More than 80 years after, this remains the most famous home run ever hit by a Chicago Cub. It has a status in baseball lore so secure that it’s one of the most famous home runs hit by anyone.
It might seem difficult to justify a reason. It was a walkoff home run that gave the Cubs a half-game lead during the last week of a tight pennant race. It clinched nothing. There are dozens of similar, surely more important, and totally forgotten home runs scattered throughout the history of the game.
This was a perfect storm of drama, fortunate reportage, and somewhat exaggerated circumstance that has stood the test of time.