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Cap Anson is the Cubs' all-time leader in hits. He is credited with 3,012 during his 22 seasons with the team, 1876-97. Ernie Banks is a distant second, with 2,583 in 19 seasons. But Anson...

Tommy Pham, long a thorn in the side of the Cubs, made 4 hits for the Diamondbacks in Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday. He was due up again in the ninth inning, but asked Manager Torey...

It’s October and the baseball season is heating up. It’s also time for my annual pitch asking Major League Baseball to put my grandfather in the league’s Hall of Fame.

It wouldn’t happen again for 108 years.

You may have read or heard that the amazing catch, throw and relay by the Braves against the Phillies on Monday night was the first 8-5-3 double play ever to end a post-season game. Let's go a bit...

Today is the 115th anniversary of one of the most memorable games in the history of Major League Baseball: The Cubs' 4-2 triumph over the Giants at New York in their showdown to determine the 1908...

A week ago today, Kyle Tucker of the Astros walked on a 3-2 pitch leading off the fourth inning at home against the Astros. On the next 2 pitches, he stole second and third. In the sixth, with 1...

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 Cubs have had only 1 walk-off win this season, on April 10, when they beat the Mariners, 3-2, on a 1-out, 10th-inning single by Nico Hoerner that scored Nick Madrigal from third. Today is the 1...

Second of 2 posts about 4-3 victories by the Cubs in the Modern Era. .......... How rare is a 4-3 win? The Cubs have had 518 through Friday's over the Cardinals. They have played 19,116 games...