Wrigley's field tested on Opening Day

 
The most nervous person in Chicago on Monday may have been White Sox groundskeeper Roger Bossard. Bossard was the overseer of the $1.5 million drainage system installed at Wrigley Field this offseason, a system which was tested immediately on Opening Day. [link]

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