Kris Bryant homered twice to help the Cubs to victory in this game over the Marlins, but the real story was the holiday post-game fireworks, a Wrigley Field first.
The Cubs remained 8½ games behind the Cardinals, and 2½ games behind the Pirates, as all three teams won on this night.
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Somewhere, Bill Veeck is smiling.
The man who both planted the ivy on Wrigley Field's brick bleacher wall and created the major leagues' first exploding scoreboard would have loved the postgame fireworks show at Wrigley Saturday night -- some of the fireworks launched from the 78-year-old scoreboard that Veeck himself helped install.