A previous post described the 1952 game at Cincinnati in which Hank Sauer hit the Cubs' only Opening Day grand slam.
I determined that it was their only such slam after checking the box scores of.
It is John Mayberry’s 74th birthday.
Mayberry was drafted in the 1st round (6th pick overall) in the 1967 amateur draft. The number 1 pick that year was by the Yankees, Ron Blomberg, so the Astros.