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Cubs' early walk-offs, Part 2 By JohnW53 on Feb 10, 2021, 3:52am CST + .......... FOURTH TIME'S THE CHARM In the ninth inning of a 2-2 game at New York on July 9, 1890, a 1-out double and an infield error put runners on the corners for the Colts, as the team now was known. The next batter fanned, bringing up Walt Wilmot. The Chicago Tribune explained what happened next: "Wilmot, who had previously struck out three times, then sent a safe hit to left and the game was won." .......... The Cubs won 9 walk-offs at Cleveland, more than anywhere else on the road. On June 19, 1891, Cap ...

916: A new, notable number to know! By JohnW53 on Feb 8, 2021, 5:27am CST + It more than just the area code for Sacramento, Calif., and its suburbs. It's a notable number in the annals of the Cubs -- and a number that almost certainly has not been made known until now. It is the number of verifiable walk-off victories that the Cubs have recorded during the regular season during their 145 years in the National League. .......... PARTIAL LIST Do a search for walk-off wins by the Cubs at Baseball-Reference.com and you quickly get a list of 709 game-ending plays. 3.6 percent of all p...

Home runs hit by Cubs pitchers By JohnW53 on Feb 5, 2021, 6:34am CST + With the National League adopting the designated hitter for 2020, Cubs pitchers hit no home runs. They had hit at least 1 in each of the previous 19 seasons, the second-longest such streak in team history, surpassed only by 25 straight seasons, 1918-42. ... The first pitcher to hit a homer for the Cubs was Larry Corcoran, on June 20, 1882. The right hander was 22 years old, in his third season with the team then known as the White Stockings, when he hit an inside-the-park grand slam in the ninth inning of a 13-...

Hoffman Files There’s a lot to learn from “Hammerin'” Hank By Rob Hoffman on January 28, 2021 at 5:19 AM I’m sometimes asked why when it comes to the “Big Man” upstairs why I’m not much of a believer.  I often say that I want to believe, because who wouldn’t?  It’s hard though to be a true believer in any deity who would see fit to take from us Bob Gibson, Tom Seaver, and Henry Aaron while leaving Curt Schilling and Tom Brady to walk the planet unscathed.  In fact, perhaps it would be more revealing for me to state that while the book is still out on whet...

Cooperstown said good-bye to Joe Morgan, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, Whitey Ford, Al Kaline, Tom Seaver and Phil Niekro.  And the grieving has continued in 2021 with the deaths of Tommy Lasorda, Don Sutton and now perhaps the most painful loss of them all.  Aaron is still, in the minds of many, the all-time home run leader with 755. He also still holds several career offensive records, 45 years after he stopped playing. If Cooperstown holds a public induction ceremony this summer — they postponed inducting the 2020 class last year due to COVID-19 — the event will have a pall cast over it bec...