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99 years on the wall ...

By David Schoenfield
Page 2

Monday, March 26, 2007

When the Chicago Cubs last won the World Series in 1908, Joe Tinker led the club with six home runs and 68 RBI, Three-Finger Brown went 29-9 with a 1.47 ERA and the starting pitchers totaled 108 complete games. Of course, it's not like current Cubs fans actually have fond memories of seeing that team in action. Which is why this whole "99 years and counting" of Cubs misery is overblown. Most Cubs fans have suffered for only a fraction of those years. And if they're going to claim 98 seasons wi ...

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