There's nothing like 1980s MLB. My favorite decade of Baseball ever.

@jackson5116

5 жыл бұрын

more small ball, and less prima donnas.

@marpar3971

5 жыл бұрын

when vince coleman was stealing over 100 bags !

@ScottRGarcia123

5 жыл бұрын

I agree. Some of the best players in baseball on the field at one time. Loved Sutter and Ozzy. Was that Buckner on the field right after the win?

@williamkoscielniak820

4 жыл бұрын

I was too young to watch baseball in the 80's but from what I know about it I love the small ball, base stealing, defense, bunts, etc. The game seemed very pure in that decade. Modern baseball is all about the long ball. Most batters either hit a home run, strikeout, or walk. And while I still love the game, I find that formula to be quite sad.

@bigal1024

3 жыл бұрын

The best.,. So underrated

I'm 64 and a Cardinal fan since I played Little League for The Cards.Never get tired of watching them!!

I have watched this clip numerous times....thanks fort posting...brings me back to a time when tickets were affordable, base stealing was an art, pre steroids, and the concept of team play was practiced. The athletes are stronger today but I believe the game quality back then was better.

@TheFaithfulAtheist

7 жыл бұрын

Nintariz my first game was, believe it or not, game 5 of the 1985 NLCS, when Ozzie hit that left-handed walk-off home run. I was seven, and immediately and forevermore a Cardinals fan.

@OldTown1520

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheFaithfulAtheist was that the homerun off Tom Niedenfuer that Ozzie Smith hit in 85'?

@TheFaithfulAtheist

5 жыл бұрын

@@OldTown1520 it was!

@OldTown1520

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheFaithfulAtheist dang, I remember that homerun like it was yesterday. It was awesome.

@TheFaithfulAtheist

5 жыл бұрын

@@OldTown1520 yeah Jack Clark owned him the next day too.

This game made Ryne Sandberg a superstar.

June 23, 1984- The day Ryne Sandberg became my favorite second baseman. I'm envious of those who were in attendance that day. That game was epic!

To this day, Costas has said this is the best MLB regular-season game he’s ever seen.

@fjccommish

4 жыл бұрын

Compared to listening to Costas, watching grass grow is exciting.

@andrewhoyle1521

4 жыл бұрын

Completely agree, I wasn't alive but watching it on classic baseball tv was just fun as hell

@robertschulz654

3 жыл бұрын

He's correct

@CubsWin2012

3 жыл бұрын

@@fjccommish Whatever. He was a young guy and did the job like veteran pro.

@jimbotc2000

2 жыл бұрын

I sense a little bit of (a lot of) unwarranted sarcasm in your comment, fjvideo.

Willie McGee was one hell of a ballplayer.

@DaDitka

Ай бұрын

Honestly, he was a close to borderline HoF player. Two batting titles, an MVP, a key player on three NL Pennant winners. I think if he had another three years like those he might have had some consideration. At the bare minimum, if I had a player of his quality on my team, you would not hear me complain for a moment.

@user-pu2cj3no5f

28 күн бұрын

And a really humble wonderful guy, St. Louis hall of famer.

I was 12 yrs old watching this game on Satudays game of the week. Great game!

@larryg8379

4 жыл бұрын

I was 12 at too! I will never forget this game.

Love the blue and red away unis!

I miss NBC game of the week

I feel OLD. Can't believe this was 33 years ago!

@cathyl2338

2 жыл бұрын

I know. It’s crazy! Hard to believe

@DaDitka

Ай бұрын

It's 40 now! Lol

Sutter's reaction at 16:15 is priceless, he absolutely spits and throws a fit, the minute the ball leaves the bat he knows it is gone. The fact he pitched three innings that day also makes saves at that period so valuable, today guys come in the ninth with a three run lead, walks two guys and gets a save. Back then you came in the seventh and could throw thirty or forty pitches before earning a save.

@mikestew76

4 жыл бұрын

True indeed.

I love this game and watched it live at home, this was one of the few games we didn't go that year. I was 8 years old & we were so lucky being in Chicago back then because all of our games were on WGN,a lot of people didnt get every game on TV in those days in other markets.I still have this game on VHS tape.This was baseball b4 roids & divas.We would see Jody Davis drive up Irving Park to the expressway after the games in his jeep & many of the guys came into my dad's restaurant.Miss these days

Baseball is such a wonderful sport. And games like this make me appreciate it even more.

RYNO!!! That was the loudest I have ever heard Wrigley. What a game!

Willie is my all-time favorite Cardinal. I was blessed enough to watch his first and last at bat in the majors

@TheFaithfulAtheist

7 жыл бұрын

Daniel S #51 should be retired, no question.

@muzikdude1188

7 жыл бұрын

Willie McGee was just hitting his stride at this time. The following season he hit .353 and won the NL batting title and league MVP award.

@DaDitka

4 жыл бұрын

@@muzikdude1188 McGee was a quality player. Two batting titles, a World Series ring and two more NL championship appearances, good speed, good defense. If I had a guy like him on my team, I sure as hell wouldn't complain. I'm a White Sox fan but I don't hold any animosity towards the Cubs. Heck, I was happy for them when they won the whole thing a few years ago, mainly for the sake of my dad (he's 85 and has been a Cubs' fan his whole life) and a few friends of mine up north. I remember 1984 and that was a pretty cool year overall. You have a great one.

I live in California, but it was fun watching Cubs day games on WGN that year. A one and a two and a three...take me out to the ballgame

@leogetz3570

6 жыл бұрын

Oh man, remember when all Cub games were on WGN televised all over the country?! Same with the Braves and TBS. Oh, and that's right, Cubs day games!!!! No home night games until 1988!!!

I'm on a vintage Cubs binge

This is back when baseball was fun to watch. Great game. Loved the daily double of sandberg and dernier.

@RS-io6vm

6 жыл бұрын

I agree I used to watch every cardinals and cubs games back then

@larrysproul9424

5 жыл бұрын

I watched this entire game from our local watering hole. Not many homes could get WGN then. If you lived in Michigan.

I remember exactly where I was as I listened to this game on the radio. I heard Sandberg's first home run driving northbound on the Edens Expressway, stopped at Northbrook Court, and heard his second home run also in my car on the Edens. Later that summer, I moved to Providence, RI, where every Portuguese person -- upon learning I was from Chicago -- claimed to be a PERSONAL FRIEND of Providence native, Davey Lopes.

Probably the greatest MLB regular season game I think I have ever seen. I was a very young kid but remember this game as the NBC game of the week. Good times even though the Redbirds lost. Good stuff.

I remember this game - one of the best games I've ever watched (even as a Cardinal fan)! I remembered Costas announcing this, and it strikes me now as how young he had to be, but he did a great job.

back when baseball was great.

I saved the Chicago Tribune newspaper the day after this game. The headline of the sports section read Whitey Herzog; "Ryne Sandberg is the greatest player I've seen". I still have the paper. Great memories.

I was at this game with my fiance (now my wife of lo these many years), my brother and his first wife, and my sister and her boyfriend (now her husband). Cardinals fans all of us :)

Bob Costas: Willie and Ryno shared. Good on them! Good baseball!

@leogetz3570

4 жыл бұрын

That's because Willie McGee had already been named player of the game because he hit for the cycle and the game seemed over. Hard to take that back once it's announced, so they did the right thing by giving it to both

One of the best games I ever seen! ⚾️

Sandberg hit two homers in a single game against Sutter. That alone was remarkable. Sutter was the toughest, hardest and nastiest NL reliever of the 80s. Sutter was fit to be tied after the second homer as he knew that no one was supposed to do that against him. Excellent game! I'm a Mets fan. I can recall how both Sandberg and McGee consistently cost us games and NL Eastern Division titles. They were two of the greatest players of the decade.

I remember watching this game with a buddy of mine who was a Cardinal fan. I'd forgotten many of the details of the game so this video was a trip down memory lane! Sandberg & McGee with monster performances respectively!

40 year old Expos fan here and wouldn't you know it I have a Ryne Sandberg jersey. I actually remember this, Willie Mcgee was awesome too, the golden years!

@TheFaithfulAtheist

7 жыл бұрын

mrpink73 are you a Nationals fan now? how heartbreaking it must be when your team ceases to exist. I really did feel for Montreal when that happened. they may not have had the community support some teams have, but it was clearly a money move.

@OldTown1520

5 жыл бұрын

The Expos had a lot of talent come through Montreal. Boy were they loaded. From Randy Johnson to Pedro Martinez. I can take players the Montreal Expos had & put them together & the Yankees wouldn't beat them.

The game that catapulted Ryne Sandberg into superstardom. He had one hell of a 1984 season and not to mention a hell of a career! .314 19 homers 36 doubles 19 triples 114 runs 32 steals 84 RBI's and his stellar defense help lifted the Cubs to an awesome '84. Would have loved to see them play the Tigers in that series it would have been a better matchup and a close one.

@matthewm9261

7 жыл бұрын

Ryno for some reason wasn't a first ballot hall of famer

@isteve2464

6 жыл бұрын

I can remember reading the write-up of this game in the Chicago Tribune on Sunday. The reporter pegged this as one of the great games of all time. Ryno went on to be MVP that year and Willie the next year.

@ckendall67

6 жыл бұрын

- I dunno, I don't think anyone was going to beat the Tigers in '84, as great a team the Cubs had that year, they probably would've met the same fate vs the Tigers in the World Series as the Padres did.

@OldTown1520

5 жыл бұрын

Let's be fair now. Doubt anyone, not the Padres or Cubs were going to beat the Tigers in 84'. If u remember correctly, the Tigers that year started out 35-5. The best start to over the 1st 40 games in MLB history. They were that good. What a NLCS series though too in 84'. Sorry Cub fans but my heavily underdog Padres prevailed in 5 in a classic NLCS match-up.

@DaDitka

4 жыл бұрын

@@OldTown1520 If memory serves, the biggest reason why I wasn't optimistic about the Cubs' chances against the Tigers in 1984 was because the Tigers had a solid left-handed-hitting lineup, and the Cubs' pitching staff was predominately right-handed (Steve Trout being the exception). But unfortunately for family members and friends of mine, it wasn't to be. Your Padres outdid the Cubs and I tip the hat to you for that. You are right about the Tigers, though. They had an awesome team. Whitaker and Trammell, Gibson, Parrish, Darrell Evans, the bench was fantastic. And the pitching was great, with Morris and Hernandez and Lopez and others. I don't think anyone was going to beat them that year, either.

THAT , was a game of the week ! 😎

I remember watching this as a 16 year old. I still say it's the best baseball game I have ever seen. I'm a Cubs fan, my dad liked the Cards (we lived in between the two cities in Illinois). Also one of the best times I had with my dad for just a normal day.

Baseball just isn't the same for me now.

@Cicero380

3 жыл бұрын

You said it

@homerun8032

3 жыл бұрын

Station to station, wait for the long ball , 5 pitchers to finish game, and some flame throwing middle relivers who can't throw strikes.

@tywebb6010

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more. So glad I was alive when these days occurred. Great memories

The first home run Sandberg hit was a splitter up and in. The second one was another splitter that stayed over the plate.

Thanks. Terrific edit. I lived within hearing distance of Wrigley Field from 1982-2000. There'd be a roar from Wrigley, so I'd turn on the TV but nothing would be happening. I finally figured out that it would take 8 to 15 seconds for the sound of cheering after a homer to get to my apartment due to the speed out sound, so by the time my CRT TV had warmed up, the homer hitter would be back in the dugout and the bases would be empty.

Awesome video. Games like this would be forgotten if we didn't have it on video. Go Cubbies!

I can't say that I remembered this one when I was a kid. WOW, what a classic! Lots of future Hall of Fame players too. Great upload!

Went to dozens of Cubby games , loved these teams in the 80's

Wow, did not know this video was here. I was 16 and my dad took me, my sister and some of our friends to this game. Beautiful Saturday afternoon and sold out. We got SRO tickets and stood in back of the seats on the 1st base side. My usually stoic dad leaped and danced when Sandberg hit that second home run. I had never seen him that excited. He's 80 now and we still talk about this game. My sister made me a collage of pictures and other memories as a H.S. graduation gift 2 years later that included her ticket stub and I still have it! Thanks for the video! What an awesome day that was.

That a guy could hit for the cycle with 6 RBI and not be player of the game is unbelievable, and makes this game stand out among all others.

Three future Hall of Famers featured prominently: Ryne Sandberg, Ozzie Smith, and Bruce Sutter. Very cool.

One of the greatest games I've ever seen.

Heck yeah bud....best summer ever in Chicago - I was 8 years old myself and will never forget the 84 team.

As a Cardinal fan , I have to say that the Cardinals, Cubs rivalry, is the best. Willie McGee was my favorite player of that era. A lot of respect and admiration though to Ryne Sandberg. I also have to watch things like this to remind myself that Ozzie was the best shortstop ever. I still have not seen anyone that compares to him.

@kyokogodai-ir6hy

8 жыл бұрын

Best fielding shortstop, maybe. Best ever? Nope.

@OldTown1520

5 жыл бұрын

@@kyokogodai-ir6hy yes defensively. He was a wizard. Best defensive play ever made in MLB history by any shortstop was him while with the Padres. Period. Nothing else compares.

I loved Ryne Sandberg. I remember in his first game ever Harry Carrey was announcing and described his two brilliant defensive plays, something like -- " Look at this kid! He goes all the way to his left on one, all the way to his right on another. Ho-oh-ly Cow!" He and Ozzy Smith were just great and they respected the game and the other players so much.

Memory's a strange thing. I watched this game in '84, but over the years I came to "remember" that Sandberg also hit the game winner.

Saw this game on TV real time. Perhaps the best game in my life. Great performances by both teams. You must understand----- Bruce Sutter had a n almost un-hit-able fork ball pitch that just dove down on hitters in one motion. Great pitcher. That day in baseball history, it didn't break enough, and Ryne Sandberg had a game for the ages. And Willie McGee? Oh, please. Speed, great fielder, played his heart out that day as well. Anyone who paid to see that game should have kept the ticket stub.

Finally someone knows what EPIC really means. Thanks for posting!

I was 4 yrs old at this time. I’ve watched baseball my whole life I’ve seen both Sandburg and McGee homer but never heard of this epic meeting. Magical game.

This game was played on June 23, 1984. Thanks for posting.

Costas has been a choad for so long I'd forgotten he was once really good.

@TheMan750

4 жыл бұрын

Jason A. 😂😂😂😂😂

Ryne Sandberg (5 hits, 7 RBI) and Willie McGee (4 hits, 6 RBI) were in full Nintendo mode! I think I heard Power-Up music when they each came up to bat!

@jolem5000

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine if those guys had been on steroids. LOL.... Imagine if Andre Dawson (The Hawk) was on steroids! He would have hit a thousand homeruns!

This is when baseball was way bigger then football I miss the 80s baseball

This type of game why this rivalry is so much fun!! There has been alot, but not many like this!!!

Back then they only play day games in Wrigley. I sure miss those days!

I was 9yrs old living on the south side of chicago and was so happy watching this game. It broke a Cubs losing streak

The best game i ever saw. The bleachers fans at Wrigley field that day remember this game...

, I remember this game I was working downtown Chicago I was 19 years old now I am 53 wow memories now I live in Florida how time passes so fast but that was one of the best epic Cub Cardinal games of all time

I remember this game so well.

Holy hell Joe West has been around a long time

@polishtheturdmickelson5473

7 жыл бұрын

You just read my mind with that comment. Just started watching this video. LOL

@SirLikkAlot

7 жыл бұрын

JOE WEST HAS BEEN A UMPIRE SINCE 1914!

@streaming1950

7 жыл бұрын

And look how *THIN* he was back then!

@MichaelBradley1967

6 жыл бұрын

Thinner, but just as bad an umpire no doubt.

@HipsterDoofus100

6 жыл бұрын

So has balkin bob Davidson

That year I got to watch WGN Chicago Cubs in Bakersfield, California. Day games with awesome commentators.

Wrigley Field sure was wild back then. That was a golden era of baseball, and I think we are entering another one because of all the amazing young talent. Acuna Jr., Tatis Jr., Guerrero Jr., Pete Alonso, and a slew of others are just getting their feet wet in the majors, and they are already performing at MVP levels. These are generational type players who add interest and excitement to the game and put butts in the seats.

Ryno became my favorite Cub that day and still is.

Not a smartphone in sight.

@kyokogodai-ir6hy

5 жыл бұрын

Some time in the future, this video will be shown to anthropologists, who will wonder how anyone survived the time period without one.

@larrysproul9424

5 жыл бұрын

Isn't that so true and no jumbotron either . You could still get Old Style then and see Harry in the WGN booth....

@robertwesley4416

5 жыл бұрын

One wonders why they don't call it a "dumbphone " given what it does to human intelligence and personality

@jackndew2

4 жыл бұрын

@@larrysproul9424 I was watching Cubs baseball when Jack Brickhouse was doing Hamm's Beer promos during the game. "From the land of sky blue waters.... Hamm's"

@tvtitlechampion3238

4 жыл бұрын

@@kyokogodai-ir6hy payphones, land lines, and delayed gratification.

30 years ago today.

The most unbelievable regular season game I ever saw and I'm a Cardinal fan. Keep in mind that Bruce Sutter is in the HOF because his split-finger was nearly unhittable. Ryne Sandberg has always been one of my favorite Cubs but man the organization sure fucked him over after his ball-playing days were over.

summer of 84 Sandberg became my favorite player ever !!!

Thank you for posting this..I ge tot see the hot mess games that my father would be yelling about the outcome

Bob Costas on NBC Sports, locally televised on WMAQ-TV 5 in Chicago, Harry Caray on 720 AM WGN Radio. How could this get any better???

announcing sure has changed. Today they couldn't stop yapping non-stop about the exploits of the two players. Back then they were judicial about how much they talked about it.

Gary Mathews was a really nice guy too. His kids played little league at the same park that I did and I was umpiring at that time and he would talk with everyone and never brushed anyone away or was a jag to anyone. He never yelled at any of us umpires or was a diva with any of the coaches. That was a fun few years with him and his kids.

THE game. I remember it very clearly. :)

Set at home on. Saturday afternoon watching Cards vs Cubs. Rival as Sandberg hit 2 Home Run off. Late Burce Sutter. Give Sandberg MVP that seasons ⚾

This was the 2nd crew on NBC'S Game of the Week. Because the Dodgers/Mets was rained out at Shea Stadium on Channel 4 in New York & Los Angeles. But this was seen on WMAQ-TV Channel 5 & KSDK-TV Channel 5 and the rest of the NBC Television Networks around the country.

Lovable losers. I remember this game, thank you for this.

Great memory for Cubs fans against a great rival.

LOVE Don Zimmer!

Harry Caray: 1ST Sandberg Homerun: THERE IT GOES!! WAY BACK!!! IT MIGHT BE! IT COULD BE! IT IIIIISSS!!!!! HOOLY COW!!! THE GAME IS TIED!!!! THE GAME IS TIED!!!! SANDBERG DID IT!!! LISTEN TO THE CROWD!!!! 2ND Sandberg Homerun: There is a line DRIVE!! WAY BACK!!! MIGHT BE OUTTA HERE!!!! IIIT IIIIIIISSSS!!!!! HE DID IT AGAIN!!!! HE DID IT AGAIN!!!! THE GAME IS TIED!!!! THE GAME IS TIED!!!! HOOLY COOWW!!!! LISTEN TO THIS CROWD!!!! EVERYBODY'S GONE BANANAS!!!!

Reading the closing credits during Sandberg's at-bat in the tenth. It's like putting away the bats before the game is over.

Nice to see little bit of Larry Bowa in the clip. Underrated player.

@kevinpayton2664

2 жыл бұрын

Great defensive shortstop

The Cardinals catcher (Porter?) gave the game away. He made Sutter pitch the exact same three pitches to Sandberg. You could almost superimpose Sandberg's last two AB's. What a game!

Is it just me or do you see these players as more authentic than those who have come after. Seeing Cey at 3rd base and all these guys..just brings back a feeling of intensity and purpose..when the game counted more!

Awesome video thanks

Man, I’m just glad there was no instant replay back then. You can’t distinguish a baseball from the base, the foul line and white socks they wore with the pixels and non HD back then. YIKES

This was the one of the 2 games to see on NBC. The Dodgers/Mets at Shea was rained out with Vin and Joe. So they went to Cardinals and Cubs at Wrigley Field what turned out to be a classic. Willie McGee who was gonna be the Miller Lite player of the game. Till Ryne Sandberg stole the show with 2 homeruns of former Cub Bruce Sutter. Bob Costas & Tony Kubex had the call of this summer game on WMAQ-TV Channel 5 and sister station KSDK-TV Channel 5 .On radio 720 WGN in STL. 1120 KMOX.

I grew up in Kenosha as a Cubs fan. I was also eight (just about to turn 9). We were down 9-3 and we went to the mall. When I got to the mall, they were down 9-6. I stayed and watched the remainder of the game with an ever growing crowd as the rest of the family went shopping. From that day forward, Ryno has been my favorite athlete. He will make a fabulous manager in the big leagues when he finally gets his shot (too bad the Cubs current administration were too stupid and passed).

Youngsters, this was back in the good old days when professional sports were still good and relevant.

Dave Owen for the win. Nice work Ryno, Willie, Ozzie and all.

What a game for both players! Poor McGee, hitting for the cycle and losing the game.. I felt bad for Cabrera when he had a 3 HR game against Texas and lost.

IIRC, Sandberg hit a game-tying home run off Sutter the next year, too. Sandberg had Sutter's number like no other hitter did.

What can you say. What a great decade for baseball. 1984 was a great year as well, the year the San Diego Padres beat these same Cubs for the pennant 3-2 after losing the first two games at Wrigley. Also, African-American participation was much higher.

Wow John. You put up such great stuff, I feel like I owe you money...lol I got this whole game on the dvd set. This is a great upload/editing. Such a different game back in 84 with the closer staying in so long for Ryne to crack 2 homers off of him. What a game...what memories...I was 8 years old and will never forget this game as my sisters and bro were jumping up and down in our family room with me...my Dad too (very rare for him.lol) Thanks to you for all your great uploads of late.

love the way the firstbaseman hands the ball to sutter after he grounds out for the last out in the middle of the ninth

@johnmongani5223

7 жыл бұрын

yes that was common when the pitcher would make the last out of an inning until sometime in the 1990's. The pitcher would then use the ball on the mound to start the next inning. Nowadays if the ball is dropped by a player they throw it out or toss it to a fan....lol

@fullerjohn1119

7 жыл бұрын

white deion I like that to. Used to happen all the time. I play 1st base in slow pitch softball, and if a pitcher grounds out to end an inning, I toss the ball to him. Everybody looks at me like "what the hell."

@user-pu2cj3no5f

28 күн бұрын

Relief pitcher hitting, when men were men.

Who can forget Ryne Sandberg 2 homeruns against former Cub Bruce Sutter definitely with Bob Costas/ Tony Kubek on NBC Sports . Sports world was coming up but Ryno's 2 long balls was the difference. But the Cubs won the game. Later on the Nine o'clock News on WGN Channel 9 the highlights were played from 720 WGN Radio

I wish we would have won this but Willie McGee hit for the cycle I was happy about that

That was great!!!

Magical year, but the playoff loss still hurts for some reason. Even after 2016 WS

As a Cardinal fan, this game will forever be known as Sandberg ruined Willie McGee's cycle. This game was amazing, period. Both Cardinal fans and Cub fans can agree that this game is the greatest baseball game ever played. With that said, Go St.Louis Cardinals!!!!!!!!!!

When Bob Costas was really good. Every player in that game was rather special, though some do reign higher than the others. And it certainly was a nightmare for the mound.