The 1945 World Series

A ChicagoNow blogger remembers the 1945 World Series.

He was there.

This week in 1908, 1945

The Cubs win the World Series for the last time, This week in 1908.

The goat legacy begins, This week in 1945.

The Cubs Win The Pennant!

The Cubs win the pennant! The Cubs win the pennant!

This week in 1945.

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, the most notorious game in Chicago Cubs history (that turned out well for the Cubs).

This week in 1945, Shirley Temple gets married, Danny Thomas opens the season at the Chez Paree, and Cubs outfielder Bill Nicholson sets a record.

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, the Republican Presidential Nominee William H. Taft celebrates a birthday, the first ever passenger on an airplane dies, and the Cubs are afraid they won't come back--they're 4 games out of first place.

This week in 1945, Tokyo Rose is captured, Jimmie Foxx hits his final career home run, and the Cubs are in first place.

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

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, the Cubs-Giants series in New York is so huge that the Tribune sets up a scoreboard outside their offices so Chicagoans can follow the action. Meanwhile in Texas, future president Lyndon Johnson is born.

This week in 1945, Mao makes his move in China, Chicago discusses getting rid of it's streetcar system, and the Cubs crush the Dodgers in Brooklyn.

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, Orville Wright is in Washington trying to convince a skeptical Congress that he and his brother actually flew an airplane, while the Cubs crush the Braves and Brooklyn at West Side Grounds in Chicago.

This week in 1945, the U.S. drops a second bomb on Japan, and Japan surrenders. Chicago celebrates VJ Day while the Cubs are in Philadelphia.