Just One Bad Century | A site for Cub fans to learn about their history

Just One Bad Century

A Site That Focuses On The History of the Chicago Cubs!

Does the Cubs World Series win in 2016 end the need for this site? Of course not. Our premise has always been that despite the One Bad Century, the Cubs still had the most interesting and colorful history of any sports franchise in the world. Yes, it was a bad century...but it was Just One Bad Century!

Today’s Features

Today’s Cubs Birthdays (July 17)

~Don Kessinger 1942 (Cubs 1964-1975) Kessinger had a brilliant career with the Cubs, holding down the starting shortstop position for ...

Today’s Cubs Birthdays (July 16)

~Lee Elia 1937 (Cubs player 1968, Cubs manager 1982-1983) Elia was a big league shortstop who got a cup of coffee as a player with the...
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Cubsessions

The latest book from our sister company, Eckhartz Press…”Cubsessions”. Order your copy today! The Cubs are more than just a baseball team to those who ro...

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Building Character T-shirt

New for 2014! Getting punched in the face for a century has never looked so good. After a hundred years of adversity, you deserve a great looking shirt....

Crying Bear Shirt

Say it all without saying a word....

Recent Updates

Historical Events (July 17–July 23): Where were the Cu [...]

Today’s Cubs Birthdays (July 17)

This Week in Wrigley History (July 16–July 22)

Today’s Cubs Birthdays (July 16)

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Cubs fans make pilgrimage to Mordecai" Three Finger" Brown's Indiana birthplace

Indianapolis Star - 3 hours ago
They come bearing their allegiance to the...

South Bend Cubs Creating Their Own Wrigleyville

Ballpark Digest - 12 hours ago
The South Bend Cubs (Low A; Midwest League) are...

Analyzing an Exciting First Half For the Chicago Cubs

NGSC Sports LLC (blog) - 15 hours ago
The Chicago Cubs head into the all star break...

Statcast: Home Run Derby

MLB.com - 21 hours ago
The Cubs have not hit a lower home run than that...

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A/V Club

Our all-time favorite Harry Caray moment will get an extended run in the A/V Club. Now at over a million YouTube views...
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Historical Events (July 17–July 23): Where were the Cubs?

July 18, 1910 The poem “Baseball’s Sad Lexicon” written by Franklin Adams was published in th...

This Week in Wrigley History (July 16–July 22)

July 16, 1916. In the midst of their first year playing in this fancy new ballpark, the Chicago Cubs become the...

This Week in 1908 (July 14–July 20)

How long ago was 1908? The Cubs are facing their arch rivals this week, the New York Giants. Two of the most me...

This Week in 1945 (July 12–July 18)

This week (July 12-18) during the last year the Cubs went to the World Series (before 2016)… World War II...
The Cubs last won the World Series

November 2, 2016 around 11pm CST

Anyone can have a bad century.

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