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​Who planted the ivy on the outfield wall at Wrigley?  -- Former Cubs front-office assistant Bill Veeck (who later owned the White Sox) planted the ivy in 1937, the same year the bleachers and scoreboard were built.​

​What happens if a ball lands in the ivy and gets stuck there? -- The batter is awarded a ground-rule double.​

​What took so long for the Cubs to install lights at Wrigley? -- Former owner P.K. Wrigley planned to install lights for the 1942 season but instead donated the fixtures to a shipyard for the war effort on the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked.​

​There's a flag on the roof of Wrigley that says "Hack 191." What does that mean?  -- It commemorates Hack Wilson's 191 runs batted in during the 1930 season, a major-league record that still stands.​

​There's a sign on one of the rooftops beyond right field reading "EAMUS CATULI!" and then another sign with letters and numbers. What do those signs mean?  -- "Eamus catuli" is an imperfect Latin translation of "Go Cubs." The other sign starts with “AC,” which means "anno catuli" -- Cubs time. The first numbers indicate years since the Cubs won a division title (that gets reset to 00 now). The next numbers indicate years since the Cubs last won a National League pennant (71); and the final numbers indicate years since the Cubs have won a World Series title (108). If the Cubs win the 2016 World Series, the sign will read "AC000000" on Opening Day in 2017.​

​What should you do if you catch an opponent's home run ball in the bleachers?  -- Throw it back onto the field, or ask security for an escort out of the park.​

​How many Cubs teams have reached the postseason?  --Counting this year, it's 18. They've appeared in 10 World Series (1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938 and 1945) but won only two (1907 and 1908). They have qualified for the National League playoffs eight times (1984, 1989, 1998, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2015 and 2016).​

​What's the Curse of the Billy Goat?  -- It started during the 1945 World Series, which pitted the Cubs against the Detroit Tigers. The Cubs refused to let Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis bring his lucky goat inside Wrigley Field for Game 4. An angry Sianis declared that the Cubs would never win a World Series again.

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