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Wrigley Field Blacked Out For 18 Minutes: Insert Cubs Lack of Power Joke Here

May 27, 2010, 2:00 PM UTC

â†µThe game between the Dodgers and Cubs Wednesday night was delayed when the lights suddenly went out at Wrigley Field. One second, Cubs pitcher Tom Gorzelanny was throwing a 3-1 pitch to Dodgers second baseman Blake DeWitt and the next second, total darkness: â†µ

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â†µSure, we could have gone with this from Springsteen, but Wrigley isn't exactly on the edge of town. And yes, we could have gone something more contemporary (and obvious) like The Darkness, or staying with the hard-rock theme, this from Scorpions, which would have been awesome. Of course, if we wanted the Cubs to have their own Journey soundtrack, like the White Sox had a few years ago with Don't Stop Believin', we could have used this. Alas, I stand by the decision.â†µ

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â†µAs for the blackout, it lasted 18 minutes. According to local reports, the outage was caused by a tree limb. That seems way too easy:â†µ

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â†µâ‡¥At 8:28 p.m., a tree limb fell on power lines in the 3800 block of North Racine Avenue, according to Commonwealth Edison spokesman Bennie Currie.â†µâ‡¥
â†µâ‡¥Approximately 1,000 ComEd customers -- including the Cubs, who were playing the Los Angeles Dodgers at Wrigley Field -- lost power, he said. The Cubs have a backup power supply that kicked in after a delay in the game, Currie said.â†µâ‡¥
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â†µThe Associated Press reported that a small fire near the field caused the blackout.
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â†µThe remainder of those 1,000 without power had the lights turned back on by 9:40 p.m., just in time to see the Cubbies drop one to the Dodgers, 8-5. As 'Duk at BLS joked, maybe this was just the baseball gods finally getting around to voicing their opinion about lights at Wrigley. Day games for everyone!â†µ

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