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Editor's Note:
This Thursday we ponder If only Steve Garvey vacationed in Spain. I wonder...will he grab the bull by horns, or will it... (If you missed Monday`s This week in 1945, we had some great stuff including the first Oscars broadcast,
Iwo Jima ends, Hitler orders the scorched earth destruction of
his own country, a Chicago spring heatwave, the one legged pitcher, the
Cubs in spring training, Sherlock Holmes, Carl Reiner, and Cubs pitcher Hi Bithorn. Tuesday`s Great Nickname was Toothpick. Wednesday`s Tale from a Bad Century was told with pictures.) On the JOBC blog: The Toyota Sign, Bronco Billy, Born on St. Patrick`s Day, Do you believe in Omens?, Scott Simon, Bobby Bonds, Johnny Callison, Pete Gray, Milton Bradley calls out Lou, and 1910/1935. There will be something new on the JOBC blog every weekday this season. By the way, in case you haven`t seen it, we now feature a search engine to help you look for stories about your favorite Cubs on Just One Bad Century. Look beneath the JOBC blog below, type in the name you`re looking for, and voila, everything we`ve got about that player. Plus, as always, you can check out how the Cubs won the World Series. It happens for real here. How long ago was that exactly? The count up clock is above this on the left. And a word from our sponsors...Get your season and individual Chicago Cubs tickets today. Check out a game from the premiere Wrigley Rooftop with tickets from Skybox on Sheffied.
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 If he were still alive, Johnny Callison would be 69 years old today. He passed away a few years ago (2006). You remember Johnny don`t you? He was a three-time all-star...but sadly, not for the Cubs. When he came to the Cubs in 1970, he was pretty much toast. Good thing we didn`t give up one of our best prospects (Oscar Gamble) for him. Read more about that trade here.
 The one armed outfielder was born this week 95 years ago. He wasn`t on the Chicago Cubs, but what the heck. His story is one of the most remarkable tales in baseball history. He played one season for the St. Louis Browns (1945), and he hit only .218, but that`s better than Aaron Miles, Ryan Freel, Tyler Colvin, and Joey Gathright did for the Cubs in 2009...and it`s the same as Geovany Soto`s 2009 average. Watch the newsreel about Pete here.
Here`s the article.This is the gist of it...
In his latest salvo aimed at the Cubs, Milton Bradley claims he wanted manager Lou Piniella to apologize to him in front of his teammates after Piniella called him a "piece of (expletive)" during a confrontation last June.
Piniella declined, according to Bradley.
"The next day, he called me into his office and wanted to apologize," Bradley told ESPN. "I felt you put me on blast, called me out in front of everybody, you`re going to apologize in front of everybody." I wish Milton the best, but I gotta tell you, I won`t miss the needless drama.
 One hundred years ago this week, the Cubs are preparing for yet another NL Pennant winning season. (Photo: Three Finger Mordecai Brown). Meanwhile, in England, David Niven is born.
  Seventy five years ago this week, the Cubs are preparing for yet another NL Pennant winning season. Meanwhile, in Germany, Adolf Hitler announces that the Germans have decided to rearm. (Look away...nothing to worry about here.)
 It happened on this day in 1987. Read all about it here. Andre Dawson practically had to beg the Cubs to sign him.
 The boys were home from war, the Cubs were defending NL champs, and everything looked rosy in Spring Training 1946. Watch the Cubs in action here.That`s the last time you`ll ever see them as defending National League champs.
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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. |
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It`s been more than 25 years since Steve Garvey stuck a dagger into the heart of every single Cub fan. Tragedy plus time plus a little wish fulfillment give us our weekly feature; `
If he were still alive, Johnny Callison would be 69 years old today. He passed away a few years ago (2006).
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