Chicago Cubs Baseball Team
The Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball team based in
Chicago, Illinois. They are in the Central Division of the National
League. The Chicago Cubs have been the only baseball team in the
National League to stay in the same city for more than 100 years.
The Cubs' baseball park is called Wrigley Field. In 1920 Wrigley
Field was called Weeghman Park. In 1926 William Wrigley, the creator
of Juicy Fruit Chewing Gum, bought Weeghman Park and named it
Wrigley Field after himself.
In 1981 William Wrigley sold Wrigley Field to The Tribune Company
for 20.5 million dollars. William Wrigley and his family had owned
it for 65 years. The Chicago Cubs are a very important part of
baseball history and have been big part of people's lives since
1876.
The Chicago Cubs have the longest dry spell between championships in
all of professional sports, having failed to win a World Series
since 1908. To make matters worse, the Chicago Cubs haven't even
been in a World Series since 1945, before there were divisions. They
didn't win any playoff series between 1945 and 2003, when they beat
the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS.
The Chicago Cubs 2003 playoff run ended in an emotional game 7 of
the NLCS against the Florida Marlins. While the Chicago Cubs were at
one point ahead in the 7-game series 3 games to 1, the Florida
Marlins came back to win the final three games. Florida Marlins
pitcher Josh Beckett shut out the Chicago Cubs in game 5. An
implosion of the Chicago Cubs defense late in game 6, following a
now-infamous incident of a fan named Steve Bartman touching a ball
in foul territory, allowed the Marlins to score 8 runs in the eighth
inning and tie the series. The Chicago Cubs were unable to win the
final game at home, and the Chicago Cubs were without a pennant
again.
What may be the least known and cried over but possibly the most
telling statistic of futility for the Chicago Cubs, though, is that
they haven't had back-to-back winning seasons since 1973 (as of the
end of the 2003 season). Not division titles, not playoff
appearances, just winning seasons. Yet, they still are perennially
in the top 10 in the league in attendance.
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Founded: 1870, as an independent professional club. Joined the
National Association in 1871. Became a charter National League member
in 1876.
Formerly known as: White Stockings, in the 1870s. Colts, in the late
1890s. Orphans, 1898, after the firing of longtime manager Cap Anson.
Remnants, in 1901, after a number of players deserted the team for the
American League. The nickname Cubs was coined in 1902 when manager
Frank Selee arrived and rebuilt the club with young, inexperienced
players. The Chicago Tribune tried to call the team the Spuds around
this time, but that name didn't stick.
Home ballpark: Wrigley Field, 1060 W. Addison Street, Chicago.
Uniform colors: Blue and red
Logo design: A red "C" on a blue field. Sometimes, the team will make
use of a cartoon bear cub.
Wild Card titles won (1): 1998
Division titles won (3): 1984, 1989, and 2003
League pennants won (16): 1876, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1885, 1886, 1906,
1907, 1908, 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938, and 1945
World Series championships won (2): 1907, 1908
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