As the sun peeked through the back of the left-field grandstand and the temperature dipped to a comfortable 72 degrees, Wrigley Field again seemed like the perfect place to spend a summer evening.
Yet even that ideal landscape - combined with the Chicago Cubs’ high-profile matchup against the freakishly good Tim Lincecum(notes) and reigning World Series champion San Francisco Giants - still could not help fill the seats at one of baseball’s most historic venues.
When Ryan Dempster(notes) delivered his first pitch to Andres Torres(notes), sections 438 and 538 at the end of the upper deck in right field were completely empty. Not even $1 hot dogs could entice people to take up seats in the upper portion of the center-field bleachers after Torres fanned for the first out of the game
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