After perusing my recent post about games that the Cubs won a strikeout/throwout doubleplay, constant reader Ernaga commented, in part, "how many Cubs losses have ended either by a pick-off at.
Can you remember where you were on Friday, Sept. 11, 1981, at 4:25 p.m. Central Time?
Ivan de Jesus was at second base at Wrigley Field, tagging Wallace Johnson of the Expos, who was trying to.
If you are old enough to have had your 34th birthday, do you remember what you did that day?
Hall of Famer Billy Williams probably does.
On June 15, 1972, Williams ignited a 6-run fourth inning.
The Cubs' 1-0 victory over the Braves on Friday was their 251st by that smallest possible score since the Modern Era began in 1901.
They won twice by 1-0 in the post season, in Game 4 of the 1906.
With 2 outs and the bases loaded in the second inning against the Padres on Wednesday night, PJ Higgins took a 3-1 pitch up and out of the strike zone.
Higgins thus became the 400th different Cubs.