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.
A tie-breaking home run in the bottom of the eighth inning is like a dagger to the heart of a visiting team.
Suddenly, it has just 3 outs in which to stave off defeat.
Patrick Wisdom's solo shot.
A batter who has been hit by a pitch takes extra joy in later slugging a home run especially in his very next trip to the plate.
How often have Cubs batters enjoyed such immediate revenge?
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I recently watched the last half hour or so of "The Natural," the 1984 movie starring Robert Redford as right fielder Roy Hobbs of the New York Knights.
Hobbs belts a home run with 2 men on base.