When Trey Mancini's single scored Seiya Suzuki from third base in the seventh inning Wednesday afternoon, the Cubs were 6 outs away from doing something that had done only once before, nearly 100.
The Cubs have played 19,054 games since the start of the Modern Era in 1901.
1,831 of them have gone into extra innings, a little less than 10 percent.
The Cubs tied 352 of those 1,831 games in.
1923, a century ago, was not an especially memorable season for the Cubs.
It was their fifth since they had won a pennant, which they would do it again for 6 more years.
The Cubs finished 83-71,.
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On Feb. 13, 1909, Cubs player-manager Frank Chance completed the long drive to Chicago from his winter home in California.
"The peerless leader.
Solly Hofman is the best Cub that you likely never heard of.
He certainly was the most versatile.
In 1907, while the Cubs were winning their second straight pennant and first World Series, the.