The Chicago Cubs are a baseball team based
in Chicago, Illinois. The Cubs are members and defending champions
of the Central Division of Major League Baseballs National
League. The club has played their home games at historic Wrigley
Field since 1916. The Cubs are one of two Major League clubs in
Chicago, the other being the Chicago White Sox, and are one of
the only two remaining charter members left in the NL, the other
being the Atlanta Braves. The Cubs have a strong, ongoing rivalry
with the St. Louis Cardinals. The franchise, counting from its
National League inaugural in 1876, won its 10,000th game on April
23, 2008, an MLB record for a team in a single city.
The Cubs are often referred to by fans
and media as The North Siders, since Wrigley is in Chicago's north
side Lakeview community, or simply as The Cubbies.
The Cubs are currently managed by Lou Piniella,
and their general manager is Jim Hendry. In December, 2007, Sam
Zell completed his purchase of the club's parent company, Tribune
Company, and intends to sell the team.