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From: mcal@ihuxb.UUCP (Mike Clifford)
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Subject: Re: Response to David Rubin
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Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 12:42:53 EDT
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> I feel that day baseball is the real thing.  I am also convinced however,
> that the Tribune will move the Cubs if they don't get lights.  Possibly into
> a domed stadium that the city has been wanting for a while now.  
> I would rather sacrifice the day games to keep the Cubs in Wrigley Field.
> Dallas Green has said that the Cubs will not accept a temporary light 
> solution.  The team would not be used to the lights in Wrigley.  It seems
> clear however that the Tribune is using this as leverage to go all or nothing.
> The Tribune is proposing permanent lights and a limited number of night games,
> roughly corresponding to the 3:05 starts (about 20 a season).  The state 
> legislature is beginning to waffle, although the mayor has vowed not to change
> the city ordinance.
>    James Cooper 
>      ..!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!wjnz

Mayor Washington and the state legislature and the citizens of Wrigleyville
will relent and allow night games at Wrigley Field when they realize that
the Cub organization is serious about moving the team to the suburbs and 
into a new stadium.  Now that the Tribune Company owns the team, there is
more than enough money available, as well as the resolve to move the team
if C.U.B.S. (Citizens United for Baseball in Sunshine) continues to resist
permanent lights at "the friendly confines".
Mike Clifford