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I recently wrote that the Cubs have hit back-to-back home runs to win a game only twice in the entire Modern Era. The first time was on April 16, 2004, when Sammy Sosa and Moises Alou homered to...
Cubs historical sleuthing: Leo Durocher edition Share this story Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Leo Durocher made a career out of arguing with umpires. Per baseball-reference, he was ejected 100 times during his managing career, third-most among all managers. (Bobby Cox and John McGraw lead the list.) Now, what we are looking at here is not necessarily an ejection, but after going through a number of possibilities, that’s where I looked, and found the answer. First, though, let’s establish a couple of other things and for that, I’ll show you the entire photo: Photo by Focus on Spo...