#don kessinger

[this-day-in-baseball]

May 24, 1969

For the first time since the start of the season, a span of forty-one games, Don Kessinger does not reach base. The Cubs Gold Glove shortstop grounds out four times and hits into a fly-ball double play in his last at-bat during Chicago’s 7-5 loss to the Padres at San Diego Stadium.

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[eddiethegiantlibrarian]

Happy Birthday to legendary Cubs shortstop, Don Kessinger (6x All-Star, 2x Golden Glover).

[harmonyspearls]

Take me out to the ball game, take me out to the park...

Take me out to the ball game, take me out to the park…

I admit it, okay?  I’m a fair weather fan when it comes to the Cubbies.  I haven’t watched them consistently since I met my life partner–A Sox fan–in 1980.  In Chicago, marrying a southsider fan when you were a northsider fan was akin to marrying outside your ethnicity or religion.  Another reason for my family to be suspicious of my guy. When we were kids in our tiny town and met someone new the…

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