Well, THAT was fun.
Like, lots and lots and LOTS of fun!
More than 47 years ago, on September 16, 1975, the Pirates shut out the Cubs 22-0 at Wrigley Field. To this day (tied once), that’s the largest shutout in MLB history. Just 4,932 attended that late-September game in another lost season.
Saturday afternoon, on a gloriously beautiful 73-degree April day at Wrigley in front of a full house of 39,917, the Cubs nearly got exact revenge for that long-ago loss, coming within one run with a franchise-record 21-0 shutout of the Pirates.