May 17 is a significant date in Cubs history, as noted in Duane’s Baseball history unpacked article posted earlier this morning.
I’m going to take an in-depth look at just one of the May 17 events here, the Cubs’ 23-6 win over the Padres 44 years ago today in 1977.
The wind was blowing out on a warm summer-like afternoon at Wrigley Field. The boxscore says it was 86 degrees at game time with a wind blowing at 23 miles per hour. We don’t seem to have spring days like that anymore in Chicago; these days, we seem to get the wind off the lake and temps in the 40s much of the time.