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Chicago Cubs Finish 2008 Season with 97-64 Record

(PHOTO BY Nam Y. Huh/AP)
Our beloved Chicago Cubs finished the 2008 regular season with a 97-64 record.  97 freaking wins my friends!
Some fans hoped they might get to that 100 win milestone but that didn’t happen, and that’s alright.  It doesn’t really matter anyway, wins and losses mean nothing going into the playoffs.  Instead of […]

Moises Alou Declares He Would Have Caught That Ball if Not for Bartman

Moises Alou photo by Jared Kelly
Only a few months ago, Moises Alou proclaimed Bartman innocent, saying he never would have caught that foul ball in 2003 any way. It sent waves of shock across the Cubosphere. We wondered, had Cubdom overreacted in blaming Bartman for conspiring with an evil goat to curse the […]

Cubs Set Franchise Record With 17 Wins in April

Wow! As a Delusional Cubs Fan, I’m always on the lookout for data that will confirm my belief that “This is the Cubs Year“. Now we all have a new piece of data: The 2008 Chicago Cubs have set the franchise record for the most wins by the Cubs in April with 17.
This […]

Chicago Cubs Franchise Wins 10,000th Game - Is World Series Next?

The Glorious Chicago Cubs Franchise has won it’s 10,000th game!
The Chicago Cubs are only the second MLB team to reach the 10,000 win milestone. The first team to reach 10,000 wins was the Giants (currently of San Francisco and formerly of New York) with 10,192 wins.
The Chicago Cubs franchise has more wins than […]

“Bartman is Innocent” Proclaims Moises Alou

So almost five years later, former Cub Moise Alou says that he never would have caught that foul ball after all.
In an interview with the AP Alou says that people still yell “Bartman!” when he goes to catch a fly ball. He goes on to say “You know what the funny thing is? […]