Sixteen Cubs are on Twitter. 14 of them have tweeted thanks to the Cubs fans for the great season (see all 14 tweets). That means two of the Cubs players with Twitter accounts have not thanked the fans yet for the great season. 1. Javier Báez (@javy23baez) has a fair amount of tweets with 1,398; […]
What a wonderful season for the Cubs. Thirteen of the Cubs players have publicly thanked the fans for the great season. What a year. Thank you for everything Cubs fans — Kyle Hendricks (@kylehendricks28) October 22, 2015 Thank you to all of the @Cubs fans for a great year and an awesome experience! You guys […]
Why does the Cubs logo still have a trademark instead of registered mark? –Or perhaps the TM has a different meaning! 164 meanings for TM are given by Acronymfinder. Here are some of the highlights: Time Machine: All this time, the Cubs logo was predicting the Back to the Future World Series win in 2015! Trust […]
Phil Cavarretta is like Ken Griffey, Sr? The first nine players on Phil Cavarretta’s “Similarity Score” is a bunch of guys from Pre-WWII. Dixie Walker (915) Wally Pipp (911) Sam West (903) Augie Galan (899) Harry Davis (891) Wally Moses (890) Gee Walker (890) Ben Chapman (887) Ed Konetchy (882) Ken Griffey (880) But then […]
Yesterday Starlin Castro became the youngest Cub to reach 900 hits. I was trying to find who was the youngest Cub to reach 1,000 and came across a July 6, 2011 article by Bleacher Report giving a list of “12 Players Who should Reach 3,000 Career Hits“. Well, it’s been almost four years. Let’s see how […]
Did you know that Andre Dawson lead the NL in hit by pitch four times? Hit By Pitch 1978 NL 12 (1st) 1979 NL 6 (9th) 1980 NL 6 (1st) 1981 NL 7 (1st) 1982 NL 8 (2nd) 1983 NL 9 (1st) 1986 NL 6 (6th) 1987 NL 7 (5th) 1993 AL 13 (3rd) Career […]
The Cubs managed to squeak two players onto the All-Star roster this year. Both Starlin Castro and Anthony Rizzo batted in the same inning. Castro came up first. The announcers were talking about the Cubs young talent; and how Castro is a cornerstone of the talent. He strikes out. Anthony Rizzo steps up as the […]
(Ryan Theriot breaks his bat in a September 22, 2007 game where the Cubs (82-73) defeated the Reds (66-89) with a score of 9-5. Batting 8th in the lineup Theriot went 3-for-4 with two runs scored.) Recently, scrappy infielder Ryan Theriot retired at 34 years old. Unbelievably, he lead the National League in singles during 2008, […]
All eight teams in the playoffs have over 90 wins in the regular season. 97-65 Boston Red Sox 97-65 St. Louis Cardinals 96-66 Oakland Athletics 96-66 Atlanta Braves 94-68 Pittsburgh Pirates 93-69 Detroit Tigers 92-70 Los Angeles Dodgers 92-71 Tampa Bay Rays That race is too close to call. Let’s take a look at three […]
Where does Alfonso Soriano currently rank among on the all-time Cubs list? Soriano is currently on the trading block, potentially going to the Yankees. Let’s take a look at Soriano’s legacy with the Cubs. Soriano is currently playing his 7th season with the Cubs. That’s a good amount of time to make an impact on […]
How many players on your favorite baseball team are on twitter? Baseball-reference.com made official twitter lists for each team. The average number of players on twitter per team is seven. Baseball teams with the most current players on twitter: The Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays have 13 apiece. Baseball teams with the least […]
My brother has the longest streak in our group so far this year. Adrian Gonzalez started his 17 game streak and he ended it. Adrian Gonzalez, Prince Fielder, Miguel Cabrera, Melky Cabrera, Joey Votto, Bryce Harper, Joe Mauer, Starlin Castro, Brandon Phillips, Paul Konerko, Raul Ibanez, Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Prince Fielder, Aramis Ramirez, Billy […]
Adrian Gonzalez – Bos – 184 points — 12 hits in last 6 games — 69 team hits last 6 games — 246 Pit pitching hits allowed last 27 games Starlin Castro – ChC – 178 points — 12 hits in last 6 games — 55 team hits last 6 games — 270 KC pitching […]
Hunter Pence – Hou – 177 points — 10 hits in last 6 games — 66 team hits last 7 games — 255 LAD pitching hits allowed last 27 games Justin Upton – Ari – 174 points — 15 hits in last 7 games — 69 team hits last 7 games — 245 CWS pitching […]
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