Al Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. He's also written three books about the Cubs, the latest is "Chicago Cubs Firsts."
The 1928 Cubs remained in contention most of the year, but couldn’t get over the hump into first place except for a few days after a 13-game winning streak in May.
Still, they won 91 games, their most since 1912, and finished only four games out of first. Then they made a key offseason trade that would galvanize them in 1929.
As has been the case for many earlier Cubs years, many of these transactions were with independent minor league teams.