Cubs History: Remembering some strange moments at Wrigley Field

Chicago Cubs: Cats and familiar foul balls made an appearance at Wrigley Field.

On a chilly night in Chicago, the Cubs took on the Reds on April 21st, 2009. Rich Harden pitched a solid game, and they went on to win easily 7-2.

At the top of the fourth, with Harden pitching to Joey Votto, a white and brown cat appeared seemingly out of nowhere in left-center and was running towards the left-field stands. A brief delay in the game was needed for the Wrigley Field crew to get ahold of the cat and bring it out of the ballpark. It was over as soon as it had started, but fans enjoyed the moment and cheered as the cat made its way around the outfield.

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While this was not a black cat, many Cubs fans could not help but think about the infamous black cat incident in 1969 at Shea Stadium against the Mets.

"“Some strange happenings at Wrigley Field.” – Cubs play-by-play man, Len Kasper"

A few minutes later, with two outs in the same inning, Jay Bruce hit a flyball down the left-field line right into the first row. It was pretty much the same spot where that infamous foul ball landed in game 6 of the 2003 NLCS. Alfonso Soriano stopped at the wall but did not try to leap and grab it.

It is nice those types of things do not haunt Cubs fans anymore.