CHICAGO – Blake Wood did something no other Reds pitcher in the 101 years that the Cubs and Reds have played at Wrigley Field had every done. He ran out from the bullpen under the right-field bleachers and into the game.
For the first 103 years of the ballpark , the bullpens were located in foul territory, with the visitors in right field and the home team in left. That changed this year as part of the team’s renovations of the game’s second-oldest ballpark. The bullpens are now located under the bleachers. Only three stadiums remain with bullpens on the field – the Giants’ AT&T Park, the A’s Oakland-Alamena County Coliseum and the Rays’ Tropicana Field.