A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content. A good day for Cub bats and a certain trade is made with the Orioles.
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of time. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, to help you follow along.
“Maybe I called it wrong, but it’s official.” — Tom Connolly.
Today in baseball history:
- 1903 – Pitcher Jack Doscher, making his debut with the Chicago Cubs, is the first son of a former major league player to also play in the majors. Father Herm Doscher was a third baseman before the turn of the century. Jack loses today at Philadelphia, 7-2, and will end the season with the Brooklyn Superbas. (1,2)
- 1934 – At Wrigley Field, veteran ump Bill Klem’s delayed call of the infield fly rule leads the Cardinals to protest their game with the Cubs. The game is suspended with two out in the bottom of the seventh inning with the Cubs ahead, 5-1, and will be completed on the last day of the month with St. Louis losing with the final score of 7-4. (2)
- 1951 – Bill Veeck gets the necessary 75 percent of outstanding stock on the last day of his option to buy the St. Louis Browns from Bill and Charlie DeWitt. (1,2)
- 1956 – NBC pays $16.25 million for the television and radio rights to the All-Star Game and the World Series. The players’ pension fund will get 60 percent of the revenues. (2)
- 1961 – Pitcher Glen Hobbie and Sammy Taylor each hit a pair of homers for the Cubs in a 10-9 win over the Cardinals, but it is pinch-hitter Richie Ashburn’s bases-loaded single in the eighth that brings home the deciding run . (2)
- 1962 – At Cincinnati, Reds 1B Gordy Coleman hits a two-run homer in the bottom of the 9th to beat the Cubs, 4-3. (2)
- 1967 – In front of a crowd of 40,000, Ferguson Jenkins (11-5) pitches the Cubs into a first-place tie with St. Louis by defeating Cincinnati, 4-1. The Cubs have won 17 of 19 games. (2)
- 1993 – Chicago OF Sammy Sosa gets six hits, one short of the National League record, in the Cubs’ 11-8 win over the Rockies. (2)
- 2009 – Derrek Lee collects a career-high seven RBI thanks to a grand slam and a three-run homer, leading Chicago to a 9-5 win over Milwaukee. (2)
- 2013 – The Cubs acquire Jake Arrieta* and Pedro Strop from the Orioles for Scott Feldman in the first significant trade since the start of the season. (2)
Cubs birthdays: Len Madden, So Taguchi, Jermaine Van Buren, Ángel Pagán.
Today in history:
- 1505 – After an encounter with a violent thunderstorm, Martin Luther declares that he will become a monk.
- 1698 – English engineer Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
- 1843 – An alligator falls from the sky during a thunderstorm in Charleston, South Carolina.
- 1881 – US President James Garfield is shot by Charles Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker. Garfield dies 79 days later.
- 1937 – Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappear flying over the Pacific Ocean en route to Howland Island. Noonan is declared dead the following year, and Earhart is declared the year after (1939).
Common sources:
- (1) — Today in Baseball History.
- (2) — Baseball Reference.
- (3) — Society for American Baseball Research.
- (4) — Baseball Hall of Fame.
- (5) — This Day in Chicago Cubs history.
- (6) — Wikipedia.
- (7) — The British Museum.
- For world history.
*pictured.
Some of these items spread from site to site without being verified. That is exactly why we ask for reputable sources if you have differences with a posted factoid. We are trying to set the record as straight as possible, but it isn’t brain surgery. We take it seriously, but there are limits