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The 1947 All-Star Game

We're just a few days away from this season's All Star game, but this season's game won't be played at Wrigley Field.

It's only been played there three times. 1990, 1962, and 1947.

The 1947 game is today's Tale from a Bad Century.

Jeff Garlin

In an interview with Pioneer Press, Jeff Garlin talks about his addiction to sugar, his stage show, his career, and the pathetic team the Cubs are putting on the field this year.

You can read it here.

The 1962 All Star Game

A week from yesterday is this year's All Star Game. We jump the gun a bit at JOBC to talk All-Star games, and go back to the 1962 All Star game, which was played at Wrigley Field.

An unbelievable assortment of Hall of Famers played in that game.

Read all about it here.

Bieber's Cover Bombs

Vanity Fair put Bieber on their February cover, and it was revealed this week that it was one of the three worst selling issues of the magazine in the last twenty years.

I think it's because word got out what baseball team he roots for.

That's my theory.

Prospecting

This is good to see. Instead of spending money on high priced over the hill free agents, the Cubs are starting to spend their money on high priced youngsters with potential.

Here's an example.

Poosh 'Em Up

Tuesday is Great Nicknames day at JOBC, and this week we feature a man they called "Poosh 'Em Up."

Read all about him here.

No contest this week or next

I know it's Monday, but because it's a holiday we won't be doing the JOBC contest this week. I'm also going out of town next week, so it won't return until July 18th.

Hope everyone has a great July 4th holiday!

Milo

This week's Cubs Hall of Famer at Just One Bad Century is probably my least favorite Cubs announcer ever...Milo Hamilton.

Milo never clicked with the Cubs, but he did do the play by play of one of the biggest baseball moments of my childhood.

Read about him and listen to that moment here.

This week in 1908, 1945

Every weekend JOBC goes back in time to the last year the Cubs won the World Series (1908) and the NL Pennant (1945).

This week in 1908, the King of England opens the Olympic Games in London, Milton Berle is born, and the Cubs are in first place.

This week in 1945, the Allies divide up Germany, Abbott & Costello release "Who`s On First" and the Cubs win 24-2.

Sights & Sounds

Sights and Sounds this week features a newsreel about the 1962 All-Star Game, and audio of Harry Caray talking about his own death.

Watch and listen here.