On September 23, 1908, the New York Giants and Chicago Cubs played a game in the Polo Grounds.

Because the Cubs lost two seasons to the Great Chicago Fire, the Braves have played more seasons, although the Cubs hold the record for oldest team still in its original city.

The Cubs responded by winning a pennant in the war-shortened season of 1918, where they played a part in another team's curse.

Due to the wartime travel restrictions, the first three games of the 1945 World Series were played in Detroit, where the Cubs won two games, including a one-hitter by Claude Passeau, and the final four were played at Wrigley.

In the following two decades after Sianis ' ill will, the Cubs played mostly forgettable baseball, finishing among the worst teams in the National League on an almost annual basis.

The Cubs had high expectations in 2002, but the squad played poorly.

The club played well, but the Cubs clinched on the final Friday of the season.

Smith finished second in MVP balloting to Andre Dawson, who had played on the last-place Chicago Cubs, largely because Smith and teammate Jack Clark split the first-place vote.

He has also homered in The Ballpark at Disney's Wide World of Sports, near Orlando, Florida, a usually minor-league and Spring Training park that hosted a regular season series between the Rangers and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in May 2007, although he did not hit a homer at the two regular season games the Cubs played at the Tokyo Dome in 2000 vs. the Mets.

Each team played in 5 of the first 15 World Series ( tying them with the Red Sox and Cubs for most World Series appearances during that time period ).

The players said it was even better than the actual World Series being played between the Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs that year.

On June 14 in Cincinnati, Rose singled in the first inning off Cubs pitcher Dave Roberts ; Rose would proceed to get a hit in every game he played until August 1, making a run at Joe DiMaggio ’ s record 56-game hitting streak, which had stood virtually unchallenged for 37 years.

Grimes played for the Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1916 -), the Brooklyn Dodgers (-), the New York Giants (), the Pirates again (-), the Boston Braves (), the St. Louis Cardinals ( 1930 -), the Chicago Cubs (-), the Cardinals again ( 1933 -), the Pirates ( 1934 ), and the New York Yankees ( 1934 ).

The impact of this on the Giants was minimized, since, in the eight-team National league, only the Chicago Cubs ( Illinois ), Cincinnati Reds ( Ohio ), and St. Louis Cardinals ( Missouri ), played home games in states that allowed professional sports on Sunday.

In his last five seasons Ashburn played for the 8th-place Phillies, the 7th-place Cubs, and the 10th place Mets.

Nicknamed " El Guapo " ( The handsome one ), he played with the Minnesota Twins ( 1990, 1993 ), Chicago Cubs ( 1995 ), Florida Marlins ( 1995 ) and Boston Red Sox ( 1996 – 2002 ).

A free agent again, he played 89 games for the Cubs in and played for Cincinnati in.

Former players for the Dutch Masters include Scott Garrelts, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants ( was supposed to pitch the opener in the 1989 World Series, but an earthquake had other ideas ); Mark Scheiwe, drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 1979 ( the same year Scott was drafted by the Giants ), but never making it to the big league because of injury ; and Ernie Westfield, who played in the Negro League and still represents them publicly.

* Rollie Zeider ( 1883 – 1967 ), major league baseball player, 1910 – 1918, played for Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Chicago Chi-Feds, Chicago Whales and Chicago Cubs.

* Rollie Zeider ( 1883 – 1967 ), major league baseball player, 1910 – 1918, played for Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Chicago Chi-Feds, Chicago Whales and Chicago Cubs.

* Ted Turner, Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Chicago Cubs.

In the first two decades of the 20th century, baseball great Gabby Hartnett, born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, grew up in Millville, played youth baseball in the Blackstone Valley League, and played for the Chicago Cubs, beginning in 1922.

Today known as the Chicago Cubs, they are the oldest team in American organized sports.

He entered into an agreement to buy the club, but the American League vetoed the sale, preferring to keep an American League team in Chicago to compete with the crosstown Cubs.

The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.

The Cubs have not won the World Series in years, a longer championship drought than that of any other major North American professional sports team,

He was unable to extend his father's baseball success beyond 1938, and the Cubs slipped into years of mediocrity, although the Wrigley family would retain control of the team until 1981.

It has also been said by many that Sianis put a " curse " on the Cubs, apparently preventing the team from playing in the World Series.

After losing a dismal 103 games in 1966, the Cubs brought home consecutive winning records in ' 67 and ' 68, marking the first time a Cub team had accomplished that feat in over two decades.

Ironically, the following two seasons also saw the Cubs get off to a fast start, as the team rallied to over 10 games above. 500 well into both seasons, only to again wear down and play poorly later on, and ultimately settling back to mediocrity.

The Wrigley family sold the team to the Chicago Tribune in 1981, ending a 65-year family relationship with the Cubs.

With strong defense – Dernier CF and Sandberg 2B, won the NL Gold Glove-solid pitching and clutch hitting, the Cubs were a well balanced team.

With his shots in the 9th and 10th innings Wrigley Field erupted and Sandberg set the stage for a comeback win that cemented the Cubs as the team to beat in the East.

Sammy Sosa was the captain of the Chicago Cubs during his tenure with the team.

They led the Wild Card by 1. 5 games over San Francisco and Houston on September 25, and both of those teams lost that day, giving the Cubs a chance at increasing the lead to a commanding 2. 5 games with only eight games remaining in the season, but reliever LaTroy Hawkins blew a save to the Mets, and the Cubs lost the game in extra innings, a defeat that seemingly deflated the team, as they proceeded to drop 6 of their last 8 games as the Astros won the Wild Card.

The Cubs qualified as the NL Wild Card team, but were swept by the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS.

He owns numerous team records for the Cubs, and he holds the major-league record for the most home runs hit in a month ( 20, in June 1998 ).

But they soon interviewed the Cubs ' manager, who said that any use of corked bats on his team is strictly prohibited.

The home run was the first one that Sosa had recorded against the Cubs, and as a result he has hit a home run against every active MLB team.

Tim Lincecum held the Chicago Cubs to two hits through eight innings on August 21, but the team scored only one run, losing to the Cubs by a score of 5 – 1.

Fans are generally encouraged to sing along, and at some ballparks, the words " home team " are replaced with the team name, as is the case with the Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Colorado Rockies, and several other Major League Baseball teams.