{"id":566112,"date":"2026-02-11T12:31:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/566112\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T12:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:31:20","slug":"chicago-cubs-history-unpacked-february-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/566112\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Cubs history unpacked, February 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,\u00a0Bleed Cubbie Blue<\/a>\u00a0is pleased to present a\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

\u201cMaybe I called it wrong, but it\u2019s official.\u201d \u2014\u00a0Tom Connolly<\/a>, HoF Umpire.<\/p>\n

So long, Bill*, hello, Bobby, and other stories.<\/p>\n

Today in baseball history:<\/p>\n

1962 \u2013\u00a0Before the start of spring training,\u00a0Don Zimmer<\/a>\u00a0and right-hander\u00a0Bob Miller<\/a>, both who reside in the St. Pete area, become the first players to don a\u00a0Mets<\/a>\u00a0jersey when they model the club\u2019s away uniform tops for a photo shoot at Huggins Field. The expansion team\u2019s inaugural third baseman, who will be traded to the\u00a0Reds<\/a>\u00a0in May for southpaw\u00a0Bob Miller<\/a>, poses with his nine year-old son Tommy on his shoulders.<\/p>\n

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1974 \u2013\u00a0Forty-eight major-league players invoke the new arbitration procedure established to settle contract differences. Pitcher\u00a0Dick Woodson<\/a>\u00a0(seeking a contract for $29,000) and the\u00a0Twins<\/a>\u00a0(offering $23,000) are the first to present their respective cases to Detroit lawyer and labor arbitrator\u00a0Harry H. Platt<\/a>, who must decide on one of the monetary amounts presented. Woodson wins. (2)<\/p>\n

2006 \u2013\u00a0Avoiding an arbitration hearing, starting pitcher\u00a0Carlos Zambrano<\/a>\u00a0(14-6, 3.26) and the Cubs agree to a one-year deal worth $6.5 million. After earning $3.76 million last season, the emotional right-hander had asked for $7.2 million, with Chicago offering $6 million. (1)<\/p>\n

2015\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Little League International<\/a>\u00a0decides to strip the Jackie Robinson West team of\u00a0Chicago, IL<\/a>\u00a0of its United States Championship won at the\u00a02014 Little League World Series<\/a>\u00a0because it used players from outside its territory and manipulated district boundaries in order to field a stronger team. Various officials from the district are also suspended for their actions. (2)<\/p>\n

Cubs Birthdays: Jimmy Ryan<\/a>,\u00a0Red Shannon<\/a>,\u00a0Hal Rice<\/a>,\u00a0Chris Kitsos<\/a>,\u00a0Willie Smith<\/a>,\u00a0Tom Veryzer<\/a>,\u00a0Dave Swartzbaugh<\/a>,\u00a0Brian Matusz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today in History:<\/p>\n

55\u00a0\u2013 Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome, clearing the way for\u00a0Nero\u00a0to become Emperor.<\/p>\n

385\u00a0\u2013 Siricius, bishop of Tarragona, elected as Bishop of Rome; first to style himself Pope.<\/p>\n

1809\u00a0\u2013 American inventor\u00a0Robert Fulton\u00a0patents the steamboat.<\/p>\n

1907\u00a0\u2013 Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, off Rhode Island, 322 die.<\/p>\n

1938\u00a0\u2013 World\u2019s first science fiction TV program is a broadcast of the play R.U.R. by\u00a0Karel \u010capek.<\/p>\n

1990\u00a0\u2013 Nelson Mandela\u00a0is released after 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa.<\/p>\n

Common sources:<\/p>\n

*pictured.<\/p>\n

Some of these items spread from site to site without being fact-checked, and that is why we ask for verifiable sources, in order to help correct the record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,\u00a0Bleed Cubbie Blue\u00a0is pleased to present a\u00a0Cubs-centric look at baseball\u2019s colorful past.\u00a0Here\u2019s a handy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2399],"tags":[5,68321,74581,39516,74582,9724,138,24,4245,161,147,74580,47146,101,4,66,46656,46654,148],"class_list":["post-566112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-cubs","tag-baseball","tag-bill-madlock","tag-bill-sweeney","tag-bobby-murcer","tag-boston-rustlers","tag-brian-matusz","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-chicagocubs","tag-cubs","tag-detroit","tag-jeff-pfeffer","tag-johnny-evers","tag-mets","tag-mlb","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-today-in-baseball-history","tag-tom-connolly","tag-twins"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116052012813737457","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}