In 1916, Charles Weegham purchased the Cubs and moved the team to a new ballpark he had just constructed at the corner of Clark and Addison streets. The park was originally called Weegham Park but was renamed Cubs Park in 1920 and, finally, Wrigley Field in 1926. Soon after the Cubs moved into their new home, they won another National League pennant and met the Boston Red Sox in the 1918 World Series. Behind the pitching arm of Babe Ruth, the Red Sox defeated the Cubs and have also been searching for another World Series title ever since. The Cubs would meet the Babe again in the 1932 World Series, but he wore a Yankees uniform this time around. The series was marked by Ruth’s infamous called homerun shot in the 5^th inning of game three. The Yanks went on to sweep the Cubs in four games.

With hopes of becoming the first major league baseball team to play at night, Cubs’ owner P.K. Wrigley purchased lighting equipment in 1941. However, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Wrigley donated the equipment to the United States war department and secured the tradition of day games at Wrigley Field for nearly another half-century. 

The past 14 years of Cubs history has been filled with ups and downs. The club won its 9,000^th game1995, making it the winningest single-city sports franchise in history. 1998 ended with mixed emotions as it contained both the epic and memorable homerun battle between Sammy Sosa and the Cardinals’ Mark McGuire as well as the passing of the legendary Cubs’ broadcasters Harry Caray and Jack Brickhouse.