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Ceremony set for 11 a.m. Aug. 25 at the high school sports complex.

As a baseball fan, you certainly know that the longest hitting streak in the Major Leagues is 56 games, by Joe DiMaggio of the Yankees in 1941. As a Cubs fan, you may know that the longest hitting...

The punch-up between Tim Anderson of the White Sox and Jose Ramirez of the Guardians at Cleveland 2 weeks ago today has been called "the baseball fight of the 21st century" -- and rightly so, given...

Second of 2 posts about the record for most consecutive games by a Cubs batter with at least 1 strikeout. .......... During much of Major League Baseball's history, strikeouts by batters were...

This is an updated version of a post first published in 2021. .......... I get chills and break out in a big grin every time I see the replay of David Bote's "Ultimate Slam" against the...

Over the course of a season, a baseball team will average a certain number of runs. But how many it scores in individual games can vary significantly, sometimes over just a few days. There was an...

Second of 3 posts about Cliff Heathcote, whose .491 batting average in August 1927 is the highest by a Cub with at least 50 plate appearances in any month since 1901. .......... Cliff Heathcote,...

Since the Modern Era began in 1901, the highest batting average in any month by a Cub who had at least 50 plate appearances is .491, by Cliff Heathcote, in August of 1927. It's likely that some of...

In his last 10 games, through Friday, Cody Bellinger is batting .500, with 19 hits in 38 at bats, among them 2 doubles and 2 homers. That is very impressive -- but far from the highest average by...

When Trey Mancini's single scored Seiya Suzuki from third base in the seventh inning Wednesday afternoon, the Cubs were 6 outs away from doing something that had done only once before, nearly 100...