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07/04/26 11:01:00
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07/04 22:27 CDT Cubs fans sing `Take Me Home, Country Roads' during fog delay
at Wrigley Field
Cubs fans sing `Take Me Home, Country Roads' during fog delay at Wrigley Field
CHICAGO (AP) --- The St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs were delayed by fog
at Wrigley Field for 15 minutes after the sixth inning Saturday night.
The Cardinals led 2-0 when play was stopped.
The crowd of 38,872 joined in singing John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country
Roads" as the delay began. The song has emerged during the World Cup soccer
tournament, with U.S. players joining tens of thousands of fans in singing it
at the end of matches.
The rare Saturday night game at the iconic North Side ballpark started an hour
late due to rain, then fog billowed in from the north starting in the second
inning and got denser. Players seemed to struggle tracking fly balls, but there
were no misplays.
The umpires conferred with St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol and Chicago's Craig
Counsell, then the delay was announced on video boards as the result of
"weather in the area."
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