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Jerry Pritikin, now 86, has done much of his cheering for the Cubs in character as "The Bleacher Preacher."

Jerry Pritikin, now 86, has done much of his cheering for the Cubs in character as "The Bleacher Preacher."

Second in a series of post about notable season-ending games that the Cubs have played during their long history. .......... THWARTING THE CARDINALS Sept. 29, 1946 at St. Louis The Cardinals...

Second of 2 posts about Cubs who reached base on dropped fly balls .......... Since Opening Day of 1914, first season for which baseball-reference.com has searchable play-level data, the Cubs...

A previous post, prompted by an untimely error by Ian Happ, examined fly balls dropped by Cubs in the outfield. Prominent in that post was an account of the ball muffed by Brant Brown at Milwaukee...

A week ago today, Kyle Tucker of the Astros walked on a 3-2 pitch leading off the fourth inning at home against the Astros. On the next 2 pitches, he stole second and third. In the sixth, with 1...

With 2 out and nobody on base in the top of the sixth inning on Sunday at Texas, Rubicio Dubon of the Astros hit a home run, tying the score at 4 Jose Altuve, up next, also homered, breaking the...

The first game of tomorrow's doubleheader at Cincinnati will be the 2,400th between the Cubs and Reds since 1890, when the Reds joined the National League following 8 seasons in the rival American...

On Thursday, the Cubs defeated the Pirates, 5-4, in 10 innings. They had not played more than than 9 innings in their previous 42 games, while going 27-15, since a 7-6 victory in 11 innings at...

As a baseball fan, you certainly know that the longest hitting streak in the Major Leagues is 56 games, by Joe DiMaggio of the Yankees in 1941. As a Cubs fan, you may know that the longest hitting...