Great History Stories

Episode 77: The Losers: Suffering Through the History of the Chicago Cubs


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We've covered a lot of terror in this podcast; it's time to relive a different type of pain. For all the Cubs fans who didn't live to see the Lovable Losers win it all, this one's for you.

Sources:
https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/inventions-and-discoveries-of-the-twentieth-century/inventions-1900-to-1990/

https://www.mlb.com/cubs/history/timeline

https://chicagology.com/baseball/chicagoballparks/doublenohitter/

https://sportsnaut.com/longest-championship-droughts-nfl-nba-sports/ 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/index.shtml 

https://www.mlb.com/news/no-hitter-c265779246 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/RBI_season.shtml 

https://wrigleyivy.com/the-homer-in-the-gloamin/ 

https://www.billygoattavern.com/legend/curse/ 

https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-chicago-cubs-college-of-coaches-a-management-innovation-that-failed/ 

https://www.kenhubbs.com/ 

https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/061018 

https://web.archive.org/web/20060216154935/http://www.jonmdavis.net/cubs/1984cubsclinch.mp3 

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