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Bennett

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #885 on: July 03, 2017, 04:31:29 pm »

Please read this timely ESPN article.

1918 World Series key in US love affair with national anthem


 
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The World Series was in town, with the Cubs hosting Babe Ruth and the Boston Red Sox. The Chicago games were played at Comiskey Park, the home of the White Sox, instead of their new home at Wrigley Field, what was called Weegham Park at the time, because it held more fans. But in a city jittery over the bombing and weary from the war, Game 1 that day attracted fewer than 20,000 fans, the smallest World Series crowd in years.

 
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A few fans began to sing. Then others joined in "and when the final notes came, a great volume of melody rolled across the field," the Times reported. And when it ended, "onlookers exploded into thunderous applause and rent the air with a cheer that marked the highest point of the day's enthusiasm." The Red Sox went on to win the game and the series, part of a Cubs' championship drought that ended up lasting 108 years but was a mere decade old in 1918.

 
http://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=19797748


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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #887 on: July 14, 2017, 10:33:22 am »
Times must be tough for Sammy if he has to become a pimp to make ends meet.

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #888 on: July 14, 2017, 11:10:16 am »
Don't show that picture to Sailorgirl, she is terrified of clowns.

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #889 on: July 14, 2017, 01:10:58 pm »
The Dominican Willy Wonka
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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #890 on: July 14, 2017, 09:50:04 pm »
Please read this timely ESPN article.

1918 World Series key in US love affair with national anthem


 

 

 
http://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=19797748


The Babe Ruth Museum in Baltimore (near Camden Yards) has an introductory 7-minute video all about this subject.

They also have a Shoeless Joe Jackson bat that he gave to the Babe.




Bennett

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #894 on: August 07, 2017, 10:14:36 am »
ChicagoCubsOnline‏ @TheCCO  3h3 hours ago
 On this date in 2001, Home plate umpire Angel Hernandez ejected Steve ‘Mongo’ McMichael from Wrigley Field

There may be better videos available but I chose this one because it includes how the game ended.


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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #895 on: August 07, 2017, 01:17:06 pm »
And 16 years later, Angel Hernandez is still employed as a major league umpire.

By the way, RIP Don Baylor.

Bennett

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #896 on: September 07, 2017, 02:46:15 pm »
Another former Cubs manager has died.  Gene Michaels was 79

He managed the Cubs to a record of 46-56 in 1986 and 68-68 in 1987.

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #899 on: September 22, 2017, 11:26:35 am »
I don't think it has been mentioned anywhere else...did anyone else see how jacked Alfonso Soriano was when the cameras showed him in Tampa?

I can't even think of a comp...but his upper body was massive...
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