October 2, 1984: Cubs crush Padres in their first postseason game in 39 years

“I know it’s happening, but I can’t believe it,” said…

April 17, 1974: George Mitterwald’s monster game leads Cubs to victory

In the 1950s announcer Jack Brickhouse dubbed Wrigley Field the…

April 16, 1972: Cubs rookie Burt Hooton fires no-hitter

Few pitchers in Chicago Cubs history have burst on the scene…

May 13, 1969: Cubs give expansion Padres a rude welcome to the National League

Baseball looked different in 1969 from previous years. The pitching…

April 9, 1969: Billy Williams’ four doubles lead Cubs to drubbing of Phillies

Coming off a thrilling, 7-6 Opening Day win at Wrigley Field…

August 11, 1966: Cubs’ Randy Hundley hits for the cycle

During the peak years of his 14 major-league seasons, before…

July 30, 1962: Junior Circuit shows its power in All-Star Game at Wrigley Field

“I guess it shows they play ball in that other league too.”…

June 28, 1961: Ron Santo comes up big with two homers, seven RBIs

“The Cubs had 25 base runners, and (the public-address) announcer…

May 30, 1958: Walt Moryn’s third home run caps Cubs’ comeback in style

The 1958 Chicago Cubs started spring training with relatively…

May 15, 1960: Don Cardwell tosses no-hitter in Cubs debut

Putting on his Chicago Cubs uniform for the first time, recently…

May 29, 1962: Braves beat Cubs in a home run derby on a cold day in May

Though the calendar had yet to turn to June, the Chicago Cubs…

June 9, 1963: Ernie Banks’ blasts bounce Koufax, but Cubs crumble

When the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers met on June 9,…

September 10, 1968: The Billy Williams Show

Billy Williams was on fire, the 30-year-old hammering the ball…

May 13, 1958: Stan Musial delivers in the pinch for his 3,000th hit

Stan Musial didn’t expect to play when his St. Louis Cardinals…

September 16, 1975: Rennie Stennett leads Pirates rout with a record seven hits

While pulling on his gray Pittsburgh road uniform in the visitors’…

May 17, 1979: Schmidt’s Phillies outslug Kingman’s Cubs, 23-22

In what could be billed as one of the wildest games in major-league…

June 23, 1984: The Sandberg Game

The Chicago Cubs were struggling. For the first two months of…