The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, often known simply as the National Association, was the first fully-professional sports league in baseball. The National Association was fou
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The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the National League Central Division. The club plays its hom
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
…central organization, six clubs from the NA and two independents established the National League: Boston Red Stockings, Hartford, Mutual, Athletic, Chicago, and the St. Louis Brown Stockings from the NA plus independent clubs Louisville and Cincinnati. Several factors limited the lifespan of the National…
The 1906 Cubs won a record 116 of 154 games. They then won back-to-back World Series titles in 1907–08.
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A sports-related curse that was supposedly placed on the Chicago Cubs by Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series.
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