Mending their fences?

By Teddy Greenstein
Tribune staff reporter

September 10, 2002

The green windscreens that adorn the fences beyond the Wrigley Field bleachers are coming down after the season, Cubs President Andy MacPhail said Tuesday.

But that doesn't necessarily mean they'll stay down.

The Cubs have been ridiculed for erecting the windscreens to obstruct the view from the rooftops on Waveland and Sheffield Avenues.

The Cubs hope to reach an agreement with the rooftop operators, who have blocked the team's efforts to add about 2,100 seats in a renovation.

The windscreens wouldn't have served any purpose in the off-season.

"Hopefully the screens can become an ancient memory," MacPhail said.

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