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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 ...
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]
Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo (4-2, 3.12 ERA) and Cubs right-hander Ben Brown (1-1, 2.72 ERA) start the series finale on Sunday afternoon. Lodolo pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball in a 3-1 ...
The Cubs, at 56-53, are 2½ games back of the Brewers. ... The right-hander has a 2.08 ERA in his last five outings. ... (6-7, 5.31) starts on Friday night against Washington LHP Patrick Corbin (7 ...
This Week in Baseball (abbreviated as TWiB, pronounced phonetically) was an American television series that focused on Major League Baseball highlights. Broadcast weekly during baseball season (and in its second incarnation, prior to marquee MLB games and during rain-delays) the program featured highlights of recent games, interviews with players, and other regular features.
The pitch touched 94.3 mph to strike out Nicky Lopez to end the first inning, which tied the highest velocity Yamamoto registered with the pitch last year (it averaged 91.5 mph). Let’s see if he ...
The MLB on Fox pre- and post-game broadcast set at Progressive Field in Cleveland during its coverage of the 2016 World Series. Major League Baseball (MLB) has been broadcast on American television since the 1950s, with initial broadcasts on the experimental station W2XBS, the predecessor of the modern WNBC in New York City.