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!
On April 12, 1933, the Wrigley Field crowd is happier than it has been since 1919. This is the first game at Wrigley Field since Prohibition has been repealed, although it would be another month before beer is officially available again. The Cubs are the defending NL Champs, and the crowd of 25,000 w...
~Hippo Vaughn 1888 (Cubs 1913-1921) Hippo Vaughn got his nickname because of his size (he was about the same size as Rick Reuschel). In 1917 he became famous for the double no-hitter game, when Vaughn pitched a no-hitter for nine innings and lost the game to another pitcher throwing a no-hitter, Fred...