Re: Cubs eliminated again
Re: Cubs eliminated again
Re: Cubs eliminated again
It also should be noted that only two other franchises have not played in a World Series since the Cubs. The Washington National/Expos franchise and the Seattle Mariner franchise. Both as we all know are expansion franchises since 1945 and haven't had as many opportunities as the Cubs.
Also 1945 was a war year in which many of the better players were involved in WWII and the talent level of MLB was diminished considerably.
Re: Cubs eliminated again
Re: Cubs eliminated again
Some more to add to the list:
- Pluto was discovered and undiscovered as a planet
- Minorities couldn’t vote or share a bus, now we have an African American President
- Man landed on the moon, and found several home runs balls given up by Cubs pitchers
- The Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Florida Marlins have ALL won the World Series
Re: Cubs eliminated again
Always a good thread, Chip.
A few of my own observations:
The Ottoman Empire (est. 1299) existed for another 14 years after the Cubs last won the World Series.
Butch Cassidy had weeks left to live after the Cubs last won the World Series.
US troops were still in Cuba as fallout of the Spanish-American War when the Cubs last won the World Series.
Mark Twain died less than two years after the Cubs last won World Series.
Not only were Pulitzer Prizes not yet established when the Cubs last won the World Series, Joseph Pulitzer was still alive.
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One more and dear to my heart (and life for that matter!)...
* Diabetes was a terminal illness. Now people like me walk around with their pancreas (aka insulin pump) in their pocket.
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Others found on the net:
traffic lights were not yet in existent (or needed) the last time the Cubs won the WS.
Cub fans couldn't drown their sorrows in a Twinkie the last time the cubs won the WS as they had yet to be invented. However, I'm sure there still a "fresh" one in its original package (1930) sitting on a shelf somewhere.
Man had yet to step foot on the south pole.
Indianapolis had yet to stage "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing".
There were no girl scouts the last time the Cubs won the WS, nor any thin mints.
Crossword puzzles had yet to show up in American Newspapers.
Women were not allowed to vote.
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Al Gore was born, became vice-president and discovered the internet since the last time the Cubs won, too.
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Since the time of the Cubs last appearance in the World Series, the Reds have been to five of them, winning three. All five of the Reds' World Series wins have occurred since the Cubs last one won.
Mind boggling - you think they would have stumbled into one at some point in that span of years?
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Originally Posted by
RedFanAlways1966
One more and dear to my heart (and life for that matter!)...
* Diabetes was a terminal illness. Now people like me walk around with their pancreas (aka insulin pump) in their pocket.
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Just in case you're interested: http://www.wddpe.com/
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I thought the Cubs were eliminated from playoff contention on Opening Day?
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Two World Wars, the Great Depression, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the entire cold war, the entire length of the Soviet Union, two Gulf Wars, and the entire atomic age.