Phils 23 Cubs 22 1979

Phillies and Cubs go crazy at Wrigley

[@leejeffries1903]

Very first game I ever went to see, and Dad drove a hundred miles to get there. Best game in history and my freaking dad decided that nine innings was enough and we were the only people that left before the game ended so we could beat the traffic. I just now got to watch the last inning. Finally, some closure after all these years! Would love to see the whole game again.

[@millionsofrecordsernieb7587]

That is a crazy story...your first game!!

[@pvsweetypie]

Fake fan

[@SantaDog81]

The old school 70's Philly away jersey is so classic.

[@michaelprete3083]

They had it well into the 1980’s I believe

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

@@michaelprete3083 into the 90s think their white with red pinstripes came in 92

[@keithcarlson7267]

‘88 was the last year of the powdered blue road jerseys. Gray from ‘89 to ‘91. Overall the jerseys from 1970-1991 are my favorites.

[@urbanleftbehind]

Did they go from plain red maybe a cardinal red with powder blue in the 70s to a darker maroon with the blue and then gray in the 80s?

[@DiscoDashco]

Agreed, said as a CUBS fan, and a fan of anything turquoise. It’s so deliciously tacky, I love it.

[@FeatherInPhilly]

Randy Lerch homered in the top of the first and didn't finish the bottom of the first ... classic

[@SS-th9wz]

FeatherInPhilly - in fact Lerch only pitched 1/3rd of the first inning.

[@kingfish4242]

Lerch was a good hitter for being a pitcher. He once hit 2 homers in a game

[@gmaqwert]

He was a good hitting pitcher but he couldn't pitch.

[@rokyericksonroks]

gmaqwert LMAO.

[@straycatttt]

I recall LMAO in ‘79 when Lerch homered only to be pissed when the Cubs knocked him around. Schmidt and Kingman were monsters. I forgot that Rudy Meoli played for the Phils for a minute. Great Afro on Nino Espinosa! Strange to see Tug McGraw in the 5th inning! Impressive for Schmidt to beat Bruce Sutter: what a match up!

[@martywheat9726]

Kingman was a beast ! My favorite player ever love the Cubs ? I remember coming home from school in carpentersville Illinois to catch the game and see if Kingman hit a bomb ! Thanks Mr Kingman for the great memories

[@022171]

One of my favorite things about watching these old games is seeing all the unique, individualized batting stances & pitching deliveries. Guys figured out what worked for them & used it, no matter how it looked. These days, kids are taught in little league & high school "THIS is how you do it...". The result is, most major leaguers today use stances & deliveries that look like they came out of a cookie cutter. Just a random observation...

[@steveswangler6373]

that's part of what made Ichiro so exciting when he first came to the United States. of course, he was a great hitter, but his different style made him fun to watch

[@ottodetroit]

Personalities almost non existent in modern sports. Sad

[@tvtitlechampion3238]

It's what happens when adults take over a kids game and makes it into a business.

[@johnperrigo6474]

I also notice that ALL players hustle more.

[@rdsa1148]

I was at the game....8 rows behind the Cubs dugout with 6 friends. Great day and we were half in the bag by the 4th inning. The game took forever to play.

[@hoosierflatty6435]

lol ... half in the bag

[@GrahamCStrouse]

RDS A Cubs v. Phillies way back when was like a Michael Bay movie. You never really knew what was happening but you knew there were gonna be a lot of explosions. #Glorious

[@sludge4125]

4:01.

[@janettemcclelland2959]

Brickhouse and Boudreau were having fun calling this game.

[@kentonclarkson1449]

LOVED Jack and Lou! Back when WGN broadcast every Cub game and all the games at Wrigley were daytime. My family owned a TV store back then and at 1 I would go get a 12 pack and get back by 1:18 in time for the game, we would turn all the TV's to the game and have a good time whether Our Boys won or not!

[@2508bona]

I remember coming home from school that afternoon and learning that the score was 17-9... in the bottom of the fourth!

[@jonnydanger7181]

Chris Barat it was 21-9 when I got home from school. 5th grade lol

[@EBthere]

R.I.P. Jack Brickhouse and Lou Boudreau.

[@shnaggletooth751]

Among all the crazy things that happened during this game: probably the only time ever in MLB history when a relief pitcher in the first inning of a ball game hit an RBI triple. And in this first inning, it was the opposing relief pitcher, not the starting pitcher, who gave it up.

[@michaelprete3083]

Almost as crazy as the Rick camp game

[@michaelmann2555]

@@michaelprete3083 I was at that Braves-Mets game on July 4, 1985. It was the only home run Camp ever hit and tied the game at 13. The Mets went on to win the 18 inning game, which ended at 3:56 AM, 16-13. The Braves management started the fireworks display at 4:10 AM and scared the crap out of the people who lived near the stadium. There was a 2-hour rain delay before the game and another one soon after it began.

[@jaqqqqqqattack]

We criticize announcers for being homers, but I laugh at, and appreciate, Brickhouse’s comment in the first inning: “Come on! A home run for the pitcher!”

[@Shindler39]

Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies also hit four consecutive home runs and added a single in an 18-6, 10-inning victory over the Cubs in Wrigley Field on April 17 1976. Astonishing!

[@jonnydanger7181]

The Cubs killer he was!

[@t74guard78]

I think you meant 18 - 16 and Schmidts 4th home run was the game winner. He hit over 60 home runs against the Cubs in his career and over 40 of them were at Wrigley Field. Crazy to think a visiting player could have over 40 home runs in any MLB ballpark. Schmidt hit 4 consecutive home runs another time also. I think it was against the Giants. In his last at bat of a game he hit one and then the next 3 at bats the next game he hit home runs. I know this because he was my favorite player back then and I didn't miss a daily newspaper during baseball season. I grew up in Orange County, California but was born in New Jersey. Back in 1981 I went back to see my Dad and that side of the family. They got tickets to a Philly game and I was so much looking forward to seeing the Phillies in their home park. Well we all know what happened that year. Yep the strike so I never got to see Schmidty in his own ballpark, I did get to see Veterns Stadium though. When we returned the tickets. That sucked. I did get to see him many times at Dodger Stadium. He only hit 1 home run in all the games I went to.

[@Shindler39]

@@t74guard78 1981 was my favorite season because my Montreal Expos one their only playoff series against your Philadelphia Philles, Steve Rogers beat Steve Carlton 2 time. On Saturday, Oct. 4 1980, Schmidt 11th-inning Home Run off Montreal Stan Bahnsen gave the Phillies a 6-4 win over the Expos, officially eliminating Montreal from the Playoff and clinching the National League East Title for the Phillies.

[@millypoo7713]

@@t74guard78 Schmidt hit 50 HR in his career @ Wrigley field. I looked it up.

[@ChrisWaters]

@@Shindler39 My dad took me along for an impromptu drive from Rochester, NY to Montreal, to see that series. We slept in our car, in a fast food parking lot; I remember it being very cold. Amazing first two games. Since the third game was meaningless we drove home early.

[@Frank_Cohen]

Thank you for this slice of history. Remember this well.

[@mattleonard3529]

I was at this game.

[@stevevandien310]

Lucky man!

[@matthewimi]

I'm jealous. I was in St Charles, 11 yrs old, at school, and mad because I couldn't see the game. Beautiful day. Warm. All of a sudden somebody tells me that the score is already 7 - 0. When I got home I was glued to the TV.. vaguely remember anything else, but Kingman, to this day is still my favorite player. Where were you? Where was your seat? What was it like seeing all those balls leave the stadium?

[@burymedeep-be7dm]

I remember every one of these players. All of them

[@markkrull556]

I remember 90% of them myself and all the Phillies

[@aaronb.8368]

I'm guessing a lot of ERA's were blown up on this day. lol

[@pep590]

I just saw a box score on that game and one guy, Del Unser on the Phillies had a miserable day. He went 1 for 7. lol. www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN197905170.shtml

[@billslocum9819]

Two pitchers managed to dodge the shrapnel. Ray Burris of the Cubs and Rawly Eastwick of the Phillies (winning pitcher that day) pitched a collective 3.2 innings without giving up a single run. Ironically, both had terrible ERAs going into that game. Starters Randy Lerch and Dennis Lamp, by contrast, lasted a combined 0.2 innings, giving up 11 runs on 11 hits (including 3 HRs).

[@jimpierce3138]

Most were in Wrigley Field.

[@stephenchristian6018]

I checked the win probability chart, phillies had a 100% chance of winning this game at 1 point, towards the end cubs were over 50% . Bizarre. Haha

[@davidsydow2074]

Notice how batters stepped into the batter's box, with no screwing around. Games were finished well under 3 hours, usually under two and a half hours, some under 2!

[@ccjjpp1966]

Now, the batters just step out of the batter's box constantly.

[@r3tr0actiongamer24]

Maddux could guarantee you a time under 2 when he started

[@jerryking45]

Except Mike Hargrove

[@gijoey5912]

God, I could waste a lot of time watching these old MLB videos.

[@michaelprete3083]

Gi joey A hell of a lot better than today’s games

[@jeffreybeshears8211]

I could so i do

[@tat3917]

There's a whole load of old radio broadcasts. Thus, you can listen to the game while you do something else. The radio broadcasts are much better since you don't have to look at replays over and over again.

[@scottlynch2933]

Doing that now...

[@mariocisneros911]

Than Wrigley was authentic . No lights ,new modern scoreboard . Just like how it was in 1939 . No blaring fast music , just a natural baseball game with Jack Brick house , Lou Boudreau , and Vince Lloyd .

[@sunshine45986]

And losing all the time. No thanks.

[@ottodetroit]

Amen. Real baseball in the analog world. Seems like a hundred years ago...

[@leonardshevlin7260]

A baseball game could be played without electricity. I would pay a lot to attend one.

[@TheBatugan77]

@@jaynenovak4631 Hit the bricks.

[@sludge4125]

Old men are boring.

[@simplygu]

Notice the white lines in right field on this bloop hit @ 14:25. The reason why there are white lines is because they used to play soccer games at Wrigley Field. The American Professional team the Chicago Sting(1974-1988) used to play games at Wrigley Field. The Sting were named after the 1973 movie, "The Sting"... starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford.

[@jpsned]

I was wondering about those lines... I knew they weren't for football! 🙂

[@caryo5420]

I was at this game! I was 10 years old sitting right behind first base, my dad snagged a ball hit by Pete Rose, hard to believe but true, I have the ball on display in my office. At the time I figured all baseball games were like this, thanks for uploading!

[@sludge4125]

Why weren’t you in school?

[@johnsavely8195]

Uh it was July?

[@sludge4125]

@@johnsavely8195 It was in May, champ. How can you post something so ignorant? smh 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@patrickflaherty6586]

@@sludge4125 not everyone had to go to summer school like you..lol

[@mmfmmf332]

I will always remember watching this game. Thanks for posting.

[@dennisb-trains23]

I watched this game after I got home from school. It didn't end until almost dinner time. What a game!

[@scoobycarr5558]

Even though the Cubs didn't win the division that year, the late great Jack Brickhouse was there to give the happy (or unhappy) totals on WGN and do his signature Hey Hey to the Cub player who hit a home run (remember Oh brother what a ballgame)?

[@Bionicjulius]

I remember watching this as a 10yr old Phils fan. All I kept thinking was STOP PITCHING TO KINGMAN!! Lol

[@yogistanu55]

I watched this at the Bar I was working at.....What did Billy buck say to Bowa after his Big Salami...what a ball game and this is Fantastic!!

[@dennishill8356]

I wonder what Coach Lasorda thought of Dave Kingman's performance?

[@matthewimi]

🤭😄😂

[@ROBSHOTZ]

%56^^7&77&%^%Ddd33%5^^&&&*&8*8

[@sludge4125]

Why would you ask that #%@$# question?

[@christophermclean3921]

@@sludge4125 I don’t think Lasorda thought much of Kingman as a player

[@sludge4125]

@@christophermclean3921 No one really did, but if you can do only one thing really well, hitting home runs would be it. 🤪🤪

[@LCSDA1966]

I ditched school that day - I knew my mom would be at bingo - I turned on the game in my bedroom and ATE a whole box of RAW rice...lol

[@nesnejls]

That's awesome.

[@CorporalPoon]

why did you eat uncooked rice?

[@stephenchristian6018]

Lmao. For a kid its better than nothing. 😂

[@dalepeto9620]

Ya' know nowadays ya can't get a GOOD box of RAW rice at the games. It's a doggone shame.

[@LCSDA1966]

@@CorporalPoon I didn't want to dirty the pans incase Mom found out I stayed home

[@samfrepal]

Of all the games in the history of baseball that I wish I had been at...this is number one. And I'm neither a Cub nor Phillie fan....What a game

[@CatherineBurk]

The great voice of the Cubs Jack Brickhouse.

[@janettemcclelland2959]

Ladies and gentlemen,Jack Brickhouse on the mike.

[@dkspartan1]

I grew up on him. He needs more than just a Hey Hey on a foul pole.

[@janettemcclelland2959]

Yep. A STATUE just like Harry Caray. I didn't get to hear him on a regular basis until the late 70's,but he was indeed one of the best. (And this coming from someone who grew up listening to Vin in L.A.!)

[@chass5438]

@@janettemcclelland2959: (Harry Caray) When he could pronounce players names.

[@tvtitlechampion3238]

Jack was also the voice of pro wrestling, boxing, Bulls basketball, and Bears football in the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Guy was everywhere in Chicago sports.

[@rokyericksonroks]

What do you want, a medal?

[@Rickwmc]

The great Jack Brickhouse.

[@VisualTedium]

MLB could use a game this crazy today

[@1luiszepol]

Bob Boone was one of those great and tought durable catchers of that era.

[@edt6044]

KNEW how to handle the pitchers.. except this game..

[@Eddie_Schantz]

This game was played on May 17, 1979. The Cubs had 26 hits in the game and the Phillies had 24. It took 4:03 min to play in front of 14,952 fans. Would loved to have been there.

[@jerryking45]

Seems like low attendance for a game at Wrigley

[@Eddie_Schantz]

@@jerryking45 You would think so. Maybe 42 years ago that wasn't the norm.

[@hugman60]

Being a Phillies fan, I can remember this game. Hard to believe it occurred 34 years ago this past May. The Phils had come off an 8-3 West Coast swing and were looking a real good team this season. But after this crazy game, they would lose something like 11 of 19. They did not seem like the same team after this contest. For the Phillies would finish 84-78 (a record similar to this), fourth place in the NL East and 14 games behind the Pirates. Though the next season, 1980, they won it all.

[@Everythingis22]

About to be 44 years. Time is unrelenting. I was 13 when I watched it and it feels just like yesterday

[@rigut229]

PETE ROSE ENERGY IS GREAT! HALL OF FAMER FOR SURE.

[@sludge4125]

Yep, those illegal pep pills can make a guy jittery.

[@kjchicago1]

I remember this wild game and Jack Brickhouse going nuts!

[@kjchicago1]

This is more like the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles

[@excellentbill69]

kjchicago1 Especially when he said "Philadelphia 21, Chicago 14" It sounded like a football game!

[@9Ballr]

Nah, the Eagles and Bears could never score that many points.

[@andrewdrew2046]

Eagles just beat the Bears by one in 2019

[@josea.rodriguez6375]

@NO PATS JIM it would take nick foles the whole season to score 22 points

[@mikeisagodd2121]

​@@andrewdrew2046 double doink!!

[@SPRPhilly]

I was 10 and living just outside of Philly in New Jersey when this happened and I remember it well. It's funny - the thing I actually remember most is being disappointed that Dave Kingman hit 3 home runs and Mike Shcmidt only hit 2. I just wish they had the Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser call of this game. I was a rabid Phillies fan back then and those three voices were the soundtrack of my childhood.

[@crgray1979]

this game is on dvd. it has the phillies radio broadcast of the game

[@tat3917]

Here's the radio broadcast. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mofdhpKfmK17gqs&ab_channel=ClassicBaseballontheRadio

[@SuperSonicShadow27]

If a game like this happened today, it would be talked about for weeks.

[@davewidhalm4380]

I was home sick from school in 5th grade and watched the entire game. I couldn't believe the spectacle I was watching.

[@RickAiello]

I forgot how much I missed Lou Boudreau.

[@Classicrocker6119]

I have heard many references about this game over the years. Having had the opportunity to view the highlights here I am absolutely amazed. In spite of all the runs and homers one thing caught my attention. The moment when Pete Rose appears to give the Cubs fans the finger as he returned to the Phillies dugout at the end of an inning. I wish I had been there. Unbelievable! Thanks for posting from a long time baseball fan in Western Canada 🇨🇦.

[@mikeisagodd2121]

Timestamp??

[@eatmyvcr]

I recall this game all too well while listening to hearing Harry Kalas and Richie Ashburn not believing what we all witnessed that day. Thank you so much for posting this. All I could ever do was tell my son about this crazy game, now he can see it!! Wowwweee!

[@elimccrae2273]

Dennis Lamp, Bill Buckner, Dave Kingman...memories

[@ronstewart2532]

I remember watching this game everytime you thought the cubs was out of it they kept fighting back what a hell of a game

[@comediantomryan]

I remember listening to this game on the radio. So much fun. My other favorite Cubs / Phillies game was in April of 1976 when Mike Schmidt hit four homers at Wrigley. That Kingman homer will live in infamy.

[@ultimtdisc]

You do know that "infamy" is a bad thing, right?

[@johnhagan9271]

It's sad that not enough people know how great of a broadcaster that Jack Brickhouse, how many of these people know that Jack Brickhouse broadcast Cub games before Harry Caray

[@williamdunphy352]

John Hagan 34 years at WGN, over 5,000 games, and he is in the Hall Of Fame. Never got to see the Cubs win the World Series.

[@hushg2000]

Everyone in Chicago .... hey hey is a slogan in Chicago that everyone is aware of.

[@CC21560]

The Phillies and the Cubbies got together and played slow-pitch softball.

[@wonderfulwatsoncpa]

I was 12 years old and saw the whole game. Kingman’s 3rd HR is still the longest homer I had ever seen.

[@ryanhoffmann195]

Greatest editing of all time. I am 38, Cubs fan for 31 years I guess, technically. I am from South Carolina. WGN and 1984 fate with my late Father made me a Cubs fan for life. As I started to realize the heartbreak city aspect as I grew older, the disease only got worse. Ha...Anyway, great job on this...Sandberg Game '84 Costas and Harry hold true. We are finally decent again with a great future. The Kingman home run on Kingsmore. I have visited that porch...and...I was born in South Carolina...#gocubsgo

[@tommytimp]

Ryan Hoffmann Kenmore, not Kingsmore.

[@ryanhoffmann195]

Yep. I knew that. Not sure why I put Kingsmore. Thanks for the correction. Go Cubs.

[@marksymbala1193]

Ryan Hoffmann stick w ith your team.

[@kingfish4242]

That ball is in Milwaukee :) What a blast by Kingman

[@fatfreddyscat5767]

Watched this with my dad in Los Angeles via Theta cable picking up "superstation" Great memory.

[@duanebarry2817]

I wasn't around to hear Jack Brickhouse but he sounds like a classy guy.

[@teamjj153]

I was 9 years old I remember watching this game!!!!! I love when Pete Rose throws that ball down when inning is finished. That shows me that he gave a damn aboat the game. Pete Rose live you man!!!!

[@ultimtdisc]

No, it's because he was a showboat asshole.

[@dalepeto9620]

In early 79 went to 3 Rivers to see Rose, on astroturf he got a big bounce

[@sludge4125]

You watched the game? While you were in school?

[@duanebarry2817]

At 22:35, you can see how dark it got in the shadows of Wrigley Field during day games that lasted long. This was nine years before Wrigley finally had lighting installed. It must have been difficult to see back then.

[@panamcail]

I was following this game on sports phone in NYC as a kid (phillies fan). I had my first heart attack when the game got tied at 22-22.

[@marksymbala1193]

panamcail big one?

[@tobro3000]

Sportsphone!? Them's mems right there! 1979 personified!

[@davehibbs9111]

I was a bat boy for the Phillies and remember that game!!

[@edt6044]

How many autographs do you have?...

[@edt6044]

As happy as I was when they finally won it all in 1980.. 76 77 78 .. where just as exciting so close just to loose to the Reds and dodgers .. NEVER FORGET IT..

[@bumpusjones.1978]

Donnie Moore was a tragic story can’t hear his name without thinking about his family.

[@DJHuk]

Note profile picture. This game turned me into a Chicago Cubs fan for the rest of my life. The Cubs were down 21-6 at one point. They really did win the game ... but nobody but me knows it.

[@miniredsatan]

i saw this game on channel 17! so epic to see it again.

[@chicagojeff]

Memories.. watched this game on Ol WGN.. Jack..Lou.. man the good days.. Dave "Ding Dong" gave Chicago the greatest season of his career..

[@PhillAndersonGuitarist]

-Dave Kingman was an incredible home run hitter. His last season with Oakland in 1986 he hit 35 of them and couldn't get a contract. I saw him play a game in 1987 for the Phoenix Firebirds and he hit one of the longest home runs I've ever seen.

[@scottdavidson7001]

Phillip Anderson I believe it. Dude could hit balls as high as far as roid guys.

[@edt6044]

How old was he when he retired?

[@mariocisneros911]

Most enjoyable game I've ever seen . Like a basketball game . Score kept going higher , everyone got on base ,had fun , and the other team kept on tying it .and I'm a white sox fan . Jack Brick house, Vince , and Lou never sounded better .

[@Inquisitor6321]

The game marked the end of the best start in Phillies history for the team. 24-10.

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

Kingman had crazy reach on his swing, guy could turn on a pitch a foot outside.

[@dontchastop]

I remember watching this game, living in South Jersey aa a 14 year old.

[@mikeisagodd2121]

Damn you're like 58

[@84koolkid]

I had the good fortune of being at that game, one of the best games I attended.

[@DJHuk]

No screaming video board, no ads in the ivy or backstop, ivy and sun, day baseball, $5 bleacher seats, and the wind blowing out... and Kingman going deep four houses down on Sheffield. Did it get any better? Except the Cubs lost.

[@mariocisneros911]

George Hook , a bleachers seat cost $1.75 Than . I was there in 1981 or 82.

[@ultimtdisc]

And another below .500 Cubs team.

[@chtyan]

What an era! Had just gotten cable TV for the first time and WGN .Was introduced to day baseball at Wrigley field . Not the same anymore especially WGN they used to be the channel everyone wanted but now I could care less about it on my cable.

[@hugman60]

Thanks again for posting this video. Made me 18, going on 19, again. For I would turn 19 that summer (of 1979).

[@johndaniels7609]

I remember looking at Kingmans stats as a kid on the back of my baseball cards. I was in awe of the hr totals!

[@RossIshikawa]

Wow. I remember this game like it was yesterday. Good ol' Jack Brickhouse and Lou Boudreau...

[@Rockhound6165]

Phils were in 1st place up by 3 1/2 games after this game. Immediately following began their decent into 4th place. It's like this game took the life out of this team. The bright spot was that Danny Ozark was fired and Dallas Green was named manager. The following season we were finally World Champs.

[@scoobycarr5558]

It's also quite possible that the first-place finishes for three years prior to '79 must have taken the winning energy out of the Phillies

[@simplygu]

Sutter should have pitched around Schmidt in the 10th with 2 out nobody on. I would have taken my chances against Del Unser with 2 outs & a runner on first. Sutter did strike Unser out. Mike Schmidt loved hitting at Wrigley Field with the 368 foot alleys. His career numbers at Wrigley: 138 games 524 at bats 118 runs 161 hits 50 home runs 124 rbi 77 walks .307 average .396 on base pct. .653 slugging. Imagine if Schmidt played his entire career with the Cubs, he would have hit over 700 home runs.

[@shumandaniele]

Old school typewriter in background at 2:12.

[@chazzlucas6395]

LOL Dan

[@ottodetroit]

Nice. In Detroit we could hear the popcorn and hotdog vendors barking on the radio during the games.

[@bob8144]

@@ottodetroit sure could. That's because Ernie and Paul.didn't have to talk after every pitch. They allowed the game to come through the radio. Now Jim Price has to talk after every pitch announced by Dan Dickerson. So annoying.

[@cygnusx-3217]

Kingman hit 1,500 feet of home runs in one game. That's gotta be a record. (1) 4:40 (2) 12:08 (3) 19:37

[@mrjpa1998]

Lou Boudreau's call of Kingman's third bomb of the game (the one hitting the front porch of the third house up Kenmore Avenue) on WGN-TV is simply classic. A few years back, I stood on the sidewalk in front of that house and looked back at the grandstand. Quite the view, I must say.

[@stock7755]

Great video, John. Thanks for posting.

[@JoeSiegler]

I remember watching this when it originally happened, I was in Philly at the time. MLB Network replayed this in full a few years back. TiVo'ed it and scored the whole thing at home. :)

[@justinoconnell446]

+Joe “Dopefish” Siegler bless the internet with it!

[@RickAiello]

AND Jack Brickhouse!!

[@bigpapasmurfz5352]

Amongst all the carnage in this game, it's just unbelievable that a single moment would stand out. But......Kong's third homer was such a gigantic blast that to this day I cant believe a ball landed that much way way across the street on to Waveland. An EPIC blow. Majestic.

[@robertwhitten265]

I remember this game like it was yesterday, man I'm old...

[@aladinsarsipeus]

All I remember was watching the game before baseball practice and then talking to all my buddies about it at practice and everybody had different score that showed up after me We were all 9 or 10 years old.😌

[@joehaggerty7968]

Definitely remember watching this game hell of game

[@frankburns8871]

I was a big Phillies fan and remember listening to this on the radio. I was almost rooting for the Cubs after their amazing comeback. Almost.

[@raulgreen8369]

One of the craziest games you ever seen on WGN-TV Channel 9 in 1979. Even though the Cubs lost in extra innings. Perfect highlights on Channel 9 News, Channel 7 Eyewitnesses News, Newscenter 5 and Channel 2 News

[@frankberry1855]

This was a memorable game like no other in MLB History!It could have only been played in Wrigley Field a Wrigley Field special the Mother of the Grandaddy of all offensive ballparks!May 17,1979 will go down in MLB History as the wildest,craziest highest scoring game ever in MLB History 23 to 22 in favor of the Phillies the poor Cubbies did everything except win that day win the game that day,Holy Cow as Harry Carey would say!!!

[@Fruth37]

I was going to art school on this day. I came home after classes, turned on WGN and watched the rest of the game. It was a lot of fun. If I remember correctly, I called in late to where I worked, kicked back and enjoyed!

[@steamtorch]

Great memory for me. I was working in a chemistry lab (grad school) and a friend of mine who was a huge Cub fan comes in feeding me the score through the afternoon, 17-9 he was joking, tied at 22, all excited, then resigned as Cub fans are, at the end.

[@rds990]

I was there !! Right behind the Cub dugout with 7 other guys.

[@johnmongani5223]

Dave Kingman 530 foot homer at 19:39

[@rherbert57]

A rare crush, indeed!

[@zzztop]

Jack Brickhouse that one in Milwaukee! lol.

[@Iconoclast444]

zach zummo A roid free 530 footer.

[@alh61266]

John Mongani that was just plain old bad ass

[@dkeat301]

+zach zummo That was the good kid Vince Lloyd with that home run call. that one is in Milwaukee. Brickhouse and Lloyd traded broadcasts, (TV and radio) for a couple of innings, every game.

[@Groucho-tg1tx]

I was at this game in the bleachers. Went there on the Skokie swift, I was only 12 years old , Just to see Pete Rose.

[@1965sgtrock]

These were the days we would sneak our radios into St. Leo's and listen during class. Sorry Sister St. No-Fun, we had priorities. Sorry Chicago, we had our own #23 this day. Love Wrigley.

[@johnbell790]

I remember reading a quote from one of the umpires saying that "everything that was thrown was hit!"

[@Inquisitor6321]

May 17, 1979. "Shootout @ Chicago" >>Notables: WP: Rawley Eastwick (1-0) LP: Bruce Sutter (1-1) Cubs hit 6 HRs Phillies hit 5 HRs including 3 in the first inning. Kingman: 3 HRs Schmidt: 2 HRs including game winner. Buckner hits grand slam off Tug McGraw. The first of 4 grand slams McGraw gave up that year. Neither starting pitcher survived the 1st inning. Dennis Lamp (Cubs) Randy Lerch (Phillies) Phillies were up 11 runs at one point.

[@christophergilmore4368]

Caught this after coming home from school on the Westside at Hess on Douglas Blvd. In 8th grade .

[@kyleseageruberalles2222]

My dad says this is his favorite baseball game of all-time

[@mikeb.8059]

Nucking futs!!