The division clinched in Pittsburgh, the 1984 Cubs headed home. Before the season’s final series, the scoreboard guys had some fun to show everyone walking by Wrigley Field how proud they were of this N.L. East division title team, as I posted earlier this week:
The Cubs then took two of three from the rival Cardinals (including a come-from-behind walkoff win the last day of the regular season, depriving Bruce Sutter of what would then have been a record-breaking save) in preparation for the NLCS against the Padres, which was to begin Tuesday, Oct.