The Fourth of July is synonymous with fireworks, and in baseball, fireworks are synonymous with home runs.
So I set out to determine which Cub had produced the most fireworks on the Fourth, by.
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.
Through April 28, the Cubs have used 2,175 players during their 147 seasons in the National League.
Nearly one quarter, 531, played no more than 10 games.
There were 13 additions to that list.
There can be no greater compliment to a Major League batter than to be walked intentionally with the bases loaded.
You may remember it happening to Barry Bonds. That was in 1998, with 2 outs in.
On June 16, 1913, pitcher "Rube" Marshall of the Phillies walked 5 consecutive Cubs in the seventh inning. This in the second of 2 posts about that game and whether the Cubs ever received 5 walks.