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Another Cubs Blog (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
D-Lee and the soundtrack of our lives bodman pointed out in the game wrap how Len Kasper somehow kills the excitement on his home run calls, and noted how even a replay of Pat Hughes’ call of Derrek Lee’s grand slam last night gave him goosebumps. Pat has a way of doing that. I was listening to the game on Gameday Audio and on that call, Pat transported me instantly back into the 1980s...
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Game Seventy-Two - Cubs 0 White Sox 6 WP - John Danks (6-6) LP - Carlos Zambrano (4-3) Save - None For all of the Cubs' problems this year they had yet to fall two games under the .500 mark ... until Sunday . The White Sox embarrassed the Cubs on the South Side and won the weekend series two games to one . The Cubs were shutout for the seventh time this season and twice in the last week. The woeful...
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The Big Dead Sidebar (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
Consider this to be my warning shot to Cubdom. Mark DeRosa was a pretty good ballplayer in Chicago. He wasn't great. He was good. He hit 31 homers, drove in 159 runs, hit .289, on-based 373, slugged .451 and OPSed .824 primarily as a second baseman while dabbling at first, short, third, right and left in his two year reign in Chicago. When he was traded, Cubs fans were outraged and that was understandable....
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Sporting Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
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Mets Walk-Offs And Other Minutiae (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
It seems obligatory that I write something about 1969 these days, but I'm wondering how much I can tell you that you haven't already heard before. If you're reading this blog, you probably know the basics about how the Miracle Mets overcame a huge deficit to top the Cubs and win the NL East, than shocked the Orioles to win the World Series. I was watching a documentary about Ron Santo on TV the other...
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Mets Walk-Offs And Other Minutiae (Free subscription) | 06/02/2009
The folks at MikeMav.com were kind enough not only to confirm my belief that Jack Clark was tied for most walk-off RBI in the 1980s, but to provide a list of the walk-off RBI leaders by each decade in which the Mets have existed. The most intriguing list comes from the 1960s: Most Walk-Off RBI 1960s 13- Frank Robinson 13- Bob Aspromonte 13- Roberto Clemente 11- Felipe Alou 10- Ron Santo What name doesn't...
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South Side Sox (Free subscription) | 05/29/2009
More photos » by Frank Gunn - AP Chicago White Sox third baseman Josh Fields mocks Ron Santo during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Sunday, May 17, 2009. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn) Browse more photos » I felt like we could use a new post (of course, then the Quentin DL news broke) so I went back to the WAR Database to look at third base this time. I think...
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The Hot Corner (Free subscription) | 05/04/2009
Last month, the Atlanta Braves announced they would retire number 31 in honor of Greg Maddux on July 17th. Today, the Chicago Cubs retired number 31 in honor of Maddux and Ferguson "Fergie" Jenkins. Previously, the Cubs have retired four other numbers: 10 (Ron Santo), 14 (Ernie Banks), 23 (Ryne Sandberg) and 26 (Billy Williams). Major League Baseball retired number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson....
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 04/26/2009
Game Sixteen - Cubs 2 Cardinals 8 WP - Mitchell Boggs (1-0) LP - Sean Marshall (0-1) Save - None Ron Santo summed up the last week perfectly after Joey Gathright was picked off first base in the seventh inning with the Cubs down 3-1, " Oh my God! I cannot believe what I am watching! " The Cubs were embarrassed once again by the Cardinals on Saturday afternoon. The Cubs had their opportunities...
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The Cub Reporter (Free subscription) | 04/08/2009
W - Doug Brocail (1-0) L - Neil Cotts (0-1) Box score In the early innings of Tuesday night's game, Pat Hughes and Ron Santo discussed the fact that the Cubs have not started a season 2-0 since Pat and Ron began working together in the WGN radio booth in 1996. Naturally, this had the effect of jinxing the team and thus, the outcome was inevitable. Cub bats: There was very little thunder from the Cub...
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 02/26/2009
Game One - Cubs 5 Dodgers 3 WP - Ken Kadokura (1-0) LP - Ramon Troncoso (0-1, BS 1) Save - Jeff Stevens (1) Ron Santo received the best birthday present possible... a Cubs Win! 7,916 showed up to HoHoKam Park on a beautiful day in the low 80s for the Cubs Cactus League opener against the Dodgers . And they did not leave disappointed. Jeff Samardzija started the game and after a tremendous diving catch...
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 02/04/2009
Over the years, for many, Pat Hughes as become as synonymous with the Chicago Cubs as Harry Caray and his partner Ron Santo. Hughes' love for the game of baseball is heard on a daily basis as he describes the actions on the field in his unique way. We welcome Pat into our lives and his voice has become the soundtrack of many our summers. The Voice of the Chicago Cubs recently took time out from preparing...
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The Final Score (Free subscription) | 12/15/2008
chicago tribune photo September 30, 2008: The Illinois governor joins Ron Santo and Billy Williams in worshiping the Chicago Cubs during a pep rally at Daley Plaza. Moments later, Blagojevich was pledging to help Santo get into the Hall...
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