Cubs historical sleuthing: Fox Sports edition

Here’s a nice view of Wrigley Field in a game that was televised by Fox Sports. It was sent to me by BCB reader PACubsfan1, who also sent me the photo from Nationals Park I posted here last weekend. That’s a reminder — if you’ve got any Cubs photos you want me to sleuth, send them over (email on my profile).

So, what do we have here? It’s a full house and the first baseman is wearing No. 3. That’s one clue, but the better one is the numbering font on the visiting team. There’s only one team that wears gray uniforms with numbers like that: the Red Sox.

The Red Sox first visited Wrigley Field in 2005, but the Cubs player wearing No. 3 that year was Jeromy Burnitz, who did not play first base…