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29 years ago today The Blue Jays won their first World Series. It always seems that our first World Series win isn’t as celebrated as our second one, likely because it didn’t end in a walk-off...
Two of the most exciting plays in baseball are a grand slam and a ninth-inning home run. The Cubs have hit 340 grand slams in regular-season games since the creation of the National League in...
Cubs' longest streaks vs. rivals, Part 1 By JohnW53 on Feb 25, 2021, 4:51am CST + If they win, it will be their 11th consecutive home victory over the Pirates. That would be the Cubs' second-longest streak of success against any visiting team since World War II! ......... On Sept. 11-14, 1944, the Cubs and Reds played a 5-game series in Chicago. The Reds won the first day, 6-5 in 10 innings. After a rainout, Cincinnati won the opener of a doubleheader, 4-1. Those 2 losses made the Cubs 1-7-1 for the season when hosting the Reds. They won Game 2, 3-2, only to lose the first game t...
The most memorable walkoff wins in Cubs history, Part 4: American League teams Share this story Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images In Part 3 of this series, we looked at memorable walkoff wins since 1916 that the Cubs have had against the eight NL expansion-era teams (the Brewers, of course, came to the NL when the AL expanded in 1998). Today, in the conclusion of this four-part series, we’ll check out the most memorable Cubs walkoff wins against American League teams: I wrote this regarding American League teams in Part 1 of this series: The Cubs have never had a walkoff win against the Ya...
145-year chain of Cubs middle infielders By JohnW53 on Dec 22, 2020, 6:23am CST + If you did, and thought it was silly, you likely will find this just as silly. If you did, and thought it was fascinating, you may find this equally fascinating: It is possible to make a similar chain of 61 alternating shortstops and second baseman that span all 145 seasons of the Cubs' National League history. ... As with the pitchers and catchers, this chain of double play partners consists not just of a shortstop and second baseman who were ON the team in the same season. It consists of a shortsto...