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The Cubs: 99 years of misery

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Friday, March 28, 2008

1920 Record: 75-79 Finished 5th in the National League, 18 games out A fine front office at work: "I'd play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time." -- Babe Ruth in 1920 The performance of Cubs reliever Sweetbreads Bailey is hardly tasty (should've stuck with his real name, Abraham Lincoln Bailey). A local boy from nearby Joliet, Ill., Bailey posts his lone victory on Sept. 17, but still ends up with a 7.12 ERA. (He helps erase an amazing season for Pete A ...

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