The Chicago Cubs Tickets : The Cubs Are Often Referred To As The Lovable Losers
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago
, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago (the other being the Chicago White Sox).The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National League (the other being the Atlanta Braves).
The Cubs have not won the World Series in 102 years; a longer championship drought than that of any other major North American professional sports team. The Cubs are often referred to as "The Lovable Losers" because of this distinction. They are also known as "The North Siders" because Wrigley Field, their home park since 1916, is located in Chicago's north side Lakeview community. They are also often called "The Boys in Blue" noting the team's primary uniform color, (which itself is often referred to as "Cubbie Blue") or simply as "The Cubbies."
Chicago's interim manager is Mike Quade, who took over for Lou Piniella, who originally announced his retirement after the 2010 season, but instead left on August 22 due to in-family health issues. The general manager of the Cubs is Jim Hendry. The Cubs have rivalries with the St. Louis Cardinals, the Milwaukee Brewers, and the cross-town Chicago White Sox.
The club, which is the oldest active team in major North American sports still currently in its original city (only the Braves, who were also professionally founded in 1871 and did not lose two years due to the Great Chicago Fire, have played longer), is currently owned by a family trust of TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, with his son Tom Ricketts operating the team on a daily basis. The Cubs were previously owned by the Wrigley Company and the Chicago Tribune.
Milton Bradley was traded to Seattle in the off-season, and was replaced by Marlon Byrd and Xavier Nady as Lou Piniella entered his fourth season with the team, who were expected to contend with St. Louis in the divisional race. Rookie Starlin Castro debuted in early May, as the starting shortstop. However, the club played poorly in the early season, finding themselves 10 games under .500 at the end of June. In addition, long-time ace Carlos Zambrano was pulled from a game against the White Sox on June 25 after a tirade and shoving match with Derrek Lee, and was suspended indefinitely by Jim Hendry, who called the conduct "unacceptable."
On July 20, Piniella announced his retirement, effective at the end of the 2010 season.
On August 2, The Cubs tied a club record for most allowed hits in a single game. Cubs pitchers gave up a total of 26 hits in their 18 to 1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. The last time Cubs pitchers allowed 26 hits was back on September 2, 1957 against the Milwaukee Braves. The Cubs only recorded 4 hits and were out hit by Prince Fielder alone who had five hits.
On August 22, Lou Pinella announced that he will leave the Cubs for the rest of the 2010 season to take care of his sick mother. Mike Quade will take over as the interim manager.
The curious location on Catalina Island stemmed from Cubs owner William Wrigley Jr.'s then-majority interest in the island in 1919. Wrigley constructed a ballpark on the island to house the Cubs in spring training: it was built to the same dimensions as Wrigley Field.
The ballpark is long gone, but a clubhouse built by Wrigley to house the Cubs exists as the Catalina County Club. However by 1951 the team chose to leave Catalina Island and spring training was shifted to Mesa, Arizona.The Cubs' 30-year association with Catalina is chronicled in the book, The Cubs on Catalina, by Jim Vitti . .. which was named International 'Book of the Year' by The Sporting News.
The current location in Mesa is actually the second HoHoKam Park; the first was built in 1976 as the spring-training home of the Oakland Athletics who left the park in 1979. Apart from HoHoKam Park the Cubs also have another Mesa training facility called Fitch Park, this complex provides 25,000 square feet (2,300 m2) of team facilities, including major league clubhouse, four practice fields, one practice infield, enclosed batting tunnels, batting cages, a maintenance facility, and administrative offices for the Cubs.
The practice of teams traveling for organized spring training practice games and drills is almost as old as baseball itself. One of the earliest recorded spring training camps took place in 1870, when the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Chicago White Stockings (now the Cubs) held organized baseball camps in New Orleans.
by: Cynthia Hoffman
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