The main scoreboard at Wrigley Field

This photo was taken on the August 27,mac brushes 2005 Cubs-Marlins game. Note the video board below the scoreboard, as it was added in 2004.

In April and May the wind often comes off Lake Michigan (less than a mile to the east), which means a northeast wind “blowing in” to knock down potential home runs and turn them into outs. In the summer, however,vibram five fingers or on any warm and breezy day, the wind often comes from the south and the southwest, which means the wind is “blowing out” and has the potential to turn normally harmless fly balls into home runs. A third variety is the cross-wind, which typically runs from the left field corner to the right field corner and causes all sorts of interesting havoc. Depending on the direction of the wind, Wrigley can either be one of the friendliest parks in the major leagues for pitchers or among the worst. This makes Wrigley one of the most unpredictable parks in the Major Leagues.

Many Cubs fans check their nearest flag before heading to the park on game days for an indication of what the game might be like;mac makeup this is less of a factor for night games, however, because the wind does not blow as hard after the sun goes down.

With the wind blowing in, pitchers can dominate,north face denali and no-hitters have been tossed from time to time, though none recently; the last two occurred near the beginning and the end of the 1972 season, by Burt Hooton and Milt Pappas respectively. In the seventh inning of Ken Holtzman’s first no-hitter, on August 19, 1969, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hammered one that looked like it was headed for Waveland, but the wind caught it just enough for left fielder Billy Williams to leap up and snare it in “the well”.