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When a baseball fan hears the term "cycle," he thinks first of a batter who makes at least 1 of each kind of hit -- single, double, triple and home run -- in the same. It has been done 339 times...

This is the 1,000th consecutive day that I have posted at least 1 FanPost. To celebrate, here is a look at some historic 1,000th achievements by the Cubs in National League regular-season play. ....

After documenting the Cubs' wins in which the same player drove in both or all 3 of their runs, I couldn't resist looking at higher RBI totals. The Cubs have won 129 games in which a player...

When the Cubs won at Miami, 2-1, on Tuesday, David Bote delivered both runs, with a seventh-inning solo homer and an eighth-inning sacrifice fly. Since 1901, only one previous Cub had homered and...

According to data at baseball-reference.com, the Cubs have made 18,702 double plays in regular-season National League games through Sunday. 15,120 of them had come since Opening Day of 1915, first...

A series of previous posts documented unusual game-ending plays involving the Cubs, including by outfielders, pitchers and catchers. This final entry looks at rare plays by infielders. .......... ...

Having written about wins and losses by the Cubs that ended on: 1. Strikeout/throwout double plays 2. Players caught on attempted straight steals 3. Pickoffs 4. Outs at bases on last-play hits ...

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...

A previous post documented games that the Cubs won when the final play was a hit by the opposing team, but the batter or a runner on the bases was retired. The Cubs have recorded 16 such wins...

Previous posts documented the Cubs' wins and losses in games that ended with: 1. A strikeout/throwout doubleplay 2. A runner attempting a straight steal 3. A pickoff Today's topic: wins that...