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The
Last Ball of the 1945 World Series
Between 1876 and 1945 the Cubs
won the National League pennant 16 times. Since then they've
won just two divisional titles. Their last World Series
appearance was played against the Detroit Tigers in 1945.
It was a seven-game affair that the Tigers won. Roy Hughes,
the Cubs shortstop was on first base with 2 outs in the
9th inning of the 7th game when he was forced out at 2nd
base to end the game and the Series. The ball that forced
Hughes out was then tossed onto the field by Detroit's
2nd baseman Eddie Mayo and picked up by Hughes. This is
that ball - the last moment that the Cubs were on baseball's
main stage. 
This ball was originally donated by Roy Hughes to the
Cy Young Museum in the 1960s as this letter attests to. |
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See a video of the day I went to Wrigley Field in July, 2006, and touched this ball to Wrigley's original home plate.