Johnny Evers

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They are, arguably, the best-known Chicago Cubs of all time. And though Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers and Frank Chance last played together in 1912 – indeed, all have been dead more than 60 years -- their names live on among baseball fans. All...

The kid wasn't playing every day, and he wasn't even a kid anymore. The Dodgers didn't trust him in the field, so they stuck him on the bench. He had heard the Montreal Expos might play him every day, if only the Dodgers would trade him. So Steve...

The Cubs had been incredible in the 1906 season, winning 116 games and losing only 36, a record that has remained intact nine decades later. The Sox, on the other hand, had started off in sixth place. But they won 19 in a row late in the season, and...

What's the Curse of the Billy Goat? It started during the 1945 World Series, which pitted the Cubs against the Detroit Tigers. The Cubs refused to let Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis bring his lucky goat inside Wrigley Field for Game 4. An angry...

Both in good condition Comiskey announces that Sox are all signed with exception of Callahan March 2, 1906 Johnny Evers and Jimmy Slagle won the long distance race for the Chicago Nationals, being the first to report for spring practice. They made it a...

Cubs Then: Second baseman Johnny Evers and center fielder Jimmy Slagle are the first to report for spring practices, meeting with club president Charles Murphy. Now: SLUG White Sox Then: Club president Charles Comiskey announces that he has every...

(BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro league career): 1936 -- BBWAA: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus...

Chicago's sports scene hasn't always been this bleak. This week, as a reminder, we take a look back at happier days for the home teams. -------------------- There was a time when the Cubs actually had a dynasty. You have to go back to a time when cars...

Moises Alou reached into his locker stall in the Wrigley Field clubhouse, rummaging among caps, Cubs uniform pants, game jerseys and pairs of cleats. Then he hauled out a well-worn glove. Once shiny, the black outfielder's mitt resembled a house sorely...