Shoot for the Moon | 1969 Cubs, Episode 2

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While NASA raced to land a man on the moon, the Cubs entered a race of their own - a pennant race against the Mets. After a tough series in New York, the Mets had proven they wanted to be contenders but the Cubs maintained their lead and when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin successfully landed on the moon, Cubs players and fans alike felt anything was possible.
"Imagining those guys going someplace that they hadn't been before, we just thought we were going to win the championship that season." -Randy Hundley
50 years after one of the Cubs most historic seasons, Cubs Productions presents this five-part series on the 1969 team with an accompanying interactive website. Scroll back through history with additional historic and archived footage: www.1969chicagocubs.com/chapt...
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@michaelleroy9281 10 ай бұрын

Who was here when they won 🏆 it all in 2016?

@user-yg1mh1sz8n 7 ай бұрын

As a 9yr old I became a Cub fan in 69. God it was a wonderful time, and then came September and i got a taste of what heartache was 😢

@robertmasina7388 2 ай бұрын

@michaelleroy. Even if I was Cubs fan, I would take Santo's heel clicking as unsportsmanlike.

@michaelleroy9281 3 жыл бұрын

Ron Santo clicking his heels was bad luck toward the end

@claudiadavis7161 4 жыл бұрын

👋 go cubbies! ❤️

@andrewpadaetz5549 3 жыл бұрын

Nice seeing "Rocky" on this video to give some perspective from the Mets standpoint.

@andrewpadaetz5549 3 жыл бұрын

PS 8:40 banner-Mets ended up being Lucy pulling the ball away from the Cubs as Charlie Brown (LOL).

@emmachevalier8825 4 жыл бұрын

Hayward must feel special right now😂 hey HEY

@collinwilson4223 3 жыл бұрын

I was 10 years old in july 69 turned 11 in late September I was totally bummed out

@obbor4 4 жыл бұрын

The Cubs and Phillies played a double header the day of the moon landing. I remember Santo hitting a homer in the second game right about the time, according to Jack Brickhouse, of the touchdown.

@sludge4125 4 жыл бұрын

And gaylord perry hit a home run.

@briankirby6799 4 жыл бұрын

Gaylord Perry was a pitcher!

@andrewpadaetz5549 3 жыл бұрын

The joke in San Francisco was that man would land on the moon before Perry hit a homer because he was such a poor hitter. It did happen, but not by very much as Perry homered right after the newsflash reached the ballpark. MLB Network's look at the 1969 season has this story including the PBP of the Perry HR from Vin Scully as the Giants were playing the Dodgers that night.

@michaelleroy9281 Жыл бұрын

They showed the standings on July 21 1969 the Cubs were 4 and a half games ahead of the Mets and were going to add on to it

@joshlocks727 4 жыл бұрын

i like this

@jslabuda 4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@sludge4125 3 жыл бұрын

42 days after the Don Young game, the Cubs had a *better* record and a *bigger* lead.

@michaelleroy9281 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the Don Young thing that was NASTY

@andrewpadaetz5549 3 жыл бұрын

That led to Jimmy Qualls starting the next night..dang it. Mets had to wait until 2012 for a no-no and even THAT was shrouded in controversy.

@michaelleroy9281 3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewpadaetz5549 and Jimmy Qualls broke up the no hit bid by Tom Seaver

@andrewpadaetz5549 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelleroy9281 hence my Qualls reference.

@sludge4125 3 жыл бұрын

42 days after the Don Young game, the Cubs had a *better* record and a *bigger* lead.

@jayvasquez4323 4 жыл бұрын

1969 biggest choking team of all time. Go Mets. Love to watch the Cubs choke.

@Cockmaster27able 4 жыл бұрын

The Mets love choking too ! lol

@robertmasina4610 3 жыл бұрын

At that time, the Cubs and Mets were in the former NL East division so one can't blame you.

@michaelleroy9281 10 ай бұрын

That would be the 1964 Phillies they blew a 6 game lead with 12 to play

@michaelleroy9281 3 жыл бұрын

Walking on the moon should be compared to the Mets not the Cubs

@andrewpadaetz5549 3 жыл бұрын

That comparison was made by a lot of the media prior to '69..at the 8:20 mark Ron Swoboda mentions this as well.

@hoosierflatty6435 4 жыл бұрын

I like the players' clips but the fake Moon landing baloney has gotsta go.