Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Cubs are members and currently champions of the Central Division of Major League Baseball’s National League. more...

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The team plays their home games at the historic Wrigley Field, located in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. The Chicago Cubs have been playing baseball at this site since April 20th 1916. The Cubs are one of two Major League clubs in Chicago, the other being the Chicago White Sox of the American League.

The Cubs are often referred to by the media and fans as "The Cubbies," and also "The Northsiders," in contrast to the White Sox, who play on the city's South Side. The Cubs are one of the only two remaining charter members left in the National League (the other being the Atlanta Braves), and the only charter team in its original city.

The Cubs are managed by Lou Piniella. The team's president is John McDonough, and their general manager is Jim Hendry. Businessman Samuel Zell recently acquired the Tribune Company, the current owners of the Cubs. The company will sell the team in the coming months.

Franchise history

White Stockings

The success and fame of the Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869, or 1870, baseball's first openly all-professional team, led to a minor explosion of openly professional teams in 1870, each with the singular goal of defeating the Red Stockings. A number of them adopted variants on that name and color, and it happens that Chicago adopted white as their primary color. On April 29, 1870, the team played their first road game against the St. Louis Unions, defeating the Unions 47-1.

After a summer of individually arranged contests among the various teams, the time was right for the organization of the first professional league, the National Association, in 1871.

The Chicago White Stockings were close contenders all summer, but disaster struck in October 1871 with the Great Chicago Fire, which destroyed the club's ballpark, uniforms, and other possessions. The club completed its schedule with borrowed uniforms, finishing second in the National Association, just 2 games behind, but it was compelled to drop out of the league during the city's recovery period until being revived in 1874.

After the 1875 season, Chicago acquired several key players, including pitcher Albert Spalding of the Boston Red Stockings, and first baseman Adrian "Cap" Anson of the Philadelphia Athletics. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, the club president, William Hulbert, was leading the formation of a new and stronger organization, the National League.

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