We’ve spent the last several years analyzing the moves of the Cubs’ front office, arguing over the merits of their rebuilding plan and (mostly) lauding its recent results. But as we are now only a few days removed (January 27th) from the 34th anniversary of the now-infamous trade for Ryne Sandberg, I wanted to look back at another regime that had put the Cubs in position to win big. And so I find myself reviewing the tenure of the infamous Dallas Green. A self-professed “screamer, yeller, and a cusser,” Green was hired by the Tribune Company prior to the 1982 season and he presided over some of best-known events in Cubs history.
A Look Back at the Magical Summer of 1984 and the Men Who Made it Happen
