It’s hard to believe a quarter-century has gone by since Kerry Wood’s incredible 20-strikeout game at Wrigley Field against the Astros.
But here we are, and so today I’m re-posting the article I wrote five years ago on this memorable game’s 20th anniversary.
It happened 25 years ago today, Wednesday, May 6, 1998.
It really was just an ordinary Wednesday afternoon at Wrigley Field, or at least it started that way.
The Cubs had gotten off to a decent start to 1998 after a 94-loss season in 1997. Entering the May 6, 1998 game against the first-place Astros, the Cubs were 16-15 and four games out of first place, and had lost the first of a two-game series to Houston the previous day, 10-5.