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I recently wrote that the Cubs have hit back-to-back home runs to win a game only twice in the entire Modern Era. The first time was on April 16, 2004, when Sammy Sosa and Moises Alou homered to...

Yestrday, I told the tale of a 1930 game in which the Cubs staged the greatest comeback in their history, rallying from a 14-0 deficit before losing, 14-12. In that game, the Cubs hit 6 home runs...

Here is an obscure bit of Cubs trivia: On Friday, Sept. 24, Sergio Alcantara became the first player in team history to hit a home run as a position player, then pitch the same day. In the sixth...

Second of 2 posts. .......... The Cubs have played 16,569 regular-season games since the start of 1916, the earliest year for which play-level data is available at baseball-reference.com In only...

Last week, Randy Arozarena of the Rays hit a home run and stole home against the Red Sox. He became the first player in Major League history to perform both feats in a post-season game. I...

Second of 2 posts. .......... Steals of home are among the rarest plays in baseball. They also can be among the most dramatic. Since 1916, the first year for which play-level data is available...

Randy Arozarena of the Rays electrified the baseball world last Thursday when he stole home in Game 1 of the American League Division Series against the Red Sox. It was the first steal of home in...

Two of the most exciting plays in baseball are a grand slam and a ninth-inning home run. The Cubs have hit 340 grand slams in regular-season games since the creation of the National League in...

Spoiler Alert! The Cubs haven't often played the role of spoiler in a pennant race. I wrote recently about the 1946 season, in which the third-place Cubs won 2 of 3 games at St. Louis on the...

Cubs milestone wins on road By JohnW53 on Jan 9, 2021, 3:43am CST + 11,000 games in the National League. They ended the season with 11,016. 4,971 on the road. So, the Cubs need 29 more wins to reach 5,000 on the road. They have won at least 30 road games in every full season but one beginning in 2001, and from 2015-19 they averaged 43. They were 15-12 on the road in the shortened 2020 season. ... Two Major League teams already have won 5,000 times on the road: the Giants (5,105) ...