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Third in a series of posts about the Cubs' longest streaks of hitting a home run in consecutive games. .......... The previous posts described the evolution of the team-record streak for hitting...

A previous post, prompted by an untimely error by Ian Happ, examined fly balls dropped by Cubs in the outfield. Prominent in that post was an account of the ball muffed by Brant Brown at Milwaukee...

June 25 was the 105th anniversary of a peculiar achievement. On that Thursday afternoon, the Cubs demolished the Cardinals, 14-0, to the delight of 3,000 fans at Weeghman Park, today's Wrigley...

Nick Madrigal drew a walk as the first batter last Friday night at San Francisco. With 1 out and a 3-ball count on Seiya Suzuki, Madrigal tried to steal. The catcher threw down to second, where a...

The Cubs open a three-game set against the Rox.

Jigger Statz Mandy Brooks Earl Webb Riggs Stephenson Andre Dawson Those are the only 5 Cubs outfielders since 1903 who caught a fly ball, then threw out a runner at home to end a game. The...

After perusing my recent post about games that the Cubs won a strikeout/throwout doubleplay, constant reader Ernaga commented, in part, "how many Cubs losses have ended either by a pick-off at...

Patrick Wisdom recently became the 374th player to reach 500 plate appearances as a Cub. He is the 343rd non-pitcher. They average 1,894 PA. Ernie Banks had the most, 10,396, followed by Cap...

Let’s remember a guy!

A previous post reported that the Cubs have had 61 walk-off victories in which they did not score until the final inning. That is a surprising 1 of every 15 of their 949 total walk-off wins since...