Sunday, August 28, 2011

This week in 1908, 1945

Every weekend JOBC goes back in time to the last year the Cubs won the World Series (1908) and the NL Pennant (1945).

This week in 1908, Jane Addams celebrates a birthday in Chicago, while the Cubs win a crucial game against Pittsburgh--setting the stage for the biggest game of the year (still to come).

This week in 1945, the world starts to discover the horrors of the damage in Japan after the nuclear blast, and Jackie Robinson meets secretly with Branch Rickey to sign a contract