When Javier Baez homered against the Padres yesterday, after having struck out in his first 3 at bats, Jim Deshaies joked that it was "a typical Javy game."
In fact, it was the 69th game of his.
The Cubs have retired 5 uniform numbers, honoring 6 players:
10: Ron Santo
14: Ernie Banks
23: Ryne Sandberg
26: Billy Williams
31: Ferguson Jenkins and Greg Maddux
You probably knew those..
When Cubs only hits were home runs By JohnW53 on May 22, 2021, 8:29am CDT +
As you might imagine, it s a pretty short list.
In fact, since 1901, the Cubs have won exactly
1 game with multiple homers and no other hits.
....
JUST GETTING STARTED
It happened on April 14, 1985, when the Cubs defeated the Expos, 4-2, in just their fifth game of the season, on a Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field.
The Cubs scored a run without a hit in the first inning. Bob Dernier, leading off against David Palmer, reached first on a dropped third strike. One out later, he stole second. After Gary Matthews walked, Leon Durham grounded to the right side. The second baseman threw to the shortstop, forcing out Matthews, but the shortstop s throw to first was wild, allowing Dernier to score.
Now itâs baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and marijuana.
Ryne Sandberg, the former Cubs great and Hall of Famer, is the new spokesman for Chicago-based cannabis retailer Verilife, the surest sign yet that weed has gone fully mainstream.
Sandberg, 61, whose All-American image and on-field heroics cemented his place in Cubs lore, is arguably one of the greatest second basemen in baseball history. Heâs also one of the least likely celebrity endorsers of cannabis, having never tried weed until this year.
âI really didnât know anything about it, I didnât have any interest in it,â Sandberg said. âNow itâs every day sometimes, as Iâm looking for something to take the edge off.â