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During their long history, the Cubs have lost games in many hard-to-believe ways. Once, more than a century ago, they lost a game because of a bottle thrown by a fan -- a bottle that had been...

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...

On June 30, Jason Heyward was the second Cub due up in the top of the ninth inning at Milwaukee. But after the first batter flied out, Heyward did not come to the plate. Alec Mills pinch hit for...

The most exciting play in baseball is among the rarest: a bases-loaded triple. It is a play that often sends all 13 players on the field into action: the batter, the 3 runners and all 9 fielders. ...

PCA 2021: S.T.Dupont For Brooks Whittington, the trade show work is divided into two parts: those companies that are in the Drew Estate booth and those that are not. Historically, it takes Brooks 2-3 times the amount of time to cover the companies in the Drew Estate booth than it does the other companies. If we were to divide up my trade show assignments in similar two sections based on the amount of work, it would be those companies who are French accessory companies and everyone else. This ye...

Tracey from the Fiction team catches up with Writer Of The Week, Glenda Young. Glenda's story, "Three Wishes", appears in our latest issue.

Billy Williams unique 4-hit game By JohnW53 on Feb 19, 2021, 4:40am CST + While batting .290/.361/.492, Williams made 2,510 hits. Thirty times, he had 4 in a game, including 8 in which he went 4 for 4. Twice, both in 1969, all 4 of his hits were for extra bases. On Wednesday, April 9, in the second game of the season, Williams smacked 2 doubles, walked, then smacked 2 more doubles, as the Cubs thumped the visiting Phillies, 11-3. It was a different story when he did it again, on Fr...