During the Cubs’ 1984 40th Anniversary special, Ron Cey details the story of how he was involved in the Rick Sutcliffe trade.

Catch up with former Cubs legends and fan-favorites in the Alumni Spotlight series. This week, Cubs center fielder Bobby Dernier (1984-87) joins to chat about the 1984 Cubs, playing center field at Wrigley Field, trying to defend Keith Hernandez, and more. 

Over the last 40 years, the Cubs have displayed fireworks of their own from first career home runs by Bote and Garcia, to walk-off wins and dominant pitching by Sutcliffe and Zambrano on the 4th of July.