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The Cubs lost the 1918 Series in a sparsely-attended affair that also nearly resulted in a players' strike demanding more than the normal gate receipts. With World War I dominating the news (as well as having shortened the regular baseball season and having caused attendance to shrink) the unsubstantiated rumors were allowed to dissipate.
The Cubs won the division that year and then came within five outs of playing in the World Series, but were undone by the Florida Marlins' eight-run rally immediately following the Steve Bartman incident. The Cubs then lost the following game and with it the series. (The Marlins went on to win the World Series against the New York Yankees.)
The 2019 Chicago Cubs season was the 148th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 144th in the National League and the Cubs' 104th season at Wrigley Field. The Cubs were managed by Joe Maddon , [ 1 ] in his fifth year as Cubs manager, and played their home games at Wrigley Field as members of Major League Baseball 's National League Central .
The 1994 Cleveland Indians corked bat incident took place on July 15, 1994, at Comiskey Park in Chicago during a game between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox. In the first inning, White Sox manager Gene Lamont was tipped off that Indians batter Albert Belle was using a corked baseball bat . [ 1 ]
The following is a list of Chicago Cubs broadcasters: Names in bold are recipients of the Ford C. Frick Award , presented annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame to a broadcaster for major contributions to baseball.
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Aaj Tak was the first news channel in India to use OB vans. [4] By the time the channel came into existence, it had a reach of 52 lakh households. It now broadcasts to three crore households and its viewership in news channels is 56%. [3] On 14 December 2018, Aaj Tak launched India's first Hindi high-definition channel, Aaj Tak HD. [1]