1906 City Series   
Chicago (A.L.) vs. Chicago (N.L.)
for the WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Do's and Don'ts for Pitchers

DON'T GET WILD WITH A MAN ON 3RD
  • Cubs score 3 times via wild pitches
  • When Cub hurlers uncork a wild one,
          Sox don't score-- all 3 Cub WP's come
          with man on 1st and no one else on

    DON"T WALK THE PITCHER
  • Ed Walsh walks 3 times-- two of
         those walks lead to runs!
  • Orvie Overall walks, goes on to score!
  • Nick Altrock walks, and almost scores!

    INTENTIONAL WALKS TO LOAD THE BASES
  • Sometimes it works, sometimes it backfires!
  • Sox walk Kling and Cubs score 2 more
  • Cubs walk Jiggs D, Sox go scoreless in frame
  • Keep in mind

    In 1906
    they played

    SMALL BALL!

    Advance the Runner
    by any means
    possible!

  • base hit
  • stolen base
  • sacrifice bunt
  • infield out
  • base on balls
  • enemy error
  • wild pitch
  • Pro's and Con's of baserunning

    14 BASES SWIPED, 8 BY CUBS
  • Aggressive baserunnng pays off!
  • 5 Cub base-stealers go on to score!
  • 2 Sox stealers go on to score!

    11 RUNNERS CAUGHT STEALING
  • Bad baserunning kills rallies!
  • 4 Cub innings end prematurely by a
          base-stealing failure
  • Sox end inning on a caught stealing
         3 times

    DOUBLE STEALS
  • Sox do it once, Patsy Dougherty to 2nd
         as George Davis steals home
  • Joe Tinker and Johnny Evers do it twice;
         Tinker nabs 3rd and Evers takes 2nd
  • This series had bases-loaded heroics and bases-loaded heartbreak,
       It had double plays, double steals, outfield assists and plays at the plate,
        passed balls and pickoffs and runners caught in rundowns,
        hit batters, bad bounces, lots of errors, and great pitching,
    As a matter of fact it had everything BUT THE HOME RUN!
    There were
    fans in the stands, fans on the field,
    fans on rooftops, fans in the Armory,
    fans in the Auditorium
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