Written by Bruce Weirauch, June 2nd-1957 Moe Drabowsky sets a National League record for the most hit batsmen in a single game when he plunks four Reds in the Cubs’ 4-3 loss at Crosley Field. Cincinnati’s right fielder Frank Robinson is drilled in consecutive innings by the...
Written by Bruce Weirauch, The day after Kerry Wood is drafted by the Chicago Cubs, his Grand Prairie high school coach pitches him in both ends of a double header, throwing 177 pitches. June 2 1995. Cubs officials, who had selected Wood with the fourth overall pick in the draft two days...
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June 1, 1961 At Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia, the Chicago Cubs defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 10-3. Don Zimmer homers, singles, scores 3 runs and drives in 3 runs.
Written by Bruce Weirauch, June 1, 2003 After being taunted by Twinkie-waving fans in the left-field bleachers, the not-so-svelte Lance Berkman, during a pitching change in the seventh inning, gestures to his Wrigley Field tormentors to throw him one of the sponge cake snacks, which he...
Written by Bruce Weirauch, June 1, 1995 Cubs select Kerry Wood (born June 16, 1977) the 4th overall pick in the MLB draft. He spent three years playing in the minors leagues. His best season in the Minors came in 1996, when he posted a 10–2 record for the Daytona Cubs. He also played...
