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Ernie Banks (Hey Ernie, let's play two [10]) was twice voted the National League Most Valuable Player and was later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He would often say "Let's play two!" to indicate his love for baseball. [14] The song also mentions Jack Brickhouse, [10] a sportscaster who covered Cubs games from the 1940s to 1981. [15]
We've got the setting – sunshine, fresh air, the team behind us. So let's play two! [96] The Cubs retired Banks' uniform number 14 in 1982. [55] He was the first player to have his number retired by the team. [97] The team did not retire any more numbers for another five years, when Billy Williams received the honor. Through the 2023 season ...
At the time of the song's release in 2008, it had been 100 years since the Cubs had last won the World Series. [4] Vedder has been a lifelong Cubs fan. [5] The song, which fondly looks forward to the Cubs' next World Series victory, was written with the encouragement of certain Chicago Cubs, most notably Ernie Banks. The song was first ...
The Marlins hold a 2-1 lead with two outs in the top of the ninth in that game. Making matters even more difficult for the Cubs is the fact the Cincinnati Reds pulled even with them in the wild ...
The Cubs and White Sox meet for the second round of the City Series on Tuesday and Wednesday at Wrigley Field. The Cubs swept the earlier two-game series July 25-26 at Guaranteed Rate Field. It ...
June 25, 1943: The first 'night' game in Major League history is held at Wrigley Field. This Friday evening game against the first place St. Louis Cardinals started at 6 PM (which is considered a twi-night game by MLB standards today). The game ended 2 hours 17 minutes later (some minutes before sundown), on one of the longest days of the years ...
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The Cubs had won the first 2 games of the series (1984 marked the last time that the League Championship Series was a best-of-five series) over the Padres. Incidentally, Durham went 3-for-20 in the NLCS, garnering two of his three hits in the final two games on home runs (his shot in Game 4 had given the Cubs a 3–2 lead). [40]