 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1989, kirabhu yakaita ruzha sezvo vakakunda NL East zvakare, vachipedzisa mwaka wekukunda 93 nemitambo mitanhatu vachitungamira Mets. Zvimwe zviso zvechiduku zvakabatsira kubudirira kwe89, na1B Mark Grace achitungamirira chikwata pakurova uye mumwe wake womugore rechipiri Damon Berryhill achipa kugadzikana kuseri kweplate kuna Maddux nevamwe vaCub vanokanda. Mutambi wenhabvu Dwight Smith akapedza ari wechipiri mumakwikwi eNL Rookie of the Year kune mumwe wake weCubs Jerome Walton, uyo akaisa rekodhi yekirabhu iripo yekurova mumitambo makumi matatu. Nguva ino, Chicago yakasangana neSan Francisco Giants muNLCS. Pashure pokuparadzanisa mitambo miviri yokutanga pamusha, nhevedzano yacho yakaenda kuBay Area. VaCubs vaive varwi vakaomarara kuGiants ine nyeredzi, iyo yaizvirumbidza nevatambi vakaita saMatt Williams, Kevin Mitchell, naWill Clark. Pasinei nemutambo weMVP kubva kuna Grace, uye kunyangwe hazvo timu yakabata hutungamiriri mumitambo mitatu yega yega, havana kukwanisa kukunda bullpen letdowns uye manejimendi blunders. Izvi pakupedzisira zvakatungamira kune imwezve kubuda kwekutanga kubva kumwaka wekupedzisira sezvo maGiants akabvisa maCubs mumitambo mishanu NLCS yakanga yawedzera kubva kune yakanakisa-yevashanu kuenda kune yakanakisa-yevanomwe nhevedzano muna 1985ChiGerman MaGiants akapfuurira kukundwa neOakland As muEarthquake Series yakakurumbira. 