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• The Cubs are on pace for some home run marks they haven’t seen in yearsPhoto by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images After a bit of a lull, the Cubs are a power-hitting team again. You don’t have to go back too far to find the Cubs’ franchise record for team home runs in a season. It’s 256, set six years ago in 2019. That year, the Cubs had six players with 20 or more home runs and Kyle Schwarber hit 38. Schwarber and Kris Bryant (39 in 2016) are the only C...2025Check it out Matt Dirksen breaking news
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Tuesday 4/29, 5:40 CTPhoto by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images The Cubs play a series in Eastern time for the first time this year. It just wouldn’t be a series at PNC Park without a chance of rain, as this forecast notes. So, here’s the Pittsburgh-area radar to keep handy. Tuesday notes... ABOUT WINNING: The Cubs have not lost three consecutive games since Sept. 11-14 of last season, when they were outslugged,...2025Click for news about Chicago Cubs news and rumors
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 28Tom Connolly (right) at the 1913 World Series | Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Tom Connolly* (right) passes, and other stories for the discerning reader. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseb...2025See more articles World Series breaking news
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• Cubs 7, Dodgers 6: Sweep!Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs won this brief two-game set — and the season series — from the supposedly mighty Dodgers. I told you this was a good Cubs team! They spotted the Dodgers a lead, came back to take a one-run advantage, blew that lead partly on bad defense, then came back again and held on with solid relief pitching to defeat the Dodgers 7-6 Wednesday e...2025See more articles Matt Dirksen breaking news today
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• Baseball history unpacked, February 17Who am I? Guess right and you could win 5,000 BCB points. | Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Evers takes over for Chance, Lefebvre and Lasorda duke it out, and other stories. Guess the identity of our pictured birthday player and win 5,000 BCB points. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased ...2025Read about White Sox
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• Today in White Sox History: February 16Howie Judson was pretty upbeat in 1950, for a guy coming off of a 1-14 season. | Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images Author of a great turnaround season at the dawn of the 1950s is born 1924 Early on this day Frank Chance resigned as manager of the White Sox, having been stricken ill with pneumonia some time after accepting the helm during the 1924 Winter Meetings in Chicago the previous ...2025See more White Sox
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1905Ed Reulbach warms up for the Cubs at West Side Grounds in 1909 | Photo by Chicago History Museum/Getty Images This year saw the acquisition of key parts of upcoming pennant winners. The Cubs won 90+ games for the second straight year in 1905 — and for the second straight year finished 13 games out of first place, behind the pennant-winning Giants. Manager Frank Selee, who had helped bring ...2025Continue with Chicago Cubs injury update
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1912Joe Tinker | Getty Images The Cubs contended in this year, but fell short of a pennant. Two years past their last pennant and with some of their stars in decline, the Cubs got off to a poor start in 1912. Then they went 45-16 in July and August to get to within four games of first place, but a 12-17 record after Sept. 1 doomed them. Even so, they won 90+ games for the ninth consecutive sea...2025Read about Johnny Evers availability report
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1913Hippo Vaughn of the Cubs in 1914 | Photo by: HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Another year of great change for the team. Frank Chance, the “Peerless Leader,” was let go in a dispute with owner Charles W. Murphy after 1912 — while he was hospitalized about to have brain surgery! Another of the famed Cubs from the previous decade’s successful teams, Johnny Evers, was named ...2025See more Johnny Evers availability report
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• Baseball history unpacked, January 8Bruce Sutter’s birthday | Photo by SPX/Diamond Images via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Birthday wishes to Bruce Sutter and others, and more. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and...2025Click for news about Bruce Sutter availability report
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 15Happy birthday, Mickey Livingston! | Photo by Sporting News via Getty Images/Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The first MLB trade, Cap Anson treads the boards, and other stories. Happy birthday, Mickey Livingston, catcher for the 1945 World Series team. Name the others for BCB point...2024Click for news about World Series injury status
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 13Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Alec Mills’ finest hour, and more! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the co...2024See more articles Dylan Buell
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 9Happy birthday, Ben Brown! | Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. We got your no-hitters right here. But wait! There’s more! Happy birthday, Ben Brown and many others. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colo...2024Click for news about Ben Brown injury update
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• Baseball history unpacked, August 7Don Larsen | Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Don Larsen and others. One of the biggest doubleheader sweeps in Cubs history occurred on this date in 1984. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at base...2024See more Ban Johnson injury status
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 24Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Christopher Morel, an multi-reliever no-hitter, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various na...2024Continue with Christopher Morel
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"In the Modern Era (since 1901) only one Cub has stolen 60+ bases — Frank Chance, who set the franchise record of 67 in 1903." - 2024
"MLB History 1913 - The Yankees hire Frank Chance as the team’s new manager." - 2023
"It took three singles, by Johnny Evers, Frank Schulte and Frank Chance, to produce a Cubs run in the first inning." - 2022
"Stolen bases Record holder: Frank Chance, 67 Why this won’t be broken: Chance stole 50 or more bases twice, leading the league each time: 1903 (67) and 1906 (57)."
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1901Rube Waddell as a Chicago NL player, at West Side Grounds in 1901 | Photo by Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images This article concludes this series. As noted in the last entry in this series, when the American League declared itself a major league in 1901, that resulted in a lot of league-jumping — players just ignoring their contracts and si...2025Read about History Museum
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1904Frank Schulte at West Side Grounds in 1909 | Photo by Joseph Aaron Campbell/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images A few more team building blocks were added. 1904 was a watershed year in Cubs franchise history — the first time the team won 90 or more games. Their 93-60 record was excellent, but the Giants were just too good. The Cubs briefly inhabited first place in early June, but even play...2025See more articles Des Moines contract
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1905
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1908Andy Coakley | Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images This was a watershed year in franchise history, but not for transactions. In October 1908 no Cubs fan would have believed you if you had told him (and yes, they were almost all men back then) that the Cubs would not win another World Series for 108 years. They’d been a dominant franchise from their very beginning and thi...2025Check it out World Series
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• This Day in Braves History: Bobby Cox, Greg Maddux, and Tom Glavine are elected to the Hall of FamePhoto by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1916 - James Gaffney sells the Boston Braves to Harvard University football coach Percy Haughton for a reported $500,000. Gaffney purchased the Braves in 1913 for $187,000. 1918 - The Braves acquire veteran infielder Buck Herzog from the Giants in exchange for second baseman Larry Doyle and pitcher Jesse Barnes. 1987 - A group of...2025Visit the page Bobby Cox contract rumors
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• Baseball history unpacked, August 5Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Tim Federowicz! Hits, no-hits, another record broken by Slammin’ Sammy, and more. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and ...2024Continue with Christy Mathewson
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 8Happy birthday, Jaime Garcia! | Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. All-Star games featuring Cubs stars, controversy, Ryan Dempster, and Rich Harden, plus more. Happy birthday, Jaime Garcia! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric ...2024Read about Jaime Garcia stats
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 1Happy Birthday, Mike Montgomery! | Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Mike Montgomery, Walter Johnson’s no-hitter, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of ...2024Continue with Mike Montgomery scores
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 24Happy birthday, Stephen Souza Jr. | Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday wishes to Stephen Souza, Jr., and others, and more! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the l...2024Continue with South Side Park statistics
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• The 2025 Cubs by the numbersPhoto by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images A complete numerical list of this year’s Cubs as they get ready for this year’s Spring Training. As I do here every spring, today I present to you a full numerical roster of all the players and coaches in Cubs spring camp. Also included are the Cubs’ retired numbers, so you can see the full numerical progression. There are 60 players in camp,...2025See also Matt Dirksen
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1905
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1911Johnny Kling in 1910 | Photo by: HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The Cubs came up short of a fifth pennant in six years The Cubs had just completed a run of four NL pennants in five years in 1910, and remained in contention for most of 1911, in first place as late as Aug. 23. From then till season’s end they went 27-21 and won 92 games, a good year. But the Giants went o...2025Visit the page World Series
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• Today in White Sox History: October 9Charles Comiskey hired Donie Bush (left) as manager on the success of his Pirates squads, but a weak White Sox roster saw Bush survive just two seasons on the South Side. Donie Bush can’t take losing any longer 1906 With flurries in the air, baseball’s third World Series (and first-ever intracity Series in baseball) kicked off at West Side Park. The 116-win Chicago Cubs were huge favorites...2024Check it out White Sox
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• The 2024 Cubs by the numbersPhoto by Michael Reaves/Getty Images A complete numerical list of this year’s Cubs as they get ready for this year’s Spring Training. As I do here every spring, I present to you a full numerical roster of all the players and coaches in Cubs spring camp. Also included are the Cubs’ retired numbers, so you can see the full numerical progression. There are 59 players in camp, the 40-man roste...2024Continue with Michael Reaves
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• Today in White Sox History: February 16On this day a century ago, Frank Chance tried to leave his White Sox managerial post due to poor health. | Chicago Tribune Illness shakes up the coaching staff 1924 Early on this day Frank Chance resigned as manager of the White Sox, having been stricken ill with pneumonia some time after accepting the helm during the 1924 Winter Meetings in Chicago the previous December. However, owner ...2024Click for news about White Sox
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• Cubs historical sleuthing: Tinker and Evers editionHere’s a bit of Cubs history that’s been nearly forgotten. So, let’s remember — and maybe solve a mystery. Credit where it’s due, I found this photo at this link on the Baseball History Comes Alive site. I had never seen it before. It was taken at an Old Timers’ event at Wrigley Field, and it didn’t take too much sleuthing to find the date. Many of the players from the 1907 Cubs World Series cham...2023See more Old Timers
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• Today in Cubs history: The Cubs win the World SeriesThe 1908 Cubs pose with their team mascot | Photo by Stephen Jensen/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images It wouldn’t happen again for 108 years. EDITOR’S NOTE: This originally ran last year on this date. With baseball on hiatus until the ALCS begins tomorrow, I thought you’d like to read it again. (Lightly edited) Now that the current Cubs World Series drought is... seven years, I think we...2023Click for news about World Series
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• This Day in Braves History: Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine elected to Hall of FameBraves Franchise History 1916 - James Gaffney sells the Boston Braves to Harvard University football coach Percy Haughton for a reported $500,000. Gaffney purchased the Braves in 1913 for $187,000. 1918 - The Braves acquire veteran infielder Buck Herzog from the Giants in exchange for second baseman Larry Doyle and pitcher Jesse Barnes. 1987 - A group of ten free agents including Doyle Alexander...2024See more articles Greg Maddux
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• A few midseason thoughts about David Ross as Cubs manager
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images How does the Cubs skipper stack up as we head to the season’s second half? A number of BCB readers have suggested, not just this year but in the past, that when I issue grades for the players at midseason, I should also rate the manager and coaching staff. Truth be told, I just don’t know enough about many members of the coaching staff to assign a grade. H...2023Click for news about David Ross
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• Cubs 8, Dodgers 2: The Yan Gomes game
Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs catcher homered twice — and stole a base. No, I am not making that up. And then other Cubs started smashing homers. Who knew that all it would take for the Cubs to break their 10-game losing streak to the Dodgers was this? Yan Gomes: first #Cubs catcher since at least 1901 with 2 homers & a stolen base in a game.— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) Ap...2023Click for news about Yan Gomes
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• Cubs 12, Rockies 2: Raining runsPhoto by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images The weather was frightful, but the Cubs didn’t seem to mind. We’ve talked a lot here about the awful Chicago weather so far this April (after the warmest February in Chicago history), but if this is what it takes for the Cubs to win, bring it on. The Cubs crushed the Rockies 12-2 on a chilly, drizzly Tuesday evening at Wrigley Field that brought out less...2024Visit the page Wrigley Field
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• Here are 5 Cubs single-season records that are unbreakable
Anthony Rizzo plunked in 2019 | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images No one’s ever going to have seasons like this for the Cubs going forward. Yesterday we looked at five Cubs franchise records for an overall career with the team that I think will stand forever. Today, I present to you five single-season records that I think will remain on the record books for all time. Again, I’ve generally...2022See also Anthony Rizzo
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 6
Happy birthday, Jake Arrieta! | Quinn Harris-USA TODAY Sports A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The Hawk signs a blank check, Kirby Puckett departs this vale, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with...2023Continue with Jake Arrieta
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 1Happy birthday, Jordan Wicks! | Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources, a little bit cheesy but nicely displayed. Happy 24th birthday, Jordan Wicks! Tinkers, Evers, Chance, and others in today’s issue! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-cen...2023Continue with Jordan Wicks
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• Baseball history unpacked, January 8Happy birthday, James Russell! A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to James Russell and others, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as the...2024Continue with New York Yankees buzz
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 15Mickey Livingston coming home. | Photo by Sporting News via Getty Images/Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. PED cleanup, Bonds indicted, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s col...2023See more Red Stockings scandal
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• Today in White Sox History: October 9On this day, young White Sox executive Chuck Comiskey made what would go down in history as a brilliant move to restore the fortunes of the franchise: Hiring Frank Lane. | Chicago Sun-Times A big hire, a huge upset — and a sad ending 1906 With flurries in the air, baseball’s third World Series (and first-ever intracity Series in baseball) kicked off at West Side Park. The 116-win Chicago ...2023Check it out White Sox rumors
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• Today in White Sox History: October 9
Fielder Jones (second from right) warns the umpires and Cubs manager Frank Chance that an all-time World Series upset was in the making, beginning on this day 112 years ago. | Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images A huge upset begins today, in the greatest World Series ever played 1906 With flurries in the air, baseball’s third World Series (and first-ever intracity Series) kicked off at We...2022Continue with White Sox scandals
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• Baseball history unpacked, August 10
Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. One of the biggest of the Cubs’ early stars. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow ...2022See more Christy Mathewson scandals
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