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In 1933, Norman used her Cubs connection and brought a Kewanee home-grown southpaw to Chicago for an informal tryout

You may remember Nico Hoerner's first game as a Cub. On Sept. 9, 2019, he batted sixth and played shortstop at San Diego. Hoerner singled leading off the second inning, hit into a forceout in the...

David Bote's ninth-inning, base-loaded home run that beat the Nationals, 4-3, on Aug. 12, 2018, is unique among Cubs homers. In fact, there has been only 1 other such "Ultimate Slam" in the entire...

Eleventh in a series of posts about how the identity of the Cubs' greatest rival has changed over the years. .......... As noted in the first post of this series, most Cubs fans today would agree...

This one doesn’t appear to have many clues... but it was actually pretty easy.

Another way to think about how a guy's results might change. Also: dang that Rizzo at bat was awesome. You better remember which one.

Second of 2 posts about Bill "Swish" Nicholson, who on July 23, 1944, became only the third batter to be walked intentionally with the bases loaded. Since then, just 2 more have been walked on...

There can be no greater compliment to a Major League batter than to be walked intentionally with the bases loaded. You may remember it happening to Barry Bonds. That was in 1998, with 2 outs in...

On June 16, 1913, pitcher "Rube" Marshall of the Phillies walked 5 consecutive Cubs in the seventh inning. This in the second of 2 posts about that game and whether the Cubs ever received 5 walks...

Second of 3 posts about the Cubs' extra-inning games in the post season. They played a 12-inning tie against the Tigers in the 1907 World Series, beat the Athletics in 10 innings in 1910 and lost...