30th Anniversary-Cubs/Phils slugfest
from New York Times article 5/17/09 -[read]
On a Sunny Day at Wrigley, A Perfect Storm of Offense.
Wrigley Ballhawk, Rich Buhrke grabs legendary home run.
On Waveland Avenue, Buhrke got into position. Foiled on the other homers, he guessed that Schmidt would pull Sutter to left-center and stationed himself at the corner of Waveland and Kenmore. When Schmidt connected on a flat, full-count splitter, Buhrke picked up its flight and dashed off.
“I’m not fast anymore, but I got a pretty good jump on that ball,” Buhrke said. “He hit the ball a good half-block down, and I had to run toward center field. It landed in the street and took a humungous bounce into an alley. It went down about two houses, and I tracked it down in the alley. It was an amazing shot; it was really hit.”
wrigley scoreboard workers were busy that day
