Baseball | Metra (2024)

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Ride Metra to the ballpark

Why Drive? Metra is the convenient and reliable choice for anyone coming to Chicago to watch the Cubs or White Sox. Save your energy for the game and let Metra handle the driving.

Cubs

Wrigley Field is just a half block west of the accessible Addison stop on the CTA Red Line.

Fans going to Wrigley Field from Chicago Union Station can walk six blocks east to the CTA Red Line (State Street Subway) or get to State Street by boarding CTA’s #1 Bronzeville/Union Station bus or #151 Sheridan bus on Canal Street. Take Red Line trains going north (Howard-bound) to the Addison stop.

From the Ogilvie Transportation Center, walk six blocks east to State Street or board any CTA bus east on Washington to the Red Line and take a Howard-bound train north to Addison.

Metra’s Union Pacific Northwest customers can take CTA’s #80 Irving Park bus from Metra’s Irving Park Station east to Clark Street; Milwaukee North Line riders can depart the train at the Grayland Station and walk south on Kilbourn to Addison, where they can take CTA’s #152 Addison bus east to the ballpark.

Metra’s Union Pacific North Line customers can take the train to Evanston Davis Street, then walk one block east to the accessible CTA Davis stop and board a Howard-bound Purple Line train and then transfer at Howard to a 95th/Dan Ryan-bound Red Line train to Addison.

From Millennium or Van Buren stations, walk two blocks west to State to take the Howard-bound Red Line train to Addison.

Rock Island Line customers can get off at the 35th Street/“Lou” Jones Station and walk to the CTA Red Line and take it directly to the ballpark, or travel downtown and from LaSalle Street Station, walk three blocks east to State Street and take the Red Line to Addison.

White Sox

Fans going to Guaranteed Rate Field along Metra’s Rock Island Line can get off at 35th Street/ “Lou” Jones Station, then walk west on 35th Street to the ballpark.

Guaranteed Rate Field is just a block west of the Sox-35th stop on the CTA Red Line. The ballpark is also just three blocks west of the 35th-Bronzeville-IIT stop on the CTA Green Line.

From Chicago Union Station, walk five blocks east on Jackson to LaSalle, then walk one block south to Van Buren to LaSalle Street Station. From there, take a Rock Island train to 35th Street/“Lou” Jones Station, or walk to the CTA Red Line (State Street Subway) and take a 95th/Dan Ryan-bound train to the Sox/35th stop.

From Ogilvie Transportation Center, walk five blocks east on Madison to LaSalle, then four blocks south to Van Buren and take a Rock Island train to 35th Street/“Lou” Jones Station. Or walk to the CTA Red Line (State Street Subway) and take a 95th/Dan Ryan-bound train to the Sox-35th stop.

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Baseball | Metra (2024)

FAQs

What happens if you run out of mound visits? ›

In the event a team has exhausted its allotment of mound visits in a game (or extra inning) and the home plate umpire determines that the catcher and pitcher did not have a shared understanding of the location or type of pitch that had been signaled by the catcher (otherwise referred to as a “cross up”), the home plate ...

What is the hardest skill in baseball? ›

Even Williams himself admitted hitting a baseball was the hardest thing to do in sports. With the average velocity of a Major League pitch coming in at over 90 miles per hour, and with the pitcher's mound only 60.5 feet away, batters have 150 milliseconds first to decide if the pitch is a strike and then swing.

What are some good baseball trivia questions? ›

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  • Who broke up at least 81 no-hitters with a home run?
  • Who is the only player in history to hit a walk-off-inside-the-park grand slam home run?
  • Who are the only two players to win: a.) ...
  • Which pitcher started the All-Star Game then played only one MLB game the rest of his career?

Who was the first black baseball player? ›

Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.

Can the same batter make 2 visits to the mound? ›

The manager or coach is prohibited from making a second visit to the mound while the same hitter is at bat, but if a pinch hitter is substituted for this batter, the manager or coach may then make a second visit to the mound, but must then remove the pitcher.

Is the 3 batter rule still in effect? ›

Batters faced requirement: The three-batter minimum remains in effect in 2024, meaning a pitcher must face at least three batters or end a half-inning before a team can make another pitching change.

What is the rarest number in baseball? ›

In fact, according to Baseball Reference, there are only six numbers that no Major Leaguer has ever worn in a game: Nos. 80, 86, 89, 90, 92, and 93.

What is the rarest thing in baseball? ›

The rarest type of triple play, and one of the rarest events of any kind in baseball, is for a single fielder to complete all three outs in one play.

What is the hardest spot to play in baseball? ›

The hardest position in baseball must be the catcher because they have to do more than any other player. The catcher is in charge of everything behind the plate and making sure the ball never gets away from them. Most catchers also tell the pitcher exactly what to pitch to throw and where to throw it.

Who really broke the color barrier in baseball? ›

During this period, American Indians and native Hawaiians, including Prince Oana, were able to play in the Major Leagues. The color line was broken for good when Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization for the 1946 season.

Who wore number 42 in baseball? ›

To see No. 42 on a baseball jersey today is to think of Jackie Robinson. It's inescapable, with anyone in uniform every April 15 donning those digits.

Who was the baseball player that went blind? ›

Kirby Puckett's number 34 was retired by the Minnesota Twins in 1997. After spending the spring of 1996 continuing to blister Grapefruit League batting with a . 344 average, Puckett woke up on March 28 without vision in his right eye.

How many times can you visit a pitcher's mound? ›

Per rule 5.10(m) Mound visits without a pitching change shall be limited to five per team, per nine innings. For any extra-innings played, each team shall be entitled to one additional nonpitching change mound visit per inning. After the nonpitching change visits are used up, a visit requires changing the pitcher.

How many times can a coach visit the mound in high school baseball? ›

Mound visits

Mound visits to address an injury, or in which a pitching change is made, do not count against the four allowed visits. As before, teams are allowed one additional mound visit for each extra inning played.

How many mound visits are allowed in MLB 2024? ›

Mound visits: Each team's allotment will be reduced from five to four, though an extra mound visit will still be awarded for the ninth inning if the defensive team has zero remaining visits at the end of the eighth.

Can you change pitchers without a mound visit? ›

For purposes of this Rule 5.10(l), replacing the pitcher shall constitute one trip to that pitcher that inning, regardless of whether the manager or coach chooses to go to the mound, or whether the pitcher remains in the game at a different position on defense.

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