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Last time the Cubs won the World series

Dave19642006

Dave19642006

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Here are some of the items/ things that has happened

1st time, ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square
Star #46 was added to U.S. flag for Oklahoma
1st Mother's Day observed
1st passenger flight in an airplane
Henry Ford introduces Model T car
Dutch scientists produce solid helium.
1st horror movie (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) premieres in Chicago.
Albert Einstein presents quantum theory of light.
 
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RMS Titanic built, sailed, sunk, lost for 73 years, found, had Oscar winning motion picture made about it and still 11 years left over.....
 
Let's project what else will happen before the Cubs win their next World Series....

I'll start.

The Rays win three straight World Series in 2035-7.
 
DaddyMac said:
Number of hawkeye football player arrests?

Anyone?

Anyone?
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My Slipstick (slide ruler) doesn't go that high...

I tried to estimate it on my TI-89 and I got an error, it doesn't go that high either :eek:
 
My Dad in Law (Iowa State Grad, Engineering, natch) just sent me a Popular Science that had an article on how awesome 1908 was. And to think the Cubs actually won their last World Series then.

It was the "bee's knees" I hear....
 
  1. Both radio and TV were invented
  2. Fourteen teams were added to Major League Baseball
  3. George Burns celebrated his 10th, 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 80th, 90th and 100th birthdays
  4. Haley's comet passed Earth, twice
  5. Harry Caray was born, and died
  6. The NBA, NHL and NFL were formed, and Chicago teams won championships in each league
  7. The US fought in two world wars, the Korean War, Vietnam War and Persian Gulf War
  8. Man landed on the moon
  9. Sixteen US presidents were elected
  10. Eleven amendments added to the Constitution
  11. Prohibition was created and repealed
  12. The Titanic was built, set sail, sank, and was re discovered
  13. Wrigley Field was built and becomes the oldest park in the National League
  14. Flag poles were erected on Wrigley Field roof to hold all of the team's future World Series pennants, which have since rusted and been taken down
  15. A combination of 40 Summer and Winter Olympics have been held
  16. Thirteen baseball players have won the Triple Crown
  17. Swing music, bell-bottoms, and disco came in style, went out of style and came back in style
  18. The Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox and Florida Marlins have all won the World Series; what next, the Expos?!?
  19. The Cubs played almost 15,000 regular-season games, losing the majority of them
  20. Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Oklahoma and New Mexico were admitted to the Union
 
clone2011 said:
a baseball player who leads the league in RBIs, HRs, and Batting Avg win the Triple Crown Award. Very difficult task to accomplish.
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That just goes to show how little I know about baseball.

I learn something each and every day, and a lot of the times here on CF!!!
 
cycfan1 said:
  1. Both radio and TV were invented
  2. Fourteen teams were added to Major League Baseball
  3. George Burns celebrated his 10th, 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 80th, 90th and 100th birthdays
  4. Haley's comet passed Earth, twice
  5. Harry Caray was born, and died
  6. The NBA, NHL and NFL were formed, and Chicago teams won championships in each league
  7. The US fought in two world wars, the Korean War, Vietnam War and Persian Gulf War
  8. Man landed on the moon
  9. Sixteen US presidents were elected
  10. Eleven amendments added to the Constitution
  11. Prohibition was created and repealed
  12. The Titanic was built, set sail, sank, and was re discovered
  13. Wrigley Field was built and becomes the oldest park in the National League
  14. Flag poles were erected on Wrigley Field roof to hold all of the team's future World Series pennants, which have since rusted and been taken down
  15. A combination of 40 Summer and Winter Olympics have been held
  16. Thirteen baseball players have won the Triple Crown
  17. Swing music, bell-bottoms, and disco came in style, went out of style and came back in style
  18. The Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox and Florida Marlins have all won the World Series; what next, the Expos?!?
  19. The Cubs played almost 15,000 regular-season games, losing the majority of them
  20. Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Oklahoma and New Mexico were admitted to the Union
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For sensitivity's sake, couldn't we have skipped #14.

Off to cry:cry::cry::cry::mad::cry:
 
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