Written By Bruce Weirauch, June 26, 1920- Lou Gehrig hits his first home run in a major league ballpark, going deep at Wrigley Field in Chicago,IL then known as Cubs Park, in a high school championship game between the NYC School of Commerce and Chicago’s Lane Tech. The 17 year-old...
Written By Bruce Weirauch, June 26, 1960- With the help of Chicago Cubs Rookie Ron Santo, making his major league debut, the Cubs sweep a doubleheader from first-place Pittsburgh Pirates, 7-5 and 7-6. The rookie third baseman, who went on to have a Hall of Fame caliber career will be...
Written By Bruce Weirauch, June 25, 2008- A distraught spectator jumps onto the field and charges the mound toward Bob Howry after the Chicago Cub reliever blows an 8-3 ninth-inning lead to the Colorado Rockies at Wrigley Field. The fan will make it within a few feet from his intended...
Written By Bruce Weirauch, June 25, 1943 With the first pitch thrown at 6 p.m., the Chicago Cubs right-hander Hi Bithorn shuts out the St Louis Cardinals, 6-0, in a twilight game played at Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL. Under current baseball interpretations, the two-hour, 17-minute...
Written By Bruce Weirauch, June 25, 1998 Chicago Cubs Slugger Sammy Sosa breaks the major league record for homers in a single month when he hits his 19th dinger in June, a seventh-inning solo shot off Detroit Tiger Brian Moehler in the Cubs’ 6-4 loss to the Tigers at Tiger Stadium...
