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The Rundown: ’84 Cubs Created Culture That Exists Today, Ross Operated First Camp Like Seasoned Manager, Baseball May Be on Hold Until Memorial Day

“It’s impossible to not be excited doing Chicago Cubs baseball, especially at Wrigley Field.” – Harry Caray

In the summer of 1984, Ryne Sandberg and Rick Sutcliffe were the King and the Duke of Major League Baseball. Caray was the artist who painted a daily portrait of the miracle season, when a perennial second-division baseball team finally beat the odds and played in the National League Championship Series.

Many forget that the Cubs were 3-18 in Cactus League play that spring and hardly looked like world beaters. Heck, they hardly resembled a professional baseball team.