History of the Cubs

The Chicago Cubs, formerly known as the Chicago Orphans, are one of the most storied franchises in Major League Baseball. The team has been a part of baseball since 1876 and has won two World Series championships, making them one of the oldest teams in MLB. Throughout their history, they have had some incredible moments that will live on forever in baseball lore.

The Cubs first began playing as an independent professional team known as the White Stockings until joining the National League (NL) for its inaugural season during the 1876-77 season when it was renamed to “Chicago,” after which they were then called the Chicago Orphans by sportswriters who thought their young players looked like cubs or baby bears at play on the field! In 1906, Frank Chance took over as manager and led them to four straight NL pennants from 1906–1910 before finally winning their first World Series title against Ty Cobb's Detroit Tigers during the 1907-08 seasons with a record 116 wins! This was followed up with another championship win against the Cleveland Indians during the 1908-09 seasons, where Joe Tinker famously said, "Tinker to Evers to Chance," which is now immortalized into a Hall Of Fame plaque honoring all three infielders for the double plays made throughout those years.

During the period between 1910 -1945, the Cubs went through many changes, including changing managers multiple times but never managed to get back into the playoffs, let alone win any more titles, till 1945 when Phil Cavarretta came onto the scene, leading them back into postseason contention again while also becoming the NL MVP in the same year due to his stellar performance both offensively and defensively, helping secure their second-ever World Series title by defeating the Detroit Tigers once more, winning four out of five games played! After this, though, things started to go downhill quickly, with the Cubs missing the playoffs every year except for 1969 & 1984, and losing divisional tiebreaker games each time, respectively, even though they had great rosters filled with superstars such as Ernie Banks, Ryne Sandberg, Harry Carey, etcetera... yet they were still unable to break the curse so far, despite a few close calls here and there recently, like the 2003 NLCS loss to the Houston Astros, heartbreakingly enough. But hopefully, someday soon, we'll see these lovable losers become champions again, bringing joy to fans everywhere around the country, not just in the city of Chicago itself!