It's a tie ballgame I can't believe it - Bob Costas

It's a tie ballgame I can't believe it - Bob Costas

And with those words a new era began for the Cubs 25 years ago today.

That was the day a change happened with the Cubs. We still haven't been all the way but in the 39 years before that the postseason was dark at Wrigley Field and in 26 years since we've seen 5 division titles and a wild card.

For those old enough where were you?

I was at the game celebrating my 16th birthday 2 weeks early. I am such a Cubs geek I had my sweet 16 at Wrigley.

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I was at my grandparents house

like every Saturday afternoon. I had just started playing little league. I remember watching it in my grandma’s bedroom—the one TV with U.S. cable—and running downstairs to yell out every play to very uninterested adults. That day, I became a Cubs fan and a Ryne Sandberg wannabe on the little league field.

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Jun 23, 2009 10:13 AM CDT reply actions

That is, 25 years later...

… still one of the two or three greatest games I have attended in person.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Jun 23, 2009 10:42 AM CDT reply actions

Just out of curiosity

What are the others?

"You know, you should be a lot more careful crossing the street like that, otherwise you could die - if that bothers you."

by gauchodirk on Jun 23, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Wood's 20-K game, and the 1998 wild card tiebreaker.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Jun 24, 2009 7:33 AM CDT up reply actions

I read the Costas quote...

and instantly knew what you were referencing. I didn’t realize this was the anniversary of that game, though. I remember very clearly watching it on TV in our basement – I was 14 at the time. That was also back when playing in the NBC Game of the Week was such a big deal because so few games were nationally televised (other than on WGN or TBS).

Last year I got that Cubs legends DVD set, and that was the first game I wanted to watch (followed closely by Game 1 of the ’84 NLCS).

Harry Caray: Marshall is going back to LA to get cocaine for his injured foot.
Steve Stone: Harry, that’s Novocaine.

by Julio Zuleta's Voodoo on Jun 23, 2009 10:57 AM CDT reply actions

here is my scorecard and ticket stub froim that game...

http://www.cubsbythenumbers.com/june2384.html

And check out the price of the ticket….6 rows up from the field right by the Cubs bukkpen…$8.00. How times have changed!

Kasey

See what old Cubs Scorecards looked like at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/scorecards.html
Also, see the Cubs 2009 schedule at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/sched2009.html

by kaseyi on Jun 23, 2009 11:22 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs

bukkpen?

yukpen or bullpen, or a combination of the two?

by tootle on Jun 23, 2009 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions

any that is why....

we need an edit feature on our posts here. Of course I meant bullpen.

Kasey

See what old Cubs Scorecards looked like at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/scorecards.html
Also, see the Cubs 2009 schedule at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/sched2009.html

by kaseyi on Jun 23, 2009 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions

That's what the preview button is for.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Jun 23, 2009 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Didn't Willie McGee hit for the cycle in that game??

I may be mistaken, but if i’m not, your scorecard is wrong.

by Cubs and Hawks fan on Jun 23, 2009 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions

sure did

And someone else’s name is attached to the game. Bet he feels left out :)

Jackie likes the smell of cut grass, he used to play ball on Saturdays, Playin in the sun...

by PacificCub on Jun 23, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes, he did.

That’s the last visiting player to hit for the cycle at Wrigley Field.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Jun 23, 2009 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions

IIRC (and I was 1 1/2 at the time)

He was named the “Player of the Game,” right before Sandberg tied the game.

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Bill Potter on Jun 23, 2009 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions

If I remember correctly

the Cubs/Cardinals game was the backup game to the main game of the week. I was living in Los Angeles at the time and was hoping for rain so that the backup game would be shown. It did not rain so I missed one of the greatest Cubs game of all time but have seen many replays of it.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson

by tucsoncubsfan on Jun 23, 2009 12:28 PM CDT reply actions

One of my Favorites

And I wasn’t even seven years BORN yet. There’s just such an excellent feeling going around the ballpark in that game, and just watching it sends chills down my spine.

I couldn’t imagine what it would be like to have actually experienced that.

by ZachenFoot on Jun 23, 2009 1:43 PM CDT reply actions

1984

was the year i became a cubs fan. i am not sure when we got wgn on our cable package but i was eight years old that season and can remember coming home from school and watching the end of most games. with one tv in the house and a cubs fan for a father it was inevitable.

i remember this game every year because it is the same day as my mom’s birthday. i highly recommend the cubs greatest games dvd set. it is worth the price just for this game alone.

by hoppy91 on Jun 23, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions