Cubs-Pirates, Aug. 2, 1993 (6th inning, brawls and HRs)

[@TubbsMcGhee]

The graphics. The commercials. The Cubs game on WGN. This takes me back to watching these games on TV after school. The good ol days.

[@Geotubest]

I can relate!

[@riff2072]

And the games was two hours-thirty long at the most.

[@cwatson4271]

Now you have to have a special cable package to watch Cubs games. That’s definitely a disservice.

[@jacobrichardson1952]

As a 2001 baby, I used to have Superstation WGN in Florida I did watch some Cubs and White Sox little by little. Sad that it's gone.

[@angelic7007]

The commercials are better than the game.

[@conorgilles81]

It's great how the organ doesn't stop for the fight, providing a soundtrack to the whole thing.

[@warriormvp]

Rocky Theme LOL😀

[@Revolver1701]

Nice.

[@recklessralphfromqueens8383]

@@warriormvp bro the organist definitely started trolling.

[@albertpeterson5585]

...it's just like when a brawl breaks out in a western movie; the piano player tries to break up the fight with music.

[@mrnasty02106]

1. The biggest distraction in the whole game. 2. Gary Pressey is an asshole (and a big snob), 3. Let us enjoy the game without operatic, tremolo bullshit. I hate anything and anyone that likes or needs attention/shows off. I hate show offs. This is why I don't go to the games/watch with the mute button on. Pressey must have a handsome retirement (he retired a few years ago).

[@SS-kz7td]

This video has it all, baseball brawl, classic commercials, organ playing, mullets and Mark Grace stealing a base. This is a work of art. Thanks for the upload!

[@carsonwentz8301]

And an ump getting hit

[@slapshot1971109]

@J.E. Carlson He was with the Braves during the 1993 season.

[@slapshot1971109]

@J.E. Carlson I wasn't trying to pick a fight or anything. I deeply apologize.

[@slapshot1971109]

@J.E. Carlson Apology accepted! We all have bad days every once in a while! 😆

[@slapshot1971109]

@J.E. Carlson I live and breathe football year round! I played some football in high school as well! I'm a 49ers fan living in northwest Louisiana (which is home to mostly Saints and Cowboys fans)! As for college, I'm a diehard Texas Longhorns fan! 🤘

[@steveprice33]

The organist playing Eye of the Tiger for the brawl is the most epic part of this brawl.

[@BobbyMetzinger]

True, but the "Let their Be Peace on Earth" hymn afterwards is slightly better! A staple of Catholic mass!

[@ChairmanMeow1]

I love these videos where the commercials are included. its like a time machine.

[@Masta-Blasta]

I was thinking the same thing. The commercials are the hidden Gems of youtube!!!

[@laurahess3417]

Same here! 😀

[@gregbeard1744]

Yes!

[@theden0minat0r]

So true!!

[@YehoshuaChicagoCubs]

I was 3 around this time lol 1993

[@jaredallen7279]

This was my first ever Cubs game as an 8 year old. It had everything a game could offer.

[@c.d.macaulay66]

Bet it made you a fan for life, didn’t it?

[@joeversgrove7129]

Met a chick whose first game was that John Lester gem that ended in an extras walk-off grand slam. I was amazed and said your first game was the greatest game ever and she was just like Meh. Baseball has no chance. Yet here I am watching this after a long extra inning dart all game last night at dart all league. Aha

[@wakeup1679]

😂😂 I was there too, one of my college teammates had gotten called up a couple weeks before and a bunch of us were sitting down the first base line, hammered, I'll never forget that game 😂.

[@markatkinson9963]

Except baseball.

[@AcornSmokes420]

@@joeversgrove7129 you married her?

[@mikec5916]

Guys. This is a Time Machine for me. Don’t watch any MLB nowadays but boy back then I could not watch enough!!! Thank you

[@ltrain4479]

Summer of 1993, what a good time that was. I had no worries in the world except starting 7th grade in September.

[@basedincali8707]

pre diversity was epic

[@jameswilliams-zr8co]

good summer for movies too, jurassic park !

[@neon920]

Best times on West coast when wgn was free in TV. Cubs games in the morning after breakfast

[@jeffwood7642]

I started 8th grade

[@kylec.8350]

I miss it to great times great weather and no weirdos.

[@mikec5916]

Man this was great. I graduated HS summer of 93’. I loved baseball and watching games. I never watch anymore. Boy I feel old 😢

[@nicomancinicorleone9768]

I feel the same way I graduated high school in 1991 Baseball was my life....I really miss those years

[@chrisbrazee9755]

Also graduated that year. Was just finishing basic training when this game was played. A lifetime ago

[@yankees29]

I was summer ‘95. Great time to grow up.

[@jamescampione8531]

You have to pay to wathch now

[@docadams7099]

You're OLD and you graduated in '93? I graduated in 1982, so I guess I'm ancient. I have to remind people that, when I was born Johnson was US president. That's LYNDON, not Andrew.

[@oubrioko]

This Wrigley Field organist was funny af: Played *_Eye of the Tiger_* after the pushing and shoving started, played *_Let There be Peace on Earth_* after the altercation was over, then played the *_Close Encounters_* theme after the first pitch was inside to Sammy Sosa. Complete wiseass 😂 🤣

[@HonkIfYouLoveBeer]

Gary Pressy, absolute legend. He's done every game since '87.

[@kevinpaul1847]

Lmao

[@OldRustySteele]

Gary Pressy was a fine organist. However, Nancy Faust, on da Soudt Side at Comiskey was even better. She was the very first baseball organist that started getting organ “commentary” into the game. Ernie Hays in St. Louis gets an honorable mention in this regard, but Nancy was far more clever and prolific!

[@epaddon]

@@OldRustySteele Eddie Layton in Yankee Stadium was one of the greatest too. And he could work in some clever punchline bits too with song titles (Once after a brushback pitch he did "Don't Fence Me In")

[@OldRustySteele]

@@epaddon Ah yes, I hadn’t thought about Layton. Much like Nancy Faust at Comiskey Park, he would weave musical puns or other musical references into the mix!

[@omarll1551]

"The winner wins the fight." Great in-depth analysis of the sword fight

[@josh.brunty]

Nothing like tuning into a good ol brawl after school on WGN while chugging down your Capri Sun and waiting on your Hot Pocket or Totino’s Pizza rolls to finish cooking…. Gosh I miss the 80’s and 90’s.

[@JonahLoeb]

Forget the brawl or the homers. This video includes something truly unbelievable: Mark Grace stealing a base on a pitchout.

[@travismonk2804]

unhitch the trailer!

[@jackson5116]

@Mark Grace but a pitchout for even an average catcher nails Grace with any kind of decent throw.

[@andyryjax]

Amen Jonah. Huge Grace fan and that shocked me. I do not remember this game from back in the day. XD

[@mickeysanker1547]

@Mark Grace That's what I was going to say. The pitcher was not paying any attention to him. I guess him stealing the base messed with his head and Steve Buechele hit one of his 15 home runs off him.

[@carlbaumeister3439]

And with a very sloppy and hesitant slide at that!

[@johnpeters482]

Incredible - I was at this game. It was my first trip to Wrigley Field. The first pitch of the ballgame was a home run. There was a bench clearing brawl and MANY ejections. Thanks for posting!

[@jeffreyjohn2037]

John Peters : yeah, I was at that game too. Also I was at the pine tar game, Yankee stadium. George Brett was one pissed off player.

[@scoobycarr5558]

Sir, how nice was your experience at Wrigley Field for the first time? I hope it was a very nice fling for you. And you got a like!

[@abitoutside1973]

@@jeffreyjohn2037 I was at gehrig's last game and bobby thompson's shot.

[@dalethelander3781]

​@@abitoutside1973 I was at the game when Billy Williams hit his 300th home run in 1971; I was 12 and it was my first MLB game. As I was watching it, I thought it was curving foul. That was also my first taste of ballpark food and my first Italian Beef sandwich. Priorities.

[@dalethelander3781]

​@@jeffreyjohn2037 I've never seen a player as mad as Brett that day. Nitpick-y umpires. I also never saw Brett move that fast before. He wanted blood.

[@johnmoore4]

Love how the announcers got into it. No sanctimonious lecturing or calling it “disgusting.”

[@unit-0123]

They don’t do that nowadays during baseball fights, this whole comment section is just shitting on modern baseball for stuff that doesn’t happen

[@playmaker5515]

That’s Stoney for ya

[@timomomomo969]

@@unit-0123 amen. Couldn’t agree more. But this is the sad state of the KZbin comments section: everyone has to project their insecurities and paranoias into every damn video here. The lines “ah the old days” and “what happened to America” are the most tired lines in the KZbin comments sections. I remember the old days...when life expectancy was early 60s. Anyone longing for the old days is welcome to check out when they reach 62.

[@donnyblondy8506]

the organist went through the entire songbook of greatest showtime hits of the 90s and 80s

[@edwinearl4584]

Great camera work at WGN. I miss those days when I could watch a Cubs game every day. Now, I can’t afford the package.

[@BETTERWORLDSGT]

I couldn't name one Baseball player these days, and lost track of Baseball by the end of the 80s. I grew up a Pirates fan through the 70s and 80s.. I Saw a Pirates Game in 1971 and again in 75 I think at 3 Rivers, the team was full of greats and legends at that time. Nobody could ever forget 79 when the Pirates and Steelers both won the Series and Super Bowl, I wonder how many Gallons of Iron City was drunk that year?

[@donarthiazi2443]

People really drank that swill??

[@thegoose0m1]

I was going to college for my freshman year at Carnegie Mellon in '79 - '80, the year that the Pirates won the World Series, and then, a few months later, the Steelers won the Super Bowl. Both times the city erupted into a spontaneous, all-night party in the streets. It was really cool being there for both celebrations! Oh, and we all definitely drank Iron City beer at the time. Great memories!

[@jimjoe9945]

@@thegoose0m1 Jesus is the way, the truth, the life.

[@ICLight412]

@@thegoose0m1 I was born April of 80 right after Steelers won, still in moms belly 😂 though dad, her n family had fun.

[@albertpeterson5585]

...all of the innovations in camera placement, camera work, graphics, production, and direction of televised baseball was perfected by Arne Harris and his team at WGN; bravo!

[@hoosierflatty6435]

Thanks Jeff for all these; real fun to examine this game we all love. Good lordy 1993 was a long time ago now

[@KidFresh71]

The organ player going with "Eye of the Tiger" during the brawl is simply the icing on the cake.

[@TenPinTrucker]

Flashbacks to the days when tv coverage didn't clog up half the screen with dumb graphics.

[@curtisdexter3054]

Ken Hemphill I hate that about today's telecasts.

[@Weaverox5]

I had forgotten what it was like to see the game:)

[@Jleed989]

I like to know the score tho and what inning

[@slyjokerg]

What do you mean? You don't think we should know each batter's favorite 3rd Grade school subject, or how many times the home plate umpire has farted this month?

[@gordonmckay4780]

@@slyjokergLOL! You're not a Tim McCarver fan, are you?

[@jscott6]

I know this team wasn't great (they were bad actually) but man I LOVED the Sosa, Sandberg, Grace era of cubs baseball.

[@daveth121864]

Ahhh the good old days, when they not only aired the fight in full, but they also went back and did slo-mo blow-by-blow analysis!

[@thesteveprichard]

Pussies

[@thedogwoods5716]

I don’t remember fights these days not being aired

[@hoss3138]

My Mom took me to this game. Probably the greatest comeback I’ve ever seen in person.

[@shawngregory1429]

The dark-skinned version of Sammy Sosa will always be my favorite.

[@MrSmith-ke1hb]

Shawn Gregory thx man, that made me laugh.

[@GeeEm1313]

He's thin. Pre-roids.

[@SuperClemente18]

Gee Em and 30/30 season that year 🤷🏻‍♂️🔥

[@hushg2000]

Ahhhhh 30/30 son FOH lol he was also young as hell. 98 was about 5 years later . Cmon now ..... all MLB players were cheaters ... Ruth, DiMaggio, Koufax, etc were all on some roids imo

[@jamestepera3356]

@@hushg2000 Ruth was on hot dogs

[@davidharrison3711]

And this took place only TWO DAYS before the infamous Nolan Ryan/Robin Ventura fight in Arlington.

[@ronfroehlich4697]

There was a ton of fighting in baseball that year

[@CBrolley]

Ventura got his ass kicked big time.

[@scottburns5376]

This is the many times Sammy Sosa would run out into the field like a badass during an altercation, only to cower behind someone when he got close to the scuffle

[@fateagle4life]

Outstanding work by the organist for playing Eye Of The Tiger from Rocky

[@samfixer8155]

Thanks for this upload. Takes me back. Waaayyyy friigginn back. Damnit I'm old.

[@travismonk2804]

this copyrighted telecast is presented by the authority of the chicago national league ballclub which has the right of approval of the announcers and is intended solely for the private non-commercial use of our audience. any publication, reproduction, retransmission, or the use of the pictures, descriptions, and accounts of this game without the express written consent of the chicago national league ball club iiiiissssssss prohibited. god 25 years later and i still have it memorized in Stoney's voice

[@AaronBradley-tarot]

Why National League Ball Club, Inc. and not Chicago Cubs?

[@frankkinley6272]

Travis Monk, I started reading your comment precisely at the same time when the announcer started saying it. It was freaky!

[@JediGamingX]

You took my comment away, I also have it in my memory. This is awesome.

[@maynardferguson9599]

And we're breaking all those rules listed by watching this on KZbin

[@cs1458]

Best part of this video is that the classic ads weren't edited out lol

[@whochangedmyscreenname]

I LOVE THEM. It lets us relive that previous area in a complete way. Celebs, advertising, graphic design, music... it's always fun.

[@jamilmccoy2994]

I loved these pirates uni's they were the best ones I think. The road jerseys as well as the home....

[@fernandaacosta2525]

I loved, the yellow, black, yellow and black,

[@horsehide3039]

Thanks so much for showing the long version. So refreshing

[@johngowler3436]

RYNO one of the best 2nd baseman ever!

[@jamesgentry13]

It's not Ryan it's Ryne 😆

[@Bran-don321]

He was my favorite player ever.

[@jasonhicks800]

He was my favorite player/idol since 1983. I live in TX and went to Wrigley when they retired his number after he was inducted into the HOF. I wasn’t going to miss that day.

[@johngowler3436]

@@jasonhicks800 sounds good I wished I could of been there that really sounds awesome Sandberg to me is the best second baseman to play the game of baseball !!!

[@verneolmstead8570]

John Gowler Gehringer was the best.

[@TheImperialShredder]

This is better than watching anything new... no crappy effects, no interruptions

[@donarthiazi2443]

What effects are used in televised baseball these days?

[@TheImperialShredder]

@@donarthiazi2443 when a players name comes up he is moving around that type of stuff

[@ritaaldison139]

Try BS Pitch Clocks. Useless time consuming replays.......

[@sortofanoakyafterbirth3661]

​@@donarthiazi2443The 10-15 second ads the show picture-in-picture when there is a mound visit OR even just in between pitches.

[@Rocky_Maher]

Amazing how much smaller the players were compared to those within a few years.

[@ericcarter2020]

Steroid change the player! Lot took to it for injury. But long run was a bad idea!

[@oscarwinner2034]

Sosa smoked that ball. Roids or not in 1993. Players also were wearing tight uniforms in the 90s. By the time Bonds was hitting 73, everyone was wearing big baggy pants. Guys were bigger and also wearing baggy uniforms.

[@peterjohnson155]

Thery were also smoking cigs and drinking after the games.

[@dalethelander3781]

Sosa before he started juicing.

[@dw8773]

Steve and Thom so you know it's the middle innings...Would be fun to hear what Harry was saying on the radio. Those three were the best team ever. I miss baseball.

[@joesloadeddiaper3007]

This was back when the cubs always played their home games in the afternoon

[@Hagfan789]

Listening to this commentary...as a Brewers fan I am so thankful to still have Bob Ueker doing our play by play.

[@tkaki6029]

Steve Stone is a hall of famer. Harry Caray would take the 4-6 innings off at this point in his career. They should have waited an inning.

[@dalethelander3781]

"JUUUUUUUST a bit outside."

[@wonkxete]

No one cares

[@Hagfan789]

@@wonkxete Yet you watched the video & decided to be weeny & comment on it. 🙄

[@CatsClaw44]

​@@Hagfan789He means no one cares about you.

[@hamricmike8]

Oh man I wish Harry would have been doing that inning. He took a break from the booth during the middle innings at this point. His commentary during the brawl would have been legendary I'm sure.

[@buckeyeschmave]

He was, just on radio. He called the middle three on WGN radio while Thom, and before him Dewayne Staats and Milo Hamilton, came over to TV.

[@dalethelander3781]

​@@buckeyeschmave I remember when Lou Boudreaux and Jack Brickhouse would make a similar swap.

[@philvaclavik6890]

Harry woulda been doing with Santo

[@fisterhr]

Ahhh America! Babe Ruth, John Wayne, Coca Cola, Apple Pie and MLB Baseball BRAWLS every summer! I love it! Btw, I think I saw Ferris, Cameron and Sloane in one of the club box seats from a distance.

[@smedleybutler8787]

The land of the free.lol

[@kevinkarg4464]

Hey, batter batter batter batter SWING batter!!!!

[@dickrichards9650]

I thought about Ferris, and co., whilst watching this clip.

[@Stancify]

Thom Brennaman and Steve Stone--two of my favorite announcers of all time!

[@donarthiazi2443]

Steve and Harry

[@ginocavazos2153]

It's a Shame he made those remarks On a Hot Mic it cost him Big-time Ended his Career

[@OldRustySteele]

@@donarthiazi2443 Harry was great with the Cards and very good with the Sox. But he had become a slobbering caricature by the time he came to the Cubs.

[@ducc764]

Wow! This is the first baseball game I ever went to, crazy to randomly have this recommended to me. Thank you!

[@stephenburk7564]

I like how the organist is playing Eye of the Tiger during the brawl, lol.

[@aarondecker4288]

I noticed that lol well played organist....well played

[@Cj-zg6gm]

Hahaha....genius.

[@epaddon]

And then as the fight breaks up, the organist plays "Let There Be Peace On Earth".

[@jaredflanagan5951]

How to prolong a brawl!!

[@MarkMonforti]

Gary Pressey is great

[@fraziermichaelj]

“I consider myself a man of faith… As there’s a drive into deep left field by Buechele and that’ll be a home run. And so that’ll make it a 10-8 ballgame.”

[@thelastmanonearth2631]

😆😆😆😆

[@chedder81]

Steve Buechele reference for the win

[@johngonzalez624]

Wow!!! The organ player actually played the theme from ROcky at one point. Cool.

[@devares2006]

Ahhh, the golden age of WGN. Back before it went to crap (WGN America).

[@peterf.229]

Mark Grace and Jay Bell and Curt Schilling all played on the Dbacks in 2001 when they won the world series.

[@peterf.229]

lol Lonnie Smith, of Braves fame, and Randy Myers of the NAsty Boys fame, and Eric Yelding , the guy that I think Rob Dibble almost killed when he made the mistake of charging the mound on Dibble in the 90s.

[@martyyoung3611]

@@peterf.229, I was at that game in Cincinnati when Yelding charged the mound. I was sitting behind home plate about 6 rows up and could see the radar gun. When the ball went by Yelding the gun flashed 101.

[@luvfreedom1470]

@@peterf.229 the fuck you talking about? Eric Yielding tore up Rob Dibble when he charged him. I remember watching that game live.

[@weaverto]

Steve Stone was always a good company man, not just for the Cubs, but for MLB and the pearl clutching that went on any time a small market team was good.

[@GeorgeGlass1975]

I love Mark Grace. Such a pure hitter and a great swing. Cigarette smoking, beer drinking professional ball player that had fun playing!!!

[@DrLuke49]

I was thrilled for Grace when he won the 2001 World Series with Arizona and against the Yankees no less!

[@markwatkins2367]

Most hits in the 90's

[@Satchmojones]

Gracey was the best.

[@rokyericksonroks]

No batting gloves? Wow, that IS a pure hitter!

[@richardgeisel4290]

Not to mention a slump breaking strategy that’s awesome.

[@o.o1015]

Grace had the same approach at the plate his entire career. Just a pure hitter. Miss the old days

[@AI-cp1jg]

He also was a gold glover. He's my favorite all time Cubs 1st baseman.

[@DavidRobinson-wy7lx]

Mark Grace’s cousin was my English teacher in high school. She was so chill and beautiful. Everybody had a crush on Ms. Grace.

[@biggrocc19]

​@@DavidRobinson-wy7lx uh.... ok bud

[@GeeEm1313]

These players take me back to when I collected cards as a middle schooler.

[@jerryfinch7647]

Miss the Cubs on WGN every night. Tired of 'In The Heat Of The Night' marathons.

[@ifamilymoments1965]

The good old days. I love my hometown of Chicago. 🙂

[@desperate4dopamine]

Lol your Chicago is a disgrace to humanity. How many deaths a day due to gang violence? Delusional

[@larryadavenport2334]

I love my City 2

[@paedahe4975]

This is a great piece of baseball history here. Nice upload.

[@noeymo]

1993 was an awesome year for me😢 I miss those days…

[@frankanuzzi9740]

Me too my Phil’s were the best I was 13

[@tny0515]

Sosa is one of them kids that's always expecting to get pulled back

[@Fixologist1]

I watched this game live when it happened. This is vintage baseball.

[@5yearsout]

Loved the era, rush home from work and catch the last few innings on WGN. Simpler times for sure.

[@dmatthews7423]

Thanks for leaving the commercials in!

[@dianeadkins-diorio1783]

Jimmy Leyland... is this the same Jim Leyland I remember (former manager of the Detroit Tigers)?

[@dennissvitak148]

Yep. Pretty good manager.

[@jetsamperes5762]

He's the same Jim Leyland I remember being the manager of the Evansville Triplets (Tigers AAA affiilate)

[@dxrulz4life]

4 years later he’d win The World Series vs Cleveland

[@jackjones3657]

Great double play by Rhino at 3:15! Good old Sandburg.

[@ChibiProwl]

Yep. When I used to watch Pirates vs Cubs, I knew I could count on some sweet double plays courtesy of Rhino and Grace of the Cubs, and Bell, Garcia, and the first baseman of the Pirates.

[@williaminnes1563]

*Sandberg

[@dalethelander3781]

*Ryno

[@uselessjoe]

Baseball needs more of this. Beanballs before helmets were common so let’s go!!

[@charlesball9977]

Man the pitch that hit Garcia was in no way intentional.

[@freddyvidz]

I thought the same

[@smileybone3010]

I thought I was the only one. Don't crowd the plate, you know?

[@robredeyedpumpkin4212]

If a pitcher can't control his pitches he should not be a pitcher. Thus these guys all have good control they ARE hitting batters on purpose no question. You can't be successful as a pitcher unless you have very good control no matter how hard you throw. Take it from me I am a pitcher walking people will get your team in trouble everytime.

[@luvfreedom1470]

@@robredeyedpumpkin4212 get off your fucking high horse. Everyone is just human. The ball can get away even from big league pitchers.

[@jaimerodriguez2340]

@@robredeyedpumpkin4212 dumbest comment ever,you dont know shit about basseball,Keep watching TVsoaps

[@davanmani556]

Bob Scanlon. A long list of can't miss pitchers who didn't work. Shawn Boskie, Les Lancaster, Jay Baller, Mike Harkey, and many others.

[@thomasdidymus1393]

Davan Mani | BOB SCANLAN🤣 THE DUDE THREW 98 MPH RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. IF HIS PITCHES HAD ANY MOVEMENT HE COULD HAVE BEEN A REALLY GOOD. STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW AND RIPPED RIGHT OUT OF THE BALL PARK🤣

[@darrelavery9809]

I still remember all that cash they dumped for Danny Jackson.

[@jeremybear573]

Cant miss for the Cubs?

[@tvtitlechampion3238]

Think of all the Cubs pitchers that went to better things after the Cubs. Donnie Moore, Bill Caudill, Greg Maddux. I'll put Lee Smith and Dennis Eckersley in there, too.

[@darrelavery9809]

@Michael Rheinstrom he was with the Reds right before signing with the Cubs. I would have to check his wikipedia page to get more info.

[@randyw011]

Montgomery Ward needed to use those $100 Cubs home run donations more efficiently

[@flyguyry1]

Epic comment lol

[@freddie1991d]

😂😂😂

[@douglasseeley9157]

1993 was a great season for a Giants fan like me. In fact I listened to or watched about 150 of 162 Giants games. Nowadays they're calling that year the last pennant race. Braves-Giants went to the wire the last day of the season. Braves won, Giants lost to the Dodgers and that was it. No wild card. 1994 saw the advent of 3 divisions per league and one wild card team. A strike too!

[@samspurgeon4222]

I loved those days. My Dad was a die hard Braves fan,and taught me to be one too lol, and despised the Dodgers...I have a pic when we went to the HOF of him flipping off a Dodgers display, and he was in LA and stopped by Dodger Stadium just to take a leak on it lol....he hated it when they re-did the divisions....he tried to hate the Mets with the same zeal, but it just wasn't the same😂

[@jurgostuff]

Somewhere little Sean Rodriguez was watching this and thought, "Hey I could do that!"

[@The_Pennsylvanian]

jurgostuff lmao s-rods the best though

[@philrust7238]

Ridiculously funny!

[@YehoshuaChicagoCubs]

😆

[@brycelandon6387]

Montgomery Ward and 1-900 numbers...back when those were still things.

[@CAPTJACKRACKHAMZGM]

Great game Footage. Thanks for posting....complete with commercials...LOL.

[@raypowers8083]

Garcia's hands were up over the plate. Scanlon had every right to take back the inside.

[@mgilmore5931]

Love the accompanying organ music, very nostalgic

[@pgoody]

Something about retro commercials... what is it???

[@scoobycarr5558]

Cubs and Pirates were a big rivalry back then - wonder how tough the rivalry is in today's modern era?

[@briansierzega]

Is the guy on the left in the Diet Pepsi commercial, Christopher Meloni from Law and Order, SVU??

[@ElCrab]

Brian Sierzega nope, it's Paul Ben-Victor. He's a "that guy" I recognize, so I had to look up his name.

[@miket2419]

Check it out: at the 8:35 mark - middle of your screen: One of Orlando Merced's own teammates pushes Merced into Martinez of the Cubs. That's when the fighting starts. Gotta love it.

[@tvb1020]

Thom Brennaman is a legend. Best announcer ever. Best apology ever.

[@Jamestown-y9j]

He sucked, that apology didn't get his job back; and nobody been knocking his door down since to hire his arrogant ass, little twit. Nepotism got him a broadcasting job in the first place; was glad when the Cubs got rid of him, they knew he was crap.

[@sortofanoakyafterbirth3661]

And there's a swing and a drive, home run for Nick Castellanos

[@CatsClaw44]

I'm guessing that you love homophobes and racists

[@OnlyFloyd]

How the hell does Grace run into a pitch-out and still go in basically standing up?

[@mikedsayre]

That organ music player is the real MVP

[@shaneupham705]

i love classical baseball its always so fun to look back and think wow when this game was on i was only 12 or 11 or 10 i really miss my baseball sheets and posters and my own bat i even miss my baseball cards god i love this game

[@mudoni5160]

Jim Leyland and Mark Grace had a cigarette after the game. Stone and Chip just mentioned Darren Daulton, he died this week, sad.

[@jasonbixler7310]

During the game probably

[@BjManberries]

Sammy Sosa, the Paper Tiger. Runs and stops when he realizes no one is stopping him. Then looks for someone to hold him back. No wonder he's pink now! Go Cubs!!

[@freddyvidz]

The announcer even called him out. Lol

[@YehoshuaChicagoCubs]

Lol BRO

[@luvfreedom1470]

I think Sosa would have creamed that pitcher. I think it had more to do with him suddenly realizing he wasn't surrounded with teammates and any acts of aggression were front and center on him not part of some chaotic melee.

[@the_real_Icemike]

@Douglas Seeley dude that happened in the Kingdome....meth is a hell of a drug smh

[@BronchoKyle]

@@luvfreedom1470nah. He pussed out.

[@terancetheindomitable9701]

This was back when baseball was great. The National Pastime. Those days are LONG gone.

[@fernandosalas8589]

Terance The Indomitable one of the reasons baseball has changed a lot since then its because of players going on strike they have their unions. But it blew up in their faces because us fans weren't going to the ball park and there were a lot of loses. So MLB decided to interleague which I don't like but the idea was that fans go out and see their team go against another league for instance in my case Mets vs Yankees its the ultimate match up. Anyway players have unions and don't want to be abused like any other job. But us fans are like whaaat they make millions of dollars. Baseball has changed because of the player having rights. Last time they went on strike I no longer wanted to watch my team, but little by little I came back. I think today's players are a bunch of sissies if iam not treated right iam going on strike.

[@FoxxMulderr]

"when baseball was great" You mean when it was full of juicers and cheaters?

[@fernandosalas8589]

FawkesMuldarr some are still getting juiced last year some were suspended it doesn't end. But loved your comment made me laugh. These players will do anything to be on top.

[@scarpfish]

There was no YT back in 1993, but I'm sure someone back then thought this sucked in favor of 60's era baseball.

[@georgejetson3702]

Yeah, then the next year they cancelled the last third of the season and all of the playoffs over money. Ruined the fuck outta baseball.

[@martinlehfeldt6916]

yeah the commercials take you back. I think they were better back than.

[@carrite]

So why are they calling "Golden Draft" beer draft beer if it is sold in a bottle???

[@charlie.something]

back when sosa wasn't white yet

[@thomasmckenzie4584]

And pre-juice.

[@finalminute3861]

Lol 😂🤣😅

[@thomasmckenzie4584]

LOL!!! Sosa hit 4 homeruns in 1989, and then hit 66 hrs in '98 and 63 in '99. But sure, Sosa must've started juicing in '89.

[@jamestepera3356]

@Mark Grace pretty much all of the Ranger offensive greats (team HR and RBI leaders) were roiders. Let us not forget A-Rod and Canseco.

[@cantgetright742]

Id rather see a league where everyone is juiced up. Who doesn't want to see the little guy hit 100 homers a season? It's only cheating because only some players are roided up!

[@christiancolossus5165]

What an inning!!! Thanks for the upload.

[@georgemrns08]

Bob scanlan always made the weirdest faces when he was pitching. You can see some of them on his cards.

[@michaelproctor1996]

that's what winners from Harvard greatness and Beverly Hills millionaires who do play by play currently for the San Diego Padres and WON this very game as the pitcher of record look like in person who are 6'6" strong ! ") BOB SCANLAN #30 ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ God bless ♡ everyone ♡ ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

[@TreyMeans3]

There's a lot of big dudes out there, but I guarantee none of them want to fuck with Leyland. He was as tough "old school" as they came. Dude tore Barry Bonds a new one, for God's sake

[@timdansfield9177]

Trey Warnock Leyland was a f---g drunk.Usually hammered at the games.

[@dalethelander3781]

​@@timdansfield9177 A lot of managers were sauced, big deal.

[@VanillaLimeCoke]

11:10 or around this point.... Is the organist playing Let There Be Peace on Earth ?

[@grenda5]

sosa, wow, thats embarrassing , if you're gonna go, don't stop

[@5O4evr]

I think the cubs produced 4 gold gloves in 93, Grace, Sandberg, Dawson, and Beuchelle. Man I loved that group.

[@finalminute3861]

J Gunn you got to when you have no pitching

[@jaydubya3348]

No, buechele never won a gold glove, Dawson's last year with the cubs was 1992. He was in Boston in 1993.

[@edmadrid1776]

I am in L.A. and I miss the Cubbies on WGN

[@seankeating12]

Ed Madrid yep I remember these days in the early 90’s

[@thomasmckenzie4584]

I remember when I lived in Canada I watched about 80 Cubs games a year on WGN. I was almost forced to cheer for them.

[@OscarsMama]

Cubs aren't on WGN anymore. It's an outrage. Ricketts bought his own station, Marquee Network. End of an era.

[@TomZ23]

Daytime Chicago Cubs baseball on WGN, when it was great to watch baseball. I miss the games on local TV, WGN...

[@zachford2616]

I forgot about Yosh Kawano. What a nostalgic video. Derick May, Rick Wilkins, Steve Buechele - the brightness of the camera on those day games...the organ. Steve Stone, obviously Ryno and Grace...Sammy when he could run. Who knew that would be the last decade of innocence before technology triggered mass paranoia and hate. These were my childhood cubs. I was too young to have perspective. Obviously loved when they were doing well in the standings but just lived and died with them every day.

[@dalethelander3781]

I met Yodh Kawano in the 70s. Gave me a game used New Era cap. Boy, was it game used.

[@jorgejohnson451]

"Sosa acted like he wanted a piece of Minor and then stopped running." Tom Brennaman (sp?) has always been one of my favorite play-by-play broadcasters. Hilarious.

[@ronaldblack1902]

Jorge Johnson ...I wonder why Sosa, stopped running to the mound?

[@coylio33ify]

it's Thom and he sucks now but this was 25 years ago.

[@bubmer]

coylio33ify you read my mind. Him and his dad.

[@TheSjuris]

ronald black he realized there weren’t any roids there.

[@BronchoKyle]

@@ronaldblack1902because he is a fake tough guy.

[@doublebogey6273]

This is such a great one as it got started from a throw from scanlan that no reasonable person would even think for a second was intentional. lol

[@HawksFan5884]

I was at this game when I was really little. I remember me & my little sister begging my mom & dad to leave in the middle of the game when the cubs were getting killed. Then w/ the comeback & bench clearing brawl it ended up being one of the more entertaining games I’ve been too. Was also at the game where Steve McMicheal sang the stretch & was tossed by angel hernandez after. That’s pry the most entertaining game I’ve ever been at. Mostly b/c I was older at that game & remember it better.

[@dalethelander3781]

Did Steve diss Hernandez?

[@HawksFan5884]

@@dalethelander3781 … I was a teen, but all I remember was cubs were losing & there was a controversial call right before the 7th inning stretch that went against them. Then Steve said something like “I’ll see that ump in the parking lot after the game”. Then all I remember was a long break & nobody knew why (before smartphones, social media obviously). So everyone was like “wtf going on?”. Didn’t find out till after the game that Hernandez threw a fit & wouldn’t continue play until McMicheal was removed from the press box & stadium for his wisecrack about the parking lot. Hernandez is such a baby!! Cubs came back & won tho. Pry best game I’ve ever seen live there

[@dalethelander3781]

@@HawksFan5884 How did Hernandez know what was said on-air? He couldn't have been listening. Everybody knows it couldn't be serious. Wrigley doesn't have a parking lot.

[@HawksFan5884]

@@dalethelander3781 … McMicheal said it when he had the mic to sing take me out to the ballgame, so it was broadcast on the loudspeaker in the stadium when he said it. But yeah it was just a joke & Hernandez made way too big a deal out of it. Like you said Wrigley doesn’t even have parking lots & even if for some reason a bunch of people knew where the exit the umps use to leave the stadium was at & a crowd was waiting there for Hernandez, there is plenty of security that could’ve gotten rid of them for Hernandez so he could leave Idk where the parking for umps & players is since the remodel, but I remember before the remodel wrigley had a gated off section on 1 of the sides where security & umps could park, so he definitely could’ve gotten to his car w/out fan interaction & even if fans were waiting for him to drive out of that gated section police or security could’ve got rid of them.

[@daevydjae]

Love seeing these guys play again.

[@claytonshank6871]

That Diet Pepsi commercial was incredible.

[@charlierobles316]

I know right

[@chrism65324]

I love how the organist just keeps playing music