Gone Too Soon
11 min readJul 1, 2023
Early 1960s accidental deaths of two infielders likely cost Cubs and White Sox several pennants in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
By William S. Bike
The Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox perennial pennant contenders and pennant winners?
As unlikely as this scenario seems, the teams were headed that way in the 1960s — until fate stepped in and took the lives of two young men who were…
