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When Cubs won pennant on final day By JohnW53 on Dec 15, 2020, 1:50am CST + They wrapped up the National League Central Division in 2017 on Wednesday, with 4 days to go. In 2007, they did it on Friday, with 2 days to go. The Cubs celebrated pennants in 1938 and 1945, and division titles, in 2003 and 2020, on Saturdays, with 1 day left -- in 1938, by winning Game 2 of a doubleheader; in 1945 and 2003, by sweeping twin bills. They won the 1908 NL crown with a 4-2 victory at New York on the season's final day, Thursday, Oct. 8, in the reply of the famous "Merkle's Boner" game at the ...

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...

Cap Anson miscellany (funny stuff!) By JohnW53 on Dec 12, 2020, 7:06am CST + One of the delights of any kind of historical research is to come across some wholly unexpected aspect of the topic. It may not fit into the narrative being researched, but that makes it no less interesting, especially if it is funny. And it still may shed new light on, or provide new insight into, the character or personality of a person or organization. Following are just a few of the surprises that I encountered while researching various parts of the life of Hall of Famer Cap Anson, who was player-mana...

Cap Anson, Chicago city clerk, Park 2 By JohnW53 on Dec 11, 2020, 3:41am CST + ......... By May of 1906, Cap Anson had been Chicago's city clerk for a little over a year, during which he had become embroiled in a number of disputes. One battle, over whether a friend whom Anson had appointed as chief clerk was a permanent or temporary hire, ended only when the city's Civil Service Commission froze the payroll for Anson's department. But that was small potatoes compared to what came next. ... MERIT BOARD AFTER ANSON, Charges Commission Thinks of Try- ing to Get Him Before the Counci...

Cap Anson, Chicago city clerk, Park 1 By JohnW53 on Dec 10, 2020, 5:53am CST + Imagine if Michael Jordan, after leading the Bulls to their 6 NBA championships, had run for city office in Chicago. That's pretty much what happened in 1906, when Cap Anson, legendary player-manager of the Cubs from 1876-97, entered the race for city clerk. In some ways, Anson was even more of an icon in Chicago in the early 20th Century than Jordan was near the century's end. The Cubs, first known as the White Stockings, then as the Colts, were the city's only professional sports team. There was no NB...