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Dave23

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1485 on: February 05, 2024, 09:02:46 pm »
Cubs win 4-2 despite being shut out thru 8…Fergie throws his 11th complete game in a row…
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« Reply #1486 on: February 05, 2024, 10:51:26 pm »
Quote from: Dave23 on February 05, 2024, 07:07:12 pm
There is a Cubs/Giants game from 1972 on Marquee right now. Fergie is pitching vs. Steve Stone. Dave Kingman is playing 3B for the Giants……

The mention of Fergie Jenkins recalls how the Cubs got Jenkins in the first place and two great trades pulled off by the Cubs.

Trade #1: After the 1962 season, Cubs traded George Altman and Don Cardwell to the Cards and got back the fine reliever Lindy McDaniel and, most importantly, SP Larry Jackson.

Larry Jackson is so underrated historically. Career WAR of 52. In three seasons with Cubs, Jackson won 52 games with a 112 ERA+. Jackson retired after a season when he had a ERA of 2.77 in 243 IP, in part, to get into politics, and could have won a lot more than the 194 career wins that he had.

Trade #2: after those three very successful Cubs seasons, Cubs in 1966 traded Jackson (and Bob Buhl) to Phillies for Fergie Jenkins (and Adolfo Phillips). Cubs got a future HOFer back for Jackson. Two terrific trades.
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« Reply #1487 on: February 06, 2024, 09:56:21 am »
Quote from: Dave23 on February 05, 2024, 07:13:20 pm
https://uni-watch.com/2014/01/09/cubs-1972-uni-design-was-the-result-of-a-manufactuers-error/

The game referenced in this article is the actual game being shown right now.

Those uniforms also show up in the King of the Hill documentary.  I always thought those centered numbers were just a result of 1970's design weirdness.  Kind of cool that was actually a mistake, and they decided to keep it.
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Dave23

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1488 on: February 06, 2024, 10:38:03 am »
I think they’re pretty cool, personally…
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« Reply #1489 on: February 07, 2024, 03:14:40 am »
I always thought those '72 road uniforms with the centered front number were light blue from looking at baseball cards:

https://vintagecardprices.com/pics/1860/145648.jpg

It was a little surprising to learn that they were actually gray, and that the light blue didn't make its comeback until the next design, which was unquestionably light blue:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FEmDommWYAISsbC.jpg

I'm still looking for a picture of the *backs* of the light-blue 1940s road uniforms, which were amazingly ahead of their time.  The "CHICAGO" on the front is in white with blue borders, and I wonder if the numbers on the back are too.
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Dave23

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1490 on: February 21, 2024, 11:55:21 am »
Tomorrow night at 7p CT on MLBN, there’s going to be a show dedicated to Game 7.

Tom Verducci and Bob Costas will be joined by Joe Madden and Terry Francona to discuss that night.

Should be pretty great…
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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1491 on: February 21, 2024, 12:39:28 pm »
Thanks for the heads up, Dave.
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« Reply #1492 on: February 23, 2024, 12:18:03 am »
I really enjoyed watching Maddon and Francona commenting on the highlights of game 7.  Francona is quite a classy guy.
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Dave23

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1493 on: March 19, 2024, 01:58:44 pm »
Just saw this on FB, and I was a little surprised that I had never heard this story…

In May of 1969, Peter Cetera and three other members of the rock band Chicago (then known as The Chicago Transit Authority) were at Dodger Stadium for a game between the Dodgers and the Cubs. The Cubs won the ballgame 7-0, and at some point four disgruntled Dodgers fans - U.S. Marines no less - decided to take out their angst on Cetera, who was unabashedly celebrating. They broke Cetera's jaw in three places sending him to intensive care. Fast forward to later that summer, with Cetera's jaw still wired shut, the band was slated to record the song "25 or 6 to 4." It couldn't wait, and only Cetera could pull off the vocal. He recorded "25 or 6 to 4" - one of the great songs on the era - through gritted teeth. You may have heard this song hundreds of times and never known. But if you listen closely you can hear the words getting a little slurry at times. Surprisingly little, considering. But noticeable, given that Cetera's vocals are normally very clean. Anyway, if you like that song just how it is, you can thank four crabby Dodgers fans and Peter Cetera for his unflinching support for the Cubbies.
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« Reply #1494 on: March 26, 2024, 08:26:49 pm »
Need some advice again:  a am a minority owner of Mickey Mantle's boyhood home in Oklahoma.  The ownership recently voted down a proposal to make it into an Airbnb.  They are now considering turning the home into a Mantle museum, or the headquarters for the local Little Leagues (the backyard has been made into a Little League park), or, it will come up again, turn it into a rental property...long or short term.  Your ideas?
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davep

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« Reply #1495 on: March 26, 2024, 08:45:35 pm »
The Airbnb might work.  Is there someone there locally to manage it?
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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1496 on: March 26, 2024, 09:01:18 pm »
Quote from: davep on March 26, 2024, 08:45:35 pm
The Airbnb might work.  Is there someone there locally to manage it?
Yes.  I voted for it, but it lost 56% to 42%.  I know, 2% voted for something else.
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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1497 on: March 27, 2024, 01:52:22 am »
What are the objections to that idea?
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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1498 on: March 27, 2024, 02:24:35 am »
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« Reply #1499 on: March 27, 2024, 10:16:53 am »
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