This week in 1908, 1945

Every weekend JOBC goes back in time to the last year the Cubs won the World Series, and the last year they won the pennant.

This week in 1908, Ian Fleming is born in England, and the Cubs have a horrible fight in their own clubhouse. A starting outfielder is nearly blinded.

This week in 1945, the U-boats were defeated, we bombed Tokyo, and the Cubs have lost 12 of their last 15 games

This week in 1908, 1945

Every weekend JOBC goes back in time to the last year the Cubs won the pennant and the World Series.

This week in 1908, oil is discovered in the Middle East for the first time, and the 1907 Championship flag is raised at West Side Grounds--and it gets stuck half way up the pole.

This week in 1945, the final battle of World War II is fought in Slovenia, and the Cubs get swept in New York to drop their record under .500. They are 7 1/2 games out of first.

This week in 1908, 1945

Every weekend JOBC goes back in time to the last year the Cubs won the pennant and the World Series.


This week in 1908, the first Mother`s Day was celebrated, the first wireless broadcasting patent was issued, and 3 Finger Brown won two games for the Cubs.

This week in 1945, Mussolini is captured and killed, Hitler kills himself and Eva Braun, and Cubs pitcher Hank Wyse throws a one-hitter.

This week in 1908, 1945

Every weekend Just One Bad Century goes back in time to the last season the Cubs won the pennant and the last season they won the World Series.

This week in 1908, the Cubs open the season in Cincinnati, and witness a Reds player spitting on and getting into a fistfight with his own fans, while in Vienna a 19 year old kid (named Adolf something or other) gets rejected for art school, and doesn't take it very well.

This week in 1945, the Allies launch an air campaign against Germany and liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp, E.B White releases the book "Stuart Little," and the Cubs play their final spring training game and head to Chicago for opening day

This week in 1908, 1945

Every weekend Just One Bad Century goes back in time to the last year the Cubs won the pennant (1945) and the last time they won the World Series (1908)

This week in 1945, the Allies liberate the first Nazi concentration camp, Eric Clapton is born in England, and the Cubs are getting itchy to start their season after a very unsatisfying spring training in French Lick Indiana.

This week in 1908, Chicago has 12 daily newspapers, and baseball institutes a new "tidy ball" rule leading up to next week's opening day.