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Chicago Cubs have won more games than any other franchise in baseball history
with the exception of the Giants. However, fans of the team are unlikely to take
comfort in that fact, since they have been waiting for almost 100 years for a
World Series title and 50+ years for a World Series appearance.
The
Chicago National League franchise was known as the White Stockings, Colts, and
the Orphans before settling in as the Cubs in 1903. They won the very first NL
pennant in 1876, and under Adrian "Cap" Anson they won five NL titles
in the 1880s. In the first decade of the 20th century the Cubs were the best team
in baseball, winning a record 116 games in 1906, 107 games in 1907, 99 games in
1908, and 104 games in 1909 and 1910. In four of those seasons the Cubs won NL
pennants, garnering World Titles in 1907 and 1908. Cub faithful are still waiting
for their next World Championship.
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greats over the years have included Rogers Hornsby, Ron Santo, Billy Williams,
Ferguson Jenkins, Don Kessinger, Andre Dawson, Ryne Sandberg, Sammy Sosa and,
of course, the great Ernie Banks. Despite their recent (and not so recent) lack
of success, Cubs fans expectations always run high as the Cubbies try to break
the "Curse of the Billy Goat." |
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