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When Cubs went from 0-2 to 4-2

This is the 32nd season since 1901 in which the Cubs have started 4-2. But it is just the third in which they lost their first 2 games, then won 4.
One can only hope that 2024 will turn out more. ....

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Cubs historical sleuthing: 1970s edition

A couple of good clues made this one relatively easy. ....

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Wrigley Field historical sleuthing: 1970s Jack Brickhouse edition

Here’s one from near the end of Brickhouse’s Cubs broadcasting tenure. ....

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A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1976

"Oh, man," as Jack Brickhouse might have said. ....

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Cubs' first-to-second, first-to-third double plays

How many different ways can 2 fielders, and 2 only, make a double play?
In theory, someone at each of the 9 positions could team up with someone at each of the 8 others, for a total of 72.
But if. ....

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