by Scott Fennessy West Side Grounds, Chicago, IL 6/15/1905 The Cubs face the Brooklyn Dodgers for game 2 of their series today. Brooklyn has the worst record in the NL, almost 100 points behind the equally brutal Boston Braves. Only the amazingly bad St. Louis Browns have a worse record.…
by Scott Fennessy West Side Grounds Chicago, IL 6/14/1905 The Cubs and Giants finish their 4 game set. The stadium today is full of energy as expectations are high after yesterdays continued escalation of this now very bitter feud. For the Giants “Snake” Wiltse is on the hill, facing “Buttons”…
by Scott Fennessy West Side Park, Chicago, IL 6/13/1905 The Cubs continue their home stand with game 3 in this now very heated rivalry. “Iron Man” Joe McGinnity faces “Tornado” Jake Weimer, in what now amounts to a “must win” game for the Cubs. Art Devlin who is hitting under…
by Scott Fennessy North Side Park, Chicago, IL 6/12/1905 The Cubs continue their home stand with game 2 in this now very heated rivalry. Game two with the Giants. New York has been raking of late and has caught the Cubs in their first stretch of less than stellar play..…
by Scott Fennessy I personally detest this in reality, because of the way it is set up. The way MLB has allocated players to certain countries (i.e. players born in the Caribbean being allocated to countries in Europe, Anthony Rizzo playing for team Italy despite being born in Ft. Lauderdale,…
by Scott Fennessy [editor’s note: this one is out of order. Apologies, Scott] North Side Park, Chicago, IL 6/9/1905 The Cubs homestand continues today with the struggling Braves playing the Cubs. The Cardinals recent lineup changes have produced their first win streak of significance and the Braves have dropped into…
by Scott Fennessy The Cubs continue their home stand and THIS IS IT. GIANTS/CUBS REMATCH. The two teams split their two game set in New York back in May. There was a bit of bad blood when third baseman Art Devlin was injured on a play, even though it was…
by Scott Fennessy North Side Park, Chicago, IL 6/10/1905 The Cubs homestand continues today with the Braves playing the Cubs. Vic Willis against Jake Weimer I had high hopes going in as Weimer was 11-1 and the Braves are not playing well at this point. The Braves showed up early…
by Scott Fennessy Chicago, IL 6/8/1905 North Side Park The Cubs continue their home stand against the Braves today. Chick Fraser against the red hot Ed Reulbach. The Braves are currently in 6th place but just percentage points behind the surging Reds, but the Cardinals with some roster changes are…
by Scott Fennessy Chicago, IL 6/7/1905 North Side Park The Cubs continue their home stand against the visiting Braves today. The Braves have been near the cellar all season. The Cubs still stinging from yesterday’s brutal showing against the Pirates are looking for vengeance. Vic Willis against Jake Weimer today.…