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Thurstaston is a small village on the Wirral Peninsula, just 30 minutes away from Liverpool, and is home to farms, a caravan park, cosy cafes and beautiful walks

On Sunday, July 2, 1961, the Cubs did something they never had done in the Modern Era, have not done since and almost certainly never will do again. As 18,447 looked on at Wrigley Field, Cubs...

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...

Electronics – the final frontier. This describes the voyage of the good ship “etty”. Its 19-year mission: to explore the brave, new world; to seek out new technologies and to innovate; to boldly go where no journal had gone before! by Peter Ihnat

The Cubs have played 19,054 games since the start of the Modern Era in 1901. 1,831 of them have gone into extra innings, a little less than 10 percent. The Cubs tied 352 of those 1,831 games in...

Since baseball's Modern Era began in 1901, the Cubs have won 9,547 regular-season games. They have won 561 of them, less than 6 percent, despite allowing at least 7 runs. But their 14-9 victory...

Monday night, Nico Hoerner became the 80th different Cub since 1901 to deliver a walk-off win with his third hit of the game. It was the 115th time that a Cub has turned the trick, as described in...

A previous post examined Cubs batters who made at least 3 hits in a game, including players with the most such games. Billy Williams leads the way, with 184, followed by Ryne Sandberg (179), Stan...

Second of 2 posts .......... 768 players have hit a home run as a Cub since 1901, first season of the Modern Era. On average, their first homer came in their 23rd game. It took position players...

Second of 2 posts .......... During the 122 regular seasons of the Modern Era, the Cubs employed a pinch runner 3,074 times. The first was Frank Chance, at Brooklyn, on June 6, 1902; the most...