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A previous post described an 1886 game in which the Cubs (then known as the White Stockings) received 14 walks. They won that game, 15-2. Twenty years later, the Cubs drew 14 walks again -- and...
Alma Lessie Noll Ames Simonson, 96, of Bemidji, died Saturday, May 25, 2007, at North Country Regional Hospital in Bemidji. A funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home of Bemidji with the Rev. Kent Dudley officia...
February 21, 2021 As a rule, teams tend to be less aggressive, and take fewer chances, when behind in games. The logic is sound, but at the same time, is it really necessary? Is there not often something to gain by pushing the envelope and putting pressure on the opposing side, regardless of the score? I asked that question to Derek Shelton earlier this week. “I think it’s game-situational,” the Pirates manager replied. “The question I would [throw] back to you — this is rhetorical, of course — is ‘What’s the variation in terms of number of runs when you start to take chances,...
Cubs who made team's only 3 hits of game By JohnW53 on Feb 18, 2021, 5:10am CST + All were singles -- and all were by the same batter, Orlando Arcia. That night, I examined each previous 3-hit shutout by a Cubs pitcher in search of any previous times that one player made each of the hits. It had happened only once before, in 1964, when Joe Christopher of the Mets had two singles, then a double, off Larry Jackson as the Cubs won at New York, 2-0. ... Recently, I came across a game in June of 1910 in which a lone Cub made all 3 of the team's hits. I decided to search for other such ...