Thursday, June 09, 2005
A list of links between the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox is a ridiculously long one:
Bill Buckner
Andre Dawson
Fergie Jenkins
The 1918 World Series
Don Zimmer
Lou Boudreau
Joe McCarthy
The ancient-ruin ballyards
Lee Smith
Dennis Eckersley
Tom Gordon
Matt Stairs
Manny "Juice" Alexander
Calvin Schiraldi
Curses, jinxes, goats and ghosts
Matt Clement
Bill Mueller
Mark Bellhorn
Todd Walkah
Nomah/Nomarr
Even current Red Sox manager Terry Francona got 31 hits in 1986 in a Cubs uniform.
Yet for all they have in common, when the Cubs and Red Sox share a field (Wrigley) at 1:20 p.m. Friday, it will be for the first time since Sept. 11, 1918."
Bill Buckner
Andre Dawson
Fergie Jenkins
The 1918 World Series
Don Zimmer
Lou Boudreau
Joe McCarthy
The ancient-ruin ballyards
Lee Smith
Dennis Eckersley
Tom Gordon
Matt Stairs
Manny "Juice" Alexander
Calvin Schiraldi
Curses, jinxes, goats and ghosts
Matt Clement
Bill Mueller
Mark Bellhorn
Todd Walkah
Nomah/Nomarr
Even current Red Sox manager Terry Francona got 31 hits in 1986 in a Cubs uniform.
Yet for all they have in common, when the Cubs and Red Sox share a field (Wrigley) at 1:20 p.m. Friday, it will be for the first time since Sept. 11, 1918."
