Elvis makes appearance at Wrigley during rain delay

During the 2 hour 45 minute rain delay (quite a bad storm from all reports), a man dressed as Elvis used the Wrigley Field tarp as his own personal "Slip and Slide". 

elvis

It WAS 70s night at Wrigley Monday so I guess it wasn’t too surprising to see the Elvis impersonator.  But I bet the security guards were a little surprised to see him come on field like that. 

You have to wonder once it was all over, did he think it was all worth it for his 15 minutes of fame?  Still, with the weather the way it was and the Cubs losing to the Astros 2-0, there wasn’t much else cheering about.

(h/t Deadspin)

On This Date… women in baseball

Sixty-five years ago today on February 20, 1943, Phil Wrigley and Branch Rickey chartered the All-American Girls Softball League.  The purpose was to generate interest in the sport in case our government closed down major league baseball. 

The AAGSL eventually switched to hardball and became the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.  The pitching distance was 40 feet and bases were 68 feet apart.