There's been a subtle but significant change to Wrigley Field's right-field corner.
In Friday's article about the opening of the right-field bleachers I mentioned that there was a new quirk in the right-field corner where Gate Q is located. The "basket" that catches home run balls doesn't go all the way to the side wall, at least not in the form that we're used to seeing.
Mike Bojanowski had mentioned this to me Thursday night and Friday, he went over to the right-field corner before the game began to take some photos, and sent them to me along with this comprehensive report:
The reopening of the right field bleachers has revealed what is probably the quirkiest piece of business left behind by the new construction.