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WallyWood They don’t need Greinke, or even Verlander, next season. Without those 2 former Cy Young winners they still have 6 really good starting pitchers: Lance McCullers, Jake Odorizzi, Framber Valdez, Jose Urquidy, Luis Garcia, and Cristian Javier. And those two vets are their most expensive players, so all the money they will save goes to re-signing Correa to a long-term deal. No way will they let him walk like they did with Springer last year. Ronk325 So a rotation consisting of ...

The Cubs have retired 5 uniform numbers, honoring 6 players: 10: Ron Santo 14: Ernie Banks 23: Ryne Sandberg 26: Billy Williams 31: Ferguson Jenkins and Greg Maddux You probably knew those....

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...

This Date in Baseball (April 17 1892 — In the first Sunday game in National League history, Cincinnati defeated St. Louis 5-1. 1924 — Baby Doll Jacobson of the St. Louis Browns hit for the cycle in a 6-3 loss at the Chicago White Sox. 1932 — New York first baseman Bill Terry tied an NL record with 21 putouts as the Giants beat Boston 5-0 behind Hal Schumacher’s two-hitter. 1951 — In his first major league game, Mickey Mantle went 1-for-4 as the New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red...

Cubs oldest, youngest debuts by position players By JohnW53 on Apr 5, 2021, 6:07am CDT + Do you remember Al Heist? He played center field for the Cubs in 1960 and 1961. In 150 games, he batted .260/.338/.390. He hit 8 home runs in 555 plate appearances, including a walk-off grand slam against the Braves on April 15, 1961. That was his second career homer. His first had come Sept. 9, 1960, at St. Louis, in his 26th game as a Cub. He played 15 before the season ended, for a total of 4...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn The coming-of-age tale is adapted from Greg Neri’s book “Ghetto Cowboy." • 5 min read Idris Elba, left, and Caleb McLaughlin in a scene from the film "Concrete Cowboy." The way-cool sight of Idris Elba riding a horse on the streets of Philadelphia is bound to get you buzzed big time about what’s unique and unforgettable in “Concrete Cowboy,” the Black urban western (now on Netflix) t...

Top 60 All-Time Greatest Blue Jays: #16 John Olerud Share this story John Garrett Olerud | 1B | 1989-1996 John Olerud was born August 5, 1968, in Seattle, Washington. His father, also named John, played catcher for Washington State University and played professional ball, reaching Triple-A ball. The Blue Jays drafted John Jr. in the 3rd round of the 1989 amateur draft out of Washington State University, where he both pitched and played in the field. He was 26-4 as a pitcher in WSU. He is one of...

Rheal Cormier, the Canadian former Montreal Expos pitcher who spent 16 seasons in Major League Baseball, has passed away.

Rheal Cormier, the Canadian former Montreal Expos pitcher who spent 16 seasons in Major League Baseball, has passed away.

Billy Williams vs. American League pitchers By JohnW53 on Jan 26, 2021, 6:52am CST 1 ......... Making the All-Star team in Major League Baseball is never easy, but it was even more difficult if you were an outfielder in the National League in the 1960s and early 1970s. ... Billy Williams appeared in his first All-Star Game in 1962 and his last in 1973. During those 12 years, his regular-season slash line was .299/.366/.508. His OPS+ was 137. He batted at least .300 in 5 seasons, wit...