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Two weeks before the Chicago Cubs were set to play their first game under Wrigley Field’ s $5 million permanent lighting system, Newfeld stood outside the stadium during a Cubs Care fundraiser, for which the lights had been switched on. Wrigley Field had hosted events after dark previously— they just weren’ t Major League Baseball games. Lights were strung across...

A previous post looked at the most days between grand slams by Cubs. Another looked at the longest gaps between walk-offs. Today: droughts between walk-off home runs. ... The Cubs' most recent...

Since 1901, Cubs have played 25 games that ended in extra innings with both teams having scored at least 10 runs. They have won 13 and lost 12. The first was not until 1935, a 14-13 loss at home...

June 25 was the 105th anniversary of a peculiar achievement. On that Thursday afternoon, the Cubs demolished the Cardinals, 14-0, to the delight of 3,000 fans at Weeghman Park, today's Wrigley...

The Cubs have had only 1 walk-off win this season, on April 10, when they beat the Mariners, 3-2, on a 1-out, 10th-inning single by Nico Hoerner that scored Nick Madrigal from third. Today is the 1...

As the legal director for the Center for Inquiry, I got to spend Tuesday, July 18, back in my old stomping grounds of D.C., attending a program at the Department of Education organized by the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. The title of the program was “Free to Learn: Inclu ...

I think we can all agree that the on-field product has gone the way of Bally Sports over the past month. A season that seemed full of promise is now hanging on by a thread (and the sudden...

Second of 2 posts about 4-3 victories by the Cubs in the Modern Era. .......... How rare is a 4-3 win? The Cubs have had 518 through Friday's over the Cardinals. They have played 19,116 games...

Striker Ronan Murray hit a first half hat-trick as Towns U18s won their annual friendly against Sole Bay United 6-0 on a windy Southwold Common. Tom Eastman, Jamie Griffiths and a Sole Bay defender completed the scoring.

A previous 2-part post described the Cubs' final games at more than 2 dozen National League park over the past 70 years. Today: the Cubs' first games at the current home park of each of their...