A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content. Bruce Sutter throws the split for a 0.69 ERA and other stories.
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:
- 1910 – The White Sox play their last game at the 39th Street Grounds, losing to Cleveland, 7-2. (2)
- 1930 – A Ladies Day crowd swells the Wrigley Field attendance to a park record 51,556 to watch the Cubs’ 7-5 win over Brooklyn. Kiki Cuyler’s 10th-inning home run is the clincher. (2)
- 1940 – To honor the lyricist of Take Me Out to the Ballgame, Jack Norworth Day is celebrated at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Neither Norworth nor his partner Albert Von Tilzer, who wrote the music, had ever seen a game when they created the song in 1908. (2)
- 1951 – Former Cubs farmhand Boyd Tepler brings a $450,000 suit against baseball, the Chicago Cubs, and William Wrigley, citing an arm injury he suffered in 1944. His suit contends that “negligent” coaching allowed him to continue with flaws in his pitching motion that resulted in damage to his arm and the end of his promising career. (2)
- 1959 – With the players voting, Hank Aaron gets a unanimous vote for the All-Star Game, making him the first player so selected. (1,2)
- 1962 – The Cards receive a pair of shutouts from Larry Jackson and Ray Sadecki to sweep the Cubs, 4-0 and 8-0. Jackson yields four hits in the first game and Sadecki allows five hits in the nightcap. Sadecki hits a ninth-inning home run and Julian Javier and Curt Flood hit back-to-back homers off Bob Anderson. (2)
- 1969 – Cubs southpaw Ken Holtzman retires the first 20 batters, before the Cards erupt for two runs in the seventh and one in the 8th to win, 3-1. Steve Carlton (8-5) strikes out 12. (2)
- 1977 – The Cubs edge the Expos, 4-3, as Bruce Sutter* shuts down Montreal for two innings to earn his 20th save. Sutter’s ERA is now a minuscule 0.69. (2)
- 1980 – The Dodgers’ Jerry Reuss pitches a 8-0 no-hitter against the Giants at Candlestick Park. Reuss, who strikes out only two but doesn’t walk a batter, is deprived of a perfect game when SS Bill Russell throws wildly to first base on Jack Clark’s easy grounder in the 1st inning. (2)
- 1992 – The Dodgers trade OF Kal Daniels to the Cubs in exchange for a player to be named later. (2)
- 1994 – The Cubs defeat the Pirates, 2-1, as P Randy Myers records his 200th career save. He is only the third lefthander to reach the mark. (2)
Cubs birthdays: Wayne Terwilliger, Danny Breeden, Jim Edmonds, Daryle Ward, Nick Martini,
Today in history:
- 1542 – Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sets sail from the Mexican port of Navidad on the first European voyage to explore the west coast of North America for the Spanish Empire.
- 1709 – Great Northern War: Peter the Great of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava; Charles goes into exile in Bender, Ottoman Empire.
- 1898 – Canadian-American adventurer Joshua Slocum arrives in Newport, Rhode Island, completing the 1st solo circumnavigation of the globe.
- 1905 – Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is established at “The “Continental Congress of the Working Class” in Chicago, Illinois; members include representatives of the Socialist Labor Party/Socialist Trades & Labor Alliance, Socialist Party of America, Western Federation of Miners and the International Working People’s Association.
- 1929 – First color television demonstration is performed by Bell Laboratories in NYC.
- 1985 – Route 66 (Chicago to Santa Monica) is decommissioned.
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