The 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.

Cubs 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 Kerry Wood, Mark Prior and the rest of the Cubbies try to break the "Curse of the Billy Goat."

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