Plus Rockies prospect Braiden Ward, Cora on the Nats, the White Sox interference call, a Pat Murphy/Sal Frelick dog story, facts and stats galore, and more.
Pete Crow-Armstrong has hit 1 big league home run while playing 17 games.
Ernie Banks hit 512 homers in his 2,528 games.
But PCA and "Mr. Cub" are tied in another batting category: each made 1.
Tommy Pham, long a thorn in the side of the Cubs, made 4 hits for the Diamondbacks in Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday.
He was due up again in the ninth inning, but asked Manager Torey.
Second in a series of post about notable season-ending games that the Cubs have played during their long history.
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THWARTING THE CARDINALS
Sept. 29, 1946 at St. Louis
The Cardinals.
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