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As each new season begins, every batter hopes to get off to a strong start. Some achieve their goal. Others are bitterly disappointed. Using tools at baseball-reference.com, I developed lists of...
The Cubs go for the series win.
Today's game will be the Cubs' 151st season opener in league play. Their first was on May 8, 1871: a 14-12 victory over the visiting Cleveland Forest Citys at the Union Grounds in their National...
Second of 2 posts .......... During the 122 regular seasons of the Modern Era, the Cubs employed a pinch runner 3,074 times. The first was Frank Chance, at Brooklyn, on June 6, 1902; the most...
Second of 2 posts about the Cubs' previous seasons in years that ended in 3, plus those that came 125, 75 and 25 years ago. .......... 40 YEARS AGO: 1983 The Cubs' late-season collapse in 1973...