Chill out: Mark Twain’s observation that “everybody…

Chill out: Mark Twain’s observation that “everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it” still holds.

Batting coach Billy Williams and broadcaster Ron Santo, both associated with the Cubs since the 1950s, felt Thursday’s 12-degree windchill was the coldest date they ever have experienced in Wrigley Field. Manager Jim Riggleman didn’t agree.

“When it’s April in Chicago, you expect a certain amount of weather like this,” said Riggleman said before Friday’s game began with the temperature at 36 degrees. “I was here with the Cardinals for a night game in April, 1989, and it was every bit as cold as (Thursday).”