The Top 20 Cub HR Of All Time - #9 Sammy Sosa 10/7/2003
Sammy becomes the second player to have two entries on this list, after Kerry Wood. Hint: he won't be the last.
This home run, which tied game 1 of the NLCS with two out in the bottom of the ninth, I think made Wrigley Field as loud as I had ever heard it. And it may have been louder then than it was eight days later when Kerry Wood hit the HR in game 7.
The Cubs had blown a 4-0 first inning lead when Miguel Cabrera, Ivan Rodriguez and Juan Encarnacion all homered off Carlos Zambrano, taking a 5-4 lead in the third. The Marlins extended the lead to 6-4 in the sixth; Alex Gonzalez slammed a two-run HR to tie the game in the bottom of the inning. It stayed that way till the top of the 9th when the usually reliable Mark Grudzielanek made an error which helped lead to a two-run Marlins rally off Joe Borowski (one of the runs being unearned).
That set the stage for Sosa's heroics. If Grudzielanek hadn't made that error, Sosa's HR would have won the game, and this HR might rank even higher on this list.
If only.
Mike Lowell homered off Mark Guthrie leading off the 11th; that sucked all the air out of the ballpark in a game that wound up lasting three hours and forty-four minutes. Braden Looper finished off the Cubs in a 1-2-3 last of the 11th, but at the time, it didn't seem so bad. It was just game one of a seven-game series, after all.
Oh, well. No need to replay the rest of that series, right? You can watch video of this HR here.
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Sammy
Sam-my, Sam-my, Sam-my, Sam-my
by mweil on Feb 4, 2008 8:25 AM CST reply actions
Even worse to think about -
by TR on Feb 4, 2008 8:34 AM CST reply actions
This Call...
Boy was that exciting. Although I was hoping Sammy would do it, I honestly didn't think he would. Although Sammy did it, I honestly then believed we would win the game.
Oh, and by the way Thom Brenneman, Sammy hit that one to left field, not right.
Al, Didn't want to start another diary
Nothing official yet.
OT: Brewers tickets
Anyone have anymore...
...and I Mean Looong Ball!
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that was great
by mike @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Feb 4, 2008 12:56 PM CST reply actions
I was at the game..
I totally agree Al, I've never heard Wrigley louder; before or since.
I was at this game
Such a disappointment, especially considering how the Cubs had been so hot at the start of the game, scoring a bunch of runs early. They couldn't keep the momentum going.
Not to mention...
by HoffPowahhh on Feb 4, 2008 8:54 PM CST up reply actions
And needless to say
Another list idea
You should run a list of the most devastating homers hit against the Cubs. Here's the worst I can think of:
Steve Garvey - Game Four, 1984 NLCS
Chris Young.......
NLDS game 3
Not the most devistating of all time, but stings when looking back at both. I'd probably put them both in the top 20.
Definitely
Another bad one
Bad HR
by mweil on Feb 4, 2008 4:55 PM CST up reply actions
Ugh.
Unfortunately.....
Real Depressing
by mweil on Feb 4, 2008 8:58 PM CST up reply actions
I knew it!
I think i dont have anymore...
by LilLPLancer23 on Feb 4, 2008 3:45 PM CST reply actions
Don't want to start a diary on this
But Mark Cuban gave a short interview to the Sacramento Bee about him and the Cubs.
He talks about his history with the Cubs (not much) how owning the Cubs is different than owning the Mavericks and makes an allusion to how the Cubs could end up on HDNet.
I was at this game also
-Walk of walk by Todd Walker to sweep the Sox- 4th of July 04
-A-Ram walk-off against the Brew-Crew
by LilLPLancer23 on Feb 4, 2008 8:39 PM CST reply actions

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