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What's in a (team) name?, Part 4 ('Microbes'?)


What s in a (team) name?, Part 4 ( Microbes ?)
By JohnW53
on Jan 6, 2021, 3:31am CST
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From 1898 through the early years of the 20th Century, the team customarily was called the Orphans.
But at various times the Chicago Tribune featured several alternative names, none of which gained public favor.
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The Tribune actually introduced this name before the first appearance of Orphans.
The team began the 1898 on the road, winning 5 of 8 games, with 2 more rained out.
On April 29, the Tribune published this:
Threatening skies and dull, dripping rain lasted long enough yesterday morning to scare the managers of the Chicago club into postponing the opening game of the local season until this afternoon. . . . ....

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Cubs catcher's fiery farewell, Part 1


Cubs catcher s fiery farewell, Part 1
By JohnW53
on Dec 16, 2020, 7:07am CST
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Many players, upon leaving the Cubs or other Major League teams, have written letters to their teammates and fans, often paying significant amount for them to appear as full-page advertisements in newspapers.
More than 120 years ago, catcher Tim Donahue of the Orphans, as the Cubs then were known, wrote a farewell letter of a distinctly different kind, a letter that the Chicago Tribune printed in full, for free:
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Former Comrades:
Ye called me knocker, and ye did well to call me such. Upon the West Side grounds I made you look like soiled deuces in a clean deck. ....

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