90SecondReCap
90SecondReCap provides a quick sports--and sometimes cultural--history lesson, based on each day's cap. Learn something new, in less than 90 seconds! If you're a baseball fan, you're gonna want to tune in, particularly if you love history, as well as random trivia, including some tidbits that have been discovered for the very first time. It's not all baseball, all the time, as we've already covered baseball, football, basketball, soccer, tennis, yukigassen, and probably a few more. Plus, from a cultural standpoint, we've looked at the birth of hip-hop, house music, and a number of other enduring styles. The first 300 episodes were all 90 seconds or less. Starting with episode 301, we'll shoot for three or so 90 second episodes per week, along with a longer-form episode. Please bear with us as we get the entire back catalog posted...hopefully they'll all be loaded by Thanksgiving! And, please subscribe...you'll gain a little knowledge with each listen, and it won't take very long!
Episodes
Today we celebrate the 300th episode of 90SecondReCap, as well as National Sandwich Day, whose origins are just as murky as its inventor—but we wish John Montagu a happy birthday nonetheless.
On this date in 2016, the Cubs won their first World Series in 108 years, knocking off Cleveland 8-7 in 10 innings.
On this All Saints’ Day in 2016, the Cubs answered their fans’ prayers, sending the World Series to Game Seven with a 9-2 W in Cleveland.
It’s Halloween, so today we honor ghosts—The Sioux City Ghosts, a pioneering all-Black fast pitch softball team that barnstormed its way around North America starting in the mid-1920s.
On this date in 1967, Arthur Allyn of the White Sox and Bud Selig of the not-yet-extant Milwaukee Brewers announced that the South Siders would play nine games north of the border in ‘68.
On this date in 2016, Cleveland knocked off the Cubs 7-2 to take a three games to one World Series lead, just one win away from their first title in 68 years.
After two decades of telling it like it was, Cubs color analyst Steve Stone left the team on this date in 2004, a victim of the club’s inability—and unwillingness—to look in the mirror.
Today we honor Pumpsie Green, the first Black player in Red Sox history, born on this date in 1933.
On this date in 2016, the Cubs earned their first World Series victory in 25951 days.
On this date in 2016, the Cubs played their first World Series game in 71 years—losing by six runs, just as they had in their previous outing, in 1945.
On this date in 1951, The Sporting News broke the story behind a scathing five year-old report that MLB owners vigorously tried to deny ever existed.
On this date in 1977, former Cleveland Indian George “Pickles” Gerken died at the age of 74.
On this date in 2005, the White Sox hosted the Astros in the first World Series game played in Chicago since 1959.
On this date in 1928, Yankee great Whitey Ford was born in New York City.
Chicago sandlot legend Lou Gertenrich died on this date in 1933. Lou also played two big league games, filling in for the visiting Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburg Pirates.
On this date in 1884, BBWAA Career Excellence Award winner Tim Murnane played the final game of his professional career, which began as a barnstormer for Savannah.
On this date in 1966, Chicago’s fifth pro basketball team—The Bulls—would play their first-ever home game.
On this date in 1989, the Loma Prieta Earthquake brought the Bay Area—and the World Series—to a screeching halt.
On this date in 1979, Charleston Charlies’ alumni John Candelaria and Kent Tekulve combined to shut out the Orioles 4-0, taking the World Series to a winner-take-all Game Seven the following night.
On this date in 1917, the White Sox won their second World Series, knocking off the Giants in Game Six at the Polo Grounds, the most memorable play made by a Triple Crown winner who’d be exiled from the game two years later.
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