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CHICAGO CUBS In 2004, the Chicago Cubs completed back to back winning seasons since 1971-72. The Cubs were devastated by injuries of many of their star players. Greg Maddux, in his return to the Cubs, became the 22nd Major League pitcher to win 300 games, Sosa passed Ernie Banks to become the club's all-time home run leader and the Cubs boasted four 30-home run hitters, Moises Alou, Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez and Sammy Sosa for the first time in team history. The Chicago Cubs have the longest dry spell between championships in all professional sports, having failed to win a world series since 1908, they have not even been to the world series since 1945. Sammy Sosa ended the 2004 season with 574 career home runs, placing him seventh on the major leagues' all-time home run list.
The Chicago Cubs have won more games than any other franchise in baseball history with the exception of the Giants. Their all-time franchise winning percentage is bested by just the Giants, Dodgers, and Cardinals. However, it is hard for the fans to accept that team has been waiting for more than 90 years for a World Series title and 55 years for a World Series appearance. Chicago is the only city to hold a team persistently since its inception in 1876. The Cubs started playing as "White Stockings." Beginning in 1890, some newspapers started covering them as the "Colts" because the team relatively featured very young players. A similar name was the "Cubs." In 1898, after the death of manager Cap Anson retired, the team was briefly given the name the "Orphans" before "Cubs" was legitimately approved in 1900.
Now the Cubs are one of six teams in the Central Division of the National League. The Chicago Cubs won sixteen League Pennants in, 1876, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1885, 1886, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1918, 1929, 193, 1935, 1938 and 1945. The Cubs have also won three Division Titles in, 1984, 1989 and 2003.
Carlos Zambrano
The Cubs' baseball park is called Wrigley Field. In 1920 Wrigley Field was called Weeghman Park. The Cubs share an unusual rivalry with the Cardinals and have nurtured this rivalry since the 1880s when the Cardinals played as the Browns from 1882-1898, and the Cubs played as White Stockings from 1876-1889 before settling on to their original names. In 1885, both of the teams for the first time met in the World Series, the series which finished with 3-3-1 tie. In the late 1800s, the Browns switched on to the National League from the American Association. This placement put them in the direct contention for the division title. .The Chicago Cubs are the team that hasnt seen a World Series in nearly 10 decades and still attracts millions of perennially disappointed fans every year to the Wrigley Field. There is a mutual respect between the teams and their fans. Mike Shannon has lived this rivalry for decades, first as a Cardinals player and for the last 32 years as an announcer for KMOX radio. 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 dollar after owning it for 65 years. The Cubs won their last World Series in 1907-08 and they haven't won ever since. Cub faithful are still waiting for their next World Championship. Mainstays on the early 1900s Cubs were Three Finger Brown, Ed Reulbach, Frank Chance, Johnny Evers, Joe Tinker, Frank Schulte, and Jimmy Sheckard.
Matt Murton
Ernie Banks is the ultimate Cubbie and is the most popular player in Cubs' history draws a crowd, nearly 40 years after he played on the Northside. He had two defensive careers. From 1953-1961, he played at shortstop, winning two MVP Awards and a Gold Glove and from 1962-1971, Banks played as a first baseman, where he had good range and a strong arm. The best player on the Cubs in the 1980s was Ryne Sandberg, a professional second baseman who won the 1984 MVP award and capped the middle infield spot for Chicago for 15 seasons. His professionalism added with outfielder Andre Dawson added fire to the Cub attack in the late 1980s, helping the team win a division title in 1989. Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire captivated the nation during their Home Run Chase of 1998, which ended with Sammy at 66 and McGwire at 70. The play of Mark Grace is also considered to be the best thing to happen to the franchise in the decade in 80s and 90s. In 1999, Sammy Sosa became the first player in Major League Baseball history to reach 6 home runs in back to back seasons. In 2001, Sosa hit at least 50 home runs each year, joining Babe Ruth and Mark McGwire as the only players with more than two 50-roundtripper campaigns.
WRIGLEY FIELD STADIUM Wrigley Field, home to the Chicago Cubs, is the second oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball behind Fenway Park (1912). Wrigley Field is at 1060 W. Addison Street, Chicago, Illinois. Charlie Weeghman built the park to house his baseball team, the Chicago Federals (a.k.a. the Chi-Feds and, later, as the Whales) of the brand-new Federal League, which was challenging the established major leagues. Wrigley is the third-smallest ballpark being used in 2004 and the only remaining Federal League park. Wrigley Field is known for the ivy planted against the outfield wall in 1937 by Bill Veeck and the manual scoreboard Veeck also erected. No batted ball has ever hit the scoreboard, though Sam Snead did manage to hit it with a golf ball teed off from home plate. Originally named Weeghman Park, construction began on the 14,000 seat ballpark on March 14,1914. Wrigley Field cost $250,000. The ballpark had only one deck of grandstands in a V-shape, with wooden bleachers in the outfield. Construction on the $250,000 ballpark was completed by April 23, 1914. Weeghman Field was home to the Chicago Whales for two years, until the Federal League went bankrupt.
Michael Barret
The Chicago Cubs, played at West Side Grounds until Charles Weeghman bought the club and moved them to his ballpark in 1916. Wrigley Field has played host to Major League Baseball for the 91st season in 2004 and to the cubs for the 89th year. The first Cubs game at Weeghman Field was on April 20, 1916. In 1920, Weeghman Field was renamed Cubs Park, and Weeghman sold the club to William Wrigley Jr. Beginning in 1922 and 1923, Cubs Park underwent several renovations. The grandstands were moved back 60 feet, and wooden bleachers were added, thus increasing the capacity to 20,000. Major renovations began in 1926, when Cubs Park was renamed Wrigley Field. The grandstand was double decked, the playing field was lowered, and the bleachers in left field were removed. The capacity increased to 38,396. More renovations were completed at Wrigley Field in 1937. Bleachers were added in the outfield, and the famous 27 by 75 foot hand operated scoreboard was placed behind the bleachers in centerfield. The most distinct feature was the planting of ivy at the base of the outfield wall. Before World War II, the grandstand in left field was circled so all the seats faced home plate instead of centerfield. After 5,687 consecutive day games played by the Cubs at Wrigley, the lights were finally lit on August 8, 1988, for a game with the Philadelphia Phillies. That game was rained out after 3 innings, and the first official night game took place the following evening against the New York Mets. The Cubs won, 6-4. Lights had actually been placed in the ballpark for installation in 1941, but Wrigley instead donated them to a shipyard for the war effort the day after Pearl Harbor. In the late 1980s, however, Cubs management insisted that the team was in danger of leaving Wrigley if lights weren't installed, and Major League Baseball threatened to make the Cubs play postseason games at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. The first permanent concession stand in baseball was built here in 1914. The custom of allowing fans to keep foul balls hit into the stands started here, as did the custom of throwing back home runs hit by opposing players. "Take Me Out To the Ballgame" has been sung (off-key) thousands of times by venerable announcer Harry Caray (1914-1998), and countless fans have watched the game from the porches and rooftops of the houses on Waveland Avenue (behind the left-field fence) and Sheffield Avenue (beyond right field).
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CHICAGO CUBS HISTORY Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball club was Founded in 1870 as an independent professional club, later joining the National Association in 1871 and becoming a charter member of the National League in 1876. The Great Chicago Fire destroyed the club's ballpark, uniforms and records toward the end of the 1871 season. The club completed its schedule, finishing second in the National Association that year, but was forced to drop out of the league for the next two seasons as a result

. In 1875, Chicago acquired several key players from the Boston Red Stockings, including pitcher Al Spalding and first baseman Cap Anson, who would later become the team leader and manager for almost twenty seasons. Anson was arguably the best player in baseball in his day, though he is chiefly remembered today for his role in establishing baseball's color line than for his playing and managerial skill. The team played its first game in the history of the Chicago National League Ball Club on April 25.

The first run for the team was scored by center fielder Paul Hines. In September 1876 the team won their first National League pennant. The team changed its name in 1890 and was now known as Chicago Colts for the next eight years. The team moved to a new home in 1893 and played there for the next 18 years. The team began playing at West Side Grounds. In 1898 the manager of the team Cap Anson retired. The team was once again renamed and for the next two years was known as the Chicago Orphans. During this time the fans also nicknamed the team as the "Cubbies." In 1900, disaster struck the team and a few players left the team. In 1902 manager Frank Selee joined the team and he built the team with a new set of players and the team was renamed as Chicago Cubs. In the first decade of the new century the Cubs was the best team in baseball. The team won a record of 116 games in 1906, 107 games in 1907, 99 games in 1908, and 104 games in 1909 and 1910. In the last five seasons the team also won National League pennants, garnering World Titles in 1907 and 1908. The next decade saw a mix response, the team changed six managers but they all failed to show good results. The team's fate changed when the owner of a chewing gum company William Wrigley bought the team. In 1945, the team made its last appearance to the World Series. The 1970s brought continued disappointment.

The 70s lineup consisted of Bill Madlock, Manny Trillo, Rick Reuschel, Bill Buckner, and Dave Kingman. The best player on the Cubs in the 1980s was Ryne Sandberg, a slick second baseman who won the 1984 Most Valuable Player award and plugged the middle infield spot for Chicago for 15 seasons. In 1984, the organization won their first National League Eastern Division championship, and returned to post-season play for the first time since 1945. The Chicago Cubs have the longest dry spell between championships in all of professional sports, having failed to win a World Series since 1908. The Chicago Cubs have not even been in a World Series since 1945, and finished in the second division, or bottom half, of the National League for twenty consecutive years beginning in 1947.

They did not win any playoff series between 1908 and 2003, when they beat the Atlanta Braves in the National League Division Series (NLDS). Despite having their first back to back winning seasons since 1973 in 2003 and 2004, the cubs are still perennially in the top 10 in league attendance. The Cubs' home ballpark, Wrigley Field, played host to only day games until 1988, because the stadium owner donated the lights to the war effort in the 1940s, and it then became tradition. The first night game was scheduled to be played August 8, 1988, versus Philadelphia, but it was rained out after three and a half innings. The first official night game later occurred the following evening, August 9, 1988; the Cubs defeated the New York Mets, 6-4. While night games are now possible at Wrigley, the Cubs still play more day games at home than any other Major League team. The Chicago Cubs have retired the following numbers; ..14 worn by Ernie Banks, ..26 belonging to Billy Williams, ..10 worn by Ron Santo and ..42 belonging to Jackie Robinson which has also been retired throughout baseball.

Kerry Wood

The Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Cubs are one of six teams in the Central Division of the National League. The uniform color of the team is red and blue and the logo design is a red C on a blue field. The following Chicago Cubs players were honored by being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, they are; Ernie Banks, Mordecai Brown, Roger Bresnahan, Kiki Cuyler, Dennis Eckersley, Pete Alexander, Richie Ashburn, Jimmie Foxx, John Clarkson, Lou Brock, Cap Anson, Clark Griffith, Gabby Hartnett, Frank Chance, Ferguson Jenkins, Chuck Klein, Rabbit Maranville, Ralph Kiner, Rogers Hornsby, Burleigh Grimes, Hugh Duffy, King Kelly, Al Spalding, Joe Tinker, Freddie Lindstrom, George Kelly, Billy Herman, Robin Roberts, Monte Irvin, Dizzy Dean, Tony Lazzeri, Johnny Evers, Hack Wilson, Billy Williams, Hoyt Wilhelm and Rube Waddell.

Ron Santo

I'd like to meet:

Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, Ron Santo, Ryne Sandburg, Sammy Sosa, there are so many

Wrigley Field has basically remained advertisement free, with only advertisements on nearby buildings and a few in the ballpark. The area outside Wrigley Field, called Wrigleyville, is filled with fans on game day. Ballhawks as they are called, wait on Waveland Avenue to catch homeruns during the game. At no other current major league ballpark does the weather affect gameplay as much as at Wrigley Field. In April and May the wind often comes off Lake Michigan (less than a mile to the east), which means a northeast wind "blowing in" to knock down potential home runs and turn them into outs. In the summer, however, the wind often comes from the south and the southwest, which means the wind is "blowing out" and has the potential to turn normally harmless fly balls into home runs. Many Cub fans check their nearest flag before heading to the park on game days for an indication of what the game might be like; this is less of a factor for night games, however, because the wind does not blow as hard after the sun goes down.

Aramis Ramirez

Some classic moments in baseball history have taken place at Wrigley, starting with the legendary 1917 pitching duel between Jim 'Hippo' Vaughn and the Cincinnati Reds' Fred Toney. Both threw no-hitters for nine innings (the only such dual feat in the majors) before the Reds' storied Olympian Jim Thorpe drove in the only run. Toney completed his no-hitter. On Sept. 28, 1938, Cubs Hall of Fame catcher Gabby Hartnett hit his famous "Homer in the Gloamin" off the Pittsburgh Pirates' Mace Brown. With the game about to be postponed because of darkness, Hartnett hit a game-winning homer to lift the Cubs to the pennant. Probably no event at Wrigley Field is more famous than Babe Ruth's supposed "called shot" home run off Charlie Root in the 1932 World Series. It is now acknowledged that Ruth did indeed gesture toward the outfield just before depositing Root's pitch into the bleachers, but it may never be known just what he meant. The mystery only adds to the mystique. It was at Wrigley that Ernie Banks hit his 500th homer in 1970 and Pete Rose got his 4,191st hit to equal Ty Cobb's mark in 1985. But the Cubs have never won a World Series title at Wrigley Field, having lost in all six attempts since 1918. Their last world championship came in 1908, six years before Wrigley was built.

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Derek Lee

Music:

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Sammy Sosa

Movies:



Forever Loyal - A Salute to the Cubs Fans and Their Field

Rookie of the Year

This Old Cub

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Television:

WGN, Fox, Comcast Sports Net, ESPN, and 24

Books:



Steve Gatto - Da Curse of the Billy Goat, The Chicago Cubs, Pennant Races...
John Snyder - Cubs Journal : Year by Year and Day by Day with the Chicago...
Derek Gentile - The Complete Chicago Cubs: Fully Revised & Up to Date. The ...
Ron Santo - Few And Chosen: Defining Cubs Greatness Across the Eras
Doug Myers - Essential Cubs
Harper Scott - How I Helped the Chicago Cubs (Finally!) Win the World Seri...
Charles N. Billington - Wrigley Field's Last World Series: The Wartime Chicago Cubs...
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Fred Mitchell - Cubs: Where Have You Gone?
Will Wagner - Wrigley Blues: The Year the Cubs Played Hardball With the C...
Stuart Shea - Wrigley Field: The Unauthorized Biography
Chris W. Sehnert - Chicago Cubs (America's Game)
Joe Hoppel - Cubs : FromTinker to Banks to Sandberg to ...today
John Silbaugh - National League Central: The Chicago Cubs, The Cincinnati R...
David Green - 101 Reasons to Love the Cubs (101 Reasons to Love)
Chicago Cubs 2006 12-month wall calendar
Gary Gilletee - Total Cubs 2000 (Total Baseball Companions)
Lew Freedman - Cubs Essential: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Real Fa
Mark Stang - Cubs Collection: 100 Years of Chicago Cubs Images
Byron L. Sherwin - The Cubs and the Kabbalist : How a Kabbalah-Master Helped t...
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George Castle - Where Have All Our Cubs Gone?
David Claerbaut - Durocher's Cubs : The Greatest Team That Didn't Win
Chicago Cubs - Chicago Cubs 2004 16-month wall calendar
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Heroes:

Sammy Sosa, Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, Billy Williams, and Ryne Sandburg.