 In a game versus St. Louis, Ryne Sandberg captured the attention of the nation with two game-tying home runs off former Cub Bruce Sutter, and eventually was named NL MVP.The second half of the '84 season was all Cubbies, as the northsiders posted a 54–31 record, and the city of Chicago was in pandemonium.The end result was a league-best 96 victories and the NL East Championship, as the team clinched the division in Pittsburgh.