Where were you on May 17, 1979?

I remember the day fairly well, being in front of the television for most of the Thursday afternoon watching the Phillies play the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.

At first, there didn’t seem to be any difference in this game than any other, but it would be one of the more memorable games in the Phillies’ and major league baseball’s history.

In a four-hour-and-three-minute slugfest, the Phillies outlasted the Cubs, 23-22 in 10 innings.

This game and other memorable high-scoring Philadelphia sports events as well as May events will be highlighted in this week’s Yesterday column - a trip back in time to the late 1960s, 70s and sometimes dipping into the early 80s and beyond.

In the game, the Phillies jumped on Cubs’ starter Dennis Lamp for seven runs before the Cubs responded with six runs off Randy Lerch - remember him – in the bottom half of the inning, and an indication of a wild afternoon was in the offing.

The Phillies appeared to seal the afternoon with an eight-run third inning to take a 15-6 lead, and it looked like it was time to find something else to do. But the Cubs rallied for a seven spot in the fifth, and the Phillies had a 21-16 lead heading to the sixth (Yes, that was correct).

Chicago closed it to 21-19 after six innings, but the Phillies added the necessary insurance run in the seventh. The Cubs again rallied for three runs in the eighth off Ron Reed and tied the game at 22.

Mike Schmidt, who hit a pair of homers and had four RBIs, hit his final one off Bruce Sutter in the top of the 10th to end the marathon. Rawly Eastwick, who started the ninth for the Phillies, retired the Cubs in the 10th to gain his first win of the season.

Bob Boone also had a pair of homers in the game, and Larry Bowa went 5-for-8 with a pair of doubles. Before he was taken out, Lurch hit a homer off reliever Donnie Moore in the first. Remember Rudy Meoli? He was the Phillies’ second baseman on that day.

Dave Kingman hit three homers for the Cubs and had six RBI, and Bill Buckner hit a homer and had seven RBIs.

Ironically, the highest scoring game ever in MLB history involved the Phillies and the Cubs. Chicago outslugged the Phillies, 26-23, in 1922.

Those Bull Blasts: Greg Luzinski became the Phillies’ full-time left fielder in 1972, and “The Bull” became famous for his 19 “blasts” to the Vet’s upper deck. On May 16, 1972, Luzinski became the first player to smash a shot off the replica Liberty Bell atop the center-field, approximately more than 500 feet away from home plate off Cubs’ starter Burt Hooton.

Luzinski averaged 25 homers in his nine full seasons and finished second in NL MVP voting twice and helped to push the team to the 1977 NLCS.

Fly, Eagles, Fly: On Dec. 30, 1995, the Eagles hosted the Detroit Lions in a divisional playoff game at the Vet. I was there, but the entire details of the game are a little cloudy.

The Eagles beat the Lions, 58-37, in one of the highest scoring playoff games in NFL history.

Surprisingly, it wasn’t an offensive statistical showcase as you might expect. Eagles quarterback Rodney Peete completed 17 of 25 passes for 270 yards with three touchdowns, and running backs Charlie Garner and Ricky Watters had modest rushing days. The Eagles’ defense did intercept Lions’ quarterback Scott Mitchell.

The following week, the Ray Rhodes’-led Eagles lost to the eventual Super Bowl- winning Cowboys -led by Barry Switzer – in Dallas.

Lucky 13: The number 13 proved to be a lucky one for the Flyers, as it was their highest goal total in club history.

On March 22, 1984, the Orange and Black drubbed Pittsburgh, 13-4, behind Dave Poulin’s hat trick, and a pair of goals from Tim Kerr and Ilka Sinisalo. A few months later in the same year, the Flyers pummeled Vancouver, 13-2, behind Sinisalo and Brian Propp, who both had hat tricks.

The Mike Keenan-led Flyers reached the Stanley Cup Finals in the 1984-85 season, but they lost in five games to the Edmonton Oilers and Wayne Gretzky.

Sixers Savvy: It was Dec. 20, 1967, and the Sixers tallied their highest point total as a Philadelphia entry – not Syracuse - when they beat the Seattle SuperSonics, 160-122.

Wilt Chamberlain scored a game-high 53 points and Hal Greer added 20. Bob Rule had 16 and Walt Hazzard had 14 for Seattle.

Chamberlain dominated the league, but the Sixers fell to Boston in seven games in the Eastern Finals. The Sixers uprooted their team after the season, as head coach Alex Hannum left and Chamberlain was traded to the Lakers in the offseason.

Chamberlain became the first player to crack the century mark in points when he scored 100 against the Knicks on March 2, 1962 at the HersheyPark Arena. He set new marks in a game for field goal attempts (63), field goals made (36), free throws made (28), points in a quarter (31) and points in a half (59).

A Sweet 100,000: In 1964, Nestle launched its $100,000 candy bar. It was a chocolate bar with Rice Krispies and caramel on the inside. It was a parallel in many ways to the Crunch bar, but the caramel was the difference.

It was one of my favorites as a kid, and a likely cause of cavities to all of us. Nestle discontinued it in 2018.

He Was Worth A Million Dollars: In the 1970s, Steve Austin was an iconic figure as TV’s “Six Million Dollar Man,” an ABC show that ran from 1973-78.

Lee Majors played the role of Austin, a rebuilt bionic man. Whenever he fought or leaped, the producers of the show had it in super slow-motion with a recoiling type of sound ”we can rebuild him.”

In the age of women’s rights, the “Bionic Woman” appeared within a few years.

Do You Remember? Every week, I’ll mention a likely forgotten player from Yesterday ... In keeping with the theme of numbers and money, do you remember the Phillies’ Don Money?

Money spent four full seasons as the Phillies’ third baseman, and hit .241 overall as a dependable fielder. However, he flourished after he was traded to Milwaukee after the 1972 season. He spent 11 seasons as a Brewer with a .271 overall average there.