BUT DID THEY WIN?

Long-time Met fans have heard of the guy who asked
About a Met game in in 1964 and was told that
They had scored 19 runs. He responded as only
An early Met fan would, “But did they win?” and
The angels (not those fledglings from California)
Laughed. How much would you laugh 15 years
Later almost to the day if you rooted for the baby
Bears and was told that they had scored 22 runs
–  and had lost! You read that correctly. In ’79,
At Wrigley Field, with a steady wind of 20 mph
Swimming toward the outfield providing background
Music, the Chicago Cubs really entertained the
Phillies, allowing a seven-run lead before the home
Team even came to bat. They trailed 21 – 9 as the
Bottom of the fifth began – but then the Cubbies
Came to life, and the score turned 21 – 19. Behind
Three homers hit by King Kong Kingman and other
Dingers, the game went into the tenth, 22 – 22. By
The end of the tenth, after a combined 11 home runs,
The Boys from the City of Brotherly Love showed no
Love for their Windy City opponents; the Cubs lost,
23 – 22!