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Editor's Note:   The Yalta Conference, the fire-bombing of Dresden (with video), Kim Novak, Bill Veeck, an Errol Flynn movie, Jack Lemmon, and Cubs pitcher Paul Erickson are all featured in This week in 1945. Coming later this week: Tarzan 2, Bobby Murcer, another gruesome Steve Garvey moment, and Merkle`s ghost.  On the JOBC blog: Coleman Griffith, Ronald Reagan, 1910/1935, Babe Ruth & Lemons, and Norman Rockwell. There will be something new on the JOBC blog every weekday this season. Plus, as always, you can check out how the Cubs won the World Series.  It happens for real here.  How long ago was that exactly? The count up clock is above this on the left. And a word from our sponsors...Get your season and individual Chicago Cubs tickets today. Check out a game from the premiere Wrigley Rooftop with tickets from Skybox on Sheffied.
 
  
1945: The entire world is at war, while on the American home front, the 4-F Cubs are scratching and clawing their way into their final World Series. Find out what was happening This week in 1945.

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Monday, February 8, 2010

Coleman Griffith

This educator/psychologist passed away on this week in 1966. He was a trailblazer in the subject of sports psychology at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), and that attracted the attention of P.K. Wrigley who hired him to work for the Cubs in the 1930s.

That didn`t turn out so well.

His stint with the Cubs inspired this character in the film "The Natural."
 
 
 
 
 
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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Ronald Reagan


This weekend is the 99th anniversary of Ronald Reagan`s birth. Some remember him as an actor. Others remember him as a President.

I choose to remember him as a Cubs announcer and fan.

1910, 1935


One hundred years ago this week, the Cubs are preparing for yet another NL Pennant winning season. Meanwhile, in London, King Edward VII is very ill. His son is being prepared to take over if and when his father passes away.
(Photos: Jack "The Giant Killer" Pfiester and King Edward VII)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



Seventy five years ago this week, the Cubs are preparing for yet another NL Pennant winning season. Meanwhile in Rome, Italy is enamored with their charismatic new premier: Benito Mussolini.

Babe Ruth & Lemons

This coming weekend is the 115th anniversary of Babe Ruth`s birth. Everyone remembers Babe Ruth`s (alleged) called shot at Wrigley Field, but have you ever heard the part that lemons may have played in that story?

That`s right, lemons.

Read all about it here.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Norman Rockwell

The famous artist was born on this date in 1893.

In 1948, he immortalized the Cubs, and inadvertently chronicled the next two decades of misery perfectly, when the Saturday Evening Post came out with this Rockwell original on the cover.

Read all about it here.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Sammy

The Cubs traded Sammy Sosa to the Baltimore Orioles exactly five years ago today. In return, they got a peppy little infielder that still wears Cubbie blue (Mike Fontenot), and another infielder/outfielder that just won a ring with the New York Yankees (Jerry Hairston Jr.)

Seems like they could have gotten more for their all-time greatest slugger, doesn`t it? Well, in this case you may not remember how bad it got at the end of Sammy`s reign. It got this bad.

Just like they recently did with Milton Bradley, instead of building Sammy up to potential trading partners by accentuating his positives, the Cubs were doing their best to damage his reputation beyond repair. (Not that either guy really needed a lot of help in that department...)

Seems like a "How-Not-To" guide to trading.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Mr. Cub

He was Jack Brickhouse`s favorite Cub.

He was my favorite Cub.

He`s probably your favorite Cub.

Hell, he`s Mr. Cub, and he celebrated his 79th birthday over the weekend. Can you believe it?
 
 
 
 
 
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You know the old adage, `those who don`t know history are doomed to repeat it?`"

The sad truth about many Chicago Cubs fans is that we don`t know it as well as we should. We follow them closely, we remember the personal torment, but we aren`t really sure why we`ve gone a hundred years without a World Series championship.

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"Cubbie Blues"
"Cubs Journal"
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"Wrigley Field, the Unauthorized Biography"
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