By Rick Kaempfer
In Today's Cub Birthday
Apr 29th, 2024
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~Freddy Rodriguez 1924–2009 (Cubs 1958) Poor Freddy. Somewhere along the way he got on Mike Royko’s bad side. Every year in the 60s and 70s, Royko would print a Cubs Quiz making fun of some of the lesser Cubs of his lifetime, and Freddy was often featured. Royko liked to say that Freddy was und...
By Rick Kaempfer
In Today's Cub Birthday
Apr 28th, 2024
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~Luis Quinones 1962– (Cubs 1987) The Cubs acquired him in a straight up mustache for mustache swap (Ron Cey) with the A’s. Luis played exactly one season for the Cubs (1987) as a utility infielder, and hit a whopping .218, but Quinones was a welcome addition to the Cubs bench because of h...
By Rick Kaempfer
In Today's Cub Birthday
Apr 27th, 2024
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~Rogers Hornsby 1897–1963 (Cubs 1929-1932) It’s hard to imagine that one of the greatest players in history was not popular in Chicago–but Hornsby clearly was not. Hornsby had one great season for the Cubs, their World Series year of 1929, and he became the manager at the very end of the follow...
By Rick Kaempfer
In This Week in 1945
Apr 26th, 2024
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This week during the last year the Cubs went to the World Series… World War II Rages On It was probably the worst week ever for European fascists. *It begins when the Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini is captured. Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, are executed by Italian partis...
By Rick Kaempfer
In Today's Cub Birthday
Apr 26th, 2024
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~Hack Wilson 1900–1948 (Cubs 1926-1931) Hack is still remembered for his record 1930 season when he drove in 191 runs, but during his Cubs days he was known for more than just slugging the baseball. He was known as a notorious hell raiser. Wilson had several run-ins with the law, his teammates,...
By Rick Kaempfer
In Today's Cub Birthday
Apr 25th, 2024
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~Jacob Rubenstein 1911 (Cubs fan 1911-1967) Cub fan Jacob Rubenstein was born in Chicago; one of eight children of Jewish parents who had immigrated from Poland. He didn’t have a happy childhood. His parents divorced when he was 11. By the time he was 14, his mother was committed to a mental in...
By Rick Kaempfer
In Today's Cub Birthday
Apr 24th, 2024
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~Glen Hobbie 1936–2013 (Cubs 1957-1964) Hobbie was part of the Cubs rotation in the late 50s and early 60s; one of the worst stretches in Cubs history. Hobbie’s lifetime record was nearly twenty games under .500, and he lost twenty games in one season (1960), but he did have some moments of bri...
By Rick Kaempfer
In Today's Cub Birthday
Apr 23rd, 2024
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~Dolph Camilli 1907–1997 (Cubs 1933-1934) After Cubs owner William Wrigley and team president Bill Veeck Sr. died, the club was handed to an inexperienced fish wholesaler named William Walker. He traded Dolph to the Phillies for Don Hurst. Camilli went on to hit over 200 home runs, made two All...
By Rick Kaempfer
In Today's Cub Birthday
Apr 22nd, 2024
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~Mickey Morandini 1966– (Cubs 1998-1999) The Cubs acquired the Indiana University graduate for Doug Glanville before the 1998 season, and Morandini stabilized the infield and the lineup for the Cubs team that made the playoffs that season. He reached career highs in homers, RBI, and average in ...
By Rick Kaempfer
In Today's Cub Birthday
Apr 21st, 2024
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~Bill Faul 1940–2002 (Cubs 1965-1966) Some players are known as characters. Some are known as eccentrics. Still others seem to have come from another planet. Bill Faul was one of those guys…and he wasn’t even a lefty…or a Californian. Faul pitched for the Cubs in 1965 and 1966. It’s safe to say...
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