Alou was next, hitting a two-run homer in the third, the ball dissolving into the masses on Waveland Avenue.

Left field was not much better, partly because several old Seminary buildings stood between the wooden left field fence and Waveland Avenue.

But his heart pines for Waveland Avenue in his hometown.

Then again, the houses across Waveland Avenue probably could not survive the damage.

Maddux (3-0) hit his second career homer in the third inning, the ball clearing the left-field wall and landing on Waveland Avenue.

At the gate on Waveland Avenue, Marty Mahinsk, age 77, is stacking up programs to sell, as he has since 1939.

Sosa hit it off a fan's glove in the left-field stands and onto Waveland Avenue.

He hit two balls onto Waveland Avenue on Saturday and hit another one out of Wrigley today to open the eighth.

And only Sandberg's left the park, landing on Waveland Avenue behind the left-field bleachers.

People still stand outside the park on Waveland Avenue, holding their mitts and hoping to catch a home run ball.