Page 6 - Johnny Evers News Today

In bygone eras, Major League managers regularly wrote down the same batting order, game after game. Cubs fans of a certain age, like me, can immediately rattle off the top 6 in the Cubs' order...

Last of 3 posts .......... THAT DOUBLE PLAY AGAIN These are the saddest of possible words: "Tinker to Evers to Chance" Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds, "Tinker and Evers and...

Second of 3 posts .......... As promised in yesterday's posts, here are the results of my research, which required examining more than 1,000 box scores, of what shortstop Joe Tinker, second...

Every new fan of the Cubs inevitably learns these 8 lines of doggerel: These are the saddest of possible words: "Tinker to Evers to Chance" Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds, "Tinker...

Plus Brandon Woodruff could have been a Ranger, a Xander Bogaerts-Marcelo Mayer poll, Scott Harris on Matt Vierling, Paul Goldschmidt's greatness, R.I.P.

The Cubs have been affected by more than a few real-life tragedies over the year. In 1893, members of the team then known as the Colts were aboard a train headed from Cleveland to Chicago. Near...

The Cubs were involved in multiple fires during their first half century. They were known as the White Stockings in 1871, just their second season, when their home park, the Union Base-ball...

On Oct. 3, the final Monday of the 1904 season, the Cubs trailed, 0-3, after the first inning at Boston's South End Grounds. By the time the Beaneaters scored again, the Cubs were in front, 16-3. ...

Fifth and last in a series of posts. .......... On Friday, Sept. 21, 1906, the Cubs withstood a ninth-inning rally and beat the Giants, 5-4, at the Polo Grounds in New York. That victory,...

The Cubs have won 6,121 games at home in the regular season during their 147 years in the National League. They have lost 4,853 and tied 78, for a winning percentage of .557, which is 90 points...