There’s never been a better time for Cubs fans to catch a baseball game at Busch Stadium.
Cubs fans let the “W” flags fly at Busch Stadium. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
Cubs fans look extremely happy — with good reason — at an early season game against the Cardinals in St. Louis. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
Cubs fans Araceli Perez, and her son Victor, 9, who are from Olive Branch, Miss., before the start of a May Cubs-Cardinals game in St. Louis. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
Addison York, lleft, 6, and her sister, Mariah, 11, of Iowa, wait for the gates to open at Busch Stadium. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
Cubs fans descend on Busch Stadium for a game against the Cardinals in May. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
Cubs fans wait for the gates to open at Busch Stadium. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
Fans in red and blue line up to get into Busch Stadium to watch one of baseball’s great rivalries. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
Mississippi residents Pedro and Araceli Perez with their son Victor, 9, sport the popular T-shirts “Try not to suck,” which became a catchphrase for the Cubs after manager Joe Maddon shared that sage advice with a player late last season. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
Cubs fans wait to get into Busch Stadium before an early season game against the Cardinals. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
Young fans pose for a photo before a Cubs-Cards game in May. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
A boy tries to catch a ball during a game between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in May. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Cubs fans in the outfield at Busch Stadium. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
Busch Stadium is a lovelier ballpark than most, with barely a bad seat in the house. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
A young family from southern Illinois cheers on the Cubs at Busch Stadium. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
Jason Kridner and his girlfriend, Arrie Boden, of Kansas, arrive at Busch Stadium to cheer on the Cubs. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
Cubs and Cards fans come together for an early season ballgame in St. Louis. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
Mitch Hurliman, from left, Chad Degenhart, James Anderson and Bill Hippert traveled from southern Illinois to St. Louis to cheer on the Cubs. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
Cubs fans are getting a taste of what it feels like to win, and a lot of nice Cardinals fans seem to get it. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
