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share-square-1078505 MINNEAPOLIS -- All of the roster chaos created by the pandemic-impacted 2020 season had one interesting side effect: unusual uniform numbers became more prevalent around the Majors as clubs dug deep into their depth to call up players who, in many cases, had those "extra" numbers assigned to them in Spring Training. In fact, baseball finally saw every jersey number from 0 to 99 worn in an MLB game when the Yankees assigned No. 89 to Miguel Yajure on Aug. 20. The Twins narrowly missed being part of history, as Minnesota right-hander Edwar Colina was one month too late to b...

Cubs lineup: 'Hometown Heroes' P : Toby Kaufmann Admittedly, not exactly Murderer's Row. But each of them truly is a hometown hero. Each and every one was born in Chicago. .......... FAN FAVORITE 'PHILLIABUCK' Cavarretta's name, if not his nickname, is familiar to most long-time Cubs fans. He joined the Cubs in 1934, when he was just 17 years old, and played for them for 20 seasons, through 1953. He was the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1945, when he led the Major Leagues in batting average (.355) and on-base percentage (.449). A career-high .500 slugging mark made his OPS .949, m...

14 Cubs form chain that spans 145 seasons By JohnW53 on Dec 20, 2020, 7:35am CST 1 Some years ago, an enterprising baseball historian figured out how to make a chain of just 9 players that spanned the history of Major League Baseball. It began with Harry Wright of the 1869 Cincinnati Reds, the first professional team. In his final season, another player was a rookie, and it that player's final season, a third player was a rookie, and so on to the current season. (I hunted for the story online but could not find it.) I wondered how few players it would take to do something similar...

December 17, 2020 The year 2020 has not been filled with good news as far as baseball is concerned, but on Wednesday, some arrived. After lengthy study, Major League Baseball announced that it will officially recognize seven professional Negro Leagues that operated between 1920 and 1948 as major leagues. For as overdue as the decision is, it’s first and foremost an official acknowledgement — as if one was needed — that the baseball played in those leagues at a time when MLB’s shameful color line was in effect was of comparable quality. “In the minds of baseball fans worldwide, this...

Cubs catcher's fiery farewell, Part 1 By JohnW53 on Dec 16, 2020, 7:07am CST + Many players, upon leaving the Cubs or other Major League teams, have written letters to their teammates and fans, often paying significant amount for them to appear as full-page advertisements in newspapers. More than 120 years ago, catcher Tim Donahue of the Orphans, as the Cubs then were known, wrote a farewell letter of a distinctly different kind, a letter that the Chicago Tribune printed in full, for free: ... "Former Comrades: "Ye called me knocker, and ye did well to call me such. Upon the West ...