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The 100 Club meetup at Wrigley
By Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune reporter
11:54 p.m. CDT, October 1, 2012
Fifty years ago this week, only 595 fans showed up at Wrigley Field for the opener of the Cubs-Mets series, the last time two teams with 100-plus losses faced each other.
The '62 Cubs — with future Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Lou Brock, Billy Williams and Ron Santo on the roster — wound up taking two of three from the expansion team, finishing with a franchise-worst 103 losses, to the Mets' major league record of 120.
The Cubs needed to sweep the 106-loss Astros to avoid becoming the third 100-loss team in club history but fell 3-0 before a sparse crowd at Wrigley.
Astros starter Lucas Harrell shut out the Cubs on two hits over six innings, and the Astros bullpen combined for three hitless innings. Jason Berken (0-3) got the loss, allowing two runs over 4 2/3 innings. ..............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-1002-cubs-astros-chicago--20121002,0,1009275.story