It's time to break out the peanuts and Cracker Jack, not to mention your cutest baseball T, because Out at Wrigley, the nation's largest LGBT sporting event, returns to Chicago's Wrigley Field this Sat., Aug. 3, when the Cubs are set to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers underneath the gay pride flag.

Out at Wrigley has continued to grow since its inception in 2001, this year adding the induction of the new National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame the previous night.

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On Saturday, the Cubs are hanging two rainbow gay pride flags from the upper deck, making them the second-ever professional sports team to hang the pride flag at their game (the first being the Seattle Mariners on June 30). This is only the most recent in a long line of open support by the Cubs for the LGBT community, which started with the first Out at Wrigley over a decade ago. This history has earned them a place in the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame, which inducts its inaugural class of 26 this Fri., Aug. 2, at the Center on Halsted.

"The Chicago Cubs are without a doubt the most LGBT friendly sports organization," Gubrud said of their decision to hang the gay pride flag. "This is very noteworthy because the Cubs are one of the most popular sports franchises and I think once other teams see this occur, it will start a trend in other cities."

Cubs owners Tom Ricketts and sister Laura Ricketts, who became the first openly gay MLB owner when the Ricketts family took over ownership of the Cubs from the Tribune Company in 2009, will also attend Saturday's event.