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This Day in Chicago Cubs History
May 17, 1979 A historic game at Wrigley Field as the Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Chicago Cubs 23-22
April 21, 2012 The Cubs rebuilding (oh excuse me, Dale Sveum, likes to refer to it as reloading) continues as the Cubs trade Marlon Byrd to the Red Sox for Michael Bowden, a 25 year old former first round pick by Theo Epstein and the Red Sox in 2005
Marlon Byrd's great play in the 2010 All Star Game
April 4, 2003 Sammy Sosa's 500th career HR
April 4, 1994 Karl Tuffy Rhodes hits 3 HR"s in first 3 at bats on Opening day Cubs lose 12-8 to Mets in Wrigley.
Hey Cubs fans, the MLB channel had the Chicago Cubs on their 30 Club in 30 Days earlier this week. It was a good show, I haven't found the entired video of the show, but I have embedded one clip of an interview with Kerry Wood and a link to 7 other short clips. Enjoy!!
February 18, 2012 Gary Carter, Hall of Fame catcher primarily with the Montreal Expos and New York Mets dies at the age of 57.
Gary Carter's last hit as a major league baseball player came against the Cubs in his last at bat and was a game-winning double over Andre Dawson's head. Never like to see the Cubs get beat, but this was a great ending for a great player.
January 7
Happy Birthday, Alfonso Soriano. Could it be his last birthday with the Cubs in Chicago? Cubs Offseason Updates
Article on sexual assault charges against Starlin Castro. ESPN Chicago
January 6, 2011 The Cubs continue their youth movement trading Andrew Cashner to the Padres for first baseman, Anthony Rizzo Cubs Offseason Updates
January 4, 2011 The Cubs rebuilding for the 2012 season continues as long-time Cubs pitcher, Carlos Zambrano joins ex White-Sox manager, Ozzie Guillen in Miami with the Marlins
January 2, Happy Birthday, Bill "Mad Dog" Madlock. A short but great career with the Cubs.
2008 January 1 National Hockey League Winter Classic @ Wrigley Field-Detroit Red Wings defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-4
1889 January 1 Cubs defeat All Americas team 9-8 in Melbourne Australia
Merry Christmas
The Ice Skating Rink @ Wrigley. Photo courtesy of Crissy Tarawaki Kawamoto, Flickr
December 23, 2011
Cubs complete trade with the Cincinnatti Reds with top relief pitcher, Sean Marshall for Travis Wood and 2 minor leaguers, Dave Sappelt and Ronald Torreyes from Reds for Sean Marshall.
Cubs 2011 offseason transactions
December 15, 2011
The Cubs purchase the land across the street from Wrigley Field where a McDonald's restaurant currently stands.
Tribune News Report The Heckler
December 12, 2011 Aramis Ramirez's Cubs career comes to an end after he signs a 3 year contract with NL central division rivals, Milwaukee Brewers.
December 8, 2011 The 2011 Baseball Winter Meetings end in a flurry with Cardinals great, Albert Pujols signing with the Anaheim Angels leaving the St Louis Cardinals.
The Cubs trade long time prospect Tyler Colvin and DJ Lemahieu to the Colorado Rockies for Ian Stewart.
December 5, 2011 Congratulations to Ron Santo, who was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Golden Era committee.
November 30, 2011, new Cubs GM, Jed Hoyer makes his first free agent signing for the Cubs, signing David Dejesus from the Oakland A's.
November 29, 2011, Greg Maddux leaves the Cubs to be a special assistant to the GM with the Texas Rangers. Maddux joins his brother, Mike Maddux who is the current Texas Rangers pitching coach.
November 29, 2011, Jamie Quirk is named the Cubs new bench coach. Quirk leaves the Houston Astros who was their bullpen coach.
November 19, 2011 Dale Sveum named the Chicago Cubs manager. It was sort of a birthday present for the new Cubs manager who celebrated another year on November 23.
November 14, 2011 Congratulations to Darwin Barnery for finishing 7th in the National League rookie of the year voting (2 third place votes). Atlanta Braves, relief pitcher Craig Kimbrel is the 2011 NL Rookie of the Year.
November 10, 2008: Geovany Soto named NL Rookie of the Year
November 9: Happy Birthday, Darwin Barney
November 9, 2011
Ryne Sandberg interviews with the St.Louis Cardinals to replace Tony Larussa as manager.
November 1, 2011 Jed Hoyer named General Manager of the Chicago Cubs
November 2, 2011 Mike Quade fired as Manager of the Cubs
October 25, 2011 Theo Epstein's first press conference with the Cubs!!!!!!!!!!
Over the years, I have seen many Cub movies and read many books about Chicago Cubs history, I was searching around the web for a good "This Day in Cubs History" website and couldn't say that I found one. If you love baseball statistics (like me), Baseball Reference.com is a great resource. A book that I've utilized quite a bit for research is called Cubs Journal by John Snyder.
I've been a Cubs fan all my life. Gone to probably around 100 Cubs games, taken a trip to Arizona to see the Cubs in spring training and survived both 1984, Bartman in 2003 and many more more difficult years being a longtime Cubs fan.
As one of the original teams, the Cubs certainly have their place in major league baseball history. This site will hopefully help everyone learn somethng new, give Cubs fans a chance to interact with blogs and poll questions and hopefully there will be an October entry soon that Cubs fans have been waiting for more than 100 years.
Fantasy baseball related to current Cubs players. So, what about fantasy baseball for various 2011 Cubs? Watching a team so closely gives you an insight into which players are best for your team. Here is an updated list of which Cubs I like.
Chicago Cubs by Month-February, a slow baseball month Chicago Cubs by month. The month of February sees trades like Sammy Sosa being sent to the Orioles for Mike Fontenot and others. The Bartman ball is destroyed.
Ryan Theriot, a long time Cubs fan favorite Ryan Theriot has always been a Cubs fan favorite. An appreciated player because of his hustle and very active in the Chicago community while with the Cubs.
Ron Santo. A long-time Cubs favorite both as a 3B and announcer. Ron Santo will be missed by Cubs fan. A long-time great Cubs player who was inspiration to many with his struggle with diabetes. Santo was one of the most well known announcer after his playing days
The 1908 Chicago Cubs. Cubs win the 1908 World Series The 1908 Chicago Cubs are the last Cubs team to win the World Series. The 1908 World Series was quick but the 1908 Cubs had to battle the Giants and Pirates in an exciting race.
Aramis Ramirez. Great Cubs 3B from 2003 to 2011 Aramis Ramirez has been one of the best Cubs 3B of all time. His Cubs career ended after signing a three year deal with NL central rivals Milwaukee Brewers.
Cubs songs, the music at Wrigley. Many Cubs songs. One of the Cubs recent tradition is playing the song "Go Cubs Go" after a Cubs victory at Wrigely Field
A few great Wrigley photos. Enjoy!! A few great photos around the outside of Wrigley Field. Big thanks to Logan Futej with 20K films for braving a cool October morning to take these photos.
The Ron Santo Statue outside of Wrigley Field The Ron Santo statue location is just outside of Wrigley Field near the right field bleachers. See the ron santo statue dedication and unveiling
Chicago Cubs Opening Day Countdown. The 1970's Chicago Cubs opening day countdown, the 1970's had a few interesting beginning to the seasons even if the team did not do well in this era
Opening Day Countdown for the 1980's Chicago Cubs Opening Day Countdown for the best Cubs openers in the 1980's. Which is your favorite Chicago Cubs opening game?
Kerry Wood's 20 strikeout game was on May 6, 1998. Kerry Wood 20 strikeouts game was on May 6, 1998. People tend to forget that this game was also nearly a no-hitter as Wood gave up just one hit and walked no one in the game.
