Third in a series of posts about notable season-ending games that the Cubs have played during their long history.
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5-TEAM SCRAMBLE
Oct. 1, 1973 at Chicago
The Cubs led the East.
On Sunday, July 2, 1961, the Cubs did something they never had done in the Modern Era, have not done since and almost certainly never will do again.
As 18,447 looked on at Wrigley Field, Cubs.
As a baseball fan, you certainly know that the longest hitting streak in the Major Leagues is 56 games, by Joe DiMaggio of the Yankees in 1941.
As a Cubs fan, you may know that the longest hitting.