Sat, Apr 3, 2021 12:42 p.m.
Opening Day: Mets Beat Cubs 10-6
"W": Jesse Orosco gets the final out, as the Cubs score 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning at a cold Wrigley Field, April 5, 1979.
For the season, the Cubs finished 5th, 80-82 under Herman Franks. Rick Reuschel, who lost the opener, had a fine season overall, going 18-12. Dave Kingman, playing left field, hit 48 home runs.
The Mets went 63-99 under Joe Torre. Craig Swan, who won the opener, went 14-13 with 10 complete games. Lee Mazzilli hit .303 with 15 homers.
Original WGN-TV broadcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFo_rF-9AhI&t=8043s
The players weren't taking a knee for blm thugs then, and mlb didn't endorse boy-butting "pride" parades, nor side with election fraudsters. How things have changed...for the worse.
2 comments:
Thanks for the reminiscences of a better time in baseball. Lots of Bay Area overlap in your comments. Herman Franks managed and coached for the Giants and Kingman played for both the Giants and the As.
I watched the Cubs a lot in those days--loved baseball back then-even though I was a diehard Sox fan.Kingman was worth the time,just to see him hit that occasional 500 ft shot onto Waveland Ave.Just from memory,those years were not good ones for the Cubs--not until Ryne Sandberg showed up,about 2-3 years later.
--GRA
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