The Cubs' season opener tonight will be their first game ever at Globe Life Field, home of the Rangers since 2020.
It will be the 122nd park at which the Cubs have played a regular-season game.
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What will the Cubs' record be at the end of their first season with Craig Counsell as their manager?
Based on the performance of previous managers who took over to start a season, it will be.
On July 22, the Cubs trailed, 3-1, after the Cardinals scored twice in the top of the third inning.
With 1 out in the bottom, 3 consecutive Cubs singled. The third hit, by Cody Bellinger, drove.
Twelfth in a series of posts about Cubs coaches.
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The Chicago Tribune is silent on the specific duties of half a dozen Cubs coaches in the late 1940s who are identified at.
Sixth in a series of posts about Cubs coaches.
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"Ripper" Collins was the Cubs' first coach designated as "hitting coach," as described in a previous post.
He held that title from May.