English 102 Research Paper What is a curse? A curse could be defined as anything negative wished upon a person or place. So is it possible that an entire franchise be cursed? Well this is the case for one Major League baseball club‚ the Chicago Cubs. It has been over 100 years‚ 1908‚ since the Cubs have won the World Series. With many many great teams since then and no World Championships‚ is it too much to think that maybe‚ just maybe this franchise‚ is cursed? Well from the Billy goat in 1945
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Introduction The Chicago Cubs are known as the "loveable losers" and have been for many years. They have not won a World Series since 1908. Their last appearance in a World Series was in 1945. For those of you who are not quick on your feet with numbers that is 96 years without being crowned the best team in baseball. The Cubs do not have a record of winning. In 127 years of existence‚ the Cubs have only won the World Series twice. They won 16 National League Championships‚ and they won
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CHICAGO — Next year is here. At exactly 11:47 local time‚ the Chicago Cubs won the World Series that has eluded them for 108 years. Fans who packed bars to watch the games on television near Wrigley Field — neither of which existed back in 1908 — erupted in cheers before swarming onto the streets just before midnight Wednesday to celebrate in the shadows of the statues of Cubs greats Ernie Banks‚ Billy Williams‚ Ron Santo and legendary announcer Harry Caray. As the game ended‚ the roar from inside
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decided to watch the Chicago Cubs play baseball. Little did we know this was going to be the worst fight we would ever experience with each other. We disputed about who we thought topped the Chicago Cubs roster. It all began when we were in my basement watching the gifted Chicago Cubs play in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field against the South Side Hitmen- the Chicago White Sox’s. All was going well until Weston asked me “Ben‚ who do you think is the best player on the Cubs?” I quickly retorted
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CHICAGO CUBS 40-MAN ROSTER (2015) ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Updated 05/06/15 - 39 players) * Not on Active Major League Roster ** 60-Day DL‚ Does not count against 40-man roster *** Rule 5 Draft Pick PLAYER STATUS DOB Jake Arrieta Position Uniform ML Service Options 2012 # Time 2013 2016 $3.63M Arb (2) SP 49 3.145 1 25 R/R SP 32 0.002 2 04/19/82 33 L/L RP 27 6.028 0 $2.5M AA 09/03/91 23 R/R SP 79 0.000 3 $507‚500*+ AAA 09/23/87 27 R/R RP 71 1.014 1 $507
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of Game 7 of the World Series on Wednesday night‚ David Ross felt as if his baseball life had become the stuff of big-screen fiction‚ if not straight-up fantasy. At 39‚ he was playing in his final season in the major leagues‚ on a team‚ the Chicago Cubs‚ with aspirations to do what had not been accomplished by that franchise in 108 years: Win a championship. As the season progressed and the Cubs evolved into the best team in the sport‚ Ross began to feel that he and his teammates were heading toward
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On the research topic of major league baseball our goal is to research the dependence of salary‚ wins‚ and how many attend the games on an average. The issue is do salaries and overall team revenue based on wins or individual talent. Through research this question of is does the overall team salary depend on one more than the other. Is one factor more important than the next. Also is whether the league national or American plays a role in the overall salary from the start not factoring in the statistics
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Bias 4/3/13 Steve Bartman and The Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs had not made it to the world series since 1908 and in 2003 they were very close to making it there. Fans all across the world today will tell you that because of one play‚ the Cubs did not make it. That play being the foul ball hit to Steve Bartman. But is Steve Bartman really to blame? Or did the fans and media outlets use him as a scapegoat? It was game six of the Championship Series and the Cubs were up 3-0 in the eighth inning
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George Halas looks around and he finds the open man in the endzone. The receiver leaps up and catches the ball. Touchdown Bears. The Chicago Bears football team is the oldest team in the National Football League. The Bears are the most remarkable team in professional football because of their sensational players‚ their consistency‚ and playoff wins. First‚ the Chicago Bears have had‚ and still have some of the most stunning players in the National Football League . In fact‚ the Bears have the most
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Basketball and baseball are the second and third most played sports in the U.S.A. This year the Chicago Cubs won the world series ending an over a century year run of not winning a world series. The same year the Lebron James guided the Cleveland Cavaliers to an exquisite win the NBA finals ending a streak of over five decades of not winning a final. Whereas basketball and baseball are different‚ basketball is played on a court and baseball is played on a field. They are also similar as they are
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