1984 World Series Show led the staff with fifteen wins with Ed Whitson and lefty Mark Thurmond having identical 14–8 records. But the sterling bullpen, headed by Gossage and Craig "Lefty" Lefferts, held the staff together enough to take this team to the "Big Show" although they would falter and get ripped by the Tiger bats losing the Series in five games. To get to the Series, the Padres had to overcome a two-games-to-none deficit against the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS, rallying to win the final three games. The 1984 Padres adopted Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" as their theme song (à la
Neighbours theme song April 2014, following the death of Kate Ramsay (Ashleigh Brewer). The theme to "Neighbours" has been voted the world's most recognised television theme song. It also came fourth in a survey by the building society Abbey National to find the most memorable theme tune, beating out rival soap operas "EastEnders" and "Coronation Street". The theme was included in "The Independent's" feature on the "Top Ten Classic TV Theme Tunes", with a reporter adding "you know you have a cracker of a theme song when everyone knows the tune." Sam of TVFix placed the theme song at number one on his