Telephone records were shattered when 1.5 million...
Telephone records were shattered when 1.5 million called to buy tickets to the first night baseball game at Wrigley Field, Illinois Bell officials said.
Callers from around the country deluged 85 Ticketmaster operators in Chicago for 12,756 remaining tickets to the game between the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies Aug. 8.
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