The Cubs are one of two major league teams based in Chicago; the other, the Chicago White Sox, is a member of the American League Central division.
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11 Facts About Chicago Cub
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Chicago Cub was unable to extend his father's baseball success beyond 1938, and the Cubs slipped into years of mediocrity, although the Wrigley family would retain control of the team until 1981.
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Chicago Cub spent 13 seasons as a player with the Cubs, and at the time of his death was regarded as one of the greatest players not in the Hall of Fame.
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Chicago Cub was posthumously elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Chicago Cub was succeeded Jed Hoyer, who previously served as the team's general manager since 2011.
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The bear cub itself was used in the clubs since the early 1900s and was the inspiration of the Chicago Staleys changing their team's name to the Chicago Bears, because the Cubs allowed the bigger football players—like bears to cubs—to play at Wrigley Field in the 1930s.
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The most notable of these was "Billy Chicago Cub" who worked outside of the stadium for over six years until July 2013, when the club asked him to stop.
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Billy Chicago Cub, who is played by fan John Paul Weier, had unsuccessfully petitioned the team to become the official mascot.
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Chicago Cub is not employed by the team, although the club has on two separate occasions allowed him into the broadcast booth and allow him some degree of freedom once he purchases or is given a ticket by fans to get into the games.
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Chicago Cub is largely allowed to roam the park and interact with fans by Wrigley Field security.
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From 1999, regional sports network FSN Chicago Cub served as a cable rightsholder for games not on WGN or MLB's national television outlets.
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