On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, to help you follow the various narrative paths.

“Maybe I called it wrong, but it’s official.” — Tom Connolly, HoF Umpire.

Today in baseball history: • 1884 – National League president Abraham G. Mills resigns and is replaced by former league secretary Nick Young. (2) • 1900 – At an American League meeting at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago, Ban Johnson says the AL has chosen not to renew the National Agreement with the National League, but sees no need for friction between the two leagues. (2) • 1996 – One of Major League Baseball‘s most controversial owners, Jerry Reinsdorf, and its most controversial player, Albert Belle, j

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