The Chicago Cubs acquire Boston Braves pitcher Lefty Tyler in exchange for Larry Doyle, Art Wilson and $15,000. Tyler will win 19 games for the Cubs this year.

The Chicago Cubs acquire Boston Braves pitcher Lefty Tyler in exchange for Larry Doyle, Art Wilson and $15,000. Tyler will win 19 games for the Cubs this year.

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1918 – The Chicago Cubs acquire Boston Braves pitcher Lefty Tyler in exchange for Larry Doyle, Art Wilson and $15,000. Tyler will win 19 games for the Cubs this year.

Fenway Park 1912 World Series Game 2
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Fans parade around Fenway Park before the 1912 World Series

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  October 9, 1912 Boston fans parade around Fenway Park before the start of the world Series, Game 2. Christy Mathewson later said of the moment when he took the mound at Fenway Park, “This was the only place in the world that I wanted to be. I could think of nothing greater than pitching…