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On this date, 150 years ago, the Cubs played the latest regular-season game in their history. Their final game of 1871 wasn't supposed to have been played on Monday, Oct. 30. Nor was it supposed...
Previous anniversaries of Cubs' first league game By JohnW53 on May 7, 2021, 4:43am CDT + The Cubs are scheduled to host the Pirates today, May 7 -- the 150th anniversary of their first "league" game, also played at home: their National Association debut, a victory over the Cleveland Forest Citys. After 3 innings at the Union Grounds, the White Stockings, as they were known then, led, 14-1. But they barely hung on to win, 14-12. I described that game in detail in a previous post. Then I wondered how the Cubs had fared on other significant anniversaries of that historic win. Here ...
share-square-1295079 CINCINNATI -- The Reds were baseball’s first professional franchise, but their name has had multiple variations over the past century and a half. In 1869, Harry Wright formed the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the team played its home games at Union Grounds, which was located just west of downtown. The team name originated from the high red socks or stockings the team wore with its knee-length pants. The barnstorming Red Stockings were 57-0 in their first season, but the team disbanded in 1870 and Wright -- and his brother George – went on to help found the Boston Red S...