If you want a taste of Wrigley history, stop at the corner of Waveland and Kenmore Avenues, beyond the left-field bleachers. There you'll find the ballhawks, a group of Cubs fans who hang out with their baseball gloves on -- from before batting practice until after the final out -- hoping to snag a home run ball from beyond the ivy.
I spoke with a couple of them before a recent game: Rich Buhrke, who's been chasing glory for 57 years, and Dave Davison, with a mere three decades on the job.