Chicago Cubs

The Cubs are a Chicago based MLB team and are one of the oldest and most storied franchise's in the history of professional sports.

Lineup for the 2009 season

Pitchers

46 Ryan Dempster
Ryan Dempster led the cubs to the playoffs in the 2008 season. They were promptly swept in the first round
40 Rich Harden
30 Ted Lilly
38 Carlos Zambrano

48 Neal Cott
Garrett Olsen
49 Carlos Marmol
45 Sean Marshall
29 Jeff Samardzija

Catchers

18 Geovany Soto

Infielders

5 Ronny Cedeño
17 Mike Fontenot
25 Derrek Lee
16 Aramis Ramírez
2 Ryan Theroit
33 Daryle Ward

Outfielders

Soriano had another strong regular season, however he choked once again in the playoffs.

1 Kosuke Fukudome
9 Reed Johnson
12 Alfonso Soriano

OVERVIEW

The cubs are one of the two MLB teams that is based in Chicago, the other one being the Chicago White Sox. Although, they have not won a World Series in over a century, they are a very popular team thanks in part to WGN which telecasts their games on a national stage. The Cub's stadium, Wrigley Field is considered to be one of the most historic places in all of Sports. In that sense they transcend the boundaries between the various sports. The future looks promising for the Cubs as they have a strong pitching lineup and have very capable bats to go along with it. However, they were swept out of the playoffs in the first round for the past two years.

IMPORTANT EVENTS

KERRY WOOD'S 20K GAME

1998

Wood pitching in the 1998 season

Kerry wood went from a relatively unknown 20 year old prospect to a household name when he pitched his fifth major league start. He Faced the NL central leading Houston Astro's and their powerful batting lineup which included multiple all stars like Raig Biggio, Derek Bell and Jeff Bagwell , Jack Howell and Moises Aloui. He went on to pitch a full game shut out and only gave up one run, on an error. More importantly he threw for 20 strikeouts which tied the major league record that was set by the future hall of framer Roger Clemens. His pitches included a fastball's that hit the three digit mark on the radar gun and an un-hittable curve ball. In fact, this mark has only been set twice in the history of the MLB's existence and remains the benchmark for any pitcher.

10,000 WINS

2008

The 10,00th win

The cubs reached a hallowed mark in baseball when they recorded their 10,000th win in April 23, 2008 when they faced the Colorado Rockies. They became only the second team after the San Francisco Giants to reach this mark. However, they do hold the record for most wins in one city, as the cubs have been a Chicago based team from the start. To mark this achievement, the cubs raised a flag which said 10,000 in blue, along with the customary "W" flag.

Also, at that point the cubs had won 10,000 and lost 9,465.
The only team to have 10,000 losses are the Phillies

* Post season victories are not taken into account*

CUBS PLAYOFF

Their pennants are as follows...

World Series Champions in

1907 and 1908

National League Champions

1906, 1907, and 1908, 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1938, 1945

* Also made the playoffs in

1984 Season - Lost in the NLCS(2nd round)
1989 Season - Lost in the NLCS(2nd round)
1998 Season - Lost in the NLDS(1st round)
2003 Season - Lost in the NLCS(2nd round)
2007 Season - Lost in the NLDS(1st round) *
2008 Season - Lost in the NLDS(1st round) *

* SWEPT

BAD NEWS CUBS

9/08/1969: A black cat runs onto the field at Shea Stadium, goes over to the Cubs dugout and stares Leo Durocher right in the face. The Cubs lose both games of a doubleheader, and the Mets pull to within a ½ game of first.

10/01/1977: Steve Bartman born in Chicago.

4/29/1983 After a 4-3 loss to the Dodgers that dropped the Cubs record to 5-14, Manager Lee Elia responded to fan booing with a profanity-laced tirade. Among other criticisms, Elia noted that, “Eighty-five percent of the fuckin’ world is working. The other fifteen come out here. A fuckin’ playground for the cocksuckers.”

6/03/2003: Sammy Sosa’s corked bat is discovered during the first inning of a game between Cubs and Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Wrigley.

10/14/2003: Cubs lead Marlins 3-2 in NLCS with Mark Prior on the mound at Wrigley. Cubs lead series 3-0 with five outs to go, when Luis Castillo hits foul pop up down third base line. Leftfielder Moises Alou apparently has a clean shot at catching the ball along the guardrail, but fan Steve Bartman interferes and it goes for a foul ball. Castillo walks, shortstop Alex Gonzalez commits an error, and before the inning ends the Marlins lead 8-3. Cubs lose the game and Game 7. The game was played exactly 95 years from the day the Cubs clinched its last World Series championship with a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Detroit.

4/11/2004: Mark Prior, once described by a scout as “that rare power pitcher who has exquisite command,” is seen doing towel drills off the mound in Atlanta.

2/12/2007: Kerry Wood is sidelined with a “bruised right side” after falling in a hot tub at his home.

The "black cat" incident predated an historic Cubs collapse

The corked bat incident

Do you believe in curses?

THE CURSE OF BILLY GOAT

This is one of the most talked about and to some people one of the most absurd things in all of sports. It supposedly started when the owner of the Billy Goat tavern, Billy Sianis placed a curse on the Chicago cubs when he along with his pet goat were kicked out of Wrigley Field. Apparently the goat's foul odor was bothering other fans and so he was kicked out. Enraged he said " Them cubs, they aren't gonna win no more". While it was brushed off at first, the cubs promptly lost to the TIgers in the world series and since then it has been immortalized in the papers over the years. The fact remains that the Chicago Cubs, have not won a World Series since then.

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Name	Platforms	Developer
Tecmo Super Baseball	GEN, SNES	Tecmo
MLB 08: The Show released on March 4, 2008	PSP, PS3, PS2	Sony Computer Entertainment America
Major League Baseball 2K8 released on March 4, 2008	X360, PS2, PS3, PSP, WII	Kush Games
Major League Baseball 2K7 released on Feb. 26, 2007	GBA, DS, X360, XBOX, PSP, PS2, PS3	Skyworks Technologies, Inc., Kush Games
MLB 06: The Show released on Feb. 28, 2006	PS2, PSP	SCE Studios San Diego
Major League Baseball 2K5 released on Feb. 28, 2005	PS2, XBOX	Kush Games
MLB Slugfest Loaded released on June 21, 2004	PS2	Midway Games
MLB 2004	PS2	Sony Computer Entertainment America
High Heat Major League Baseball 2004 released on March 4, 2003	PC, PS2, XBOX	The 3DO Company
MLB 99 released on April 14, 1998	PS1	Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated

Concept Name:	Chicago Cubs
Appears in:	10 games
First appearance:
Aliases

	Carlos Zambrano
	Derrek Lee
	Aramis Ramirez
	Alfonso Soriano
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