Hack Wilson: the hard-living Chicago Cubs star whose epic 1930 endures
05.08 2022:
The mercurial Cubs outfielder was one of the most rambunctious hitters in MLB history and still holds of one of the sport’s most impregnable records
The Cubs’ Hack Wilson set a major league single-season…
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