Monday, March 17, 2014

Just One Bad Century--March 17

The St. Patrick's edition of Today's Cubs Birthdays includes some of the all-time Cub greats, including Charlie Root, Hank Sauer, and two well-known celebrity Cub fans.

Today's A/V Club has the video of the fictionalized version of Charlie Root's most dreaded moment--the alleged Babe Ruth called shot.

This week in 1945 was also posted over the weekend. As Hitler orders all of Germany destroyed and the Academy Awards air on radio for the first time, the Cubs are trying to get their team together in spring training.

In today's Cubs news, the team has fired their psychologist for "odd behavior", Samardzija is starting opening day but he has been getting rocked in spring training, Arrieta faces hitters for the first time, and Starlin Castro is a big supporter of Javier Baez.