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The Game That Was Not—Philadelphia Phillies at Chicago Cubs, August 8, 1988
Between May 24, 1935 and August 7, 1988, Wrigley Field…
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Lasting Impressions of Harry Caray
Harry Caray’s lasting impression and impact on American…
![Though best known as a smooth-fielding All-Star shortstop for the Cubs, he also had a “brief but interesting stay on the South Side.”](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/KessingerDon-CC73-802_Bat_NBL-388x400.jpg)
“Don’t Tell Them any Different”: Don Kessinger Night Caps a Long Career
On September 8, 1978, Northside and Southside fans finally…
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The Last Best Day: When Chicago Had Three First-Place Teams
At the close of play on July 17, 1915, the American League’s…
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Dean of Chicanery: Jerry Reinsdorf’s Plan to Enlist Hank Greenberg to Umpire the Northwestern Law School Student-Faculty Game and How it Backfired
Jerry Reinsdorf has always wanted to win, both now and then.…
![the eager young Yankees first sacker.](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SkowronMoose-3317-68WYj_Act_NBL-369x400.jpg)
Bears, Cubs, and a Moose, Oh My
The telegram was brash and a bit disrespectful. Simply stated,…
![Detroit Tigers star hit a game-tying homer in Game 6 of the 1945 World Series.](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Greenberg-Hank-6486.70_Bat_NBL.jpg)
A Fall Classic Comedy: Game Six, 1945
Editor's note: This article is excerpted from "Hank Greenberg:…
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Silas K. Johnson: An Illinois Farm Boy Who Made Baseball History
Silas Kenneth Johnson was born in Danway, Illinois on Friday,…
![U.S. President chucks out the first ball at a Washington Senators opener.](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/President-Harding-10-37PD-379x400.jpg)
Why did Wrigley, Lasker, and the Chicago Cubs Join a Presidential Campaign?
While professional baseball and politics have always been linked,…
![Albert Spalding was a great pitcher and an even greater entrepreneur. (National Baseball Hall of Fame)](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Spalding-Albert-435.54_HS_PD-373x400.jpg)
The Western Baseball Tours of 1879
Even before the start of the 1879 National League campaign,…
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There Was Almost No World Series in 1905, Too: How Charlie Comiskey Could Have Ended the Fall Classic Before it Started
The morning of October 4, 1905, broke as had many other early…
![Hugh Duffy (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Duffy-Hugh-NBHOF-337x400.jpg)
The Legacy of the Players’ League: 1890 Chicago Pirates
During the late 1880s, professional baseball players became…
![whose pride in Chicago ultimately led to the formation of the National League, proclaimed that he would rather be a lamppost in Chicago than a millionaire in any other city.](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/HulbertWilliam-NBHOF.png)
William Hulbert: Father of Professional Sports Leagues
As the 1875 baseball season approached, William Hulbert, the…
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Chicago History Museum’s Baseball Photo Treasure Trove: Chicago Daily News Glass Plate Negative Collection
Editor's note: This article has been reformatted for the SABR…
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