Free of charge for the discerning reader. RIP to The Bird. Jon Lester* attempts a pickoff.
Today in baseball history:
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1969 – When the Cubs rally, scoring three runs in the bottom of the ninth, to beat the Expos, 7-6, twenty-seven thousand fans spontaneously swarm Wrigley Field in an early season frenzy. The enthusiastic display of affection for the team had not been witnessed in the ballpark since 1960, when Don Cardwell threw his no-hitter on the North Side of Chicago.
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2015 – Jon Lester* finally attempts a pickoff at first base, ending a streak that covered a span of 66 appearances. The Cubs southpaw, who signed a six-year free-agent deal worth $155 million to start for Chicago this season, last threw over to first base on April 30, 2013 while pitching for the Red Sox.
Cubs birthdays: Claude Hendrix, Roy Walker, Jake Mooty, John Stephenson, Doug Strange.
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Today in History:
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837 – Best view of Halley’s Comet in 2,000 years.
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1517 – Ottoman army occupies Cairo.
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1860 – First Pony Express reaches Sacramento, California.
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