Wait till you see the full photo. This looks like an ordinary sleuthing job, an old black and white photo showing a Cubs batter wearing No. 19. Here’s why it’s not: That... is emphatically NOT Ernie Banks. This is from Upper Deck’s Hall of Famers set, released in 2001. My friend and Cubs By The Numbers co-author Kasey Ignarski sent me this card and asked me who it … [Read more...] about Cubs historical sleuthing: Ernie Banks baseball card error edition
Cub Tracks’ hurry up and wait
Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. This isn’t it, is it? I don’t see a 90-win team here. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ … [Read more...] about Cub Tracks’ hurry up and wait
Cubs historical sleuthing: 1935 World Series edition
Photo by UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Also, a correction to one of the names in the photo. Getty Images says about this almost 90-year-old photo: Augie Galan and Billy Rogell during the 1935 World Series game between the Detroit Tigers vs Chicago Cubs, Detroit, Michigan, United States, 2nd October 1935. All right, so we don’t have to figure out the date here, since … [Read more...] about Cubs historical sleuthing: 1935 World Series edition
A few more clues about where Roki Sasaki might sign
Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images It’s January and he’ll be on a MLB team by the end of this month. Earlier this week, I posted this article with some information about Roki Sasaki’s process for deciding which MLB team he will choose later this month. Now, thanks to Pete Abraham’s Sunday notes column in the Boston Globe, we have a bit … [Read more...] about A few more clues about where Roki Sasaki might sign
Baseball history unpacked, January 3
lindymcdaniel.com A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Lindy McDaniel* retires and other news. 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 … [Read more...] about Baseball history unpacked, January 3