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This afternoon, weather permitting, the Cubs will play their 149th National League home opener. There have been a significant number of memorable home debuts, including 12 walk-off wins, the most...

Troy, New York is an honorary member of Baseball’s National League. Origins of the sport of baseball in the mid-1840s is given to the New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club in New York City. They created much of what modern baseball looks like — the Diamond field, three strikes you’re out, the balk, foul lines, and […]

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...

Alexander Canario electrified Wrigley Field on Tuesday night when he hit a grand slam against the Pirates in the first start of his career. It was widely reported that no Cub had done that since...

Can you imagine a team positioning a player on defense to deliberately allow its opponent to score runs? That's what happened way back in 1886, in a game between the Cubs, then known as the White...

... and, my friends, this was the game of the year. So far, anyway.

A previous post looked at the most days between grand slams by Cubs. Another looked at the longest gaps between walk-offs. Today: droughts between walk-off home runs. ... The Cubs' most recent...

June 25 was the 105th anniversary of a peculiar achievement. On that Thursday afternoon, the Cubs demolished the Cardinals, 14-0, to the delight of 3,000 fans at Weeghman Park, today's Wrigley...

Two weeks from today, on June 24, the Cubs will play their first regular-season game at London, England, against the Cardinals. It may surprise you to learn that the Cubs have played exhibition...

One of the first things many Cubs fans learn is that the Cubs own the record for the most wins in a season: 116, set in 1906. In the seasons since -- 116, as well -- only 1 team has matched their...