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A number of building blocks for the 1984 team were acquired the previous year.

The Bedford County Agricultural Society is proud to present the second annual Gary Martz Memorial night of stock car racing on Friday night of the Great Bedford Fair.

The Bedford Area School District board owes the community an update about the stalled renovation project at the high school, according to board President Tom Bullington, who wants to hold

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Two games remain in the 2022 season.

Heading into Wednesday night's game at Pittsburgh, Cubs relievers have pitched 29.2 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run. That is just 1 out short of the team record, 30.0, set Aug....

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...

Longest saves by Cubs pitchers By JohnW53 on Apr 18, 2021, 7:04am CDT + On April 8, Craig Kimbrel recorded his 350th career save -- his first that required 5 outs. Since then, when the Cubs have had a lead after 6 innings, several fans have half-jokingly suggested Kimbrel be brought in for a 3-inning save. ... 2,901 saves. (Saves became an official statistic only in 1969, but the rules for awarding a save were applied retroactively to earlier seasons.) 354 different pitchers are cre...

MLBs milestone players: 10,000th-19,000th By JohnW53 on Apr 17, 2021, 6:58am CDT + 20,000th player since the the first game played in the National Association, the first true league. Through Thursday, the count stood at 19,944. This is the second of 2 posts looking at the players who were the 1,000th, 2,000th, etc., to appear in a big league game. This post covers the 10,000th through 19,000th. .......... Andy Kosco, pinch hitter, age 23, for Minnesota Twins, American League Kosco ...

Power In The House: Trailblazers find new way of scoring Trailblazers find new way of scoring Pete Hayes, phayes@thetelegraph.com FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 LCCC’s Nick Wilke rounds the bases after slugging a walk-off home run against North Central College Saturday in Godfrey. The Trailblazers won 12-10. Wilke, a sophomore from Holt, Mo., had fiver homers on the season heading into Tuesday’s game at St. Charles Community College.Nathan Woodside | For The TelegraphShow MoreShow Less 2of3 LCC...