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Bleacher Bum Turns Passion for Baseball into Art

With the Cubs playing their home opener, a story from the Wrigley Field bleachers.

Aired 04/08/2019 | Rating NR

Chicago Tonight

Bleacher Bum Turns Passion for Baseball into Art

Clip: 4/8/2019 | 4m 13sVideo has Closed Captions

With the Cubs playing their home opener, a story from the Wrigley Field bleachers.

With the Cubs playing their home opener Monday at Wrigley Field, we were reminded of the story of a longtime bleacher bum who poured her love of baseball – and baseball players – into her art.

Aired 04/08/2019 | Rating NR

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