Highlights from the Chicago Cubs 1983 season - complete with dramatic slides into bases, heated brawls over plays and calls, and plays that will go down in Major League Baseball History!
0:21Copy video clip URL The footage begins.
0:23Copy video clip URL A massive crowd can be seen watching a baseball game at Wrigley Field.
0:32Copy video clip URL The Chicago Cubs can be seen at the bat.
0:37Copy video clip URL The batter for the Cubs hits a home run.
0:59Copy video clip URL The title card for the program appears.
1:03Copy video clip URL An ad for “Heileman’s Old Style” appears.
1:23Copy video clip URL A player for the Cubs can be seen sliding head and hands first into home plate.
1:38Copy video clip URL Players for the Cubs can be seen wearing their blue jerseys, while earlier in the footage, they can be seen wearing their white jerseys.
1:47Copy video clip URL A player for the Cubs by the name of “Bowl”, who wears jersey number one, can be seen.
2:23Copy video clip URL A player for the Houston Astros can be seen in a vintage uniform.
2:59Copy video clip URL Bill Buckner is introduced.
3:17Copy video clip URL Leon Durham is introduced, showing him sliding head and hands first into a base.
3:36Copy video clip URL The team opposing the Cubs in this clip (possibly the Pittsburgh Pirates) can be seen in a vintage all yellow uniform with striped ball caps.
4:03Copy video clip URL A an Outfielder for the Chicago Cubs player can be seen leaping to the left to catch the ball.
4:12Copy video clip URL Two Outfielders for the Saint Louis Cardinals (wearing their vintage pale blue uniforms) can be seen colliding while trying to catch the ball.
4:57Copy video clip URL A player and coaching staff for the Chicago Cubs can be seen arguing with two umpires.
5:08Copy video clip URL Despite a desperate, dramatic head and hands first slide into hime plate – the Catcher for the Chicago Cubs (in a blue jersey), tags the sliding player of the opposing team with the ball just in time.
5:29Copy video clip URL An ad for “Heileman’s Old Style” appears.
6:55Copy video clip URL A masterful “triple play” by the Chicago Cubs against the Pittsburgh Pirates is shown.
9:22Copy video clip URL Fergie Jenkins is introduced.
9:40Copy video clip URL Dick Ruthven is introduced.
10:12Copy video clip URL An ad for “Heileman’s Old Style” appears.”Heileman’s Old Style” appears.
10:41Copy video clip URL The classic sign for Wrigley Field is shown.
10:56Copy video clip URL The “Stadium Club” with vintage decorum at Wrigley Field, is shown.
11:15Copy video clip URL A player for the Chicago Cubs wearing jersey number twenty-one is shown singing autographs for fans, while wearing an umbrella hat.
11:25Copy video clip URL Johnny Bench is introduced.
12:08Copy video clip URL Two Outfielders for the Cubs collide.
12:48Copy video clip URL A player for the Cubs (in a blue jersey) ducks from the ball, loses his helmet, and sprints headfirst, tumbling onto the “Pitcher’s Mound” and into a collision with the opposing team’s Pitcher – which then causes a massive brawl.
13:26Copy video clip URL Chuck Rainey is introduced.
15:24Copy video clip URL Dan Rohn is introduced.
16:01Copy video clip URL Mel Hall is introduced.
16:26Copy video clip URL Joe Carter is introduced.
16:32Copy video clip URL Dave Owen is introduced.
16:36Copy video clip URL An ad for “”Heileman’s Old Style” appears.
17:18Copy video clip URL The Chicago Cubs’ Band is shown.
17:32Copy video clip URL Jim Frey, the Manager of the Chicago Cubs, is introduced.
18:20Copy video clip URL The credits roll with a musical montage featuring cheering and singing fans at Wrilgey Field.
19:15Copy video clip URL A title card states that the footage is dedicated to the memory of former Chicago Cubs’ Manager, Charlie Grimm.
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Hi, I would like to see this 1983 Cubs highlights video and as always, you guys do a great job!
Me too, please post