Happy birthday to Jordan Wicks*, Shota Imanaga, and different former Cubs.
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is happy to current a light-hearted, Cubs-centric take a look at baseball’s colourful previous, with loads of the lore and varied narratives to comply with as they unfold over the course of time. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, that can assist you comply with alongside.
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“Maybe I called it wrong, but it’s official.” — Tom Connolly.
Today in baseball history:
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1907 – Cubs P Ed Reulbach‚ who shall be 17-4 with a 1.69 ERA‚ goes into the ninth with a 2-0 lead over the Cardinals at Chicago. He provides up eight straight hits‚ seven runs‚ and loses the sport. The nitecap is stopped after seven innings. (2)
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1927 – The Pirates take over first place by beating the visiting Cubs‚ 4-3. Joe Harris has a double and residential run to again the Bucs’ Lee Meadows. Both Waners (Paul and Lloyd) minimize down runners with throws within the 2nd and third innings. (2)
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1939 – The Dodgers and Cubs use an open date to play a doubleheader of two rained-out video games. The visiting Cubs take the opener‚ 6-2, behind Larry French‚ and the Dodgers take the nightcap‚ 3-1. In the second recreation‚ Gabby Hartnett units a serious league report for games caught of 1‚722. The outdated mark was held by Ray Schalk. (2)
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1962 – Cubs 30-year-old rookie Cuno Barragan‚ sidelined since spring training when he broke his ankle‚ lastly will get his first at bat and hits his solely main league residence run. His clout comes off Giants P Dick LeMay‚ however the Cubs lose, 4-3, in 14 innings. (2)
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1967 – The Cubs begin a streak of 4 straight doubleheaders by beating the Mets‚ 8-2‚ behind Fergie Jenkins(*1*)s for you.” (1)
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2014 – Cole Hamels of the Phillies combines with three relievers, Jake Diekman, Ken Giles and Jonathan Papelbon, for a 7-0 no-hitter over the Braves. Hamels wants 108 pitches to get via the primary six innings, permitting 5 walks and hanging out seven, then every reliever pitches an ideal inning to finish the feat, with Giles hanging out all three batters he faces within the eighth. (2)
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2019 – Justin Verlander pitches the third no-hitter of his profession because the Astros defeat the Blue Jays, 2-0. Verlander points just one stroll in pitching the whole recreation, and is simply the sixth pitcher to have carried out the feat three or extra occasions. It is the second time that the Jays are his victims, making him solely the third pitcher to no-hit the identical group group twice. (2)
Cubs Birthdays: Joe Marty, Rico Carty, Kevin Orie, Shota Imanaga, Jordan Wicks*.
Today in History:
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1535 – French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Hochelaga (Montreal).
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1715 – King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, the longest of any main European monarch.
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1752 – Pennsylvania’s new State House bell (identified as we speak because the Liberty Bell) arrives in Philadelphia from Whitechapel Foundry in London, England.
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1859 – Carrington Event: largest geomagnetic storm in recorded history. Richard Carrington and Richard Hodgson make 1st statement of a photo voltaic flare.
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1905 – Wilfrid Laurier oversees Alberta and Saskatchewan becoming a member of the Confederation of Canada as its eighth and ninth provinces, each separated from the Northwest Territories.
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1913 – Zhang Xun’s Wuwei Corps captures Nanjing on behalf of Emperor Yuan Shikai within the Republic of China’s Second Revolution, ending Chinese independence and inflicting Sun Yat Sen to flee to Japan.
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1914 – The final passenger pigeon, a feminine named Martha, dies in captivity within the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio.
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