This is nearly all of a column by Hugh Fullerton titled "Freaks of Luck in Baseball" that appeared in the Sunday edition of the Chicago Tribune on March 18, 1906.
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Black cats, squirrels, geese not to mention rally monkeys! Major League Baseball has long had unexpected encounters with animals.
Following are 3 tales involving animals and the Cubs, as.
A post last month contained an account of a ball that disappeared at second base during an 1899 game between the Cubs (then the Orphans) and Louisville.
That account, from the Chicago Tribune in.
The Cubs have played exactly 8,400 regular-season games at Wrigley Field since it became their home in 1916.
In 639 of them, about 1 of every 13, they have hit 3 or more home runs.
They have done.
Since the Modern Era began in 1901, the Cubs have hit at least 6 home runs in 26 regular-season games.
Those are the third-most such games by any team, and most among National League clubs.
The.