In honor of actor Andy Garcia and his (unintentionally) hilarious reaction to Sofia (Mary Corleone) Coppola's death scene in "The Godfather, Part III."
1912 City Series-cont.
Game 1 October 9, 1912 at Comiskey Park
Cubs..........000 000 000 0 1 1
White Sox...000 000 000 0 6 1
Pitchers: Cubs-Lavender White Sox-Walsh
Game called due to darkness
Game 2 October 11, 1912 at Comiskey Park
Cubs..........100 000 020 000 3 11 1
White Sox...000 010 002 000 3 13 2
Pitchers: Cubs-Cheney White Sox-Cicotte, Walsh
Game called due to darkness
Game 3 October 12, 1912 at Comiskey Park
Cubs..........010 021 100 5 9 1
White Sox...000 201 001 4 14 4
W-Lavender L-White
Game 4 October 13, 1912 at West Side Park
White Sox...000 001 100 2 8 2
Cubs..........000 001 30x 4 7 0
HR-Schulte
W-Reulbach L-Walsh
Game 5 October 14, 1912 at Comiskey Park
Cubs..........303 000 002 8 12 3
White Sox...000 001 000 1 8 2
W-Cheney L-Cicotte
Game 6 October 15, 1912 at West Side Park
White Sox...030 000 010 01 5 11 4
Cubs..........000 200 110 00 4 8 2
HR-Schulte
W-Walsh L-Lavender
Game 7 October 16, 1912 at Comiskey Park
Cubs..........120 001 001 5 5 2
White Sox...001 002 04x 7 9 1
W-Benz L-Reulbach
Game 8 October 17, 1912 at West Side Park
White Sox...010 003 004 8 13 0
Cubs..........100 200 020 5 8 0
HR-Zimmerman, Collins, Weaver
W-Lange L-Richie SV-Walsh
Game 9 October 18, 1912 at Comiskey Park
Cubs..........000 000 000 0 5 4
White Sox...128 230 00x 16 17 0
W-Walsh L-Lavender
Most Valuable Player-Ed Walsh (2-1-1, 1 save, 6 games pitched). It isn't even close. Walsh pitched in 6 games, including the first two games, which ended in ties. Walsh worked so hard in the series that it was the beginning of the end of his career.
Booby Prize-Chicago Cubs. After two ties, they dominated the Sox and jumped to a 3-0 series lead, the last of those games being an 8-1 win. After that, they completely collapsed and lost the next four, two on late inning rallies-and they also blew a 9th inning, 3-1 lead in Game 2, which ended in a tie-and were blown out 16-0 in the final game. Until the 2004 Yankees came along, the Cubs had the dubious distinction of being the only team in baseball history to blow a 3-0 series lead and lose a best-of-seven series.
According to Rich Lindberg, rumors floated around that the Cubs had laid down in the series to support Frank Chance, whom they knew would not be back the next year. That seems a bit silly-that the Cubs would take an insurmountable lead before tanking the series for their manager. Why not just lay down and lose before that? The charges may have come from people who could not believe that the Cubs could lose a series in the manner that they did. Be that as it may, Lindberg writes that the charge was never proven.
Cubs..........000 000 000 0 1 1
White Sox...000 000 000 0 6 1
Pitchers: Cubs-Lavender White Sox-Walsh
Game called due to darkness
Game 2 October 11, 1912 at Comiskey Park
Cubs..........100 000 020 000 3 11 1
White Sox...000 010 002 000 3 13 2
Pitchers: Cubs-Cheney White Sox-Cicotte, Walsh
Game called due to darkness
Game 3 October 12, 1912 at Comiskey Park
Cubs..........010 021 100 5 9 1
White Sox...000 201 001 4 14 4
W-Lavender L-White
Game 4 October 13, 1912 at West Side Park
White Sox...000 001 100 2 8 2
Cubs..........000 001 30x 4 7 0
HR-Schulte
W-Reulbach L-Walsh
Game 5 October 14, 1912 at Comiskey Park
Cubs..........303 000 002 8 12 3
White Sox...000 001 000 1 8 2
W-Cheney L-Cicotte
Game 6 October 15, 1912 at West Side Park
White Sox...030 000 010 01 5 11 4
Cubs..........000 200 110 00 4 8 2
HR-Schulte
W-Walsh L-Lavender
Game 7 October 16, 1912 at Comiskey Park
Cubs..........120 001 001 5 5 2
White Sox...001 002 04x 7 9 1
W-Benz L-Reulbach
Game 8 October 17, 1912 at West Side Park
White Sox...010 003 004 8 13 0
Cubs..........100 200 020 5 8 0
HR-Zimmerman, Collins, Weaver
W-Lange L-Richie SV-Walsh
Game 9 October 18, 1912 at Comiskey Park
Cubs..........000 000 000 0 5 4
White Sox...128 230 00x 16 17 0
W-Walsh L-Lavender
Most Valuable Player-Ed Walsh (2-1-1, 1 save, 6 games pitched). It isn't even close. Walsh pitched in 6 games, including the first two games, which ended in ties. Walsh worked so hard in the series that it was the beginning of the end of his career.
Booby Prize-Chicago Cubs. After two ties, they dominated the Sox and jumped to a 3-0 series lead, the last of those games being an 8-1 win. After that, they completely collapsed and lost the next four, two on late inning rallies-and they also blew a 9th inning, 3-1 lead in Game 2, which ended in a tie-and were blown out 16-0 in the final game. Until the 2004 Yankees came along, the Cubs had the dubious distinction of being the only team in baseball history to blow a 3-0 series lead and lose a best-of-seven series.
According to Rich Lindberg, rumors floated around that the Cubs had laid down in the series to support Frank Chance, whom they knew would not be back the next year. That seems a bit silly-that the Cubs would take an insurmountable lead before tanking the series for their manager. Why not just lay down and lose before that? The charges may have come from people who could not believe that the Cubs could lose a series in the manner that they did. Be that as it may, Lindberg writes that the charge was never proven.
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