He'd suffered a staph infection in his ankle in 1976, so the Cubs shifted him to first base, where he remained for the final fourteen years of his career.

He was traded to the Chicago Cubs in May 1958, batting. 295 over the remainder of the season and. 264 in 1959 ; with Ernie Banks at shortstop, the Cubs shifted Dark to third base, where he remained in his last seasons.

Already a controversial figure in the clubhouse after his corked-bat incident, Sammy's actions alienated much of his once strong fan base as well as the few teammates still on good terms with him, ( many teammates had tired of Sosa's playing of loud salsa music in the locker room ) and possibly tarnished his place in Cubs ' lore for years to come.

The Royals outbid the Cubs and Blue Jays for free agent righty Gil Meche, signing him to five-year, $ 55 million contract.

It was during that season, that Cubs announcer Chip Caray nicknamed him " Slammin ' Sammy ," a nickname that quickly spread.

Gwynn told the Toronto Sun that Trevor had signed with the Cubs, a signing that was not immediately announced by the team, and thus would not play for him at San Diego State.

Cubs second baseman Billy Herman, a fellow Hall-of-Famer, once said of him that " He could throw strikes at midnight.

He then decided to try out for the Chicago Cubs who signed him as an amateur free agent in 1960.

It would be his only season in minor league baseball as the Cubs decided to promote him to the major leagues.

In 1964 after losing patience with his development, the Cubs gave up on Brock and made him part of a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals.

On August 13, 1979, Brock became the fourteenth player in Major League Baseball history to reach the 3, 000 hits plateau against the team that traded him, the Chicago Cubs.

After the game, when asked about the play, Chicago Cubs right fielder Sammy Sosa dubbed him " Spider-Man ".

He played with the Cubs for four years and won his second MVP Award before the team released him in 1932.

On August 2, although the Cubs were in second place, Hornsby was released, and Charlie Grimm replaced him as manager.

He had a particularly frosty relationship with Milo Hamilton, his first partner with the Cubs, who felt Caray had pushed him out in St. Louis in the mid-1950s.

While advertisers played up his habit of openly rooting for the Cubs from the booth ( for example, one Budweiser ad described him as " Cub Fan, Bud Man " in a Blues Brothers-style parody of " Soul Man "), he had been even less restrained about rooting for the Cardinals when he broadcast for them.

The next day, Santo walked into manager Leo Durocher's office ; Durocher asked him to keep clicking his heels whenever the Cubs won at Wrigley Field to motivate the team.

On September 28, 2003, Santo's jersey No. 10 was retired by the Cubs organization, making him the third player so honored behind his teammates Ernie Banks (# 14 ) and Billy Williams (# 26 ).

The following month, the Cubs announced that Wood had sustained a partially torn rotator cuff which was likely to keep him from pitching again for the rest of the year.

Cubs fans showed their appreciation for him by giving him a standing ovation when the Cleveland Indians played at Wrigley Field on June 19, 2009.

He was named The Sporting News magazine's College Player of the Year in 1981 In the 1981 draft, the Cubs chose him with the second pick of the first round.

The Cubs, who initially wanted Sandberg to play center field, installed him as their third baseman, and he went on to be one of the top-rated rookies of 1982.

Former manager Lou Piniella suggested that Sandberg, as manager of the Cubs ' top minor-league affiliate, would be in the mix to replace him when he retires after the 2010 season.

When he re-signed with the Cubs as a free agent the following year, his contract briefly made him the highest-paid pitcher in baseball.

Recurring arm injuries caused Sutcliffe to miss most of the and seasons and the Cubs did not offer him a contract for the next season.

Da Super Fan sketch has not been brought back by SNL, with the exception of a single appearance by Horatio Sanz as a Super Fan for the Cubs on Weekend Update in 2003.

They then won back to back World Series titles in 1907 – 08 In 1902, Spalding, who by this time had revamped the roster to boast what would soon be one of the best teams of the early century, sold the club to Jim Hart, and the franchise became known as the Chicago Cubs.

" The Cubs lost Game 4, lost the Series, and have not been back since.

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.

On October 15, the Marlins defeated the Chicago Cubs four games to three in the Championship Series, coming back from a three games to one deficit.

The modern Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves franchises trace their histories back to the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players in the early 1870s.

On September 21, 1970, he was selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs, and then traded back by the Cubs to the Braves for Hal Breeden after the season.

In 1965, the Giants decided to move the team back to Phoenix, but fortunately the Chicago Cubs decided to move their affiliate, the Salt Lake Bees, to Tacoma exactly the same year and renamed the team the Tacoma Cubs.

By September 27, with one week left in the season, the Cubs had battled back to within a game and a half game of the Pirates in the National League standings as the two teams met for a crucial three-game series.

In, he bounced back to win 18 games and finished second in the league's Cy Young voting to Steve Bedrosian despite playing for a last-place Cubs team which featured National League Most Valuable Player Andre Dawson.

" For me to remain a Cub, the Cubs would have wanted to want me back and the Cubs would have had to win ," Grace said at the time.

The team then broke the attendance record in 2005 with 256, 612 fans in their first season back with the Chicago Cubs since 1994.

When he returned to Miller Park later that year as a member of the Chicago Cubs, he purchased Italian Sausages for an entire section, and during the race, his teammates playfully held him back until all the sausages passed the dugout

The 1964 set issued cards for two recently deceased players: Ken Hubbs of the Cubs with a different " In Memoriam " front design compared to standard cards, and Colts pitcher Jim Umbricht's regular card with a special note on the back about his April 1964 death from cancer.

After the game, Cubs manager Joe McCarthy reportedly told a boy asking for a souvenir baseball, " Come back tomorrow and stand behind Wilson, and you'll be able to pick up all the balls you want!

There were plenty of suitors, including sending Soriano back to the Yankees, and the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers were also interested.

The Cubs did come back to tie the game in the eighth inning, with Zambrano getting a no-decision.

The Cubs did come back, with a dramatic two-run home run by Sammy Sosa in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game, but the Marlins won the game in 11 innings 9 – 8.

By September 27, with one week left in the season, the Cubs had battled back to within a game and a half game of the Pirates in the National League standings as the two teams met for a crucial three-game series.

They shared the title back in 1975 as the Cubs.

He worked as a back up catcher to Michael Barrett although, many of the Cubs pitchers preferred pitching to Blanco as his 2005 catcher's earned run average of 3. 58 was almost 1 run lower than the 4. 45 average posted by Barrett.