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Second of 3 posts about notable season-ending games that the Cubs have played during their long history. .......... THWARTING THE CARDINALS Sept. 29, 1946 at St. Louis The Cardinals took a half...

Spoiler Alert! The Cubs haven't often played the role of spoiler in a pennant race. I wrote recently about the 1946 season, in which the third-place Cubs won 2 of 3 games at St. Louis on the...

2021 is the 75th anniversary of 1946, a year in which the Cubs were defending National League champions and posted a winning percentage they would not surpass until 1967. In 1945, they had been 9...

Previous anniversaries of Cubs first league game By JohnW53 on May 7, 2021, 4:43am CDT + The Cubs are scheduled to host the Pirates today, May 7 -- the 150th anniversary of their first "league" game, also played at home: their National Association debut, a victory over the Cleveland Forest Citys. After 3 innings at the Union Grounds, the White Stockings, as they were known then, led, 14-1. But they barely hung on to win, 14-12. I described that game in detail in a previous post. Th...

145-year chain of Cubs middle infielders By JohnW53 on Dec 22, 2020, 6:23am CST + If you did, and thought it was silly, you likely will find this just as silly. If you did, and thought it was fascinating, you may find this equally fascinating: It is possible to make a similar chain of 61 alternating shortstops and second baseman that span all 145 seasons of the Cubs National League history. ... As with the pitchers and catchers, this chain of double play partners consists not just o...