Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Just One Bad Century--May 21

I think we can all agree that Tanaka was a little intimidated by the Cubbie machine yesterday. His 42-starts-without-a-loss streak is now over.

Don't mess with this juggernaut, pal.

We posted a whole new week's worth of events at This Week in Wrigley History. Today's entry goes back to 1935 (the Babe's final Chicago at-bat) and 1939.

Today's Historical Event is the establishment of the Red Cross. Where were the Cubs? (As a sidebar, let me just say that this is clearly the only website in the world that links Clara Barton and the Cubs. Just sayin')

Today's Cubs birthdays include one of the six mustaches that roamed the outfield for the 1982 Cubs, a name that rhymes with Happy, a backup catcher with a name that sounds like a gangster's, and a Dick