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The Short But Sweet History of Iowa Before European colonization, the land of Iowa was dominated by (drum roll) the Iowa tribe of native Americans. Loui...

This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper -- T.S. Eliot, "The Hollow Men" ... It is also how the careers of the Cubs' best players have ended. I decided to look at the last...

What will the Cubs' record be at the end of their first season with Craig Counsell as their manager? Based on the performance of previous managers who took over to start a season, it will be...

No doubt about it: Players' salaries today are astronomical. But for many years, they were absurdly low. Ernie Banks never made more than $60,000 in a season; Hack Wilson, $33,000; or Gabby...

The Cubs own many National League all-time records, including most regular-season games played (22,093) and won (11,244), most runs scored (101,694) and most hits made (198,141). They rank second...

Nearly 3 years ago, I spent several weeks reading contemporary newspaper accounts of every game that the Cubs won by 4 or fewer runs between 1876, first year of the National League, and 1915. My...

Eighth and last in a series of posts about the Cubs, then known as the White Stockings, in 1875, last season before the birth of the National League. All newspaper excerpts are from the Chicago...

A half-century ago today, the Chicago Cubs traded future Hall of Famer Ron Santo to the Chicago White Sox, ending his decade-plus long stint with the team.

Cap Anson is the Cubs' all-time leader in hits. He is credited with 3,012 during his 22 seasons with the team, 1876-97. Ernie Banks is a distant second, with 2,583 in 19 seasons. But Anson...

The Cubs have had 61 full or interim managers since 1876, according to data at baseball-reference.com. 47 of them have managed the Cubs for at least 100 games. Davis Ross was the 23rd of those 47...