Cubs Bring Bryant Up

The wait is over for Cub fans.

Kris Bryant has been brought up and should be in the lineup from now until he retires...

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2015/04/17/cubs-may-have-bryant-in-lineup-vs-padres/

Cubs End 12-Game Losing Streak

The Cubs stopped their 12-game losing streak, getting a boost from Alfonso Soriano's go-ahead home run to beat the San Diego Padres 11-7 on Memorial Day.

The Cubs' skid was their worst since they opened the 1997 season with 14 straight losses.

With winds blowing out at 35 mph on a 90-degree afternoon and the ball was flying. There were eight home runs, including four by each team and two from San Diego's Chase Headley and a total of 17 extra-base hits.

Chicago trailed 7-6 in the sixth inning when Soriano launched a drive that landed outside the stadium on Waveland Ave.

When the final out was secured and the Cubs had their first victory since a May 14 game at St. Louis, the Wrigley Field crowd and the Cubs as a team breathed a sigh of relief.

It's temporary, the Cubs still have a long season in front of them.

Another Cub Legend Passes

Phil Cavarretta, the 1945 National League MVP who led the Chicago Cubs to their last World Series appearance, died Saturday in Georgia. He was 94.

Cavarretta died in Lilburn, Ga., of complications from a stroke, according to his grandson, Jeffrey Brown, of Lubbock, Texas.

A first baseman and outfielder, Cavarretta broke into the major leagues in 1934 and spent the first 20 of his 22 seasons with the Cubs before moving across town to play 77 games for the White Sox.

The three-time All-Star led the NL with a .355 batting average and a .449 on-base percentage in 1945, when the Cubs lost to the Detroit Tigers in the World Series. Cavarretta was one of the last living members of that team. The Cubs have not won a pennant since and their last World Series championship came in 1908.  Cavarretta was also one of the last living players who had taken to the field against Babe Ruth.  Cavarretta played against him when Ruth was a Boston Brave in 1935.

Cavarretta finished with a .293 batting average, 95 home runs and 920 RBIs in more than 2,000 big league games.

Philip Joseph Cavarretta was born on July 19, 1916 in Chicago. While attending Lane Tech High School on the North Side, he was a local sensation as both a pitcher and hitter. Among his feats at Lane, were a no-hitter and 8 one-hitters; he also pitched his American Legion team to a national championship in 1933.

Prior to graduation at age 17, Phil signed with the Cubs; upon graduation he was assigned to the Cubs' minor league team at Peoria, making a splash in his very first professional game on May 17, 1934 -- homering in his first at-bat and hitting for the cycle. In September, the Cubs called him up and on September 16th, he made his major league debut against the Dodgers in Brooklyn, only 18 years old.

Cavarretta is survived by his wife, Loraine, four daughters and one son, among others.