Cubs' longest homers before 1900, Part 1
Cubs' longest homers before 1900, Part 1 By JohnW53 on Dec 13, 2020, 6:46am CST 2 This one is for ernaga, loyal BCB reader and fellow lover of Cubs history, who posted this comment in response to my 2-part post about the Cubs' "bounced" home runs: "In your extensive pre-1900 research, have you found contemporaneous accounts that draw frequent reference to home runs of exceptional distance as often as they apparently do to these bounce-ins?" .......... The longest home run likely hit by any Cub in the 19th Century reportedly traveled a long, long way. No, not the homer hit by Jimm...
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