seriously, Barney has played in all but five games this year. Oh, except this: how about writing a caption for what Anthony Rizzo and Starlin Castro are saying to each other in the photo above.Ĭubs lineup: DeJesus RF, Valbuena 2B, Rizzo 1B, Soriano LF, Castro SS, Castillo C, Jackson CF, Vitters 3B, Germano Pĭarwin Barney is getting the day off. 500 for the first time since the end of the 1966 season.Įmbrace it, I guess. That will change if the Cubs lose tonight a loss would put them at 59-99, 40 games under. ![]() The Cubs fell to 58-103 with that loss, 45 games under. (Just two Cubs pitchers have lost 20 in a season since then: Ellsworth again in 1966, and Bill Bonham in 1974.) Ernie Banks' 37th home run of the season provided the only Cubs run Dick Ellsworth suffered his 20th loss. The winning run was driven in on a double by Marv Throneberry, who was in an 0-for-18 slump. Miller hadn't won since April 1961 and threw his first complete game in more than three years. The winning pitcher, Bob Miller, had been 0-12 before that game (note if you click on that link, you'll see a photo of Miller in a Cubs cap the Cubs were one of 10 teams he played for). The Mets beat the Cubs 2-1 at Wrigley Field in front of 2,870 people (actual turnstile count in those days). ![]() ![]() Under the category of "it could always be worse", I thought I'd tell you the story of the Cubs game 50 years ago today, September 29, 1962.
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