"They also serve who only stand and wait." Last line of "On His Blindness," by John Milton
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Dansby Swanson fouled off a 3-2 pitch with 2 outs and the bases loaded in the third inning.
Charles North’s recent books include Everything and Other Poems (The Song Cave, 2020), which was named a N.Y. Times New and Noteworthy Book, and En Face (MAB Books,2021), a collaboration with the artist Trevor Winkfield. News, Poetry & Poplars (poems + selected prose) is due this fall from Black Square Editions.
There is no question which starting pitcher had the best game in his first game as a Cub.
Even casual fans usually know about Don Cardwell's no-hitter against the Cardinals in his debut on May 15,.
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Unrecognized no-hitter vs. Cubs in 19th Century By JohnW53 on May 26, 2021, 4:56am CDT +
During each game thread, when the Cubs make their first hit, moderator The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street sends a tweet, copied to the thread, extolling the latest addition to the The Streak the number of games since the Cubs last were no-hit. The Streak is comfortably past 800 games, but that is barely 10 percent of the Major League-record
7,920 games that the Cubs went without being held hitless until Cole Hamels of the Phillies did it at Wrigley Field on July 25, 2015.
That was just 46 days short of the