SI and the Cubs

Sports Illustrated has put their archived articles online, and I'm going to be featuring some of the articles they wrote about the Cubs.

This one was on July 7, 1980. It was about the fact that Wrigley Field still didn't have lights. The story about the Olympic athletes that were affected by the 1980 boycott was on the cover...

One Place That Hasn't Seen The Light
Chicago's Wrigley Field has grass on the ground and ivy on the walls and is the only park where there are never any night games.




It's another recommended time capsule. The article is about PK Wrigley; his stubborn approach and frugality, and the real reason why the Cubs still didn't have lights in 1980.

Wrigley Field Before it was an Icon

Today's Tale from a Bad Century is the tale of our beloved Wrigley Field...the first 50 years when it was just another ballpark in the National League.

We go back to 1916, 1928, 1938, and 1957.

You can read it here.

SI and the Cubs

Sports Illustrated has put their archived articles online, and I'm going to be featuring some of the articles they wrote about the Cubs.

This one was on June 30, 1969.

Leo's Bums Rap For The Cubs
"Chicago's genteel old North Side has a pennant contender after lo these many years, egged on by a raucous bleacher section and -- Mr. Wrigley should chew on another cud -- the irrepressible Durocher."




I read the article, and I've got a good feeling about the Cubs in 1969. Maybe this really is our year.

I kid, but the article is a time capsule gem. I particularly love the part about the Bleacher Bums. Highly recommended.

A St. Louis website reviews the Cubs

Guess what they think?

I can't say I disagree, but it still rubs me the wrong way to read it.

Lou Brock

This week's Cubs Hall of Famer is that man forever associated with his beloved Cubs...Lou Brock.

Read all about him, and see him talking about the trade that sent him to a different team here.

Amaze your friends at work today by telling them about that other team he also played for. Not many people remember that part of his career.

New Cubs PA

Meet the man that won the Cubs PA Job.

He's a local guy (from Arlington Heights) who did the job for the Rockford Riverhawks.

The Evil Eye

Today's Tale from a Bad Century is one of my all-time favorite Cubs stories. In 1939 PK Wrigley actually hired an "evil eye" to put the whammy on the Cubs opponents.

The story is here.