One of two franchises in Major League in the Windy City, the Chicago Cubs are the reigning back to back champions of the National Division Central League. With the Atlanta Braves? The Cubbies,? If the team is popularly known, are the only remaining founding members of the NL.
The last team won a title in 1908, making her 100 years of championship drought year is the longest of all major North American professional sports franchises. The team plays its home games at Wrigley Field, the Cubs? home since 1916, located in Chicago? s north side of Lakeview Community. The club is currently managed by the Manager Lou Piniella, Jim Hendry as general manager and owner Sam Zell, after its purchase of the club? S parent organization, the Tribune Company. Zell has put the club on the block auction.
Milestones and Achievements
In its long history in the majors, the Cubs? golden age may be considered the period from 1902 to 1920, where the club has become a dynasty. In 1906, the Cubs won a staggering 116 games for 154, 753 winning percentage. He then moved on back to back World Series in 1907 and 1908.
The following decades saw the Cubs contenders remains strong, posting a winning record and notching NL pennants in 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938 and 1945. The second half of the century, the Cubs are always competitive while producing legends of the game such as Ernie Banks, Ryne Sandberg and Sammy Sosa.
The new millennium has been tough for the Cubs struggling to produce winning seasons. But come 2007, the Cubs were administered according to a new life? Disastrous? 2006 saw them win only 66 games. The club came together and left fielder Alfonso Soriano signed a lucrative contract and Piniella came aboard to replace Dusty Baker as manager.
The Cubs completed a turnaround in 2007, exceeding the NL Central with a record of 85-77 and faced the Arizona Diamondbacks in the series of National Division League, eventually losing to the D-Backs on one three games.
In 2008, the Cubs where they left in 2007 when they successfully defended their title of National League Central with a record of 97-65. It was the first time the Cubbies made the playoffs in c
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