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On Sept. 19, in the eighth inning, with 1 out and nobody on base, Nico Hoerner and Dansby Swanson singled. On an 0-2 pitch, Cody Bellinger homered to center. After the Cubs' concluded their 14-1...

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...

Seventh and last in a series of posts .......... On Feb. 13, 1909, Cubs player-manager Frank Chance completed the long drive to Chicago from his winter home in California. "The peerless leader...

Third in a series of posts .......... Solly Hofman played in 86 games for the Cubs in 1905, his first full season, at 6 of 9 positions. In 1906, as the Cubs stormed to the pennant, Hofman played...

Second in a series of posts about the most consecutive complete games by a pitcher in the Modern Era: 186, by Jack Taylor, in 1901-06. The first 88 and the last 8 came as a Cub. .......... After...

Say the name "Kuhn" to a baseball fan and he likely will be reminded of Bowie Kuhn, the sport's commissioner in 1969-84. Add the name "Charlie" and the fan may think of Charlie Finley, owner of...

Today is the 114th anniversary of the only time that the Cubs won a league or division title on the final day of the season: a 4-2 victory over the Giants at the Polo Grounds in New York. The game...

Cubs who made teams only 3 hits of game By JohnW53 on Feb 18, 2021, 5:10am CST + All were singles -- and all were by the same batter, Orlando Arcia. That night, I examined each previous 3-hit shutout by a Cubs pitcher in search of any previous times that one player made each of the hits. It had happened only once before, in 1964, when Joe Christopher of the Mets had two singles, then a double, off Larry Jackson as the Cubs won at New York, 2-0. ... Recently, I came across a game in ...