I recently wrote that the Cubs have hit back-to-back home runs to win a game only twice in the entire Modern Era.
The first time was on April 16, 2004, when Sammy Sosa and Moises Alou homered to.
Second of 3 posts about the Cubs' extra-inning games in the post season.
They played a 12-inning tie against the Tigers in the 1907 World Series, beat the Athletics in 10 innings in 1910 and lost.
Veteran reliever Jake Petricka of Faribault is joining the independent Atlantic League, which is experimenting with some significant changes to baseball s rules.
Cubs historical sleuthing: Mark Grace edition
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This photo was sent to me by Michael McNerney, a BCB reader and lifelong Cubs fan who also has promised to send me a set of photos taken by his great-grandmother in the 1930s. When I get that, I’ll sleuth them and run the entire set.
But this relatively recent photo has some excellent sleuthing elements. First, here’s a larger version of the photo:
The first thing you’ll notice is the winter hat in the foreground. It’s cold. Then you see bunting on the wall at the right, so this has to be Opening Day.