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You know, the Cubs are quietly not sucking lately. Should we alert the media?   (If you missed This Week in 1945, you missed the official surrender of Japan, Ho-Chi Min, the Volkswagen, Potter Palmer`s castle, Stan Hack`s 2000th hit, and Eddie Waitkus. Tuesday`s Great Nicknames was Chinski. Wednesday`s Tale from a Bad Century was about the Steve Bartman of 1936--a Chicago cop.) On the JOBC Blog, Ernie & Curt Simmons, Lee Smith, A great mustache, Ronald Reagan and Kiki Cuyler. In case you haven`t seen it, we now also 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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Monday, August 30, 2010

Ronald Reagan

On this day in 1984, President Ronald Reagan was inducted into the Sportscasters Hall of Fame. Yes, it was a move to generate publicity for the Hall of Fame. Yes, it was pure exploitation of a popular president.

But it was also a deserved honor.

Though Reagan only did his sportscasting for WHO radio in Des Moines, he was still one of the most popular radio sportscasters in the country at the time. (How many Iowa broadcasters in history are able to say that?) That`s not revisionist history. That`s the truth. Every year a list came out of the top ten, and when he was a baseball announcer, Dutch Reagan was on that list.

What team did he broadcast again?

Kiki



His nickname was Kiki, which isn`t pronounced "key-key," it`s pronounced "cuy-cuy" as in his last name "Cuyler."

The Hall of Famer was born on this day in 1898.
 
 
 
 
 
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Friday, August 27, 2010

Cubs move Harry`s statue

Harry`s statue was on the corner of Sheffield and Addison, greeting fans as they came to the park from the "L". I think this new location is actually more appropriate...outside the Bleacher entrance on Sheffield and Waveland.

Full details are here.

The new Billy Williams statue will take Harry`s old place.

3 Great Nicknames

3 great Cubs nicknames were born on this day in 1915, 1901, and 1917 respectively.

The Antelope

Fidgety Phil (photo)

and

Peanuts

All three are long gone, but their legends live on.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Sparky

His real name was Earl Adams, but his teammates called him Sparky.

Sparky Adams was a pretty good infielder for the Cubs, but his real long-term value to the team might have come the day he was traded to the Pirates.

Find out why here.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Nice Guys Finish Last

I`ve been getting a lot of e-mails lately asking for recommendations for baseball books (What? The Cubs aren`t doing it for you this year?). I can tell you which book I always mention first. The University of Chicago Press recently re-released "Nice Guys Finish Last," the autobiography of Leo Durocher.

I reviewed it last year at this time for the Beachwood Reporter. You can read that review here.

If you`re looking for a novel, check out "The Man With Two Arms" by Billy Lombardo. I reviewed that one here.

If you love baseball, you`ll love both books.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Scoops

His real name was Jimmy Cooney, but his teammates called him Scoops.

He was born on this day in 1894, and remains the last player in team history to accomplish a rare feat.

Find out what it was here.
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Agony and Ivy
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elliottharris.com
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Goat Riders of the Apocalypse
The Heckler
Inside the Ivy
Ivy Chat
Len & Bob's baseball blog
Major League Models
North Side Baseball
The Baseball Zealot
Thunder Matt's Saloon
View from the Bleachers

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.

We also recommend Anything by George Castle

Rick Kaempfer's other blogs/websites:

"Rick Kaempfer"
"Father Knows Nothing"
"Chicago Radio Spotlight"