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
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Wrapped Streetcar Will Run Throughout 2021 Bringing Awareness and Education of the Milwaukee Bears and the Negro Leagues 101 National Celebration; Mayor Barrett Proclaims May 25, 2021 to be Negro Leagues Legacy Day in the City of Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Brewers and Associated Bank have partnered with The Hop to honor the Negro Leagues 101 National Celebration, to bring awareness and education of the storied history of the Negro Leagues and their impact, and to celebrate the Milwaukee Bears, the city s Negro National League team. The collaboration is in support of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum s (NLBM) national effort to celebrate the league s 101
On this date 80 years ago, May 15th, 1941, the Chicago White Sox visited Yankee Stadium. The Pale Hose put a beating on the home team, drubbing the Bombers 13-1. The loss marked the fifth straight for the Yanks, dropped them below .500, and put them 6.5 games out of first place. Lost in the wash: a single by Joe DiMaggio that plated New York’s only run.
The Yankee Clipper picked up two hits the next day, kept raking, and two months later, on July 16, the streak finally ended at 56 … “the last magic number in sports,” as sportswriter Kostya Kennedy has described it. The Yankees got hot with him, rolling off streaks of eight and 14 straight wins while Joe swung his mighty bat. Neither looked back, and the Yankees beat the Dodgers in the World Series while Joe picked up his second AL MVP.
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