation as a low-key pool hall and music venue.
Mar 24, 2023 11:13:20 #
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