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JR

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1440 on: May 30, 2023, 05:40:17 pm »
We shouldn't be accepting mediocrity when it comes to our bobblehead dolls.

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1441 on: May 30, 2023, 06:51:23 pm »
If enough people do the exchange, the wrong one could be worth $$$ one day.

JeffH

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1442 on: May 30, 2023, 07:27:33 pm »
This is just inexcusable…

https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/cubs/cubs-apologize-after-billy-williams-bobbleheads-have-wrong-jersey-number

This is the same organization that left out the apostrophe in "Let's play two" on Ernie's statue.  QC is not an organizational strength.
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CurtOne

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1443 on: May 30, 2023, 07:36:57 pm »
Bastards

Reb

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1444 on: May 30, 2023, 10:44:33 pm »
This is the same organization that left out the apostrophe in "Let's play two" on Ernie's statue.  QC is not an organizational strength.

Actually, Illinois law prohibits the use of apostrophes on public statues. This goes back to circa 1818 and was a condition of Illinois statehood. The legislative history explains why, stating that the purpose of the prohibition was “to round up and confiscate superfluous apostrophes from, for example, fruit and vegetable stalls where potato's, tomato's and apple's are openly on sale. Its second is to redistribute as many as possible of these impounded apostrophes, restoring missing apostrophes where they have been lost, mislaid or deliberately hijacked.” The provision was informally titled “The Jane Austin Provision” because of her notoriously inconsistent use of the apostrophe in her works and was also applied to several other states admitted to the Union during that period. The practice ended in 1850 when California was admitted to the Union and insisted that it be able to use the apostrophe on public statues as it saw fit.


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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1445 on: June 04, 2023, 05:42:01 pm »
Don’t see this kind of argument much anymore, for better or worse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mICMIRf7xmE

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1446 on: June 07, 2023, 12:42:34 pm »
A FB post by BN just reminded me that today is the 20th anniversary of the Wood/Clemens matchup at Wrigley.

You could have heard a pin drop at Wrigley that day…and then an ambulance wail cut the silence…and Choi was never the same.

And then Eric Karros became a Cub, ruining Clemens big day and sending everyone home happy!

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1447 on: June 20, 2023, 10:07:07 am »
Former Cubs reliever George Frazier has passed away. He was 68.

He came over with Ron Hassey and Rick Sutcliffe in the 1984 trade that propelled the Cubs to the NLCS.

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1448 on: June 29, 2023, 06:46:50 pm »
Al Yellon, of Bleedcubbieblue showed a table listing the names of 10 Cub pitchers who finished the season with ERAs over 6 while starting at least 13 games.  James Taillon may join them this fall – in fact he has a head start as his ERA is currently higher than any of their ERAS.  Can you name them?

He pitched 3 complete games for the Cubs in the 1918 World Series losing one of the three to Babe Ruth 1-0.

A Yale graduate he led NL hurlers in wins, complete games, and innings pitched for 3 consecutive years.

He picked up the Cubs first victory against the White Sox in interleague play.

He was traded to the Cubs for Carlos Zambrano

He was signed to a four-year $52 million contract

Both his father and grandfather were MLB pitchers, making him the first third-generation pitcher in MLB history.

He was on the mound when Mark McGwire hit his record-tying 61st HR.

Before being a member of the Cubs, he had a 1.04 post season ERA with the Royals while leading them to a World Series victory.

A journeyman he may be best known for being the first MLB pitcher to throw a major league pitch in China while starting an exhibition game for the Padres.

Within a two-year span, he led MLB in wins, pitched a no-hitter, won the Cy Young award and received A Silver Slugger Award.

JeffH

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1449 on: June 29, 2023, 07:20:51 pm »
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Kevin Foster

Chris Volstad

Edwin Jackson

Casey Coleman

Mike Morgan

Danny Jackson

Justin Germano (good grief!!!)

Jake Arrieta

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1450 on: July 17, 2023, 09:38:38 pm »
Happy Birthday and Hotty Toddy to Donnie Baseball!

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1451 on: August 18, 2023, 01:52:55 am »
Pitch count? What pitch count?

1961 Koufax 13 inning CG against the Cubs.

205 total pitches.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN196109200.shtml

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1452 on: September 08, 2023, 08:43:40 pm »
WGN broadcast of last two innings of Don Cardwell ‘s no-hitter in 1960. Cardwell making Cubs debut after trade.

Cubs fans join celebration on field after final out. Uh, security a bit tighter these days. Even has interview with Cubs GM John Holland being congratulated about the trade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZgFuWfdgZ4

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1453 on: September 09, 2023, 12:42:34 am »
There’s another Youtube video (in color) with last three innings of Jim Maloney’s 10-inning no-hitter in 1965 against Cubs in Wrigley.

Larry Jackson pitched CG 1-0 loss. Maloney entered 10th inning having thrown 173 pitches and then threw another 15 or so to complete the No-No.

When Men Were Men.

davep

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1454 on: September 09, 2023, 09:18:05 am »
When men weren't coached and trained into throwing 5 - 7 MPH faster than their previous norm.