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Cubs, White Sox enjoying the promise of a fresh new year

At the end of last season, Cubs Hall of Famer Billy Williams sat in the home dugout at Wrigley Field and marveled about how much fun 2015 had been.

For the first time in years, the ballpark was alive again, singing and clapping, screaming and crying, catching foul balls in their beer cups and with babies in their arms.

“When I look around, I look at the laughter of the fans, how much they’re enjoying themselves, it gives me a great thrill to see that,” Williams said. “And when I go in the clubhouse I see the players down there just having a ball.