Written by Brett Parsons, CUBS WIN, CUBS WIN, CUBS WIN!!!FEELS SO GOOD TO SAY THAT AGAIN!ITS BEEN AWHILE, 6 DAYS!!BIG DAY FOR JHEY!! After a 4 day layoff , or kind of an All Star Break, Cubs get back to their winning ways!! After a 13-2 shellacking by the Royals in their last game...
Written by Bruce Weirauch, July 8, 1969 At Shea Stadium in New York, Don Young is roundly criticized by Chicago Cubs’ teammate Ron Santo for his two misplays in center field that help the NY Mets score three ninth-inning runs, resulting in a 4-3 walk-off victory and cutting...
Written by Bruce Weirauch Anthony Rizzo hit his first home run as a Chicago Cub on this day in 2012.It was a long and winding road for Rizzo to end up with the Cubs. He was drafted by the Red Sox in 2007, and his climb up the ladder was interrupted by a bout with cancer. Just as he...
Written By Bruce Weirauch, June 30, 1998 With an eighth-inning homer against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs’ slugger Sammy Sosa extends his major league record for home runs in a month, hitting his 20th round-tripper in June. At the start of July, the Chicago...
Written By Bruce Weirauch June 30, 1909 The Chicago Cubs spoil the Pittsburgh Pirates’ debut at Forbes Field, 3-2. The new state-of-the-art ballpark, named for General John Forbes, who was an officer in the French and Indian War, is the first stadium to be made completely of steel...
