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Enjoy the weekend everyone. Opening day is just around the corner. JOBC carries on over the weekend with This Week in 1908 on Saturday and a bonus Tale from a Bad Century on Sunday.   (If you missed Monday`s  This week in 1945, we had some great stuff including the first Oscars broadcast, Iwo Jima ends, Hitler orders the scorched earth destruction of his own country, a Chicago spring heatwave, the one legged pitcher, the Cubs in spring training, Sherlock Holmes, Carl Reiner, and Cubs pitcher Hi Bithorn. Tuesday`s Great Nickname was Toothpick. Wednesday`s Tale from a Bad Century was told with pictures. Thursday we pondered If only Steve Garvey vacationed in Spain. Friday`s Sights & Sounds had the sight of Rogers Hornsby during his heyday, and the sound of Humphrey Bogart praising baseball.) On the JOBC blog: Richie Ashburn, The Toyota Sign, Bronco Billy, Born on St. Patrick`s Day, Do you believe in Omens?, Scott Simon, Bobby Bonds, Johnny Callison, Pete Gray, Milton Bradley calls out Lou, and 1910/1935.  There will be something new on the JOBC blog every weekday this season. By the way, in case you haven`t seen it, we now feature a search engine to help you look for stories about your favorite Cubs on Just One Bad Century. Look beneath the JOBC blog below, type in the name you`re looking for, and voila, everything we`ve got about that player. 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.

 
  
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Friday, March 19, 2010

Richie Ashburn

He is a Hall of Famer, and he was a Cub...but, let`s face it, he isn`t a Hall of Famer because of years with the Cubs.

Richie Ashburn was born on this day in 1927.

Read all about his Cubs years here.
 
 
 
 
 
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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Toyota Sign

The Cubs are proposing putting a huge Toyota billboard above the left field bleachers.

My first thought is that they should put it in right field. It might make Kosuke feel a little more at home. He won two batting titles in Japan. Maybe a little reminder of home will remind him how to hit.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Bronco Billy


Bronco Billy was one of America`s first silent movie stars, and he was based right here in Chicago...during the time of the Cubs greatest dynasty.

He was born this week in 1880.

Read all about his Chicago days here.

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Cub Fan Billy Corgan (1967)

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Do you believe in omens?

The Cubs were on the way to a game versus the Rockies yesterday, when their bus broke down.

Here`s the full story.

I`m not an expert in omens and signs, but I`m guessing this isn`t a good one.
 
 
 
 
 
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Birthday boy. (58 years old today)

Monday, March 15, 2010

Bobby Bonds

Bobby Bonds was born on this day in 1946.

He was a great ballplayer. He had power and speed and charisma. Bobby starred for the Giants, the Yankees, and the Angels.

And yes, he also played for the Cubs. Notice I didn`t say he starred for the Cubs. In fact, he was god awful.

Bobby, of course, was also Barry`s dad. During Bobby`s long illness, Barry even showed actual streaks of humanity. Bobby passed away in 2003.
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As you all know, in October, it will be 100 years since their last World Series championship.

Our mission here is to rally you, Chicago Cubs fans from all over the world, to make sure it remains Just One Bad Century.

We`re doing this in a couple of ways.

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.

The Just One Bad Century staff has spent the last year researching Chicago Cubs history, and we`ll share with you what we`ve discovered, so that we can all collectively avoid the doom.

The other thing we`re trying to do is to eliminate bad karma. The Red Sox knew their bad karma was caused by trading Babe Ruth, and the White Sox knew theirs was caused by cheating in the World Series. But what about the Cubs? Where does our bad karma come from?

Is it really a goat? We don`t think so. We`ll tell you what bad karma we`ve discovered in our research, but we`ll also try to offset that by atoning for previous sins, and doing whatever we can to create good karma. And we`ll need your help for that.

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We`ll try to make this journey as fun as possible. After all, we love the Chicago Cubs. And we want to keep it Justonebadcentury.

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Ivy Chat
Len & Bob's baseball blog
Major League Models
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Great Cubs books...

"Cubbie Blues"
"Cubs Journal"
"For Love of Ivy"
"Good Money After Bad"
"Lost in the Ivy"
"Wrigley Field, the Unauthorized Biography"
"Wrigleyville"

Sportswriter and hopeless baseball junkie Mike Cameron has written "Public Bonehead, Private Hero: The Real Legacy of Baseball's Fred Merkle."

The book has just been released and is available for order only from: www.sportingchancepress.com

This is the inspirational story of Fred Merkle, 19-year-old rookie with the New York Giants in 1908, who became the No. 1 scapegoat in the history of sports but stood up to unimaginable abuse his entire life with strength and dignity.

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Rick Kaempfer's other blogs/websites:

"Rick Kaempfer"
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"Chicago Radio Spotlight"