2001 – American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 on its way to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from ...

1919 – Clark Griffith becomes a club owner and president when he joins Philadelphia grain broker William Richardson in buying ...

Hendricks finishes with a 105-91 record, 3.79 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and 1,373 strikeouts in 1,745 innings. He might make the Hall of ...

The Cubs introduce new manager Joe Maddon * at a press conference. The former Rays skipper is in an optimistic mood, saying ...

The flags that fly atop the foul poles at Wrigley Field feature the most recognizable numbers in Cubs history -- digits no ...

1970 – Former major league pitcher Charlie Root dies at the age of 71. Root posted a 201-160 record over 17 major league ...

Hendricks, who will turn 36 next month, wants to spend time at home with his family and enjoy his private life.

"The Lovable Losers" really were losers for the bulk of the 20th century. Coming into the 1984 season, the Chicago Cubs had not appeared in the postseason since 1945, the year World War II ended. But ...

Th Chicago Cubs had won seven pennants by 1935. That year, on Sept. 27, they added an eighth to their collection, the second most by a National League franchise to that point, post 1903. The Cubs ...

1979: Chicago Cubs reliever Bruce Sutter won the National League’s Cy Young Award. He was only the second Cubs pitcher to earn the honor at the time. Now there are five (Fergie Jenkins, Sutter, Rick ...

If a date with the World Series champions and a potential postseason preview won't give Nationals fans enough to talk about this week, the Nats' series with the Cubs will offer plenty of history. The ...