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Franchise historyWhite StockingsThe success and fame of the Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869, baseball's first openly professional team, led to a minor explosion of openly professional teams in 1870, each with the singular goal of defeating the Red Stockings. A number of them adopted variants on the name and colors, and it happens that the Chicagos adopted white as their primary color. After a summer of individually arranged contests among the various teams, the time was right for the organization of the first professional league, the National Association, in 1871. The Chicago White Stockings were close contenders all summer, but disaster struck on October 8 when a fire began in Mrs. O'Leary's barn on DeKoven Street on the near south side of the city. The Great Chicago Fire destroyed the club's ballpark, uniforms and other possessions. The club completed its schedule with borrowed uniforms, finishing second in the N.A. just 2 games behind, but was compelled to drop out of the league during the city's recovery period, finally being revived in 1874. After the 1875 season, Chicago acquired several key players, including pitcher Al Spalding of the Boston Red Stockings, and first baseman Cap Anson of the Philadelphia Athletics. While this was going on, behind the scenes the club President, William Hulbert, was leading the formation of a new and stronger organization, the National League. With a beefed-up squad, the White Stockings cruised through the N.L.'s inaugural season of 1876. The Chicagoans went on to have some great seasons in the 1880s, starting with 1880 when they won 67 and lost 17, for an all-time record .798 winning percentage. Extrapolating an 84-game season onto a 162-game season is a dubious proposition, but it does provide some perspective to note that a similar winning percentage nowadays would yield 129 wins. By then, Spalding had retired to start his sporting goods company. The length of the season was such that a team could get by with two main starters, and the Cubs had a couple of powerhouse pitchers in Larry Corcoran and Fred Goldsmith. Those two were fading by mid-decade, and were replaced by other strong pitchers, notably John Clarkson. Much has been written about Old Hoss Radbourn's 60 victories for the Providence Grays of 1884, but Clarkson also had a fair year in 1885, winning 53 games as the Chicagos won the pennant. A second major league called the American Association came along in 1882, and the Chicagos met the AA's champions three times in that era's version of the World Series. Twice they faced the St. Louis Browns in lively and controversial Series action. That St. Louis franchise, which went on to join the National League in 1892 after the A.A. folded, continues to be a perennial rival of the Cubs. Throughout all of this, and for the better part of twenty seasons, the team was captained and managed by first baseman Adrian Anson. Cap Anson was one of the most famous and arguably the best player in baseball in his day. He was the first ballplayer to reach 3,000 hits. However, the Hall of Famer is chiefly remembered today for his extreme racist views (which he stated in print, in his autobiography, lest there be any doubt) and thus his prominent role in establishing baseball's color line, rather than for his great playing and managing skills. After the Chicagoans' great run during the 1880s, the on-field fortunes of Anson's Colts dwindled during the 1890s, awaiting revival under new leadership. "Tinker to Evers to Chance"Joe Tinker (SS), Johnny Evers (2B) and Frank Chance (1B) were three legendary Cubs infielders, who played together from 1903-1910, and sporadically over the following two years. They, along with third baseman Harry Steinfeldt, formed the nucleus of one of the most dominant baseball teams of all time. After Chance took over as manager for the ailing Frank Selee in 1905, the Cubs won four pennants and two World Series titles over a five-year span. Their record of 116 victories in 1906 (in a 154-game season) has not been broken, though it was tied by the Seattle Mariners in 2001, in a 162-game season. As with 1880, extrapolating is statistically questionable, but the Cubs' 116-36 season of 1906 projects to 123 wins in a full 162-game season. Curiously, both of those teams were so far in front that they seemingly lost their edge, and fell in the post-season. The Cubs again relied on dominant pitching during this period, featuring hurlers such as Mordecai "Three-Finger" Brown, Jack Taylor, Ed Reulbach, Jack Pfiester and Orval Overall, who posted a record for lowest staff earned run average that still stands today. Reulbach threw a one-hitter in the 1906 World Series, one of a small handful of twirlers to pitch low-hit games in the post-season (another was Claude Passeau of the Cubs' 1945 squad). Brown acquired his unique and indelicate nickname from having lost most of his index finger in farm machinery when he was a youngster. This gave him the ability to put a natural extra spin on his pitches, which often frustrated opposing batters. However, the infield also attained fame, after turning a critical double play against the New York Giants in a July 1910 game. The trio was immortalized in Franklin P. Adams' poem Baseball's Sad Lexicon, which first appeared in the July 18, 1910 edition of the New York Evening Mail:
The fourth line is sometimes misquoted as also reading "Tinker to Evers to Chance". Also, in the still-in-modern-usage expression "Tinker to Evers to Chance", meaning a well-oiled routine or a "sure thing", people tend to pronounce it "EH-verz", when the proper pronounciation was "EE-verz". Tinker and Evers reportedly could not stand each other, and rarely spoke off the field. Evers, a high-strung, argumentative man, suffered a nervous breakdown in 1911 and rarely played that year. Chance suffered a near-fatal beaning the same year. The trio played together little after that. In 1913, Chance went to manage the New York Yankees and Tinker went to Cincinnati to manage the Reds, and that was the end of one of the most notable infields in baseball. They were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame together in 1946. Tinker and Evers reportedly became amicable in their old age, with the baseball wars far behind them. Every Three YearsThe Cubs fell into a lengthy doldrum after their early 1900s Glory Years, broken only by their pennant in the war-shortened season of 1918. Around that time, chewing-gum tycoon William Wrigley obtained majority ownership of the Cubs, and things started to turn around, especially after they acquired the services of astute baseball man William Veeck, Sr. With Wrigley's money and Veeck's savvy, the Cubs were soon back in business in the National League, the front office having built a team that would be strong contenders for the next decade. During that stretch, they achieved the unusual accomplishment of winning a pennant every three years - 1929, 1932, 1935 and 1938 - sometimes in thrilling fashion, such as 1935 when they won a record 21 games in a row in September, and 1938 when they won a crucial late-season game with a walk-off "home run in the gloamin'" by Gabby Hartnett. Unfortunately, their success did not extend to the post-season, as they fell to their American League rivals each time, often in humilating fashion. By the late 1930s, the double-Bills (Wrigley and Veeck), had been in Baseball Heaven for several years. As the decade wound down, the front office under P.K. Wrigley was unable to rekindle the kind of success that P.K.'s father had created, and the Cubs slipped into mediocrity. They enjoyed one more pennant, at the close of another wartime year, 1945, lost the World Series, and have not been back since then, at least through the 2004 season. Day Games at WrigleyThe Cubs' home ballpark, Wrigley Field, played host to only day games until 1988 because the stadium owner donated the lights to the war effort in the 1940s, and it then became tradition. The first night game was scheduled to be played August 8, 1988, versus Philadelphia, but it was rained out after 3 1/2 innings. The high point of that contest, beyond the cry of "Let there be lights", was when famous top-heavy entertainer Morganna Roberts, "The Kissing Bandit", ran onto the field and attempted to plant one on Ryne Sandberg. She was thwarted by Chicago's Finest, but Ryno hit the next pitch out of the park to thunderous approval. Unfortunately, the rainout nullified his home run. The first official night game thus occurred the following evening, August 9, 1988; the Cubs defeated the New York Mets, 6-4. While night games are now possible at Wrigley, the Cubs still play more day games at home than any other Major League team. "Lovable losers"It can't go without mention that the Cubs have the longest dry spell between championships in all of professional sports, having failed to win a World Series since 1908. To make matters worse, the Cubs haven't even been in a World Series since 1945, and finished in the second division, or bottom half, of the National League for 20 consecutive years beginning in 1947. They didn't win any playoff series between 1908 and 2003, when they beat the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS. Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez and Moises Alou celebrate a Lee home runThe Cubs' 2003 playoff run ended in an emotional game 7 of the NLCS against the Florida Marlins. While at one point ahead in the 7-game series 3 games to 1, the Marlins came back to win the final three games. Marlins pitcher Josh Beckett shut out the Cubs in game 5. An implosion of the Cubs defense late in game 6, following the now-infamous incident in which a fan touched a ball in foul territory, allowed the Marlins to score 8 runs in the eighth inning (see The Inning) and tie the series. The Cubs were unable to win the final game at home, and were without a pennant again. To historians of the game, this incident echoed another Cubs disaster, Game 4 of the 1929 World Series, in which the Cubs yielded 10 runs to the Philadelphia Athletics in the seventh inning. A key play in that inning was centerfielder Hack Wilson losing a fly ball in the sun, resulting in a 3-run inside-the-park home run. The long history of the Cubs is a dichotomy. For their first 80 years, prior to and including 1945, more often than not the Cubs were generally assumed to be contenders, playing well and winning the occasional pennant. For much of the 60 year span since then, it was as if the baseball gods had pretty much slammed the door on them, granting them just an occasional glimpse through the keyhole. It did not take astute observers long to realize that something bad had happened to this once-proud franchise... In his 1950 book The World Series and Highlights of Baseball, LaMont Buchanan wrote the following prose next to photos of Wrigley during the 1945 World Series and of their newly-hired manager: "From the sublime to last place! Wrigley Field, the ivy of its walls still whispering of past greatness, watches its Cubs grow less ferocious in '47, '48, '49. New doctor of the cure is smiling Frank Frisch, veteran of previous baseball transfusions who thinks, 'It's nice to have the fans with you.' Chicago has a great baseball tradition. The fans remember glorious yesterdays as they wait for brighter tomorrows. And eventually their Cubs will bite again." Little did anyone realize how long "eventually" might turn out to be. What may be the least known and cried over, but possibly the most telling, statistic of futility for the Cubs, though, is that their first back-to-back winning seasons since 1973 came in 2003 and 2004. Not division titles, not playoff appearances, just winning seasons. Nonetheless, they remain one of the best-loved and best-attended teams in the league, with attendance figures consistently in the top 10, despite a smaller stadium than many other teams. Wrigley Field consistently sells out during the season. As with the Boston Red Sox (prior to their astonishing 2004 post-season triumph), the Cubs of recent generations have seemed to be a team that "bad things happen to". Although there is a tendency to compare the Cubs and the Red Sox, there is a stark difference. Since World War II, the Red Sox have been frequent contenders and frequent visitors to the post-season, including five trips to the World Series. They have had more of a reputation as "chokers" than as "losers", the tag that the Cubs bear. The Cubs have shown they can win, or at least contend, when their pitching is superior. Outstanding pitching has been a major difference in every one of their winning seasons since World War II. But although there is no substitute for front-office savvy and on-the-field excellence, the venerable ballpark itself has to be considered a factor in the teams' failures to go farther than they have. When the bleachers were extended into left field in 1937, it shortened the true power alley from a posted distance of 372 feet to about 350 feet, which is too short for major league standards, especially for a left field. Most batters are right-handed, so their natural power alley is left-center. Thus most asymmetric ballparks have their short field in right. Not so with Wrigley. This allows more left-center field home runs than the average ballpark would. Ferguson Jenkins, upon being traded to the Texas Rangers after a successful though home-run prone career with the Cubs, bitterly complained that "Wrigley Field is a bad ballpark!" 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are broadcast on WGN 720. His stated reason was that the act was an attempt to impress Jodie Foster by mimicking Travis' mohawked appearance at the Palantine rally. [*] Ford C. which triggered his attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan in 1981, an act for which he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. * Manager. Taxi Driver was reportedly part of a delusional fantasy on the part of John Hinckley, Jr. See also: Curse of the billy goat, Steve Bartman, Major League Baseball franchise post-season droughts, Sox Cubs Rivalry, Lee Elia tirade. Award wins:. Ferguson Jenkins, upon being traded to the Texas Rangers after a successful though home-run prone career with the Cubs, bitterly complained that "Wrigley Field is a bad ballpark!". we thought it was a good idea.". This allows more left-center field home runs than the average ballpark would. and you knew that was a special situation, a commando kind of situation, and people gave them wide berths .. Not so with Wrigley. They cut their hair in a certain way; looked like a mohawk .. Thus most asymmetric ballparks have their short field in right. Scorsese later noted that Magnotta had "talked about certain types of soldiers going into the jungle. Most batters are right-handed, so their natural power alley is left-center. This detail was suggested by actor Victor Magnotta, a friend of Scorsese's who had a small role as a Secret Service agent, and who had served in Vietnam. When the bleachers were extended into left field in 1937, it shortened the true power alley from a posted distance of 372 feet to about 350 feet, which is too short for major league standards, especially for a left field. For example, when Bickle determines to assassinate Senator Palantine, he cuts his hair into a mohawk. But although there is no substitute for front-office savvy and on-the-field excellence, the venerable ballpark itself has to be considered a factor in the teams' failures to go farther than they have. Some critics have argued Taxi Driver is perhaps the first film to address--however indirectly--the impact of the Vietnam War on soldiers who fought in the conflict. Outstanding pitching has been a major difference in every one of their winning seasons since World War II. [1] (http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/greatmovies/taxi.html). The Cubs have shown they can win, or at least contend, when their pitching is superior. Roger Ebert selected Taxi Driver as a Great Film, alongside Casablanca, Lawrence of Arabia and others. They have had more of a reputation as "chokers" than as "losers", the tag that the Cubs bear. The soundtrack was the last he completed before his death. Since World War II, the Red Sox have been frequent contenders and frequent visitors to the post-season, including five trips to the World Series. Bernard Herrmann, who is noted for his work with Alfred Hitchcock (especially Psycho), scored Taxi Driver. Although there is a tendency to compare the Cubs and the Red Sox, there is a stark difference. It is consistently in the top 50 on the Internet Movie Database's list of top 250 films, and has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. As with the Boston Red Sox (prior to their astonishing 2004 post-season triumph), the Cubs of recent generations have seemed to be a team that "bad things happen to". Taxi Driver was a financial success and it was #47 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Years, 100 Movies, and #22 on its 100 Years, 100 Thrills. Wrigley Field consistently sells out during the season. We end not on carnage but on redemption, which is the goal of so many of Scorsese's characters.". Nonetheless, they remain one of the best-loved and best-attended teams in the league, with attendance figures consistently in the top 10, despite a smaller stadium than many other teams. The end sequence plays like music, not drama: It completes the story on an emotional, not a literal, level. Not division titles, not playoff appearances, just winning seasons. I am not sure there can be an answer to these questions. What may be the least known and cried over, but possibly the most telling, statistic of futility for the Cubs, though, is that their first back-to-back winning seasons since 1973 came in 2003 and 2004. Is this a fantasy scene? Did Travis survive the shoot-out? Are we experiencing his dying thoughts? Can the sequence be accepted as literally true? .. And eventually their Cubs will bite again." Little did anyone realize how long "eventually" might turn out to be. Roger Ebert has written of the film's ending, "There has been much discussion about the ending, in which we see newspaper clippings about Travis' 'heroism', and then Betsy gets into his cab and seems to give him admiration instead of her earlier disgust. The fans remember glorious yesterdays as they wait for brighter tomorrows. Director Scorsese comments on Travis' final moments in the DVD, mentioning that this "mirror glance" could be a symbol that Travis might fall into depression and violent rage once again in the future, although it is still open to interpretation. In his 1950 book The World Series and Highlights of Baseball, LaMont Buchanan wrote the following prose next to photos of Wrigley during the 1945 World Series and of their newly-hired manager: "From the sublime to last place! Wrigley Field, the ivy of its walls still whispering of past greatness, watches its Cubs grow less ferocious in '47, '48, '49. New doctor of the cure is smiling Frank Frisch, veteran of previous baseball transfusions who thinks, 'It's nice to have the fans with you.' Chicago has a great baseball tradition. As Betsy departs his cab, Travis drives away, and a curious ring sounds as Travis quickly adjusts his mirror, before the credit roll on the background of the bright and distorted city lights seen from the cab's perspective. It did not take astute observers long to realize that something bad had happened to this once-proud franchise... Some have seen this epilogue as Bickle's dying fantasy, while others see it as a real resolution of Bickle's acts. For much of the 60 year span since then, it was as if the baseball gods had pretty much slammed the door on them, granting them just an occasional glimpse through the keyhole. A brief epilogue of sorts ends the film and shows Shepherd's character climbing into Bickle's cab, and commenting on his "saving" Iris and Bickle's own media fame, but Travis seems to be mentally recovered now and denies himself as being any sort of hero. For their first 80 years, prior to and including 1945, more often than not the Cubs were generally assumed to be contenders, playing well and winning the occasional pennant. Rather than being upset or traumatized, Foster said, she was fascinated and entertained by the behind-the-scenes preparation that went into the scene. The long history of the Cubs is a dichotomy. However, in the documentary Making "Taxi Driver" (included in the DVD release of the movie), Foster stated that she was present during the setup and staging of the special effects used during the scene; the entire process was explained and demonstrated for her, step by step. A key play in that inning was centerfielder Hack Wilson losing a fly ball in the sun, resulting in a 3-run inside-the-park home run. Some critics expressed concern over young Jodie Foster's presence during the climactic shoot-out scene. To historians of the game, this incident echoed another Cubs disaster, Game 4 of the 1929 World Series, in which the Cubs yielded 10 runs to the Philadelphia Athletics in the seventh inning. In later interviews, Scorsese commented that he was actually pleased by the color change and he considered it an improvement over the originally filmed scene, which has been lost. The Cubs were unable to win the final game at home, and were without a pennant again. To attain an "R" rating, Scorsese desaturated the colors, making the brightly-colored blood less prominent. An implosion of the Cubs defense late in game 6, following the now-infamous incident in which a fan touched a ball in foul territory, allowed the Marlins to score 8 runs in the eighth inning (see The Inning) and tie the series. The climactic shoot-out was, for its era, intensely graphic, and retains much of its visceral impact today. While at one point ahead in the 7-game series 3 games to 1, the Marlins came back to win the final three games. Marlins pitcher Josh Beckett shut out the Cubs in game 5. A slow-motion overhead tracking shot moves out of the room and examines his path of violence, moving over blood stains, the 3 dead bodies, down the steps and outside to the crowd of police and curiosity seekers swarming outside. The Cubs' 2003 playoff run ended in an emotional game 7 of the NLCS against the Florida Marlins. In a disturbing symbol of insanity, or so it seems, he raises a bloody index finger to his head and pretends to be shooting himself. They didn't win any playoff series between 1908 and 2003, when they beat the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS. He is wounded neck and arm in the fight, and he seems to be dying as he sits down on the couch before policemen enter the room. To make matters worse, the Cubs haven't even been in a World Series since 1945, and finished in the second division, or bottom half, of the National League for 20 consecutive years beginning in 1947. When he is spotted by secret servicemen and flees, he desperately drives uptown and shoots Iris' pimp Sport (Keitel), before storming into the brothel and brutally killing the bouncer, the wounded Sport who returns, and Iris' mafioso customer. It can't go without mention that the Cubs have the longest dry spell between championships in all of professional sports, having failed to win a World Series since 1908. Bickle then plans to assassinate the Senator at a public rally, perhaps seeing him as a buffer between him and Betsy. While night games are now possible at Wrigley, the Cubs still play more day games at home than any other Major League team. Other disturbing scenes include Travis' purchasing of various weaponry (a hunting knife and four handguns) from an energetic "salesman" named Easy Andy, a disturbed businessman in the back of Travis' cab (played by the director himself in a last-minute substitution) explaining to Travis how he wishes to kill his wife, who is playing around with a paramour, and a convenience store scene where Travis entices a thief at the counter to turn around and face him before Travis calmly shoots him through the cheek. The first official night game thus occurred the following evening, August 9, 1988; the Cubs defeated the New York Mets, 6-4. She agrees to a date with Bickle when he flirts with her and sympathizes with her own apparent loneliness, but he takes her to a pornographic film, and she leaves him, disgusted. Unfortunately, the rainout nullified his home run. Bickle is also obsessed with Betsy (Shepherd), an aide for a New York State Senator running for the presidency and promising dramatic social change. She was thwarted by Chicago's Finest, but Ryno hit the next pitch out of the park to thunderous approval. Bickle is horrified by what he considers the moral decay around him, and when Iris (Foster), a 12˝ year-old prostitute, gets in his cab one night to escape her pimp, he becomes obsessed with saving her despite her complete lack of interest in the idea, explaining that she was "stoned" and her pimp, Sport, is actually a kind and caring person. The high point of that contest, beyond the cry of "Let there be lights", was when famous top-heavy entertainer Morganna Roberts, "The Kissing Bandit", ran onto the field and attempted to plant one on Ryne Sandberg. Bickle spends his spare time watching pornography in seedy theaters and driving around aimlessly through the darkest and most repulsive neighborhoods of Manhattan. The first night game was scheduled to be played August 8, 1988, versus Philadelphia, but it was rained out after 3 1/2 innings. He suffers from insomnia and consequently takes a job as taxi driver in New York City, and volunteers to work the overnight shift "anytime, anywhere". The Cubs' home ballpark, Wrigley Field, played host to only day games until 1988 because the stadium owner donated the lights to the war effort in the 1940s, and it then became tradition. Travis Bickle (De Niro), an alienated, sexually repressed young man of 26 from the Midwest, has recently been discharged from the Marines. They enjoyed one more pennant, at the close of another wartime year, 1945, lost the World Series, and have not been back since then, at least through the 2004 season. Taxi Driver is a 1976 American motion picture drama directed by Martin Scorsese. Wrigley was unable to rekindle the kind of success that P.K.'s father had created, and the Cubs slipped into mediocrity. Making "Taxi Driver" (documentary). As the decade wound down, the front office under P.K. Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets.. By the late 1930s, the double-Bills (Wrigley
and Veeck), had been in Baseball Heaven for several years. Out of this filthy mess, she is alone. Around that time, chewing-gum tycoon William Wrigley obtained majority ownership of the Cubs, and things started to turn around, especially after they acquired the services of astute baseball man William Veeck, Sr. You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here.. The Cubs fell into a lengthy doldrum after their early 1900s Glory Years, broken only by their pennant in the war-shortened season of 1918. There's no escape. I'm God's lonely man.. Tinker and Evers reportedly became amicable in their old age, with the baseball wars far behind them. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. They were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame together in 1946. Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In 1913, Chance went to manage the New York Yankees and Tinker went to Cincinnati to manage the Reds, and that was the end of one of the most notable infields in baseball. The Simpsons's bartender, Moe, practices his De Niro impressions on a mirror at night. The trio played together little after that. Pantera use sounds and dialogue from movie in their song "The Badge" from The Crow soundtrack. Chance suffered a near-fatal beaning the same year. The Beastie Boys reference Travis Bickle in the song "High Plains Drifter". Evers, a high-strung, argumentative man, suffered a nervous breakdown in 1911 and rarely played that year. Millencolin's song "Botanic Mistress", from their album Home from Home, begins with the line "I felt like Travis Bickle, tyrannical, lonely and blue", and later in the song has "And I'll feel like Bickle once more, And maybe I will lose it, Go insane and start a gun war?!". Tinker and Evers reportedly could not stand each other, and rarely spoke off the field. Rancid's 2003 album Indestructible includes the song "Travis Bickle.". Also, in the still-in-modern-usage expression "Tinker to Evers to Chance", meaning a well-oiled routine or a "sure thing", people tend to pronounce it "EH-verz", when the proper pronounciation was "EE-verz". Edward Norton decided to name himself in all the scenes after a classic Robert DeNiro character, but ended up adding other names as to make it less obvious. The fourth line is sometimes misquoted as also reading "Tinker to Evers to Chance". The Narrator from the 1999 film Fight Club names himself "Travis" at one of his group meetings. Adams' poem Baseball's Sad Lexicon, which first appeared in the July 18, 1910 edition of the New York Evening Mail:. The Scientists' song "If It's The Last Thing I Do" (a.k.a. "Travis") starts "Sometimes I feel like Travis Bickle/ Just wanna shoot up all the bad lurking in this town". The trio was immortalized in Franklin P. The Clash song "Red Angel Dragnet" from their album, Combat Rock, refers to Bickle, and quotes dialogue from the film. However, the infield also attained fame, after turning a critical double play against the New York Giants in a July 1910 game. WGA Award for Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen – (Paul Schrader). This gave him the ability to put a natural extra spin on his pitches, which often frustrated opposing batters. Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture – (Paul Schrader). Brown acquired his unique and indelicate nickname from having lost most of his index finger in farm machinery when he was a youngster. BAFTA Award for Best Editing – (Marcia Lucas, Tom Rolf, Melvin Shapiro). Reulbach threw a one-hitter in the 1906 World Series, one of a small handful of twirlers to pitch low-hit games in the post-season (another was Claude Passeau of the Cubs' 1945 squad). Grammy Award for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture – (Bernard Herrmann). The Cubs again relied on dominant pitching during this period, featuring hurlers such as Mordecai "Three-Finger" Brown, Jack Taylor, Ed Reulbach, Jack Pfiester and Orval Overall, who posted a record for lowest staff earned run average that still stands today. Academy Award for Original Music Score – (Bernard Herrmann). As with 1880, extrapolating is statistically questionable, but the Cubs' 116-36 season of 1906 projects to 123 wins in a full 162-game season. Curiously, both of those teams were so far in front that they seemingly lost their edge, and fell in the post-season. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress – (Jodie Foster). Their record of 116 victories in 1906 (in a 154-game season) has not been broken, though it was tied by the Seattle Mariners in 2001, in a 162-game season. Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama - (Robert De Niro). They, along with third baseman Harry Steinfeldt, formed the nucleus of one of the most dominant baseball teams of all time. After Chance took over as manager for the ailing Frank Selee in 1905, the Cubs won four pennants and two World Series titles over a five-year span. Academy Award for Best Actor – (Robert De Niro). Joe Tinker (SS), Johnny Evers (2B) and Frank Chance (1B) were three legendary Cubs infielders, who played together from 1903-1910, and sporadically over the following two years. DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures – (Martin Scorsese). After the Chicagoans' great run during the 1880s, the on-field fortunes of Anson's Colts dwindled during the 1890s, awaiting revival under new leadership. BAFTA Award for Direction – (Martin Scorsese). However, the Hall of Famer is chiefly remembered today for his extreme racist views (which he stated in print, in his autobiography, lest there be any doubt) and thus his prominent role in establishing baseball's color line, rather than for his great playing and managing skills. BAFTA Award for Best Picture. He was the first ballplayer to reach 3,000 hits. Academy Award for Best Picture. Cap Anson was one of the most famous and arguably the best player in baseball in his day. BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music – (Bernard Herrmann). Throughout all of this, and for the better part of twenty seasons, the team was captained and managed by first baseman Adrian Anson. BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer – (Jodie Foster). folded, continues to be a perennial rival of the Cubs. BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role – (Jodie Foster). That St. Louis franchise, which went on to join the National League in 1892 after the A.A. New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor – (Robert De Niro). Louis Browns in lively and controversial Series action. Cannes Film Festival – Palme d'Or. Twice they faced the St. Albert Brooks : Tom. A second major league called the American Association came along in 1882, and the Chicagos met the AA's champions three times in that era's version of the World Series. Harvey Keitel : 'Sport' Matthew. Much has been written about Old Hoss Radbourn's 60 victories for the Providence Grays of 1884, but Clarkson also had a fair year in 1885, winning 53 games as the Chicagos won the pennant. Charles Palantine. Those two were fading by mid-decade, and were replaced by other strong pitchers, notably John Clarkson. Leonard Harris : Sen. The length of the season was such that a team could get by with two main starters, and the Cubs had a couple of powerhouse pitchers in Larry Corcoran and Fred Goldsmith. Cybill Shepherd : Betsy. By then, Spalding had retired to start his sporting goods company. Peter Boyle : Wizard. Extrapolating an 84-game season onto a 162-game season is a dubious proposition, but it does provide some perspective to note that a similar winning percentage nowadays would yield 129 wins. Jodie Foster : Iris Steensma. The Chicagoans went on to have some great seasons in the 1880s, starting with 1880 when they won 67 and lost 17, for an all-time record .798 winning percentage. Robert De Niro : Travis Bickle. With a beefed-up squad, the White Stockings cruised through the N.L.'s inaugural season of 1876. While this was going on, behind the scenes the club President, William Hulbert, was leading the formation of a new and stronger organization, the National League. After the 1875 season, Chicago acquired several key players, including pitcher Al Spalding of the Boston Red Stockings, and first baseman Cap Anson of the Philadelphia Athletics. just 2 games behind, but was compelled to drop out of the league during the city's recovery period, finally being revived in 1874. The club completed its schedule with borrowed uniforms, finishing second in the N.A. The Great Chicago Fire destroyed the club's ballpark, uniforms and other possessions. O'Leary's barn on DeKoven Street on the near south side of the city. The Chicago White Stockings were close contenders all summer, but disaster struck on October 8 when a fire began in Mrs. After a summer of individually arranged contests among the various teams, the time was right for the organization of the first professional league, the National Association, in 1871. A number of them adopted variants on the name and colors, and it happens that the Chicagos adopted white as their primary color. The success and fame of the Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869, baseball's first openly professional team, led to a minor explosion of openly professional teams in 1870, each with the singular goal of defeating the Red Stockings. They are in the Central Division of the National League. The Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago. Mesa Cubs. Daytona Cubs Pat Pieper, stadium announcer from 1916-1974, who used a megaphone until the installation of a public-address system in 1931 [2] (http://www.baseballyarn.com/16.htm). Bert Wilson (1944-55) "I don't care who wins, as long as it's the Cubs!". Hal Totten (1924-44). Steve Stone (1983-2000; 2003-04). Ron Santo (1990-present). Ronald Reagan (1933-36). Jack Quinlan (1956-64). Lloyd Pettit (1963; 1965-1966; 1969-1970). Vince Lloyd (1955-86) "Holy mackerel!". Len Kasper (2005-present) "Way back! It's outta here!". GONE!". Pat Hughes (1996-present) "It's got a chaaaance.. Milo Hamilton (1955-57; 1981-84) [*]. Charlie Grimm (1939-42; 1960). Pat Flanagan (1929-43). Bob Elson (1928-41) [*]. Joe Carter (2001-02). Harry Caray (1982-97) "Holy cow!" "Cubs win!" [*]. Chip Caray (1998-2004). Jack Brickhouse (1941-45; 1947-81) "Hey-hey!" [*]. Thom Brennaman (1990-95). Bob Brenly (1990-91;2005-present). Lou Boudreau (1958-59; 1961-87) "Kiss it goodbye!". 42 Jackie Robinson (retired throughout baseball). 26 Billy Williams. 23 Ryne Sandberg (will be retired in pregame ceremony August 28, 2005). 14 Ernie Banks. 10 Ron Santo. Pitching saves: Randy Myers, 53 (1993). Pitching ERA: Mordecai Brown, 1.04 (1906). Pitching strikeouts: Bill Hutchinson, 314 (1892). Pitching wins: John Clarkson, 53 (1885). Walks: Jimmy Sheckard, 147 (1911). Strikeouts: Sammy Sosa, 174 (1997). Hitting streak: Jerome Walton, 30 games (1989). Stolen bases: Bill Lange, 84 (1896). Total bases: Sammy Sosa, 425 (2001). Extra-Base hits: Sammy Sosa, 103 (2001). Triples: Vic Saier and Frank Schulte, 21 (1913 & 1911). Doubles: Billy Herman, 57 (1935 & 1936). Singles: Bill Everitt, 169 (1898). Hits: Rogers Hornsby, 229 (1929). Runs: Rogers Hornsby, 156 (1929). Runs batted in: Hack Wilson, 191 (1930) (MLB record). Home runs: Sammy Sosa, 66 (1998). Batting average: Bill Lange, .389 (1895). 1989 - Don Zimmer. 1984 - Jim Frey. Leon Durham (1982). Andre Dawson (1987). Sammy Sosa [6] (1995, 1998-2002). Outfielder
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Ryne Sandberg [7] (1984-85, 1988-92). Second baseman
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Bob Dernier (1984). Andre Dawson [2] (1987-88). Outfield
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Ken Hubbs (1962). Glenn Beckert (1968). Ryne Sandberg [9] (1983-91). Second base
Mark Grace [4] (1992-93, 1995-96). First base
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1998 - Kerry Wood. 1989 - Jerome Walton. 1962 - Ken Hubbs. 1961 - Billy Williams. 1992 - Greg Maddux. 1984 - Rick Sutcliffe. 1979 - Bruce Sutter. 1971 - Ferguson Jenkins. 1998 - Sammy Sosa. 1987 - Andre Dawson. 1984 - Ryne Sandberg. 1959 - Ernie Banks [2]. 1958 - Ernie Banks. 1952 - Hank Sauer. 1945 - Phil Cavarretta. 1935 - Gabby Hartnett. 1929 - Rogers Hornsby. 1911 - Wildfire Schulte. 15 Sonny Jackson (special assistant). 35 Chris Speier (third base). 2 Gene Clines (hitting). 41 Larry Rothschild (pitching). 36 Gary Matthews (first base). 39 Dick Pole (bench). 59 Juan López (bullpen). Coaches
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