This is Day Five of a Cubsmas Advent Calendar. You can read the explanation for the project and Day One here.
There were a number of wonderful moments that happened at Wrigley Field during the 2023 season, and quite a few of them happened beneath the glow of new LED lights at the Friendly Confines. The lights at Wrigley Field are one of the many historic and unique features of the ballpark. While Wrigley Field was originally slated to have lights installed in 1942, geopolitics had other ideas as Al wrote here at Bleed Cubbie Blue in 2020:
You’ve heard the story before, no doubt — P.