Yes, this game was played with the Cubs wearing those awful “Cuba” road uniforms, as sported by Luis Gonzalez in the photo at the top of this post.
Luis Gonzalez. Now there would have been a guy to keep! But the cheap Tribune Co. ownership didn’t want to pay Gonzo what he wanted, so he left after 1996 to return to the Astros, and later the Diamondbacks, for whom he starred and won a World Series in 2001.
Sigh. Gonzo signed for only $1.4 million with Houston, the same as he made in 1996 with the Cubs.