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featured a scene at Wrigley Field, which parodied the Steve Bartman incident. In an episode of The Simpsons entitled “He Loves to Fly and He D’ohs,” upon arriving in Chicago, Homer walks past a number of famous Chicago landmarks, including Wrigley Field, followed by a generic looking stadium bearing the name “Wherever the White Sox play.” In 2007, the band Nine Inch Nails created a promotional audio skit, which involved Wrigley Field being the target of disgruntled war veteran’s terrorist attack.

The late-1970s comedy stage play, Bleacher Bums, was set in the right field bleachers at Wrigley. The video of the play was also set on a stage, with bleachers suggesting Wrigley’s layout, rather than in the actual ballpark’s bleachers. The tradition of throwing opposition home run balls back was explained by Dennis Franz’s character: “If someone hands you some garbage, you

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