Beck successfully recovered from Tommy John surgery and floated around in the minors before being signed by the Cubs.

Along with teammates Jack Marshall, Hod Stuart, Frank Glass and Riley Hern, Johnson became the first professional player ever allowed to compete for the Stanley Cup as the Wanderers defended a challenge by the New Glasgow Cubs of the Maritime Hockey League prior to the ECAHA season's start.

After taking the first two games at home against the Cubs, in the National League Division Series, they took the series to Wrigley Field, where they completed their sweep, earning their first berth in the National League Championship Series since 2001.

The game between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals in particular was cited for putting Ryne Sandberg ( as well as the 1984 Cubs in general, who would go on to make their first postseason appearance since 1945 ) " on the map.

Chicago halted St. Louis ' run to the playoffs by taking 4 of 5 games from the Cardinals at Wrigley Field in early September, after which the hapless Cubs finally won their first division title in 14 years.

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.

Cubs pitchers gave up a total of 26 hits in their 18 to 1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Cardinals have enjoyed an overwhelming advantage over their Chicago rivals in the regular season standings since the Cubs last participated in a World Series ( 1945 ): in the 66 seasons from 1946 through 2011 the Cardinals have finished ahead of the Cubs 49 times.

In that same span the Cardinals have had 45 seasons in which their winning percentage was over. 500, while the Cubs have finished over that mark 19 times ( they finished at an even. 500 twice ).

Both players had a better fielding percentage, more total chances, better zone rating, more putouts, more double plays turned, better range factor and more assists than their counterparts who won the award instead ( Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee and Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins ).

The Rockies went on to play in the NLCS against the Arizona Diamondbacks, who swept their own NLDS against the Chicago Cubs.

The offseason after their second World Series title, the Marlins made a questionable cost-cutting move as Derrek Lee was traded to Chicago Cubs for Hee Seop Choi and pitcher Mike Nannini.

The Colt. 45s started their inaugural season on April 10, 1962, against the Chicago Cubs with Harry Craft as the Colt. 45s ' manager.

Crane also attempted to buy the Chicago Cubs in 2008 and the Texas Rangers during their 2010 bankruptcy auction.

Shortly before the All Star break the Brewers climbed to one game above. 500, but then lost their next three to the Chicago Cubs and would never return to. 500.

The Brewers won the first two games of their final homestand of the season to pull within two games of the Cubs, but faced a near impossible task with the club's elimination number down to only three and the wild card leading Padres coming to town.

He became the Cubs ' first 30-30 player in their history.

They lost the rematch to the Cubs, who would go on to win their second World Series.

In the 1984 NLCS, the Padres faced the NL East champion Chicago Cubs, who were making their first post-season appearance since 1945 and featured NL Most Valuable Player Ryne Sandberg and Cy Young Award winner Rick Sutcliffe.

The Cubs would win the first two games at Wrigley Field, and were less than two innings away from a series sweep when their luck changed.

* September 11 – The Boston Red Sox defeat the Chicago Cubs for the 1918 World Series championship, their last World Series win until 2004.

* April 20 – The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park ( currently Wrigley Field ), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7 – 6 in 11 innings.

The White Sox are one of two major league clubs based in Chicago, the other being the Chicago Cubs of the National League.

The Cubs are one of the two remaining charter members of the National League ( the other being the Atlanta Braves ) and one of two active major league clubs based in Chicago, the other being the Chicago White Sox of the American League.

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.

In the Cubs, managed by Leo Durocher, built a substantial lead in the newly created National League Eastern Division by mid-August.

Baseball experts felt the Cubs would have better represented the National League and would have won at least two World Series games.

The Cubs lead the series 1, 091 – 1, 044 through, while the Cardinals lead in National League pennants with 18 against the Cubs ' 16.

When the National League split into two, and then three divisions, the Cardinals and Cubs remained together.

This has added excitement to several pennant races over the years, most recently in, and ; the first two times the division title was won by the Cubs, the third by the Cardinals, who went on to win the National League pennant as the Cubs faltered in the second half of the 2004 season.

They started the season with a three-game sweep of the Cubs but eventually finished eighth among the National League's ten teams.

* 2003 – Chicago Cubs fan Steve Bartman becomes infamously known as the scapegoat for the Cubs losing game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series to the Florida Marlins.

Sosa won the National League Most Valuable Player Award for leading the Cubs into the playoffs in 1998, earning every first-place vote except for the two cast by St. Louis writers, who voted for McGwire.

In, the Cubs won the National League Central Division title.

The Giants beat the Chicago Cubs in the National League Championship Series, four games to one.

* April – The Chicago Base Ball Club, later to be known as the Chicago White Stockings, and ultimately the Chicago Cubs, play their first game against the St. Louis Unions of the National Association of Base Ball Players, an amateur league.

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.

Two current major league franchises, the Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Cubs, can trace their origins to the National Association.

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.

* Rick Sutcliffe-1979 National League Rookie of the Year and 1984 Cy Young Award winning pitcher for the Chicago Cubs

At the time of the trade, the Cardinals were 28 – 31, in eighth place in the National League, trailing even the Cubs, who were 27 – 27 and in sixth place.