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Dave23

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #1305 on: June 09, 2021, 11:40:42 am »
Crime Dog just came clean on MLB Central...he admitted he has never seen a Tom Emanski video...
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« Reply #1306 on: June 12, 2021, 08:42:47 pm »
Sunday is June 13.

June 13, 1984 is when Cubs and Indians made the 7-player trade that brought Rick Sutcliffe to the Cubs and helped make that Cubs team a dynamite club.

Cubs, of course, gave up Joe Carter—-who even then was obviously a stud.

As it happens, I saw Sutcliffe pitch in Baltimore while still with Cleveland in May....and he was awful...and stayed awful for another month until he got to the Cubs and was great from day one.

Anyway, a big anniversary Sunday if you loved the 1984 Cubs.
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« Reply #1307 on: June 12, 2021, 09:03:17 pm »
I hated losing Mel Hall…
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« Reply #1308 on: June 26, 2021, 05:18:31 pm »
Tony Campana has announced his retirement

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« Reply #1309 on: July 16, 2021, 09:55:16 pm »
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« Reply #1310 on: July 21, 2021, 09:55:22 am »
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« Reply #1311 on: July 25, 2021, 10:02:01 am »
July 25, 2015 

Cole Hamels became the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter against the Chicago Cubs in 50 years while leading Philadelphia to a 5-0 win. There was drama down to the final out, when rookie center fielder Odubel Herrera stumbled on the warning track, but managed to lean forward and catch Kris Bryants flyball to end the game. Hamels struck out 13 in the first no-hitter versus the Cubs since Sandy Koufax pitched a perfect game in 1965.
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« Reply #1312 on: July 30, 2021, 01:29:13 am »
Jon Greenberg:

People are mourning the loss of Rizzo the Cub, but he’ll never really leave. He’ll be one of those forever Cubs, soaking in the applause of the Cubs Convention, hanging around Wrigley Field, working for Marquee Sports Network, eating for free on his reputation until the downtown steakhouses are turned to dust.
And in 40 years, some young reporter will approach him on a dugout bench like we do with Billy Williams and ask Old Man Rizz about his glory days. And he’ll smile with a twinkle in his eye and tell some stories.
Rizzo came to Chicago as a beacon of hope. He leaves, for now, as the rare paragon for Cubs success.
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« Reply #1313 on: July 31, 2021, 12:20:22 pm »
Players left from the 2016 World Series Champions

Willson Contreras
Jason Heyward
Jake Arrieta
Kyle Hendricks
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« Reply #1314 on: July 31, 2021, 12:57:20 pm »
You know, Bennett, the weird thing about the no-no Hamels tossed against the Cubs was that, shortly thereafter, the Cubs took off on a MASSIVE run that changed everything for the franchise!  Cubs went on to make the playoffs and absolutely wipe the field with the Cardinals in 2015, before being blown away by Met pitching in the NLCS. 

Of course, the next year was OUR year!  All kick-started by the Cole Hamels no-hitter?

This year, we were looking damned good when the Mills+relievers no-no somehow happened - not long thereafter before we had our core-destroying 0-11 run that changed our Team in a completely different direction! 

I'm not at all sure how to think about no-hitters by or against the Cubs any more!
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« Reply #1315 on: August 11, 2021, 04:51:03 pm »
Never heard this before

Fergie Jenkins  @fergieajenkins  23h
Thank you @bigleaguechew for the custom pouches honoring my career.I always blew bubbles when I pitched, Cubs owner Philip Wrigley called Leo Durocher into his office & said, “Go talk to Jenkins, I know he isn’t chewing my Wrigley gum because you can’t blow bubbles with it.”
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« Reply #1316 on: August 13, 2021, 01:34:22 am »
Quote from: Bennett on July 31, 2021, 12:20:22 pm
Players left from the 2016 World Series Champions

Willson Contreras
Jason Heyward
Jake Arrieta
Kyle Hendricks
And then there were three…

I would never have believed it in November of 2016. Not even 5 years later and we have just 3 guys left!?  Pretty crazy.
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« Reply #1317 on: October 18, 2021, 10:09:32 am »
October 18, 2017




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« Reply #1318 on: October 25, 2021, 09:08:35 am »
10 years ago today the Cubs hired Theo Epstein...(10/25/2011)
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« Reply #1319 on: October 29, 2021, 01:08:05 am »
Did a post mentioning the Durocher years in another topic.  Old-timers here remember Rich Nye?

Cubs drafted Nye in 1966 (14th round) and he ended up pitching in the majors in September of that same season. Not terribly unusual for that day (and later years with first-rounder Lance Dickson).  In 1967, Nye pitched 205 innings but his pitching performance gradually went downhill after that.

Anyway, Nye has had a really interesting post-baseball career, mostly as a distinguished veterinarian.  Below is link to his SABR bio, for anyone interested.

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/rich-nye/

 
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