Why do the Chicago Cubs play so many day games compared to the rest of the MLB?
It is strictly because of the neighborhood. They have an agreement with the team that, with the exception of any post-season games, the Cubs will only play X number of night games. I remember reading that it is somewhere around 18 games. In 1984 when the Cubs went to the NLCS baseball was mortified that there was a chance for several World Series games to be played during the day and not during the higher profit prime time TV viewing hours. MLB then told the Cubs they would have to install lights or face the possibility of any future home post season games being played at Comiskey Park instead of Wrigley. Needless to say that got things moving. Quickly. The Cubs were poised to add lights to Wrigley after the 1941 season. They had even ordered the steel for the construction. But then the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and Mr. Wrigley donated the steel to the war effort. August 8, 1988 (8/8/88) was the first Cubs home night game with permanent lights. They had played some games in the th
