Three-peat! Three-peat! The Chicago Bulls accomplished the three-peat in 1991, 1992, 1993. Much to Chicago’s delight, the Bulls did it again in 1996, 1997, and 1998. Chicago was three-peat mania! We all had t-shirts with 3-peat or 3x on it. It’s etched into Chicagoan’s minds. Recently this 3x World Champions shirt pops up for the
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» Listen to this blog post as a podcast. In the offseason, the Cubs let Kyle Schwarber go. A couple months later, the Cubs sign Joc Pederson. Their numbers are practically identical. If you squint, Pederson’s numbers look a bit better. When you look at Joc Pederson’s most similar players on baseball-reference, the very first player….
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Why is it that the Chicago Cubs colors are blue and red? What does blue and red have to do with a cub? Red: if the cub claws you and causes blood to gush forth. Blue: bears go by rivers to find fish? Yeah, that’s a stretch. Red, White, and Blue: Cubs as patriotic? In
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Have you ever bought one of those personalized brick pavers outside a baseball stadium? Back in 2006, my family bought a paver for Wrigley Field. My brother posted this 2007 photo of me on Flickr with this caption: At Wrigley Field, you can pay about $150 and get a brick placed in front of the
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Here is the very first podcast episode for 57hits.com. I talk about why Andre Dawson left the Cubs after the 1992 season. After barraging my friend, Abhay, for 23 minutes on instant messenger about Andre Dawson in 1992, he finally said, “Have you thought about starting a podcast just talking baseball?” Shaking my head, I
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Three years later, the 2017 Cubs All-Star hat is so tempting to get. What a handsome-looking cap. The blue is a lighter tint than the normal Cubs royal blue. The heathered blue texture is nice. The gold stitching looks really nice on the blue. Great attention to detail on the vent holes as stars. Even
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After reading this article, I’m convinced that the 10-year period of the late 80s and early 90s really is a golden era of baseball cards. People think of it as a junk era. But this era is about the collectors. Soooo many collectors, because there were so many cards. Really. There is no other time
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With all this talk about stripping the Astros of their championship, thankfully there as been no talk of stripping the 2016 Cubs of their World Series championship. That’s right. NOBODY STRIPS THE 2016 CUBS OF THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST ONE IN 108 YEARS Or in German: Meisterschaft zum ersten Mal in einhundertacht Jahren As the German
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The sweater that Steve Stone wore while announcing Kerry Wood’s 20-strikeout game on May 6, 1998. I want that sweater. Maybe. Just maybe if I do a reverse Google image search, it might come up. Initially, these are the results. Ok, that’s kinda cool. But these are not sweaters. Google automatically added the search term
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670 AM Score’s offices are in my building at the Prudential Plaza. Today they doing a Cubs postseason rally in the lobby from 5am to 6pm. Today I’ll live-blog this show throughout the day. And I’ll tweet the updates on Twitter. 8:45am I walked in this morning and Ron Coomer was doing a show, sitting
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The Chicago Cubs official podcast was great. The official Cubs beat reporter, Carrie Muskat, would give great insight into the team. They aren’t super long—just 7 to 15 minutes. The perfect length. Most other Cubs podcasts are too long. The hosts end up chatting and bla bla BLA BLA. Carrie got to the point. But
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The Chicago Dogs released their uniform designs today. Folks, we have a wiener—as in WINNER. Thankfully, their home hat features just the hot dog logo. No baseball, no words. Back in August, I blogged about they should put just the hot dog on the hat. Does the entire logo belong on a baseball hat? I’m
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Tonight will be the third game with Kris Bryant being out of the lineup. Since getting hit in the head by a pitch, Bryant has been day to day. It’s a bit scary not knowing how long Bryant will be out. Not just for his bat, but just him as a person. For his personal
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The Chicago Cubs have named Chris Denorfia as Special Assistant to the President/General Manager and Matt Murton as Baseball Operations Assistant. Chris Denorfia played for Cincinnati, Oakland, San Diego, Seattle, and the Cubs from 2005 to 2015. He was also a minor league regular from 2002 to 2017. Matt Murton played outfield on and off
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What MLB player looks most like you? Pick any player from the history of baseball at any age. Drawing a blank? Here’s how you can find your baseball player twin! 1. Your photo Find an photo of yourself wearing your favorite team’s clothing. Preferably this photo will be taken at the ballpark. For this example,
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