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Quick Results Nikita Charisma & Michael Schenkenberg pinned Tim Stübing & Leon van Gasteren in 13:47 (**¾) Robert Dreissker pinned Paris in 5:17 (**) Aytac pinned The Rotation in 6:47 (**¼) Icarus & Dover pinned Dennis Dullnig & Hektor Invictus in 12:47 (***) We open with a recap of last week, as Dave Bradshaw’s on English commentary from the Steffy in Oberhausen… before we’re thrown to some footage from “earlier today” with the Pretty Bastards. It’s an interview with Dään Jokisch, but they chase him away… the cameras still roll as the Bastards argue about how their plan fe...

Cubs' oldest position players, pitchers By JohnW53 on Apr 12, 2021, 6:22am CDT + Who was the oldest in the Modern Era? Who was their oldest pitcher? Who was their oldest pitcher in his final season? Each of those questions has a different answer. .......... Nearly 125 years after his final game, Cap Anson remains the oldest player in franchise history to appear anywhere other than on the mound. The last game of his remarkable, 27-season career -- No. 2,524 overall and No. 2,277 for Chicago -- came on Oct. 3, 1897. That day, Anson was 45 years, 169 days old. He had been 19 days p...

Evolution of Cubs' career hits record, Part 3 By JohnW53 on Mar 12, 2021, 4:23am CST + .......... 3,012 hits during his 22 seasons with the team, 1876-97. Jimmy Ryan, a longtime teammate of Anson's, left the team after 1900 with 2,084 hits. That ranked him second, a position he maintained until 1946, when Stan Hack raised his total to 2,128. A year earlier, Hack had become the leader among players whose careers began in or after 1901, the start of the Modern Era. After 1946, Hack led Gabby Harnett, runnerup among the "moderns" by 261 hits. Only 15 Cubs had produced at least 1,0...

Cubs' longest streaks of scoring 0-2 runs By JohnW53 on Mar 4, 2021, 6:46am CST + You probably remember the 5 consecutive games in 2018 in which they scored exactly 1 run. In 2015, they scored 10 runs during 8 straight games while tallying , 7 different 0-2 droughts that lasted 4 games. 19 total stretches of at least 2 runs. They have had 90 such stretches since 1901, the first year of the Modern Era, which is an average of 3 during every 4 seasons. ......... Their longest run of futility came in May of 1988. On Sunday, the 8th, the Cubs outslugged the visiting Giants, 13-7...

Cubs leadoff hitters through the years By JohnW53 on Feb 7, 2021, 4:51am CST + It's possible to win a title without having a high-average leadoff man. The Cubs proved it in 2020, winning the Central Division despite ranking last of all 30 Major League teams in batting average for players who started games at the top of the batting order. The Cubs' .211 average was 4 points behind that of the second-worst Reds, 6 behind the No. 28 Brewers and 10 behind the co-No. 26 Pirates and Rangers. All 25 other teams had an average of at least .230 by their leadoff man. The Marlins ranked 21s...