The Famous Chicken, also known as the San Diego Chicken, was a mascot originally created by KGB radio in San Diego for station promotions. Eventually the station and Ted Giannoulas, the man who inhabited the costume, parted in a dispute and Giannoulas had the character e-hatched in a 1979 promotion in San Diego Dave Kingman Jersey.If you attended MLB games in the 1980s you likely saw him perform. He do 250+ appearances a year in those days; later, when teams created their own mascots in large part because of the Chicken popularity after The Chicken e-hatching in San Diego.A full house of 37,614 attended that game, and the Tribune recap of the game says there was a rain delay :But just after starting pitcher Mike Krukow drove in the game final run with a sacrifice fly, it began to pour. The game was delayed 50 minutes.The Cubs won this game 10-0. Sizemore, who scored on De Jesus home run, went 4-for-4 as the Cubs completed a three-game sweep of the Astros. They were in second place in the NL East, five games out of first place with a 43-36 after this win, but faded late and finished 80-82, in fifth place.The Chicken made several other appearances at Wrigley Field in the 1980s Chicago Cubs Salute to Service Hoodies. He was always entertaining, even occasionally popping up in the Wrigley Field scoreboard:A bit more sleuthing: That game happened Monday, September 2, 1985. Keith Moreland was batting in the bottom of the eighth with one out and two runners on. He hit a comebacker to the pitcher. The score shown, 7-2 Astros, was the final score of that game.