1929 - The New York Yankees are the first team in major league baseball to permanently feature numbers on the backs of their uniforms. The numbers correspond to each player's position in the batting order. The numbers also allow fans and broadcasters to more easily identify the players.
1940 - Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians hurls the first and only Opening Day no-hitter in major league history. Bob Feller, unlike the Cubs, does not, nor did he ever, suck.
1978 - Bob Forsch of the St. Louis Cardinals no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies, 5 - 0. Less than a year later, his brother Ken, of the Houston Astros, pitched a no-hitter against the Atlanta Braves, making the siblings the only brothers to throw no-hitters in major league baseball.
1997 - The Chicago Cubs set the mark for worst start in National League history, making three more errors as they extended their losing streak to 12 with a 4 - 0 loss to the Colorado Rockies. Chicago broke the modern NL record of 0-10 set by the 1988 Braves and the overall NL record of 0-11 by the 1884 Detroit Wolverines.
Moral of the story: The Cubs still suck.
1940 - Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians hurls the first and only Opening Day no-hitter in major league history. Bob Feller, unlike the Cubs, does not, nor did he ever, suck.1948 - The super station WGN-TV
televises a MLB game for the first time. With Jack Brickhouse doing the play-by-play, the White Sox beat the Cubs, 4-1, in the first game of the Windy City Classic played at Wrigley Field. History tells us that the Cubs sucked in 1948 and again in 1958, 1968, 1978, 1988 and...well, you get the picture.
televises a MLB game for the first time. With Jack Brickhouse doing the play-by-play, the White Sox beat the Cubs, 4-1, in the first game of the Windy City Classic played at Wrigley Field. History tells us that the Cubs sucked in 1948 and again in 1958, 1968, 1978, 1988 and...well, you get the picture.
1978 - Bob Forsch of the St. Louis Cardinals no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies, 5 - 0. Less than a year later, his brother Ken, of the Houston Astros, pitched a no-hitter against the Atlanta Braves, making the siblings the only brothers to throw no-hitters in major league baseball.1997 - The Chicago Cubs set the mark for worst start in National League history, making three more errors as they extended their losing streak to 12 with a 4 - 0 loss to the Colorado Rockies. Chicago broke the modern NL record of 0-10 set by the 1988 Braves and the overall NL record of 0-11 by the 1884 Detroit Wolverines.
Moral of the story: The Cubs still suck.
