Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Cubs 365, March 14

Every day in 2012, the Just One Bad Century blog will feature a story about this day in Cubs history. We're calling it Cubs 365.

On this day in 1908, the new Cubs uniform debuted, the first one ever to sport a "Cubs" logo. The logo features a bear holding a bat. This logo cements the Cubs name, which is really only a few years old at the time.

However, that uniform didn't arrive to their spring training facility in Mississippi without issues. Manager Frank Chance actually forgot the suitcase with the uniforms at the train station in Chicago. It was recovered and sent down to the Cubs, but Chance didn't have a key to open it. So, he enlisted the help of the porter who "trains the bulldog that fights the badgers". The porter's bulldog managed to get it open in time for the Cubs first game.