This afternoon, weather permitting, the Cubs will play their 149th National League home opener. There have been a significant number of memorable home debuts, including 12 walk-off wins, the most.
Troy, New York is an honorary member of Baseball’s National League. Origins of the sport of baseball in the mid-1840s is given to the New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club in New York City. They created much of what modern baseball looks like the Diamond field, three strikes you’re out, the balk, foul lines, and […]
No doubt about it: Players' salaries today are astronomical.
But for many years, they were absurdly low. Ernie Banks never made more than $60,000 in a season; Hack Wilson, $33,000; or Gabby.
Alexander Canario electrified Wrigley Field on Tuesday night when he hit a grand slam against the Pirates in the first start of his career.
It was widely reported that no Cub had done that since.
Can you imagine a team positioning a player on defense to deliberately allow its opponent to score runs?
That's what happened way back in 1886, in a game between the Cubs, then known as the White.