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Through Tuesday, the Cubs have hit 11 home runs: 1 in 5 games and 2 in 3 games. In all previous seasons, how often have they 1? 2 or more? By sifting through the list I previously compiled of all...

Even casual baseball fans know that Jackie Robinson became Major League Baseball’s first black player, that he had a stellar career with the Brooklyn Dodgers that included Rookie of the

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The Pittsburgh quarterback used the move en route to a 58-yard touchdown during the ACC Championship.

Over the decades, as Major League teams have gone from having 2 or 3 starting pitchers, to 4 or 5, then embraced the "opener," there have been fewer and fewer matchups of staff aces. When I began...

It’s time to proclaim 2021 the Year of the No-Hitter. At the beginning of April, Joe Musgrove graced us with an electric performance versus the Rangers. Just five days later, Carlos Rodón announced his resurgence by shutting down Cleveland. John Means then tossed a near-perfect game against the Mariners, and Wade Miley followed in Rodón’s footsteps, handing Cleveland another no-hit night. That brings us to yesterday, when Spencer Turnbull became the latest pitcher to go the distance, str...

Cubs who led NL in offensive categories By JohnW53 on May 9, 2021, 5:52am CDT + 45 different offensive categories. A Cub has led or tied for the National League lead in at least 1 category in 101 of Hack Wilson led in 17 in 1930; Heinie Zimmerman (1912) and Rogers Hornsby (1929), in 16; Derrek Lee (2005), in 14; and Billy Williams (1972) in 13. At the other extreme, Walt "Moose" Moryn and Lee Walls led the NL only once each while with the Cubs -- tying for most times hit by pitch...

How many runs make Cubs likely to win? By JohnW53 on Feb 28, 2021, 6:00am CST + During the entire Modern Era, 1901-2021, the answer is: 4. 5. .284 -- and that doesnt include games when they were shut out. When they tallied 1-3 runs, they lost more than 3,000 more games than they won, 5,184 to 2,039. They tied 48. When they scored exactly 4 runs, however they have a winning percentage of .550 through all 120 seasons, including .530 in the Live Ball Era, which began in 1920. But t...

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