https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/1641467643591811072?s=20
* [HERE’S](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1F-5AOuU8Q) the youtube one in 1080p
no game today, so instead i present my findings knowing that i prolly screwed up several things here…
[0:00](https://imgur.com/a/kKXS5zy)
* in the history of the cubs/giants series at wrigley, only two happened on july 11-13: 1975 and 2008.
* so this shot at the beginning of the video was from [1975](https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/1975-schedule-scores.shtml)
[0:01](https://i.imgur.com/5zChTVx.jpg)
* 1945 world series
* only one game on the scoreboard, and it reads like “detroit”
* four runs in top of fourth matches game 4
* https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN194510060.shtml
* sixth inning is about to start. tigers would go three up / down. then in bottom of 6, peanuts lowery would groundout against dizzy trout, but a run would score on a throwing error. baseball names used to be so cool
[0:16](https://i.imgur.com/vVO9yrP.jpg)
* lineup card is from 15july1971
* https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN197107150.shtml
* durocher managed 1966-1972
* [al spangler](https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Al_Spangler) was a cubs player-coach in 1971. he coached minors afterwards and was only a player before.
* holtzman’s line says “3rd” so i started looking at holtzman’s 1971 starts where he only lasted to the third inning.
* we would win this game on the heels of a 6-run 4th inning
[0:28](https://i.imgur.com/sNtvged.jpg)
* https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN198909180.shtml
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJRH0UCUsCI
* mitch williams hits his only career home run off don aase.
* with a 7-4 lead in the bottom of the 8th, mitch launches a three run homer to make it 10-4
* it was his 5th career AB and only the 14th pitch he’d ever seen in the big leagues
* i started looking at cubs that wore #28 starting 1988 (bc wrigley night game)
* i didn’t realize gracie wore 28 his rookie year.
* mitch williams was third on the [uniform list](https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/uniform-numbers.shtml) and i was gonna skip him but he only had one career HR so i went to check anyway. got lucky here – i would not have recognized what a mitch williams swing would look like haha
[0:32](https://i.imgur.com/PgIb8n5.jpg)
* 1998 because it was the only year geremi gonzalez (30) and matt mieske (20) played with the cubs
* i assume it was game 163 to get to the playoffs
[0:51](https://i.imgur.com/4NVjHDH.jpg)
* zac gallen only pitched twice at wrigley, and only one game was a day game
* https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN202107230.shtml
[0:52](https://i.imgur.com/LaCaEWi.jpg)
* brewers game
* game hasn’t started yet – no idea when. i couldn’t read the RF scoreboard
* [HERE’S](https://imgur.com/a/fcaQRpN) another screencap. to me, it looks like mccutcheon leadoff so that means it has to be 2022. then i see a short name in the #2 and #7 slots.
* https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN202205302.shtml: this game has mccutch leadoff, urias #2, and cain #7 so i 80% think it’s this game (second game of doubleheader on memorial day 2022).
[0:55](https://i.imgur.com/P1Qbc9N.jpg)
* box score in the top left
* i guessed it might be the [same box score](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN197107150.shtml) as from 0:16 and it looks like it is
* the bottom of the 8th for the cubs goes: hickman groundout SS-1B; davis strikeout; cannizzaro groundout 2b-1b.
* that play by play matches what we see in the score card (6-3; Ks; 4-3) and the lines match those three players
[1:03](https://i.imgur.com/qi5ltap.jpg)
* dansby standing in front of scoreboard with what looks like stroman pitching so it’s definitely from opening day
[1:05](https://i.imgur.com/e2bKZYD.jpg)
* bellinger swinging against reds at sloan
* prolly spring training game from 9mar
i don’t know why i did this. i was looking forward to working and watching baseball today. this is an horrible substitute
edit: the imgur screenshots are lower resolution than the twitter video.
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Excellent post. Kudos