Chicago Cubs Tickets : The Cubs Have Rivalries With The Cross-town White Sox

The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago (the other being the Chicago White Sox).

The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National League (the other being the Atlanta Braves). The team is currently owned by a family trust of TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, and was previously owned by the Wrigley Company and the Chicago Tribune.

The Cubs have not won the World Series in 102 years, a longer championship drought than that of any other major North American professional sports team, and are often referred to as "The Lovable Losers" because of this distinction. They are also known as "The North Siders" because Wrigley Field, their home park since 1916, is located in Chicago's north side Lake View community at 1060 West Addison Street.

The club played its first games in 1870 and was founded professionally in 1871. This makes it, along with the Braves and Chicago White Sox who were also founded in 1871, one of the three oldest active teams in major North American sports. Because the Cubs lost two seasons to the Great Chicago Fire, the Braves have played more seasons, although the Cubs hold the record with the White Sox for oldest team still in its original city.

Milton Bradley was traded to Seattle in the off-season, and was replaced by Marlon Byrd and Xavier Nady as Lou Piniella entered his fourth season with the team, who were expected to contend with St. Louis in the divisional race. Rookie Starlin Castro debuted in early May, as the starting shortstop. However, the club played poorly in the early season, finding themselves 10 games under .500 at the end of June.

In addition, long-time ace Carlos Zambrano was pulled from a game against the White Sox on June 25 after a tirade and shoving match with Derrek Lee, and was suspended indefinitely by Jim Hendry, who called the conduct "unacceptable."

On July 20, Piniella announced his retirement, effective at the end of the 2010 season.On August 2, The Cubs tied a club record for most allowed hits in a single game. Cubs pitchers gave up a total of 26 hits in their 18 to 1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. The last time Cubs pitchers allowed 26 hits was back on September 2, 1957 against the Milwaukee Braves. The Cubs only recorded 4 hits and were out hit by Prince Fielder alone who had five hits.

On August 22, Lou Piniella announced that he would leave the Cubs for the rest of the 2010 season to take care of his sick mother. Mike Quade took over as the interim manager for the final 37 games of the year. Despite being well out of playoff contention, during that 37 game stretch, the Cubs went 24/13 under Quade, posting the best record in baseball during that stretch.

During these games, the Cubs got a chance to see what their roster would look like in 2011, by bringing up minor league players such as Darwin Barney, Brad Snyder, Bobby Scales, Welington Castillo, Jeff Samardzija, Micah Hoffpauir, Scott Maine, Marcos Mateo, and Thomas Diamond.

On October 19, Mike Quade was named the next Cubs manager. He has been given a two-year deal and a club option for 2013. On December 2, Cubs broadcaster and former third baseman, Ron Santo, died due to complications from bladder cancer and diabetes, he spent 13 seasons with the Cubs, and is regarded as one of the greatest players not in the Hall of Fame.