According to the database at baseball-reference.com, 215 men have played catcher for the Cubs since the Modern Era began in 1901.
One was different from all the rest.
Dale Long was left handed.
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The Cubs have played 112 games this year, meaning they have exactly 50 left to play.
They have just 1 walk-off win, on Christopher Morel's 10th-inning sacrifice fly that beat the Brewers, 4-3, on.
We interrupt the series of posts about Cubs on their birthdays for this breaking post. The birthday series will resume tomorrow.
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You may have read that the Cubs' loss to the Dodgers on.
A tie-breaking home run in the bottom of the eighth inning is like a dagger to the heart of a visiting team.
Suddenly, it has just 3 outs in which to stave off defeat.
Patrick Wisdom's solo shot.
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