A Site That Focuses On The History of the Chicago Cubs!
Written by Rick Kaempfer, the author of "everycubever"
(Eckhartz Press, 2019) https://eckhartzpress.com/shop/everycubever/ The book is literally about Every Cub Ever. The website is a companion piece to that voluminous book.
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays feature a “Rookie Star” from 1970 and a World Series champ (with another team, of course). The A/V Club has one of the all-time play-by-play highlights; the day that Bill Murray filled in for Harry Caray. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include an all-star who fizzled the second he put on a Cubs uniform, and a speed demon fired for boneheaded baserunning. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays could be the most impressive one day collection of the year: two of the greatest players to ever put on a Cubs uniform (Pafko & Santo), plus a Marx Brother, another Hall of Famer, Slim Jim, a broadcaster, a GM, and the other Henry Rodriguez. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs Birthdays include one of the five best pitchers to ever play the game, plus a cup of coffee from the 1920s, the son of a Sox player, DeRo, and the wrong Jose Reyes. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs Birthdays include a corkless Sammy, Marilyn Monroe’s son, a guy who was a World Champ before he joined the Cubs, and another who became one after he left. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include three incredibly obscure Cubs. If you’ve heard of any of these guys, you are a bigger geek than I am. (And that’s saying something) […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays feature a submariner, a pitcher who couldn’t strike out anyone, and a man who got more than walks than hits in his 500+ game career. […]
[…] St. Patrick’s edition of Today’s Cubs Birthdays includes some of the all-time Cub greats, including Charlie Root, Hank Sauer, and two well-known […]
[…] In today’s Cubs birthdays, the only man ever traded for Jackie Robinson, a Puerto Rican hero, and the man who threw the first no-hitter in American League history (yes, it was a former Cub) […]
[…] Today’s Cubs Birthdays include a Hall of Famer, a cup of coffee from the 50s and the 70s, and the creator of Tarzan. Yup, there’s a Cubs connection. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include some great nicknames (Hardrock & Trolley Line), plus an all-star, an alleged steroid user, and a hometown kid who got exactly one start for the team one hundred and twenty seven years ago. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs Birthdays include a Civil War veteran. That’s right, a Civil War veteran. Also, the greatest Shawon in Cubs history, plus an all-star, and cups of coffee from the 20s, 50s, and 60s. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays features nine different Cubs from all different eras including a 40-year-old All-Star, a man named Polly, and the trade bait for Jim Hickman. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs Birthdays include a pitcher who threw a no-hitter, a former starting shortstop, and cups of coffee from the 1910s, 1920s, 1990s, and 2000s. […]
[…] incredibly eclectic mix of people at Today’s Cubs Birthdays: The Arkansas Hummingbird, a movie star, a radio disc jockey, a Panamanian and more. As a bonus, […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays features the greatest pitcher ever produced by the Cubs farm system. There isn’t even a close second place. The A/V club features a video of him in action in 1985, when he was still in the minor leagues with the Peoria Chiefs. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays features a rag-tag collection of unknown or at least lesser known Cubs. There are seven of them, the most famous of which is Rich Bordi. It doesn’t matter to me. Every player gets featured at Just One Bad Century. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays feature a World Series winning manager (who played for the Cubs), the most common name in Cubs history (three different players had this name), and a guy who pulled off an unassisted triple play. That play can be seen at the A/V Club. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays feature a journeyman pitcher who pitched the game of his life on September 9, 1965–unfortunately the opposing pitcher was throwing a perfect game. (The A/V club has a video about that game.) Also featured, a man called Jumbo, one of the first home run champs, a guy who was hit by a train, and the great-grandfather of a kid on the soccer team I’m currently coaching (true story). […]
Other interesting tid bits about my Grandfather are: He was drafted right out of Old St. Patrick’s High School; after his playing days were over he became a Chicago Police officer and ran the CPD baseball team; and as an attorney, one of his clients was Hall of Famer Rogers Horsnby – whose affairs he handled for many years.
Tony Murray III, thank you so much for sharing the additional information about your grandfather. I was looking up Chicago Cubs with the initials TM. Your grandfather and Terry Mulholland are the only cubs with those initials. I’m trying to figure out the sequence of his at bats in his two MLB games. The box score doesn’t list if he got his hit in his first or second at bat. Also, was the HBP in his last game also in his last at bat?
[…] fitting that today begins his last visit here, because This Day in Wrigley History will point out that in 1935, an even bigger Yankee icon made his last trip to Wrigley Field on this […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include Augie, Algie, and Duke. The Augie, by the way, is not Ojeda. This one was an all-star, and the A/V club shows a silent movie of him playing in the all-star game. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include baseball’s first sports psychologist. (The A/V Club has the scene he inspired in a baseball novel/movie). There are actually quite a few Cubs celebrating birthdays today including two guys nicknamed “Hooks”, the guy who got us Jose Cardenal, and a little used third baseman from just a few years ago that gave my son a day at the ballpark he’ll never forget. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include the least popular Cub of my lifetime, a Cub who drank himself to death at 30, and a mediocre Cub who became a coaching legend. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include the only Molina to wear a Cubs uniform (Yes, we had one of the catching brothers at one time), plus a cup of coffee from 1902 and 2002. There’s nothing like obscurity from the turn of two different centuries. […]
[…] manager of the 1989 “Boys of Zimmer”, but he also played for the Cubs in the early 60s. That story was featured on Just One Bad Century on his last birthday, January 17. RIP, […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include a couple of fun nicknames–Shufflin’ Phil and Piccolo Pete. Unfortunately for Phil, his story is anything but fun. […]
[…] on JOBC we highlight a little known Cub from the early 60s. His name is Lou Brock, and he’s celebrating a birthday today. I always assumed he drifted off into obscurity after he left the Cubs, but apparently I was […]
[…] Six Cubs are celebrating birthdays today, including a catcher who nearly cost his manager his job (on his very first day), an all-star…for another team, a great closer…for another team, a great hitter…for another team, plus a cup of coffee from the 1880s and the turn of last century. […]
[…] on JOBC, we celebrate the birthday of a Cubs Hall of Famer. He is just one of Today’s Cubs birthdays, along with a young pitcher who flamed out too soon, Buster, a pitcher from the 60s, and a Cub who […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include a man named Bubbles, another named Butch, and the starting catcher from Jackie’s Robinson’s first game in the big leagues. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays feature two Cub fan favorites: Don Kessinger & Lou Boudreau. There’s some memorable audio from both of those guys there too. […]
[…] There are quite a few Cubs celebrating birthdays today including my all-time favorite nickname (Steam Engine in Boots), a man who thought he threw a no-hitter (but didn’t), a pitcher we got from the White Sox, one of the toughest men to strike out, and cups of coffee from the 1890s and 1920s. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include the notorious Leon Durham. There are seven others, including a key member of the 1989 playoff team, a 20-game winner, the second most popular Tuffy, Laughing Larry, a two-day manager, a wartime Cub, and cup of coffee from 1971. Leon is also featured in the A/V club (don’t worry…it not that play. Although after you hear him singing, yes singing, you might wish it was.) […]
[…] Five Cubs are celebrating a birthday today: an outfielder from the 70s, a third baseman from the 20s, one half of a Cubs-brother team, and two very brief cups of coffee–one in 1901, and one in 1885. […]
[…] There are lots of Cubs birthdays today, including a famous Cubs GM, Tuck, Broadway Bill, an O’Leary that wasn’t involved with cows, another Nye who was also a science guy, a guy who would do exactly as well as you or me in the big leagues (three whiffs in three tries), a racecar driver, and more. That racecar driver is also featured in the A/V Club. […]
If the Cubs had kept Adolpho Phillips around we might never have heard of Don Young. As for forgettable players, lets add Rick Aguilera to the list. After some good seasons he came over in 1999 to be the closer and …. well you know.
[…] There are six Cubs celebrating birthdays today: the bombing bust, the soul patch, and the hitless hurler (my nicknames), plus cups of coffee from the ’40s, ’60s, and 90s. The soul patch, by the way, is also featured in the A/V Club today. He gets it right in the noggin. […]
[…] There are eight Cubs celebrating birthdays today, including “Mr. Old Folks”, Porky, Moe, three players from the last twenty years that I barely remember, a cup of coffee from the 1930s, and Elmer. […]
[…] There are eight Cubs-related birthdays today. Three never-quite-weres (the next Grover Cleveland Alexander, the next Fergie, and the next Santo), plus Soldier, Spook, DJ, Frank, and a talk show host. She’s featured in today’s A/V Club. […]
[…] birthday, so naturally we tell that story in multiple forms. The text version can be found at Today’s Cubs birthdays. The video version is at the A/V […]
[…] He’s a spry 138 years old. We feature him in three different places on JOBC today. First, he shares space with his fellow Cubs birthday boys (including another Hall of Famer, a five-time champion Cub, and six others), he’s also part […]
I listen to Vince Scully call the Koufax no-no game against the Cubs in L.A. when I lived in San Francisco. It came in must clearer then when I was a kid listening to Harry Caray on KMOX announce the Cards at night from St.Louis in Chicago. Vince always knew how to paint a game for his radio listeners. He mentioned the time on the stadium clock. He build up each pitch… I have to admit… I was pulling for Sandy!
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include the worst Hall of Famer (according to Bill James), a two-time World Series champ (with the Cubs) that you’ve never heard of, a pitcher who played with the Cubs last year that I don’t remember, plus a German who couldn’t field or scout, a 155-pounder who couldn’t hit his weight, and a cup of coffee from the 80s and the 00s. That bad Hall of Famer is also featuered in the A/V Club. […]
[…] There are a bunch of Cubs celebrating a birthday today, including a Kraut (I’m allowed to say that), Carmen, Bud, Bubba, Bruz, and a guy who played two games for them in 1895. (No Cub is too obscure for us) […]
OK… really nice website. I love all the cubs info and like you probably grew up on the near north side.
One question. How did you upload the Ferris Bueller’s Day Off part? Ferris was actually in Left field at Wrigley in the movie. But your scenes are all backwards. I am thinking it is just the film turned over as the whole scene appears backward.
Good evening/early morning, Rick – Cliff from San Francisco – been 3 years I think since I asked you a question which you put on your blog as to why/how the Chicago Cubs and St Louis Cardinals became arch rivals compared to the Giants-Dodgers which started in New York and the animosity stayed when both teams went West to the same state. Anyway, congrats to Cubs (a few weeks late) and to my win-the-World-Series-every-even-numbered-year SF Giants who just made New York’s Citi Field as quiet as a library in the 9th. Sorry if you Cubbies would have wanted the Mets for a revenge rematch from 2015. At the beginning of the season, everyone was talking about a Giants-Cubs showdown for the NL pennant – and it looked that way until after the All-Star Game – my SF never really got its mojo back – so, though it won’t be a sweep by any side, I think my Giants will not have enough energy to beat your Cubs in the upcoming week (we only have ONE Madison Bumgarner!) – so, more congratulations to Chicago (but I’ll be VERY happy if I’m wrong!!) – Just make sure you also “beat LA” – saw your video “My Cubs – I’m not betting against” – loved pausing the video to read the editorial cartoons – and you gave me a preview of a tune when HAMILTON comes to San Francisco next year – my mother came back to SF after visiting our “White-Sox” cousins in Naperville (mom’s the only Cub fan – she was about 10 at her first baseball game at Wrigley during World War II), and she tells me that the SUN-TIMES leans to the Cubs in coverage, but I saw that your TRIBUNE had a great article on “108 things a Cub’s fan should know” – loved reason 99: George Will says Cubs fans are 99.44% scar-tissue – that’s all I wanted to say – good job on the website, this recent video, the Cubs having the fortitude to get to the post-season in consecutive years, and no hard feelings if MAYBE the Giants pull it out – 🙂
I just recently got George Mitterwald’s autograph. It’s one of the nicest looking signatures I’ve seen from a ballplayer… Also, it’s funny looking at pictures of him from his Cubs days, he looks nothing like the clean shaven, younger ballplayer that he was in the 60’s with the Twins!
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include an impressively bushy mustache, a no-hitter you’ve never heard of, Zip, Cal, Tap and more. […]
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[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays feature a “Rookie Star” from 1970 and a World Series champ (with another team, of course). The A/V Club has one of the all-time play-by-play highlights; the day that Bill Murray filled in for Harry Caray. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include an all-star who fizzled the second he put on a Cubs uniform, and a speed demon fired for boneheaded baserunning. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs Birthdays features big league careers that lasted one game, one pitch, and in the case of a celebrity Cubs fan, no games at all. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include a 200-game winner, a man named Pinky, and cups of coffee from the 20s and the 70s. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays could be the most impressive one day collection of the year: two of the greatest players to ever put on a Cubs uniform (Pafko & Santo), plus a Marx Brother, another Hall of Famer, Slim Jim, a broadcaster, a GM, and the other Henry Rodriguez. […]
[…] [This Week in 1908] This Week in 1908 (February 25–March 2) […]
[…] Today’s Cubs Birthdays include one of the five best pitchers to ever play the game, plus a cup of coffee from the 1920s, the son of a Sox player, DeRo, and the wrong Jose Reyes. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs Birthdays include a corkless Sammy, Marilyn Monroe’s son, a guy who was a World Champ before he joined the Cubs, and another who became one after he left. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include three incredibly obscure Cubs. If you’ve heard of any of these guys, you are a bigger geek than I am. (And that’s saying something) […]
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[…] Today’s Cubs Birthdays include guys nicknamed Big Clyde, Long Jim, and Red. […]
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[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include a world class mustache, Gee-Gee, and Lief. (Celebrating Obscure Wednesday) […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays feature a submariner, a pitcher who couldn’t strike out anyone, and a man who got more than walks than hits in his 500+ game career. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include a World Series hero, a guy on probation, a member of the first Wrigley/Cubs team and more. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include a man who ended his big league career during a no-hitter. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs Birthdays include one of the throw-ins in the Lou Brock trade (that’s right…we gave them even more than Lou). […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include a former all-star who cost the Cubs dearly, a man named Prunes, and a Mexican no-hitter. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays includes one of the great names in baseball history…Chippy Gaw. Maybe not a great player, but certainly a great name. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays feature a guy named Shorty, a World Series hero (for another team), and the throw-in for the Bruce Sutter trade. […]
[…] St. Patrick’s edition of Today’s Cubs Birthdays includes some of the all-time Cub greats, including Charlie Root, Hank Sauer, and two well-known […]
[…] In today’s Cubs birthdays, the only man ever traded for Jackie Robinson, a Puerto Rican hero, and the man who threw the first no-hitter in American League history (yes, it was a former Cub) […]
[…] [This Week in 1908] This Week in 1908 (March 17-23) […]
[…] Today’s Cubs Birthdays include a Hall of Famer, a cup of coffee from the 50s and the 70s, and the creator of Tarzan. Yup, there’s a Cubs connection. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include some great nicknames (Hardrock & Trolley Line), plus an all-star, an alleged steroid user, and a hometown kid who got exactly one start for the team one hundred and twenty seven years ago. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs Birthdays include a Civil War veteran. That’s right, a Civil War veteran. Also, the greatest Shawon in Cubs history, plus an all-star, and cups of coffee from the 20s, 50s, and 60s. […]
[…] [This Week in 1945] This Week in 1945 (March 22–March 28) […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays features nine different Cubs from all different eras including a 40-year-old All-Star, a man named Polly, and the trade bait for Jim Hickman. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs Birthdays include a pitcher who threw a no-hitter, a former starting shortstop, and cups of coffee from the 1910s, 1920s, 1990s, and 2000s. […]
[…] incredibly eclectic mix of people at Today’s Cubs Birthdays: The Arkansas Hummingbird, a movie star, a radio disc jockey, a Panamanian and more. As a bonus, […]
[…] Just One Bad Century: A a site for die-hard Chicago Cubs fans. […]
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[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays feature a guy who came just one pitch away from a no-hitter, plus a cup of coffee from 1919 and 1964. […]
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[…] of 42, Today’s Cubs birthdays include the evil villain of the movie “42″, plus the actual goat from the 2003 playoffs […]
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[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays features the greatest pitcher ever produced by the Cubs farm system. There isn’t even a close second place. The A/V club features a video of him in action in 1985, when he was still in the minor leagues with the Peoria Chiefs. […]
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[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays features a rag-tag collection of unknown or at least lesser known Cubs. There are seven of them, the most famous of which is Rich Bordi. It doesn’t matter to me. Every player gets featured at Just One Bad Century. […]
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[…] [This Week In Wrigley History] This Week in Wrigley History (April 16–April 22) […]
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[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays feature a World Series winning manager (who played for the Cubs), the most common name in Cubs history (three different players had this name), and a guy who pulled off an unassisted triple play. That play can be seen at the A/V Club. […]
[…] [This Week In Wrigley History] This Week in Wrigley History (April 23–April 29) […]
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[…] Today in Wrigley history has better memories. We go back to two big wins on this day, in 1945 and 1973. […]
Here’s the link to an article about that homer: http://retrosimba.com/2013/10/09/how-andy-pafko-gave-cards-inside-the-glove-homer/
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[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays feature a journeyman pitcher who pitched the game of his life on September 9, 1965–unfortunately the opposing pitcher was throwing a perfect game. (The A/V club has a video about that game.) Also featured, a man called Jumbo, one of the first home run champs, a guy who was hit by a train, and the great-grandfather of a kid on the soccer team I’m currently coaching (true story). […]
Other interesting tid bits about my Grandfather are: He was drafted right out of Old St. Patrick’s High School; after his playing days were over he became a Chicago Police officer and ran the CPD baseball team; and as an attorney, one of his clients was Hall of Famer Rogers Horsnby – whose affairs he handled for many years.
Tony Murray III, thank you so much for sharing the additional information about your grandfather. I was looking up Chicago Cubs with the initials TM. Your grandfather and Terry Mulholland are the only cubs with those initials. I’m trying to figure out the sequence of his at bats in his two MLB games. The box score doesn’t list if he got his hit in his first or second at bat. Also, was the HBP in his last game also in his last at bat?
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[…] Today’s Cubs Birthdays include Big Daddy, Rube, Lefty and Bob. Big Daddy is featured at the A/V Club too. A home movie from opening day 1980. […]
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[…] fitting that today begins his last visit here, because This Day in Wrigley History will point out that in 1935, an even bigger Yankee icon made his last trip to Wrigley Field on this […]
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[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include Augie, Algie, and Duke. The Augie, by the way, is not Ojeda. This one was an all-star, and the A/V club shows a silent movie of him playing in the all-star game. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include baseball’s first sports psychologist. (The A/V Club has the scene he inspired in a baseball novel/movie). There are actually quite a few Cubs celebrating birthdays today including two guys nicknamed “Hooks”, the guy who got us Jose Cardenal, and a little used third baseman from just a few years ago that gave my son a day at the ballpark he’ll never forget. […]
[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include the least popular Cub of my lifetime, a Cub who drank himself to death at 30, and a mediocre Cub who became a coaching legend. […]
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[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include the only Molina to wear a Cubs uniform (Yes, we had one of the catching brothers at one time), plus a cup of coffee from 1902 and 2002. There’s nothing like obscurity from the turn of two different centuries. […]
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[…] manager of the 1989 “Boys of Zimmer”, but he also played for the Cubs in the early 60s. That story was featured on Just One Bad Century on his last birthday, January 17. RIP, […]
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[…] are only two Cubs born on this day, and neither is really a Cub of note. One was nicknamed “Lefty”, and the other is on […]
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[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include a couple of fun nicknames–Shufflin’ Phil and Piccolo Pete. Unfortunately for Phil, his story is anything but fun. […]
[…] on JOBC we highlight a little known Cub from the early 60s. His name is Lou Brock, and he’s celebrating a birthday today. I always assumed he drifted off into obscurity after he left the Cubs, but apparently I was […]
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[…] Six Cubs are celebrating birthdays today, including a catcher who nearly cost his manager his job (on his very first day), an all-star…for another team, a great closer…for another team, a great hitter…for another team, plus a cup of coffee from the 1880s and the turn of last century. […]
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[…] on JOBC, we celebrate the birthday of a Cubs Hall of Famer. He is just one of Today’s Cubs birthdays, along with a young pitcher who flamed out too soon, Buster, a pitcher from the 60s, and a Cub who […]
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[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays include a man named Bubbles, another named Butch, and the starting catcher from Jackie’s Robinson’s first game in the big leagues. […]
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[…] Today’s Cubs birthdays feature two Cub fan favorites: Don Kessinger & Lou Boudreau. There’s some memorable audio from both of those guys there too. […]
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Shorty raudman is my dad and was a good ball player. Happy birthday pops
Peaches Graham? It would be too good to be true if he was a Cracker.
OK… really nice website. I love all the cubs info and like you probably grew up on the near north side.
One question. How did you upload the Ferris Bueller’s Day Off part? Ferris was actually in Left field at Wrigley in the movie. But your scenes are all backwards. I am thinking it is just the film turned over as the whole scene appears backward.
Just a big fan of the Cubs and of the movie.
Keep up the great work on just one bad century.
Best of Luck, Dan O’
Is there anyone still actively running the Emil Verban Society? If so, I would like to hear from you.
Good evening/early morning, Rick – Cliff from San Francisco – been 3 years I think since I asked you a question which you put on your blog as to why/how the Chicago Cubs and St Louis Cardinals became arch rivals compared to the Giants-Dodgers which started in New York and the animosity stayed when both teams went West to the same state. Anyway, congrats to Cubs (a few weeks late) and to my win-the-World-Series-every-even-numbered-year SF Giants who just made New York’s Citi Field as quiet as a library in the 9th. Sorry if you Cubbies would have wanted the Mets for a revenge rematch from 2015. At the beginning of the season, everyone was talking about a Giants-Cubs showdown for the NL pennant – and it looked that way until after the All-Star Game – my SF never really got its mojo back – so, though it won’t be a sweep by any side, I think my Giants will not have enough energy to beat your Cubs in the upcoming week (we only have ONE Madison Bumgarner!) – so, more congratulations to Chicago (but I’ll be VERY happy if I’m wrong!!) – Just make sure you also “beat LA” – saw your video “My Cubs – I’m not betting against” – loved pausing the video to read the editorial cartoons – and you gave me a preview of a tune when HAMILTON comes to San Francisco next year – my mother came back to SF after visiting our “White-Sox” cousins in Naperville (mom’s the only Cub fan – she was about 10 at her first baseball game at Wrigley during World War II), and she tells me that the SUN-TIMES leans to the Cubs in coverage, but I saw that your TRIBUNE had a great article on “108 things a Cub’s fan should know” – loved reason 99: George Will says Cubs fans are 99.44% scar-tissue – that’s all I wanted to say – good job on the website, this recent video, the Cubs having the fortitude to get to the post-season in consecutive years, and no hard feelings if MAYBE the Giants pull it out – 🙂
I fear the Giants more than any other team in the NL. Good luck (but not too good). 🙂
I heard you on WGN today. I check your blog often now
This website is terrific!!!
Thank you!
I just recently got George Mitterwald’s autograph. It’s one of the nicest looking signatures I’ve seen from a ballplayer… Also, it’s funny looking at pictures of him from his Cubs days, he looks nothing like the clean shaven, younger ballplayer that he was in the 60’s with the Twins!
Montero also hit what ending up being the winning hit (& game winning RBI) in the top of the 10th during Game 7 of the 2016 World Series!
Alotta tragic baseball lives born on 8/3.
Hi, Rick!
Today is also the birthday of Hank Williams….Cub Fan.
As usual, GREAT STUFF, Rick!
Great stuff today! Thanks, Rick!
Funny pic & segment on Garvey!
Merry Christmas & a Very HaPpY NeW YeAr To you & yours, Rick!
Bob Skelly
Jack “Brakeman” Taylor was not posted on 1/14/19. Just FYI, Rick.