This... this... this... I’m almost without words.
This was about the most unexpected way this game could have gone. The Braves came into Wrigley Field riding a 14-game winning streak, during which they had outscored their opponents 101-41. The Cubs came in on a 10-game losing streak in which they had been outscored 90-30.
You probably could have gotten real good odds on the Cubs winning this game at all, much less the way they did win it.
And yet, there it is, in the books, a 1-0 Cubs win over the Braves on an absolutely perfect weather afternoon at Wrigley Field, 80 degrees, unlimited sunshine, breeze off the lake (which did, in fact, hold up a couple of Atlanta fly balls that might otherwise have landed in the bleachers).