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Cubs', other teams' solo homers allowed

Steadysingle sourceOne outlet reported this, in 2 reports over 2 days - no second voice in this corpus.
Sat, 8 August 2026Fri, 14 August 2026

What it is about

Phil MatonDon SuttonJameson TaillonShota ImanagaPhil NiekroEdward CabreraRobin RobertsTim WakefieldMatthew BoydTom SeaverCaleb ThielbarMurray DicksonTom GlavineFerguson JenkinsSteve TrachselNolan RyanVince VelasquezJacob WebbDavid PearsonJavier Assad

Who published it, and when

original reportfirst to report
bleedcubbieblue.com1 original report1 original report
8 Aug, 12:41over 6 days14 Aug, 14:30

How it spread - 2 original reports

  1. Sat, 8 August 2026

    1 report
    • bleedcubbieblue.com12:41first to report

      It's an admonition drilled into every pitcher's brain, along with "Throw strikes!" and "Don't walk the leadoff man!": "If you have to give up a home run, do it with nobody on base." Of the 60 pitchers since 1901 who have served up at least 300 homers, 57 surrendered at least 188 with nobody aboard. Of all 22,064 homers they gave up, 13,560 were solo...

  2. Fri, 14 August 2026

    1 report
    • bleedcubbieblue.com14:30

      Alex Bregman on Wednesday became the 28th different Cub since 1901 to hit three home runs in a game. They have done it a total of 44 times. Seven did it more than once: Sammy Sosa, six; Ernie Banks, four; Dave Kingman and Aramis Ramirez; three; and Kris Bryant, Hank Sauer and Alfonso Soriano, two. That adds up to 22 times, the same as the...

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