Today in 1989 Cubs history: The record-tying comeback win

Getty ImagesWhat I remember most about this game is leaving it before it was over.

I left early because I had to. In 1989, I was working the afternoon/evening shift at ABC7 and had to leave games early on work days. Sometimes this was tough, if the score was close. But I had to get to work, so I figured I’d rather see some baseball than no baseball.

This day, the decision was easy, or so I thought. Mike Bielecki had been pounded for six runs in the first four innings, and then a guy you probably have never heard of, Dean Wilkins, served up a three-run homer to Rafael Ramirez in the fifth to make the score 9-0 Astros.

I very clearly remember saying to my friends who were sitting with me on that…