Just One Bad Century

What will you find if you go to "Just One Bad Century" this week?







Your first stop should be to the award-winning Souvenir Shop for the finest Cubs-related merchandise and memorablia...


Then, of course, comes the content...



We have a brand new KARMA TRAIN VIDEO. We call it "Purple Haze" and it's the unresolved story of Cubs pitcher Claude Hendrix--a man who was quietly blackballed from baseball. White Sox fans might find this story interesting too.








THIS WEEK IN 1908. 100 years ago this week a mysterious murder took place in nearby Indiana. A headless woman's body (thought to be Belle Gunness) and the bodies of three children were found at a farm. As the mystery unraveled, the story got stranger and stranger.







GREAT NICKNAMES
This week we feature a man who was nicknamed Bunions after one of Ty Cobb's famous spikes punctured his bunion and gave him blood poisoning. This player holds the distinction of playing for 3 Chicago teams.





Every Wednesday we tell TALES FROM A BAD CENTURY. This week we tell the tale of something that could only happen to a Cubs player. Hippo Vaughn pitched a no-hitter for the Cubs...and lost to another pitcher who also threw a no-hitter. Read the whole story because it's the only time it's happened in Major League history.





Coming up later this week...


Every Thursday at Just One Bad Century we celebrate the 70s and 80s--a time of bad teams and great mustaches. Could this week's player hit? No. Could he field? So-so. Did he have a great mustache? Judge for yourself. Stop by tomorrow and you can find out what Cubs utility infielder was attached to this GREAT MUSTACHE.


On Friday, SIGHTS AND SOUNDS will feature an entire episode of the Bob Newhart show. Bob Hartley helps a Chicago Cubs pitcher who can't stop losing.




Also, be sure to check out this week's JOBC Fan of the Week. It's one of Wrigley's notorious ballhawks.