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Editor's Note:   The Cubs are undefeated in July. Undefeated, my friend. A juggernaut that cannot be stopped. Sure we`ve got three minor leaguers in our starting lineup every day, but ah, the innocence of youth. Thursday is Celebrity Cub fan day at JOBC, and this week we highlight a man called "Skippy." The former bat boy and award winning journalist is a die-hard Cubs fan. On the JOBC Blog,  A momentous day in Wrigley Field history. (If you missed it on Monday, Cubs through History was about the 1932 Democratic Convention. Tuesday`s Great Nickname was Popeye. Wednesday`s "Tale from a Bad Century" was the strange and wacky tale of Jose Cardenal...one of my all-time favorites.) If you feel the need to vent,  join some fellow Cubs fans in the JOBC Padded Room.  Plus you can always check out how the Cubs won the World Series.  It happens for real here.
 
  
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Sammy sets record


Remember how exciting it was when Sammy Sosa set the record for most home runs in a month? He did it on this day in 1998. Feels hollow now, doesn`t it?
 
 
 
 
 
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Monday, June 29, 2009

A youngster ensnared

Two years ago today the Cubs won a game in dramatic fashion. An impressionable youngster named Jackson Medina was there, and he was hooked...

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Forbes Field


The last game in the history of Forbes Field was played on this day in 1970. The Cubs were the opponent, just as they were for the first game at Forbes Field on June 29, 1909 (a hundred years ago tommorrow).

The Pirates beat Three Finger Brown in 1909 (on their way to winning the 1909 NL pennant), and they beat Fergie Jenkins and Bill Hand in a double header sweep in 1970. The Pirates won the division that season too.

The Cubs finished in second place both years.
 
 
 
 
 
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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Happy birthday to two mustaches

They both turn 59 years old.



His birthday was yesterday.

 
 



His birthday is tomorrow.
 
 
 
 
 
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Friday, June 26, 2009

The Babe


The Cubs version of the Babe--Babe Herman--was born on this day in 1903.

He bore little similarity to the other Babe, unfortunately.

You can read his story here.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

This week in...


1929

The Cubs are in the midst of a pennant winning season.

*On the day that the big 3 hitters in the Cubs lineup all homer (Rogers Hornsby, Hack Wilson & KiKi Cuyler) to beat the Pirates 4-3 in Wrigley Field, President Herbert Hoover authorizes the building of the Boulder Dam. It`s later renamed "The Hoover Dam."
 
 
 
 
 

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1969

The Cubs are in the midst of one of their most memorable seasons.

*Ron Santo knocks in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth (with a sacrifice fly) to beat the Pirates 5-4 in Wrigley Field on the same day that Warren Burger is sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.


 
 
 
 
 
 
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1984

The Cubs are hoping to make the playoffs for the first time since World War 2.

*Jody Davis walks with the bases loaded and the Cubs beat the Pirates in the bottom of the eleventh inning at Wrigley Field. Meanwhile, Susan Lucci is trying to decide which dress to wear for the Daytime Emmy Awards, certain that she couldn`t possibly lose the Emmy for the fifth year in a row.
 
 
 
 
 


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1989

The Boys of Zimmer are taking Chicago by storm.

*The Cubs get crushed in San Francisco by the Giants (12-2) at the same time Susan Lucci gets crushed at the Daytime Emmy Awards...losing for the tenth year in a row.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Rollie Hemsley


Nobody remembers good ol` Rollie Hemsley, but Charlie Grimm used to tell a great story about the Cubs backup catcher.

Rollie almost got Charlie fired on his first day managing the Cubs.

The story is here.

Rollie was born on this day in 1907.
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Welcome to "Just One Bad Century dot com," a site for die-hard Chicago Cubs fans.

As you all know, in October, it will be 100 years since their last World Series championship.

Our mission here is to rally you, Chicago Cubs fans from all over the world, to make sure it remains Just One Bad Century.

We`re doing this in a couple of ways.

You know the old adage, `those who don`t know history are doomed to repeat it?`"

The sad truth about many Chicago Cubs fans is that we don`t know it as well as we should. We follow them closely, we remember the personal torment, but we aren`t really sure why we`ve gone a hundred years without a World Series championship.

The Just One Bad Century staff has spent the last year researching Chicago Cubs history, and we`ll share with you what we`ve discovered, so that we can all collectively avoid the doom.

The other thing we`re trying to do is to eliminate bad karma. The Red Sox knew their bad karma was caused by trading Babe Ruth, and the White Sox knew theirs was caused by cheating in the World Series. But what about the Cubs? Where does our bad karma come from?

Is it really a goat? We don`t think so. We`ll tell you what bad karma we`ve discovered in our research, but we`ll also try to offset that by atoning for previous sins, and doing whatever we can to create good karma. And we`ll need your help for that.

Come back and visit often. We`ll have new features, stories, audio or video every single weekday.

We`ll try to make this journey as fun as possible. After all, we love the Chicago Cubs. And we want to keep it Justonebadcentury.