Verkkothe passing similarities to wrigley field are no accident. The cubs' home for more than a century inspired parts of bess' design, but at no point does armour field. Verkkowrigley field in chicago, home to the hapless cubs, turns 100 this year. Npr's scott simon visits wrigley and talks to baseball great ernie banks and. Verkkobut some of wrigley's unique style, he says, has been lost. The 2014 season would see.