Harry Caray statue outside Wrigley defaced
Was it supposed to say “Sox Bites?”
No one is quite sure when the statue of Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Caray outside Wrigley Field was defaced.
Even more elusive was what the graffiti tagger might have been trying to say.
Someone spray painted the words “Sox” on the base, as well as a second, not-quite-intelligible word.
A Tribune employee snapped a picture of the vandalism Sunday afternoon.
Cubs officials said they only learned of the defacement just before a Tribune reporter emailed inquiring about it at about 5:30 p.m.
The Cubs responded by removing most of the white spray paint, team spokesman Peter Chase said. While no police report had been filed as of tonight, one could be filed by Monday, Chase said.
The statue, one of the more popular points of interest at the historic ballpark, is no stranger to pranks.
At least twice, pranksters hung goat carcasses on the statue. Last November, the statue was moved from its longtime spot at Addison and Sheffield to a less-traveled spot at Sheffield and Waveland. After the statue was moved, an accident left a large y-shaped crack over the base of the statue.
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