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Dave23

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1275 on: October 30, 2020, 07:24:02 pm »
No, but he might have eaten Hector...

Reb

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1276 on: October 31, 2020, 03:20:13 pm »
Found him...that WAS a tough one...and found some other interesting characters during the search...including perhaps the heaviest Cub ever...

Okay, Dave, time to go ahead and reveal the answer....and the heaviest Cub too if you’d like.

Reb

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1277 on: November 03, 2020, 11:21:53 am »
Here’s answer to latest quiz.

Pitched for Cubs in 1927 and won 299 games, mostly in minors. Players could make a living in minors in those days.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=brillh001jam

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1278 on: December 13, 2020, 03:21:40 pm »
Larry Himes Is An Idiot Department.

Peter Gammons has a piece up at The Athletic recounting some memorable Winter Meetings he’s attended.  One of his tidbits following Greg Maddux’ first Cy Young season when he hit free agency:

I told Cubs General Manager Larry Himes I had heard Greg Maddux was going to sign with the Braves and he answered, “the reason he had a big season was Mike Morgan was our number one.”

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1279 on: December 13, 2020, 04:17:27 pm »
Wow.


Now this is a subject upon which we can all agree, whatever other differences we may have.

Dave23

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1280 on: December 13, 2020, 04:55:31 pm »
A little late, but here’s my contender for heaviest Cub...

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownju01.shtml

Bennett

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1281 on: January 11, 2021, 12:00:26 am »
On January 11 in Baseball History...

1915 - Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Colonel Tillinghast L�Hommedieu Huston purchase the New York Yankees for $460,000.

1971 - Tigers pitcher John Hiller suffers a heart attack at age 27. He will miss the 1971 season before making a remarkable comeback.

1977 - The Cubs trade outfielder Rick Monday and pitcher Mike Garman to the Dodgers for first baseman Bill Buckner, shortstop Ivan DeJesus, and Minor League pitcher Jeff Albert. The trade solidifies the Cubs infield for the next five years, but the Dodgers will win three pennants in that span.

1983 - For the third time in eight years, George Steinbrenner hires Billy Martin as Yankee manager. Martin replaces Clyde King, who will move to the front office.

Bennett

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1282 on: January 15, 2021, 11:32:44 am »


The 2004 Cubs finished third in the NL Central with a 89-73 record.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/2004.shtml

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1283 on: January 16, 2021, 12:35:39 pm »
Best rotation the Cubs have had in my lifetime, at least with a 5 man rotation.  Maddux was past his prime at this point, and Clement never reached his potential, but both of them would rank just a level below Hendricks on the current rotation.

Jenkins, Holtzman and Hand would be 1 through 3 on our current staff, in my opinion, but the 69 team had nothing else.

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1284 on: January 16, 2021, 12:56:00 pm »
So the WS champion group of Arrieta, Lester, Hendricks, Lackey, doesn't even rank?

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1285 on: February 27, 2021, 04:39:37 pm »
https://www.mlb.com/news/best-baseball-cap-for-every-team?t=offbeat

Their selection for the Cubs is the cap worn in 1914


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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1286 on: February 27, 2021, 07:33:41 pm »
I love that cap, but I love the uniform that has that logo on the chest even more:



It was only in 1914 that they put the bear logo on the hat (and put CUBS across the front of the jersey), but I like the look with the bear logo on the jersey and just the C on the hat.
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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1288 on: March 21, 2021, 12:45:58 pm »
Tim Sheridan  @BoysOfSpring  2h
Happy 58th Birthday to ex-#Cubs SS Shawon Dunston! Straight outta #Brooklyn with an absolute rocket launcher for an arm. 18 year MLB career & one of my favorite names to announce back in the day.




One of my all-time favorite Cubs players

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1289 on: March 30, 2021, 02:32:05 pm »
I just watched yesterday's replay of the 2016 WS game 7.  What a game!  So many small things that were huge in the end including Bryant's great base running (scoring from third on a shall sac fly and scoring from first on a single), Ross' HR off Miller, Chapman's gutty performance in the 9th inning, Almora's tag up from 1st to 2nd in the 10th, and Miggy's add on RBI in the 10th.  Just enough to overcome the negative plays (Lester's WPs, Chapman's disastrous 8th, Maddon's questionable strategy including in game 6). It's disappointing that the team hasn't gotten back to the WS but let's not forget what this group accomplished.