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• Baseball history unpacked, March 24

Happy birthday to Starlin Castro! | Set Number: X84190 TK1 R1 F3 A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Starlin Castro! Leo Durocher puts his cards on the table, 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...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: February 28

As pictured here during the 1924 World Tour and at the time White Sox captain about to embark on a career (4.0 WAR) year, Bibb Falk (far left) would be traded to Cleveland in a giveaway deal five years later. | Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images Cleveland hoodwinks the South Siders for Bibb 1929 The White Sox traded star left fielder Bibb Falk to Cleveland for catcher...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, January 31

Happy birthday, Ernie Banks! | Photo by Louis Requena/MLB via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Three Hall-of-Famers were born on this date. One of them was Mr. Cub, Cap Anson is released, and other stories for the discerning reader. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a l...2025
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• Wrigley Field historical sleuthing: 1960s home movie edition

This looks like one thing... then turns into another. The screenshot at the top of this post is from this video that I found recently on YouTube: As you can see, it’s titled “Cubs Game 1960’s.” Okay, now we can get to sleuthing. The marquee shows a series against Milwaukee on Aug. 24-25-26. With the marquee being blue/green and the title, this has to be the Milwaukee Braves. The marquee was paint...2025
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1917

Grover Cleveland “Pete” Alexander with the Cubs in 1921 | Photo by George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images One of these deals helped solidify the Cubs for the following season. After dominating the National League for the first decade-plus of the 20th Century, the Cubs fell into disrepair around the time they left West Side Grounds for Wrigley Field. 1917 was their third straight losing sea...2025
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• Cubs historical sleuthing: Ernie Banks signs autographs on the road edition

Just when was the Cubs Hall of Famer signing these autographs? Hey, it’s Ernie Banks autograph-signing weekend here at the sleuthing desk, so after yesterday’s photo of Ernie signing at Wrigley Field, here’s another one featuring the Cubs Hall of Famer. That’s definitely Ernie Banks, and he’s definitely signing for fans. But when and where? (Where, because this is clearly not Wrigley Field and Ern...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 24
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• Today in White Sox History: February 28
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• Baseball history unpacked, January 31
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves sign Gaylord Perry

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images The eventual Hall of Famer and infamous spit-baller signs with Atlanta for his first and only season with the Braves. Braves Franchise History 1906: The owners of the Boston Beaneaters reject a $250,000 offer for the team. 1949: The New York Giants are fined $2,000, and their manager Leo Durocher $500, for signing Freddie Fitzsimmons as a coach while h...2025
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• In memoriam: Remembering the Cubs we lost in 2024

Ken Holtzman | Bettman Archive Rest in peace. At year’s end, it’s a good time to reflect and remember those who passed away throughout the year. In the baseball world in general: Hall of Famers Orlando Cepeda, Rickey Henderson, Whitey Herzog and Willie Mays and notables Bud Harrelson, Pete Rose, Luis Tiant and Fernando Valenzuela. There were also 12 members of the Cubs family who passed aw...2024
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1942

Lon Warneke | Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images Talk about a slow year. The 1942 Cubs began the year slowly, then things got even slower before they managed to get to .500 in late June at 35-35. That was the “high” point of the season. They went 33-51 the rest of the way and finished sixth, 38 games out of first place. That’s the furthest any Chicago NL team had finished out of...2024
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• The 1973 Cubs: A last gasp at contention

Ron Santo at third base for the Cubs at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati in 1973 | Diamond Images/Getty Images The core that had brought so many memories but no titles failed again. I’ve written about this star-crossed 1973 Cubs team on quite a number of occasions, so this summary of that ballclub is going to kind of be a conglomeration of the previous articles, with some new material adde...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 25

Happy birthday, Mike Harkey! | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Mike Harkey, 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 baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of ...2024
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• The 1971 Cubs: What went wrong in this contending year

Fergie Jenkins pitches against the Giants, May 19, 1971 | Photo by John F. Jaqua /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images Once again, a talented Cubs team failed to make the postseason. So, I figured after writing about the 1969 Cubs failures and those of 1970 the last couple of days, I’d continue this brief series with a look at the team in 1971. General manager John Holland was curiously ina...2024
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• Today in 1984 Cubs history: The division clincher in Pittsburgh

The video board at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh after the Cubs clinched the N.L. East title | Al Yellon The Cubs ended 39 years of losing... and Rick Sutcliffe threw a masterpiece. The Cubs made the postseason four straight years from 2015-18, and then a fifth in the abbreviated pandemic season in 2020, making it five playoff years in six. That’s something that had never previously h...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 15

Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Jackie Robinson Day 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 they unfold over the course of time. Here’s a...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 20
Steve Bilko, who did not play today, but was a huge figure in Wrigley Field West history. | Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Wrigley West and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseb...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, January 9
Rachel Balkovec manages her first game | Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The future draws ever nearer. 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 narrat...2023
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"1958 - ”Jackpot Bowling” premieres on NBC with Leo Durocher as host."

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"The Cubs had held spring camp in Mesa, Arizona, from 1952-65, but moved to Long Beach in 1966 largely to placate new manager Leo Durocher, who wanted to stay close to his Southern California home during spring camp."

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"It is remarkable to me that since Leo Durocher was fired in July 1972 after 6½ years as Cubs manager — and that’s more than half a century ago — no one has managed the Chicago Cubs for more than five seasons."

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"That was the first year under Leo Durocher, and, as managers back then had much more authority over player acquisition than they do now, Leo tried all sorts of guys out that year."

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"Even grumpy manager Leo Durocher, his skipper from 1966 until he retired in '71, couldn't cloud his relentless sunshine."

2014
"Now, he steps into what has been, for more than four decades, a managerial graveyard: Not since Leo Durocher left in 1972 has a manager lasted more than five years in Wrigley Field."

• Today in White Sox History: February 28
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1917
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves sign Gaylord Perry
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• In memoriam: Remembering the Cubs we lost in 2024
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1942
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 25
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• The 1971 Cubs: What went wrong in this contending year
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves defeat the Dodgers in game 6 of NLCS to advance to the World Series

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1991 - Mark Lemke hits his second triple of the game in the ninth inning and then scores on a sacrifice fly by Jerry Willard to give the Braves a 3-2 win over the Twins in Game 4 of the World Series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdfoMKVCtM8 1996 - The Braves jump out to a 6-0 lead at Fulton County Stadium, but w...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, August 26

Cleveland should have used that name. | Photo by Mark Alberti/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The sad saga of the Cleveland Spiders and other strange stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful pas...2024
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• Outside The Confines: South Side blues

Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports The White Sox fired their manager as they challenge for the all-time record for losses. And other news from around MLB. A leaked script from Major League 4. Jerry Reinsdorf: Here are a list of candidates for the new White Sox manager. Chris Getz: I’ve never heard of half of these guys and the ones I do know are way past their prime. Ozzie Guillen, Jim Leyland, To...2024
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1942
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• The 1973 Cubs: A last gasp at contention
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• The 1972 Cubs: Another failed potential contender

Billy Williams bats for the Cubs at Shea Stadium in August 1972, showing off the unusual road uniforms worn only in that year | Photo by Walter Leporati/Getty Images The Cubs wound up a distant second. The beginning of the 1972 season was marred by a players’ strike, the first such labor stoppage in MLB history. It lasted only a week or so, and it was decided that the games missed would no...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 25
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• The 1970 Cubs were better than the 1969 Cubs. Why didn’t they win?

Jim Hickman scores for the Cubs against the Mets on May 23, 1970 | Photo by James Drake /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images It was another failure, in some ways more frustrating than the fabled ‘69 team. Yesterday, I posted this article about how some players who the Cubs let go for almost nothing in the late 1950s and early 1960s might have helped the 1969 team get over the hump and make...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves defeat the Dodgers in game 6 of NLCS to advance to the World Series
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• Baseball history unpacked, August 5

Photo 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 ...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 20, 2024

That was a fun moment between Butler and Gordon | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Thursdays are the new Friday! Ed note: Yes, I know, it’s not Friday. But when we get down to OT, this will make sense. Greg was gracious enough to switch when I realized the game today fit with the topic. For those of you who skip Friday Rumblings... shame on you. Or not. But this is the wild and bori...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 15
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• BCB roundtable: 2024 Cubs season preview

Getty Images A discussion of the season to come from the BCB staff. BCB’s front-page writers have done several of these roundtable discussions previewing Cubs seasons and postseasons, so here we are again to kick off the 2024 season. Josh, Sara, Thomas, Duane and I had a lively online conversation Wednesday afternoon. The online chat has been lightly edited for clarity. Ashley was unable t...2024
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• In memoriam: Remembering the Cubs we lost in 2024
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• Former Cub Ken Holtzman has died

Photo by Louis Requena/MLB via Getty Images The lefthander threw two no-hitters with the Cubs. Ken Holtzman burst onto the Cubs scene at age 19, barely three months after he was selected out of the University of Illinois in the very first amateur draft in 1965. A full-time member of the Cubs rotation by the following year, he tantalized Cubs fans with near no-hitters a couple of times, inc...2024
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• A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era, 1968

Jim Hickman | Photo by Louis Requena/MLB via Getty Images Some key 1969 players were acquired the year before. Having returned to contention in 1967, you’d think the Cubs would have tried to make some significant deals to improve the ballclub. Most of what they did was minor, but there was one trade that brought two key players to the North Side. February 9: Traded Lee Thomas to the Astros...2023
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• Former Cubs lefthander Dick Ellsworth has died
He had one truly outstanding season on the North Side. Dick Ellsworth was a lefthanded pitcher who exhibited great promise for the Cubs in the early 1960s. In 1963, he made 37 starts, went 22-10 (back when individual pitcher wins really meant something), posted a 2.11 ERA and led the major leagues in ERA+ at 167. Yes, better than Sandy Koufax of the pennant-winning Dodgers. Koufax won the NL MVP ...2022
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• Farewell to 'Mr. Cub' Ernie Banks, an Elegant Ambassador and All-Time Great
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Joe Maddon to Conquer Cubs' Managerial Graveyard?
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• Farewell to 'Mr. Cub' Ernie Banks, an Elegant Ambassador and All-Time Great
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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...2023
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• Reflections on the Cubs’ 2022 season
Photo by @WillByington / www.willbyington.com This year, we hope, was a transition from the bad into the good. One thing I think many have forgotten about the 2022 baseball season is how close we came to losing it — all of it. When the lockout suddenly ended March 10, we were probably only a day or so away from Rob Manfred announcing that more games were going to be “removed from the ...2022
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• Cubs historical sleuthing: Ernie Banks and Ron Santo edition

But when? And where? The men shown above are two of the greatest players in Cubs history, Hall of Famers Ron Santo and Ernie Banks. They’re wearing home Cubs pinstripes — but that isn’t Wrigley Field. So where is this? The background and batting cage of the photo matches two others I’ve sleuthed that came from 1966 Cubs spring training, held at Blair Field in Long Beach, California. The Cubs had ...2024
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• Former Cub Ken Holtzman has died
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• A few thoughts about David Ross, Cubs manager

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images He’s done a very good job under difficult circumstances. It’s become fashionable in some parts of the Cubs fanbase to call for the firing of manager David Ross. Something something lineups, something something bullpen, or something like that. I’m here to tell you that not only should Ross not be fired, but he should — presuming the Cubs continue contending...2023
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• October or bust: Maddon a big-picture skipper
In 1969, the Mets ultimately sailed past the Cubs for the NL pennant thanks to the managing style of Gil Hodges, whose philosophy of resting players directly opposed that of Chicago skipper Leo Durocher. The good news for fans of the 2015 Cubs is that manager Joe Maddon is a whole lot like Hodges. He manages for seven months -- including October -- whether his teams get to the postseason or not....2015
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Joe Maddon to Conquer Cubs' Managerial Graveyard?
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• There's a lot I don't like and thank goodness for that

I often think that I like too many card things and I need to rein it in. But here's a list of items often sold at card shows that will make me ignore your table:-- Unopened, sealed product-- Pokemon, Magic the Gathering or any fantasy or modern movie cards-- Basketball cards-- Non-vintage football or hockey cards-- Anything slabbed, especially rows and rows and rows of slabbed cards-- Big di...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 24
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• Baseball history unpacked, January 31
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• Wrigley Field historical sleuthing: 1960s home movie edition
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves sign Gaylord Perry
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• Cubs historical sleuthing: 1950s team warmup edition

The clues are there, right in front of you. You just have to look a bit harder for them. This is one of my favorite sleuthing jobs ever, because at first glance you wouldn’t think this could be narrowed down to anything more than maybe a five-year period. That’s because we are looking at some pre-game warmups at Wrigley Field. The scoreboard is not visible. You might think there aren’t enough clu...2024
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• The 1973 Cubs: A last gasp at contention
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• The 1972 Cubs: Another failed potential contender
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• Baseball history unpacked, January 31
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• Cubs historical sleuthing: 1950s team warmup edition
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 25
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 31

Happy birthday, Leon Durham! | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Leon Durham, Jon Lester lays it down, 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...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 22

Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday wishes to Glenallen Hill and Dexter Fowler, among others, 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...2024
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• A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1973

Bill Madlock at third base for the Cubs in 1976 | Getty Images It was a year of great change for the team. You surely know the story of the last gasp of the great Cubs teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s that never won anything. This team roared out to a great start, then at one point went on an 8-31 run that took them out of contention. Later they struggled back and still had a chance...2023
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• A few thoughts about David Ross, Cubs manager
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