Tyler Colvin* has a really bad day, Ernie Banks is grand, and other stories.<\/p>\n
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,\u00a0Bleed Cubbie Blue<\/a>\u00a0is pleased to present a light-hearted,\u00a0Cubs<\/a>-centric look at baseball\u2019s colorful past.\u00a0Here\u2019s a handy Cubs timeline<\/a>, to help you follow the various narrative paths.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe I called it wrong, but it\u2019s official.\u201d \u2014\u00a0Tom Connolly<\/a>, HoF Umpire.<\/p>\n Today in baseball history:<\/p>\n 1925 \u2013 At Chicago, the\u00a0Cubs<\/a>\u00a0beat the\u00a0Giants<\/a>, 6-2, behind\u00a0Sheriff Blake<\/a>. Taking the loss is\u00a0Jack Scott<\/a>, the first of ten straight losses the Cubs will hand him. (2)<\/p>\n 1935\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Cubs<\/a>\u00a0complete a four-game sweep of the\u00a0Giants<\/a>, beating\u00a0Carl Hubbell<\/a>\u00a0for their 16th straight win, 6-1.\u00a0Billy Herman<\/a>\u00a0has three hits and is 11 for 18 in the series with the Giants. The 16 wins in a row is most in the\u00a0National League<\/a>\u00a0since the\u00a01924 Brooklyn Robins<\/a>\u00a0won 15. Giants manager\u00a0Bill Terry<\/a>\u00a0tells reporters that, \u201cthe Cubs will win \u2026 they are playing way over their heads.\u201d (2)<\/p>\n 1973 \u2013 Chicago\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0Ron Santo<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Billy Williams<\/a>\u00a0celebrate their long association together by each hitting their 20th homer of the season in an 8-6 win over\u00a0Montreal<\/a>. It is number 325 for Santo and 376 for Williams in more than 2,000 games together. (2)<\/p>\n 1978 \u2013 During a 12-11 win over the\u00a0Cubs<\/a>, the\u00a0Pirates\u2019<\/a>\u00a038-year-old, lead-footed\u00a0Willie Stargell<\/a>\u00a0attempts to steal second base. Cubs shortstop Ivan de Jesus<\/a> waits with the ball as Stargell slides ten feet short of the base, signaling \u201ctime-out.\u201d The Pirates lead, 11-2, in the seventh, but the Cubs rally and tie it in the ninth.\u00a0Dave Parker<\/a>\u00a0homers in the 11th off\u00a0Bruce Sutter<\/a>\u00a0to give the Bucs their seventh straight win and 30th in their last 38 since\u00a0August 12th<\/a>. Besides his two homers, Parker adds two run-scoring singles. (2)<\/p>\n 1986 \u2013 White Sox<\/a>\u00a0pitcher\u00a0Joe Cowley<\/a>, who had been demoted to the minors earlier in the season, pitches an ugly\u00a0no-hitter<\/a>\u00a0against the\u00a0Angels<\/a>. Cowley walks seven batters and allows a\u00a0sacrifice fly<\/a>\u00a0as Chicago wins, 7-1. For Cowley, this win is his high note, as he won\u2019t record another big league victory, going 0-4 with the Phils in\u00a01987<\/a>. (2)<\/p>\n 2010\u00a0\u2013 Rookie OF\u00a0Tyler Colvin<\/a>*\u00a0of the\u00a0Cubs<\/a>\u00a0suffers a frightening injury. He is standing at\u00a0third base<\/a>\u00a0when teammate\u00a0Welington Castillo<\/a>\u00a0shatters his\u00a0bat<\/a>\u00a0while hitting a double down the third base line. One of the shards pierces Colvin\u2019s chest and punctures a lung. (2)<\/p>\n Cubs Birthdays: Buddy Schultz<\/a>, Phil Stephenson<\/a>, Randy Myers<\/a>, Scott Baker<\/a>. Also notable: Duke Snider<\/a>\u00a0HOF, Joe Morgan<\/a>\u00a0HOF.<\/p>\n Today in History:<\/p>\n 634\u00a0\u2013 Muslim forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus, 1st major city of Eastern Roman Empire taken by the Rashidun Caliphate.<\/p>\n 1648\u00a0\u2013 First inn opens in New France, a pastry shop and hostelry in Qu\u00e9bec owned by Jacques Boisdon.<\/p>\n 1876\u00a0\u2013 First carpet sweeper patented by Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Michigan.<\/p>\n 1896\u00a0\u2013 Beginning of the Bombay plague epidemic when Dr.Acacio Gabriel Viegas detects the first case in Mandvi. Goes on to spread and kill 12 million in India.<\/p>\n 1926\u00a0\u2013 80,000 demonstrate for democratic peace in Hague.<\/p>\n 1961\u00a0\u2013 Betty and Barney Hill claim that they saw a mysterious craft in the sky and that it tried to abduct them.<\/p>\n Common sources:<\/p>\n *pictured.<\/p>\n Things are as near to the truth as we can get them. Some of these items spread from site to site without being fact-checked, and that is why we ask for\u00a0verifiable\u00a0sources, so that we can help update the records and have documentation of why.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyler Colvin* has a really bad day, Ernie Banks is grand, and other stories. 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