Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Wannan muhawara ta ci gaba har tsawon shekaru, kuma ta zama mai tsanani yayin da Cubs suka dawo cikin gasa a farkon shekarun 1980. Lokacin da Cubs suka lashe taken National League Eastern Division a shekarar 1984, kwamishinan lokacin Bowie Kuhn ya sanar da cewa Cubs za su rasa fa'idar filin gida idan suka ci gaba zuwa Wasannin Duniya (fa'idar filin gida ta sauya tsakanin zakarun National League da American League har zuwa 2003), tunda a wannan lokacin kusan dukkanin wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Duniya ana yin su da daddare a Yankin Gabas da Tsakiya. Bayan sun lashe wasannin gida biyu da aka shirya a ranar
Gasar Zakarun Kasa, Cubs sun yi rashin nasara a wasanni uku a San Diego, don haka barazanar Kuhn ta zama abin tambaya. Amma a shekara mai zuwa, sabon kwamishinan Peter Ueberroth ya ba da sanarwar cewa saboda Wrigley Field ba shi da haske, Cubs za su yi wasa "duk" wasannin postseason na gaba a wani filin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa, mai yiwuwa Comiskey Park, Soja Field, ko ma St. Louis' Busch Stadium, ko Milwaukee County Stadium. Cubs ya fadi daga rikici na shekaru masu zuwa, duk da haka, kuma yiwuwar yin wasa bayan wasan "gida" wasanni a wasu biranen ba su tashi ba.