Just one day after Orlando Merced thrilled a full house at Wrigley Field with a pinch-hit, three-run walkoff homer (written up here last Friday), the Cubs did it again against the Brewers, this time with longtime fan favorite Mark Grace doing the honors.
Some Hall of Fame snubs are egregious, like Eli Manning, Phil Simms and the Deftones. Mark Grace doesn’t have that kind of case. But he belongs. Because a Hall of Fame is a museum that should be built on more than statistics.
... to cap one wild weekend at Wrigley Field. The 1998 Cubs were a trip of a team. They meandered around second place for much of July, but a 14-14 August took them out of contention for the NL Central title, later won by the Astros.
A Major League switch hitter has hit at least 35 home runs on 35 occasions in MLB history. How many of the switch hitters to reach that milestone can you name in five minutes?
Dunston and Grace induction day was a great day at Wrigley Field This is Day 12 of a Cubsmas Advent Calendar. You can read the explanation for the project and Day One here.