Just One Bad Century--June 4

The big news yesterday was that the Cubs are parting ways with WGN Radio after 90 YEARS at the radio station. Robert Feder has all the reasons why. Starting next year they will be on WBBM-AM 780. WGN-TV, by the way, is also getting rid of Cubs games so that they can become a generic cable television channel. I suppose the financial details are what they are, but I can't help but think that the Cubs helped build both of those institutions. It wasn't the other way around. I guess we'll find out if I'm right or wrong. If the Cubs really do stage a revival (and we're kind of banking on that, aren't we?), both the radio and television station will rue this decision. If they don't, then they did what they had to do.

On JOBC today we posted a whole new This Week in Wrigley History. Today's entry goes back to 1983, 1985 and 2003. That 2003 entry is featured at the A/V Club.

Today's Cubs birthdays feature two Cubs catchers who were born on the exact same day and were traded for each other. There's also an Arnold, an Orlie, and a Chang-Yong. It's safe to say this is the only day that three Cubs players with those names were born.

Today's Historical Event is the passing of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote. Where were the Cubs?

In current Cub news, the team wisely (finally) released reliever Jose Veras. That one just didn't work out.

There's some news on the farm today too. Kris Bryant is tearing it up at Double A Tennessee. Will he be up with the big club before the end of this month? And there's good news on the CJ Edwards front too. His MRI came out clean.