The novel The Rookies is written by Josh Weiselberg. Valley News/Courtesy photo
A graphic after the Chicago Cubs defeated the San Diego Padres in the first round of the 2025 playoffs noted that the five runs the Padres scored in the three games made the 1.67 runs per game the Cubs allowed the third-lowest in a postseason series in the team’s history. The 1907 Cubs who defeated the Detroit Tigers in that year’s World Series, allowed 1.2 runs per game in the five-game series. Although the Cubs lost the 1918 World Series in six games the Red Sox only scored a total of nine runs, so the Cubs allowed 1.5 runs per game.The 1918 Cubs – with a handful of players who didn’t actually exist – are featured in a novel called The Rookies written by Josh Weiselberg. On many weekends, Weiselberg is at The Gambling Cowboy in Temecula promoting his book.Weiselberg has
