A wild first series in 1888, Part 2 By JohnW53 on May 14, 2021, 3:49am CDT +
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The Cubs, then known as the White Stockings, had won on Opening Day, Friday, April 21, thanks to Jimmy Ryan s walk-off hit in the bottom of the ninth.
Although the game was played at Seventh Street Park in Indianapolis, the Hoosiers had batted last, having won the coin flip held before each game and choosing to bat first.
The dramatic victory had featured a fifth-inning brawl in which, as the Chicago Tribune put it, [Whites catcher Dell] Darling scored a single with his right duke on [Indianapolis center fielder] Paul Hines neck and [Hoosiers first baseman Dude] Esterbrook got in his right for three singles on [Whites left fielder Marty] Sullivan s face.
Most people regard Indianapolis as a stereotypical friendly Midwestern city.
It boasts Indiana's state capitol building, the headquarters of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the.
Capt. Anse did it : Story from 125 years ago today By JohnW53 on May 5, 2021, 5:33am CDT +
As many a post on this site has noted, after citing a long-ago newspaper account of a Cubs game, They don t write em like that any more!
The following is a stellar example of its kind: the Chicago Tribune s report, published 125 years ago today, on May 5, 1896, of a walk-off victory by the Cubs (then known as the Colts) over the Dodgers (then known as the Bridegrooms), thanks to the bat of 44-year-old player/manager Cap Anson.
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Found: Cap Anson s missing home run By JohnW53 on Apr 24, 2021, 7:01am CDT +
Back when I worked with computer software, I once became determined that I was going to solve a long-running, intermittent, frustrating problem.
I went into the company s office on a Saturday morning, vowing that I would stay until I had found the cause and developed a solution.
To my astonishment, it took barely more than half an hour.
Something similar happened recently in my historical research involving the Cubs.
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96, NOT 97
In figuring out the Cubs who had hit the most at each age, I checked Cap Anson s Home Run Log at baseball-reference.com, to get the dates on which he hit his homers at ages 42-45.
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