<p><a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" target="_blank" >Cubs</a> TV analyst Jim Deshaies took a few minutes Tuesday to scroll through Baseball Reference’s ‘‘Today in Baseball History’’ page, something he had done many times before. Mining for a nugget that might fit into that night’s broadcast is never a bad idea, especially when <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/05/26/cubs-skid-reaches-10-as-pirates-score-early-and-often" target="_blank" >the team is bordering on unwatchable</a>.</p><p>He saw the name of Ty Cobb, who notched his 1,000th extra-base hit May 26, 1925, against the White Sox. And the name of Josh Gibson, who on that same date in 1946 homered for the Homestead Grays at Yankee Stadium.