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Fergie Jenkins' unique insider view of the fabled 1969 Cubs season will see its Amazon.com release on Jan. 19.
For just $21.99, readers can purchase: "The 1969 Cubs - Long Remembered - Never Forgotten,"
found online at: wu.to/GZwRfY
Can baseball teams still be "katy bar the door" when legacy media coverage continues to be slashed: chicagobaseballmuseum.org/ch…
Darrin Jackson 1988-style as a Cubs outfielder aired on WGN-Radio. Now his present-day Sox color analyst side will be featured on the same station in a startling Chicago turnabout: chicagobaseballmuseum.org/ch…
The gala "Champions" book-launch party is at 7 p.m. Feb. 22, in Chicago. Hall of Famers Fergie Jenkins and Marv Levy are headliners with Cubs play-by-play voice Pat Hughes as emcee. Details are here: chicagobaseballmuseum.org/ch…
Don't miss Hall of Famers Fergie Jenkins and Marv Levy, along with other sports luminaries, at the launch party for my "Champions" book Feb. 22. Details here.
It's safe to say Randy Hundley does not want Willson Contreras to break his all-time games-caught record of 160: chicagobaseballmuseum.org/fi…
JIm Thome loved Dave Kingman as a kid. Good thing he grew up as a polar opposite of Kong. It got Thome positioned as a favorite for the Hall of Fame this year: chicagobaseballmuseum.org/fi…
Andre Dawson in the home stretch in talks to re-join the Cubs:
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The "money quotes" about Greg Maddux's 1991 desire to stay a Cub that too few read: chicagobaseballmuseum.org/fi… Photo by Scott R. Anselmo.
Once Lester Lancaster was a lockdown Cubs reliever. Now he's a manager/pitching coach in Mexico: chicagobaseballmuseum.org/fi…
Baseball is barking up the wrong tree with efforts to cut game times. Problem is, the Lords of the Game would have to revert to an old-time playing style to get times well under 3 hours: chicagobaseballmuseum.org/fi…
Hey, knowledgeable fans. The loss of this man's job is further cutting into the muscle of baseball coverage. Any fan who wants the straight story -- let alone the inside -- story should be concerned. So should baseball management: chicagobaseballmuseum.org/fi…
A Cubs first: coaching housecleaning post-postseason. An analysis of baseball politics, worse than politics itself:
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Blackhawks boss John McDonough's personal tribute to Herman Sitrick, who singlehanded captured 21 Germans in WWII: chicagobaseballmuseum.org/fi…
After Game 1, Kyle Hendricks likely is a better playoff clutch performer than role model Greg Maddux: chicagobaseballmuseum.org/fi…
OK, let's get the Dusty Baker-Cubs angle out of the way before the NLDS:
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Congrats to Gary Pressy, here with Carlos Zambrano, for 2,500 straight games since 1987 at Wrigley Field's organ; chicagobaseballmuseum.org/fi…
Steve Dahl (photo by Paul Natkin) and an 8-track player in Disco Demolition exhibit in Elmhurst, Ill.: chicagobaseballmuseum.org/fi…
Will Edwin Eisendrath "invest," as he says, in robust sports coverage at the Chicago Sun-Times?:
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Cubs post-game shows used to be too short. Now Mark Grote has changed the culture similar to what front office did: chicagobaseballmuseum.org/fi…
