by Scott Fennessy Boston, MA 7/19/1905 The Cubs play the Braves in game two of today’s double header. Herb Briggs, who has struggled most of the year, but has pitched better than the rest while covering for Jake Weimer and Ed Reulbach. Chick Fraser (left) goes for the Braves. Chick…
by Scott Fennessy Boston, MA 7/19/1905 The Cubs road trip moves to Boston where the struggling Braves await the somewhat resurging Cubs. This is game one of today’s scheduled double header and Mordecai Brown faces Vic Willis. Brown has looked very good in his last three starts so hopes are…
by Scott Fennessy This is an article that was sort of sparked by a question Tom asked me during of my replay updates. He asked if I used the charts for injuries, and I replied back that I did. I know sometimes the way the numbers on the charts lead…
by Scott Fennessy Brooklyn NY, 7/18/1905 The Cubs face the Dodgers in the final game of this series. Jake Weimer makes his first start since his return from the DL and is facing John McIntire of the Dodgers. The tornado has been one of the best in baseball this year…
by Scott Fennessy Brooklyn NY, 7/17/1905 The Cubs face the Dodgers in game two of this three game set. Herb Briggs goes for the Cubs against Bill Scanlan. For some reason every time this guy pitches former Cub Bob Scanlan’s name comes to mind. Odd. This one turned out to…
by Scott Fennessy Brooklyn, NY 7/15/1905 The Cubs continue their stay in New York, moving from NYC to Brooklyn and face the hapless Dodgers in the first game of this series. Mordecai Brown, the only surviving member of the rotation faces Elmer Stricklett (right) of the Dodgers. Elmer has had…
by Scott Fennessy 7/14/1905 New York, NY The Cubs face the Giants in the series finale today. This has been all Giants so far. Carl Lundgren is subbing for the injured Ed Reulbach and faces lefty George “Snake” Wiltse of the Giants. Wiltse gets a perfect first and things start…
by Scott Fennessy 7/13/1905 New York, NY The Cubs face the Giants in game three of this series, and it has been all Giants so far. Bob Wicker is subbing for the injured Jake Weimer and faces the very tough Joe McGinnity of the Giants. Billy Maloney draws a leadoff…
by Scott Fennessy 7/10/1905 Pittsburgh, PA The Cubs travel to Pittsburgh to play the Pirates in what was a 3 game set that was trimmed to 1 to get to the 140 games I wanted. The Cubs have been struggling lately between Pitching issues and injuries, and the Pirates are…
by Scott Fennessy 7/8/1905 Chicago, IL The Cubs face the Pirates today in the final game of this homestand. Sam Leever, who has pitched better than his win/loss would indicate goes for the Pirates today against Mordecai Brown, who has pitched somewhat worse than his record would indicate. The hot…