1987-06-03 Astros at Cubs (WGN)

[@TheRmm1976]

Harry Caray was so great. Always makes me smile to see him do these old games!

[@garymack9734]

Only reason I am here

[@connorpolitsch1396]

I kiosks

[@fenderjazzbrian]

I forgot how Harry used to read notes about who was there, or watching the game, etc. It gave a sense of Cubs community

[@murcson]

​@@fenderjazzbrianJack Brickhouse did the same thing long before Harry.

[@fenderjazzbrian]

@@murcson Doesn't have anything to do with what I said, but OK.

[@tobro3000]

I'll always remember coming home from school that day passing the ballpark. I saw the W flag on Clark street & then I saw the final score below! I can watch it now haha

[@robertlane8370]

Harry Caray, Steve Stone, and the 1984 Cubs are the reason I love baseball.

[@cjones3710]

Neat, I could say the same about the 89 Orioles and Jon Miller, Brooks Robinson MelProctor and John Lowenstien. No personalities left in the game.

[@stoneshire645]

Yes, same! 🙌🙌🙌

[@g4340]

This will always be the quintessential Cubs game! At Wrigley...beautiful sunny day with a packed crowd...Harry & Steve on TV...before lights & before all of the other changes to the Park. You can't get any better than this! Well, I guess you can be in the bleachers watching the game with a hot dog in one hand and a cold beer in the other!

[@g4340]

@@Tdecenso79 I was only able to experience that a couple times --in a bar in Wrigleyville, but yeah, totally agree! Surrounded by Cub fans, near Wrigley --nothing on Earth like it! They should bring back Steve.

[@TheGoldnDog]

Listening to this while at work today. Great memories as a 9 year old

[@marty639]

​@@TheGoldnDog i hate baseball. I hate baseball then amd now. I only watch to remember how much i hated it then. Fond memories

[@TheGoldnDog]

@@marty639 Thanks for stopping by Marty.

[@Greeley.d]

I grew up watching the Cubs on WGN. I loved Harry Carey and Steve Stone

[@AndrewSmith-jm4sq]

It's a KZbin cliché, but I really miss the 80's. Bobby Dernier, Jody Davis, Harry, & Steve. Everything.

[@Landrew1208]

Bobby D was not a leadoff hitter nor was Bowa. He was just as frustrating on The Phils and even Richie Ashburn felt he could improve. Bobby had a decent year in 1984 with 149 hits .278 avg. But keeping him at the top of the lineup caused more harm than good.

[@markbock8048]

i miss the intro and the cubs being on channel 9.these were great times in my childhood

[@BRO77TX]

One of the lowlights of being an Astros fan. I’m glad both of our teams won the WS!! Cubs fans are class acts!! I’d love to see the Cubs v Astros in the WS!!

[@g4340]

That would be cool wouldn't it? At the time of this game it wasn't possible of course. I do miss having the Astros in the NL tho.

[@geraldsanchez581]

We miss the National League. Those were fun rivalries. Maybe we'll be at Wrigley this October (2019). It would be great to play the Cubs in the World Series.

[@douglaslowe5]

@@g4340 still not used to Astros in AL. I grew up in LA and Astros always killed my Dodgers with their pitching back In 80s.

[@g4340]

@@douglaslowe5 oh yeah! The 'stros had Richard, Scott and Niekro. Who were the other starters? I don't want to look it up. Bannister maybe. I liked Ruble --he was always good against my Cubs. Of course, my Cubs were atrocious up to '83 and '84 of course. Cruz, Puhl, Howe, etc. Yeah, always liked those late 70s & 80s Astros.

[@_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_]

I'd love to see the entire Asterisks organization get full blown Covid or AIDS right before boarding a plane that crashes into the Juice Box.

[@allanmichael7663]

I was at that game. 2 days after my birthday. Everyone wanted to see them squeeze out one more run but it didn't happen.

[@fenderjazzbrian]

I may very well have watched this game. I do seem to remember the unusual score. I watched lots of Cubs games on cable in those days.

[@wynnpetsovich34]

Seeing an ad for a phone book at the beginning. I haven’t seen one in years. We used to watch cubs games on tv all summer and after school. Even though I was a white Sox fan, Andre Dawson was my favorite player.

[@jlh4jc]

This was a microcosm of the 1987 Bob Knepper. I think he was still shaken from game 6 of the previous season's NLCS. Nonetheless, he was serving up lolly pops.

[@loganhuntlmt]

I was at this game! Thank you!

[@TheRmm1976]

3:16:28 rookie Dave Martinez who is now the Washington Nationals manager!

[@Sammydx1]

Yes. Perfect for a Chicago boy living in Florida missing my old life

[@Landrew1208]

The Cubs still had our beloved ex-Phillies players starting the ballgame. I love seeing Manny Trillo playing 1st base. He looks so natural there. Bobby D would come back here to Philly in 1989 and hit a dramatic inside the park homer. Keith Moreland would hit 27 hrs. ... It was so enjoyable following The Cubs in the 80's as a Phillies fan.

[@enriquedepaz2502]

Great classic

[@chadscott29]

This game still remains as the most runs allowed in the history of the Astros franchise.

[@durielroberts1673]

WGN & The Chicago Cubs: The tradition continues

[@WillGrimm623]

Duriel Roberts For one more year

[@douglaslowe5]

Not anymore. Baseball on free TV is over.

[@theworldwariioldtimeradioc8676]

This is going to sound odd, one of the things I miss today from the past is the sound of the sportswriters pecking away at the typewriter in the press box. Listen, no walk up music.

[@rossdawgsbrokenspirit9038]

The juiced ball year of '87! Fun times

[@erichall4548]

Great game

[@williamdunphy352]

1:30:50 Steve Stone & Dewayne Staats.

[@WillGrimm623]

Harry at 2:53:00

[@PatFrenchLeafsFan1]

You're getting into the baseball spirit. I was wondering if you happen to have the Oakland Toronto game from July 12, 1992?

[@andrewsheehy9938]

I hope you have Blue Jays and Expos Telecasts from the 1990's.

[@nenriu]

(thats a great point!) about protecting hitters ....

[@chaddalrymple4834]

Hey, Harry pronounced Valparaiso correctly! Now, my Hoosier heart swells with pride.

[@williamdunphy352]

Umpires (8:01) HP Doug Harvey (CC) 1B Dick Stello 2B Eric Gregg 3B Steve Rippley

[@kencummings953]

Doug Harvey or Joe West seemed to be behind the plate for every Cub game in the 1980's.

[@jinglebell61]

Houston Astros left the National League Central after 2012 and moved to the American League West in 2013.

[@hectorlopez1069]

They should of still stayed in the national league.

[@csrocker1]

Holy cow

[@nickPelz]

Paul Noce batting remind me when Harry used to say he should change his name to Buenos then he would be buenos noche 😅!

[@dennisstrauss9543]

Last year for Rick Sutcliffe and Bobby dernier also a one and done year for manager gene Micheal really Leon Durham came the next year in 1988 and andre Dawson last year was 1990 I think and in 1989 it was the wild thing Mitch Williams came up with cubs this was the best 3 games series that cubs played but they failed and end of year to st.louis

[@AMEER-114-]

Durham was already there...he did not come in "88... Also, sentences and seperate ideas actually require some form of punctuation so they do not run together in a confusing stream.... PAUSES that you have in your mind do not jump into the text and appear in the written form on the screen.

[@murcson]

​@@AMEER-114-gave me a damn headache. Durham came to the Cubs in 1981 in the Bruce Sutter trade.

[@randyjero4664]

Anyone catch Harry say so and so is here from Can Can Mexico? Miss these days. LOL 😅

[@dennisstrauss9543]

Remember next year came the lights at Wrigley field

[@kevindaniellmullins451]

BRING BACK CUBS ON WGN FOR CHRIST SAKE

[@JohnHillRSNStudios]

That is THE intro for Cubs baseball. All others pale in comparison.

[@williamdunphy352]

Harry Caray (PBP) & Steve Stone (C) 1-3/7-9 Dewayne Staats (PBP) & Stone (C) 4-6

[@jessedelreal6643]

shirtless fans 😆 not these days anymore

[@douglaslowe5]

Good point. When I was growing up it was no biggie to be a shirtless dude in public on a hot day. Now it verboten.

[@angeloj2620]

You might offend someone

[@trecchannel4205]

A high school band out of state playing the anthem? What? All the high schools in Chicago said no?

[@SuperLandho]

Milo Hamilton must've cringed doing the broadcasting for the Stros on a game like this....

[@erichall4548]

Good God that marching band who did the anthem was atrocious

[@inspectorwong915]

Why put spoilers in your title?!

[@nesandpcengine3683]

To make it easier for people to find this game?