Past The Horsehide And Hotdogs
True to its name, "Wrigley Field: Beyond the Ivy" (9 p.m. Monday,
repeated 11 p.m. Wednesday, Milwaukee's Channel 10) gets past the horsehide-and-hotdogs
clichés to deliver some surprisingly penetrating insights about the alternative
universe of Chicago Cubs fandom.
Among the more memorable figures in this 90-minute documentary are rabid ball
hawk Moe Mullins, a fan who has caught an astonishing 3,000-plus balls; and
Steve Wolf, a ballpark model builder and unlikely tragicomic hero. Evanston
native and Cubs fan William Petersen ("CSI: Crime Scene Investigation")
does the on-camera introductions.