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I'll never forget the last walk I took around Wrigley Field as a player.
It was the summer of 2011. As I walked from the first-base dugout toward the batting cage behind the right-field wall, I stopped to take in the ivy. How could you not? The ivy was perfect and so obviously well cared for. It seemed like the only thing in Wrigley with growth potential.
In those days, like the stadium they played in, the Chicago Cubs were run down.