The brick has a slight sanded texture and a light color — except where the ivy was growing. When I removed the ivy, the sand came off and exposed a darker red color of the brick.

Q.Fig ivy grows on two walls of my home. I keep it trimmed below the soldier row of brick. However, holdfast anchors are left on the brick and wood trim. How do I remove these? -- A.F., Houston A.

But the brick walls have been around at Wrigley for 110 years (the ivy was planted in the late 1930s). Injuries involving the walls have been exceedingly rare, perhaps because players know it’s ...