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The 2023 Chicago Cubs season was the 152nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 148th in the National League, and the Cubs' 108th season at Wrigley Field. The Cubs were led by fourth-year manager David Ross and played as members of Major League Baseball 's National League Central .
World Youth Day 2023: 1–6 August 2023 1.5 million Religious gathering Lisbon Portugal [142] Funeral of the Duke of Wellington: 18 November 1852 1.5 million Funeral London UK The crowd had travelled from all over the United Kingdom by train and represented more than five percent of the total population [143] World Youth Day 2011: 16–21 ...
The Cubs played their first home game at the park on April 20, 1916, defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings. Chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. of the Wrigley Company acquired the Cubs in 1921. It was named Cubs Park from 1920 to 1926, before being renamed Wrigley Field in 1927. The stadium currently seats 41,649 people. [1]
Legendary Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa is being welcomed back by his former team following a long period of estrangement. Sosa, who hit 545 home runs for the Cubs (which still stands as the ...
CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs have formally invited fan favorite and one of the best sluggers in baseball history Sammy Sosa back for the 2025 Cubs Convention. In a letter obtained by MLB insider ...
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) November 6, 2023. But last winter, under president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer, the Cubs committed $300 million to free agents in an effort to contend again — and ...
The Chicago Cubs retired numbers are commemorated on pinstriped flags flying from the foul poles at Wrigley Field, with the exception of Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodgers player whose number 42 was retired for all clubs. The first retired number flag, Ernie Banks' number 14, was raised on the left-field pole, and they have alternated since ...
The Dodgers declined to offer Cody Bellinger arbitration for the 2023 season. He starred for the Cubs and now will stay with Chicago on a three-year deal.