Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Cubs 365, March 13

Every day in 2012, the Just One Bad Century blog will feature a story about this day in Cubs history. We're calling it Cubs 365.

On this day in 1964, Cubs nemesis Will Clark was born. In the 1989 NLCS between the Cubs and the Giants, Will Clark was a one-man wrecking crew.

In Game 5 of that series he hit a bases loaded single to win the game for the Giants in the bottom of the 8th, and eliminate the Cubs from the playoffs. Clark hit .650 in the series, with 13 hits and 6 extra base hits, and was named the series MVP.

He was booed in Chicago for the rest of his career.