> Based on game logs from Retrosheet.org, the Cubs > never went wire-to-wire ever!
> Some teams that did go wire-to-wire are: > 1902 Pirates > 1903 Pirates > 1904 Indians > 1955 Dodgers > 1984 Tigers > 1990 Reds > 2005 White Sox
> When I have some time, I write a program to find > all the teams that did go wire-to-wire.
> Dick
The Sox are playing very good baseball this season! Can we quit posting about what the Cubs have not done in their career and focus on the achievements of this team?
I know that all of these anti-Cub posts are probably in response to Alsip and his many pseudonyms continuing to post here, but can't you guys just ignore or block that stuff and celebrate the White Sox?
Not to point you out Dick, this is just the most recent example. All of these posts about the Cubs and the weakness of the NL are pretty irrelevant to what the White Sox are doing this season after interleague play ended last Sunday night.
The NL is incredibly weak again this year. The Cubs haven't done anything for over 99 years, and their 100th anniversary will happen this year no matter what they do this season. Can those be the final words on those two subjects?
Hard to believe it is nearly 10:30am Friday morning after another amazing White Sox performance, and nobody had time to mention Pierzynski's great walk-off shot, the fact that we swept the rival Indians into last place and probably the seller's market, or the fact that we beat up on Sabbathia (sp?), one of the premier AL pitchers who will probably be traded to a NL contender in the coming weeks?
Instead, the majority of the posts are Cubs related. Let's move on!
> Based on game logs from Retrosheet.org, the Cubs > never went wire-to-wire ever!
> Some teams that did go wire-to-wire are: > 1902 Pirates > 1903 Pirates > 1904 Indians > 1955 Dodgers > 1984 Tigers > 1990 Reds > 2005 White Sox
> When I have some time, I write a program to find > all the teams that did go wire-to-wire.
> Dick
How happy life would be, for you, if Major League Baseball had actually STARTED in 1902!
But, we all know that it didn't.
The Cubs lead from the first game to the last in 1876, finishing with a 52-14 record. In that year, they became the team that won the FIRST MLB game EVER, and they became the first Championship Baseball team in the History of Planet Earth.
Your retrowhatever is clearly mistaken. My guess is: Written by Black Sox fan.
> The Cubs lead from the first game to the last in 1876, > finishing with a 52-14 record. In that year, they > became the team that won the FIRST MLB game EVER, and > they became the first Championship Baseball team in > the History of Planet Earth.
Wrong on all three counts. Why should I be surprised?
On May 19, 1876, Boston beat Chicago and Hartford beat Boston. This gave the Hartford Dark Blues a record of 9-1 and Chicago a record of 9-2. Chicago was a half game behind Hartford. While standing was not based on WLP until 1883, Chicago was listed in second place. However, Chicago tore up the NL after that day.
The first game of the 1876 season was won by the Boston Red Caps over the Philadelphia Athletics on April 20, 1876. No other teams played until April 25, 1876. The first organized Baseball game was held on May 4. 1871 when the Ft. Wayne Kekiongas beat the Cleveland Forest Citys by a score of 2-0.
While the Chicago White Stockings did win the pennant in 1876, the Philadelphia Athletics were the first pennant winning the 1871 season.
Also there was no recognized Championship until 1884 when the Providence Grays of the NL defeated the New York Metropolitans of the American Association.
You are a tragic person. You lack both civility and integrity. This is the last time I will respond to anything you post.
> > The Cubs lead from the first game to the last in 1876, > > finishing with a 52-14 record. In that year, they > > became the team that won the FIRST MLB game EVER, and > > they became the first Championship Baseball team in > > the History of Planet Earth.
> Wrong on all three counts. Why should I be surprised?
> You are a tragic person. You lack both civility > and integrity. This is the last time I will > respond to anything you post.
> Dick
You summed it up so well with the troll "... lack both civility and integrity." There is no civil discourse with him. Catch him and call him on his frequent errors and he simply turns to vulgar personal attacks and drops the point entirely.
The Chicago Centurions are having a good year, so far, you'd think he'd enjoy that as a good season for them happens so infrequently.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY CUBBIES! Wear that cap with the Roman numeral with pride!
