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A brief history of Cubs neutral-site games

Tonight’s Cubs/Pirates Little League Classic will be played at BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field (its official name) in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. This park dates to 1926 and is the home of the Williamsport Crosscutters of the short-season NY-Penn League.

The Cubs/Pirates game Sunday night is officially a neutral-site game, even though it’s only 200 miles from Pittsburgh. Per Retrosheet, the Cubs have played 28 neutral-site games in their history, 25 regular-season games and three World Series games. (Note: In that neutral-site game link, there is an error — there’s a May 17, 1911 listing that says “NL Chicago at NL New York,” but the Cubs were playing at Brooklyn that day.