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VINTAGE 1969 Chicago Cubs Baseball Pennant Rare/Great Sports Bar Item - $75
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Here for sale is a very vintage Chicago Cubs Baseball Pennant from 1969. This is clean and would display well (but does have corner pin holes from previously being displayed). What a great vintage item to display in any sports bar or man cave.
The price for this item is $75.
Any questions, please ask.
Bad luck
Banks stated, however, that after an error by Young, Santo "went crazy. Young was so upset, he ran out ... I had never seen something so hurtful". According to Banks, "They say one apple can spoil the whole barrel, and I saw that", with the incident dividing the team into factions.[7] The Book Baseball Hall of Shame 2 places the blame squarely (and perhaps unfairly) at the feet of one man, stating, "In the heat of battle, Leo Durocher, field general of the Cubs, went AWOL once too often. It was because of his lack of leadership that his team lost the fight for the 1969 pennant." Durocher did not believe in using the platoon system. He believed in putting his best eight players on the field every day.[8] Five of the Cubs' regular players finished the season with over 150 games played.[9] Two more had more than 130 games played.[9] In his book, The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, baseball historian Bill James cited manager Durocher's method of using his regular players everyday without any rest days as a factor in the Cubs' collapse.[10]
Overuse of the pitching staff may have played a part. During the first 118 games (74–43 record on August 13), the Cubs averaged about 4.7 runs a game and gave up only 3.5 runs per game, a 1.2 run per game advantage over the opposition. The last 45 games (18–27 record) saw a major reversal, with 3.7 runs per game for the team and 4.5 runs per game for the opposition (average Cub score would be a negative −0.8 runs per game versus opponents, almost a complete reversal from earlier play). Both the hitters and pitchers may have wilted as the season wound down.
Perhaps most ominously, during one of the Cubs' games against the Mets, a black cat ran onto the field near Santo, and after the cat appeared, the Cubs' collapse began. This only fueled the myth of the Curse of the Billy Goat for many years afterwards.
Pitchers
37 Ted Abernathy
34 Hank Aguirre
48 Jim Colborn
36 Joe Decker
45 Alec Distaso
49 Bill Hands
30 Ken Holtzman
31 Ferguson Jenkins
46 Ken Johnson
48 Dave Lemonds
48 Joe Niekro
38 Don Nottebart
32 Rich Nye
27 Phil Regan
39 Archie Reynolds
33 Gary Ross
39 Dick Selma
Catchers
6 Randy Bobb
43 Johnny Hairston
19 Bill Heath
9 Randy Hundley
12 Gene Oliver
8 Ken Rudolph
Infielders
14 Ernie Banks
18 Glenn Beckert
11 Don Kessinger
15 Nate Oliver
22 Paul Popovich
10 Ron Santo
Outfielders
20 Rick Bladt
20 Oscar Gamble
23 Jimmie Hall
28 Jim Hickman
20 Adolfo Phillips
42 Jim Qualls
25 Willie Smith
21 Al Spangler
26 Billy Williams
29 Donald Young
Other batters
23 Manny Jiménez
19 Charley Smith
Manager
2 Leo Durocher
Coaches
5 Joey Amalfitano
3 Joe Becker
7 Pete Reiser
4 Verlon Walker
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