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This was a year of great change for the Chicago Cubs.

Some more misfires happened this year in the trade market.

How many different ways can 2 fielders, and 2 only, make a double play? In theory, someone at each of the 9 positions could team up with someone at each of the 8 others, for a total of 72. But if...

Through Saturday, the Cubs have lost 9,318 games during the Modern Era. 856 of the losses have come in extra innings, many in excruciating fashion. But there is a case to be made that their 5-4,...

A previous post presented a list of Cubs position players who had played between 75 and 100 games for the team -- from roughly half a pre-expansion season through a nice, round number -- and asked...

You may have read or heard that during the Dodgers' 16-inning, 5-3 win at San Diego on Wednesday, their pitchers faced 38 consecutive batters without allowing a hit. After Adam Frazier of the...

Unlikely Cubs with 8 RBI in a game, Part 4 By JohnW53 on Jun 9, 2021, 5:55am CDT + This is the fourth and last in a series of posts about the 4 lesser known of the 8 Cubs who have driven in 8 runs in a single game. The team record is 9, set by Heinie Zimmerman, in 1911, and tied by Sammy Sosa, in 2002. The more familiar names with 8 RBI are Rogers Hornsby, in 1931; Babe Herman, in 1933; Ron Santo, in 1970; and Dave Kingman, in 1978. Previous posts in this series described the big da...