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Cubs early walk-offs, Part 2 By JohnW53 on Feb 10, 2021, 3:52am CST + .......... FOURTH TIMES THE CHARM In the ninth inning of a 2-2 game at New York on July 9, 1890, a 1-out double and an infield error put runners on the corners for the Colts, as the team now was known. The next batter fanned, bringing up Walt Wilmot. The Chicago Tribune explained what happened next: "Wilmot, who had previously struck out three times, then sent a safe hit to left and the game was won." .......... T...

916: A new, notable number to know! By JohnW53 on Feb 8, 2021, 5:27am CST + It more than just the area code for Sacramento, Calif., and its suburbs. Its a notable number in the annals of the Cubs -- and a number that almost certainly has not been made known until now. It is the number of verifiable walk-off victories that the Cubs have recorded during the regular season during their 145 years in the National League. .......... PARTIAL LIST Do a search for walk-off wins by the Cubs a...

Home runs hit by Cubs pitchers By JohnW53 on Feb 5, 2021, 6:34am CST + With the National League adopting the designated hitter for 2020, Cubs pitchers hit no home runs. They had hit at least 1 in each of the previous 19 seasons, the second-longest such streak in team history, surpassed only by 25 straight seasons, 1918-42. ... The first pitcher to hit a homer for the Cubs was Larry Corcoran, on June 20, 1882. The right hander was 22 years old, in his third season with the team then ...

Hoffman Files There’s a lot to learn from “Hammerin” Hank By Rob Hoffman on January 28, 2021 at 5:19 AM I’m sometimes asked why when it comes to the “Big Man” upstairs why I’m not much of a believer.  I often say that I want to believe, because who wouldn’t?  It’s hard though to be a true believer in any deity who would see fit to take from us Bob Gibson, Tom Seaver, and Henry Aaron while leaving Curt Schilling and Tom Brady to walk the planet unscathed.  I...

Cooperstown said good-bye to Joe Morgan, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, Whitey Ford, Al Kaline, Tom Seaver and Phil Niekro.  And the grieving has continued in 2021 with the deaths of Tommy Lasorda, Don Sutton and now perhaps the most painful loss of them all.  Aaron is still, in the minds of many, the all-time home run leader with 755. He also still holds several career offensive records, 45 years after he stopped playing. If Cooperstown holds a public induction ceremony this summer — they postpone...

4) Jim O’Rourke: 8 5) Harry Stovey: 6 Jones had a huge year in 1879, totaling an MLB-best nine home runs to go with 85 runs scored, 62 RBIs and 29 walks in 83 games, all league bests. He would set a new career high for homers in ’83, with 10, though that came during Chester Arthur’s presidency. Hines won the Triple Crown in ’78, when he hit .358 with four home runs and 50 RBIs for the Providence Grays. He led baseball with a .357 batting average the following year, and his career high o...

share-square-729490 The first name that usually comes to mind when discussing managerial longevity is Connie Mack, who was at the helm of teams for 53 seasons. Perhaps the most impressive part of his run is that 50 of those seasons came consecutively for the same team -- the Athletics, from 1901-50. The longest continuous tenure for an active manager with his current team isn’t nearly as long as that, of course. That belongs to Bob Melvin, who has managed the A’s for the past 10 seasons. Te...

Post-season exhibition games, Part 1 By JohnW53 on Jan 10, 2021, 5:50am CST + Here are some facts about the Cubs that I bet you did not know: 1. Their defeat by the White Sox in the final game of the 1906 World Series was not their last loss that year. 2. Their victory over the Tigers in the final game of the 1907 World Series was not their last win that year. 3. After their victory over the Tigers in the final game of the following years World Series, they lost another game to the ...

Cubs milestone wins on road By JohnW53 on Jan 9, 2021, 3:43am CST + 11,000 games in the National League. They ended the season with 11,016. 4,971 on the road. So, the Cubs need 29 more wins to reach 5,000 on the road. They have won at least 30 road games in every full season but one beginning in 2001, and from 2015-19 they averaged 43. They were 15-12 on the road in the shortened 2020 season. ... Two Major League teams already have won 5,000 times on the road: the Giants (5,105) ...

Whats in a (team) name?, Part 4 (Microbes?) By JohnW53 on Jan 6, 2021, 3:31am CST + .......... From 1898 through the early years of the 20th Century, the team customarily was called the Orphans. But at various times the Chicago Tribune featured several alternative names, none of which gained public favor. ......... The Tribune actually introduced this name before the first appearance of Orphans. The team began the 1898 on the road, winning 5 of 8 games, with 2 more rained out. On Ap...