I have significant fears about a Cubs Red Sox Series

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These teams only win during major Worl Wars. I swear to g_d, the moment Trot Nixon steps across home plate with the winning run in the ALCS, someone will sink an ocean liner and all hell will break loose.

This is not funny....

:scared:

[WilliamPitt]

1. What world war happened in 1908?

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2. The Cubs last two series

were 1918 and 1945...

[WilliamPitt]

3. Ah.

[pmbryant]

7. The Cubs were in several World Series in the 1920s and 1930s

I'll look it up.

EDIT: Here's the World Series the Cubs have been in:

1906 lost to White Sox 4-2
1907 beat Tigers 4-0
1908 beat Tigers 4-1
1910 lost to A's 4-1
1918 lost to Red Sox 4-2
1929 lost to A's 4-1
1932 lost to Yankees 4-0
1935 lost to Tigers 4-2
1938 lost to Yankees 4-0
1945 lost to Tigers 4-3


My source: http://baseball-almanac.com/ws/wsmenu.shtml


--Peter

[papau]

4. I think he means 1918 Cubs/Red Sox - Sox win with Babe Ruth pitching

World War 1 was started years earlier - but the US had just joined and the U.S. government called for a shortened season (ending on Labor Day) as well as an accelerated Series to take place immediately after from September 5th to the 11th.

Boston's "Beantown Bombers" came in to their fifth World Series appearance with an undefeated post-season record of 4-0 via wins as both the Red Sox and the Pilgrims.

This was the year that pitcher Babe Ruth split time between the outfield and the mound for the first time in his young career and managed to toss thirteen wins, bat .300 and hit a league leading eleven home runs. The Chicago Cubs were 84-45 with a pitcher "Hippo" Vaughn who had led the National League with twenty-two victories and was backed up by Claude Hendrix with tweny wins and Lefty Tyler with nineteen.

The Cubs played in Comiskey Park, home of the cross-town rival White Sox, rather than their own Weeghman Park (later named Wrigley Field) due to it's larger seating capacity. The Braves played at Fenway despite playing at Braves Field over their own Fenway Park for their previous two Series appearances.

Boston's pitchers had a combined 1.70 ERA and Chicago's a 1.04 ERA. Neither team scored more than three runs in a game and there wasn't a single home run in all six games. The victorious Sox batted .186 and the losing Cubs a team average .210

And the Cubs lost despite the better "stats"! :-)

[papau]

5. It is hard to be a Cub fan!

:-)

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6. It was also the year

Ruth started acting like a complete maniac. He would pass out in alleys near Fenway and have to carried into the park before the game.

Its why they got rid of him after the 19 season. In 1919 he set a new single season HR record (23 I think) and a journalist said something to the effect "don't get used to it, its a fluke". Of course the next year Ruth hit 51...

He probably was too hyper to be a pitcher and sit for three days. He was still a maniac but playing everyday seemed to level him out a little.

One of the great myths is that Boston fans hated the trade. That trade was seen a lot like if the 49ers traded Terrell Owens or if Philly had traded Iverson a few years ago.