History of the Cubs

The Chicago Cubs 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 “Cubs” 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 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 double plays made throughout those years.

During this period between 1910 -1945, Cubs went through many changes, including changing managers multiple times but never managed to get back into 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 NL MVP same year due his stellar performance both offensively defensively helping secure second ever world series title defeating Detroit Tigers once more four games out five total played! After this, though, things started to go downhill quickly missing playoffs every year except 1969 & 1984 losing divisional tiebreaker games each time respectively even though having great rosters filled with superstars such as Ernie Banks Ryne Sandberg Harry Carey etcetera... yet still unable to break the curse so far despite few close calls here there recently like 2003 NLCS loss Houston Astros heartbreakingly enough but hopefully someday soon we'll see these loveable losers become champions again bringing joy fans everywhere around the country, not just city Chicago itself!