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Obscure Georgia Bulldogs and Chicago Cubs connection

Dave McMahon

Big Time Stats Guy
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Mar 27, 2008
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Yes... both haven't won it a long time...

but my connection is baseball hall of famer Hughie Jennings is credited as Georgia's first official baseball coach as he led Georgia from 1895 to 1897.

Hughie Jennings was the Detroit Tigers manager from 1907 to 1920 (also the Giants a little later). He was the manager of the losing team (Tigers) the two seasons in which the Chicago Cubs won the World Series back in 1907 and 1908.
 
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