Ex-Cub Report: Fuld All the Rage with Rays

During last weekend's series with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cubs television broadcasters Len Kasper and Bob Brenly mentioned that Dodgers infielder Jamey Carroll made his major league debut with the Montreal Expos against the Cubs at Wrigley Field in Sept. 11, 2002.

Greatest Moments: No. 2, Merkle's Boner

The Cubs' chances of winning a second straight world championship and third straight National League pennant were not looking promising on Aug. 16, 1908 when Philadelphia right-hander George McQuillan outdueled the Cubs' Jack Pfiester in a 1-0 Phillies victory at Chicago's West Side Grounds.

Did Cubs Throw 1918 World Series?

In a 1920 court deposition the Chicago History Museum recently published on its Web site, White Sox pitcher Eddie Cicotte - one of the infamous "Eight Men Out" who were banned from organized baseball for life for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series - claimed that he and his teammates had heard that several members of the crosstown Cubs were offered $10,000 to throw the 1918 World Series to the Boston Red Sox.

Greatest Moments, No. 4: The Sandberg Game

The Cubs' season was at a crossroads when the St. Louis Cardinals visited Wrigley Field for a three-game series, June 22-24, 1984.

Greatest Moments: No. 5, Mr. Cub's 500th Homer

(Editor's Note: Twenty-sixth in a series recalling the 30 greatest moments in Cubs history.)

Radio talk show host Dennis Prager often tells his listeners that "happy people make the world better" so therefore "we have a moral obligation to act as happy as possible."

Ernie Banks - who turned 80 on Jan. 31 - played on some awful Cubs teams for much of his career, endured some nagging injuries, at least one death threat, and many of the difficulties that no doubt were presented to him as one of a group of pioneering black major league players. But throughout his career and since his retirement, Mr. Cub has continued to smile.

Greatest Moments: No. 6, The Double No-Hitter

(Editor's Note: Twenty-fifth in a series recalling the 30 greatest moments in Cubs history.)

A gathering of about 3,500 fans turned out at Weeghman Park (now Wrigley Field) on May 2, 1917 and were fortunate enough to witness something that had never happened before in the major leagues and has not happened since.

Greatest Moments: No. 7, Cubs Repeat as World Champions

(Editor's Note: Twenty-fourth in a series recalling the 30 greatest moments in Cubs history.)

It can be argued that from 1906-10 the Cubs were the greatest team in baseball history.

Greatest Moments: No. 8, Game 163

(Editor's Note: Twenty-third in a series recalling the 30 greatest moments in Cubs history.)

The 1998 Cubs will never be mentioned when the greatest teams in franchise history are discussed.

Greatest Moments: No. 9, Scratching a 39-Year Itch

(Editor's Note: Twenty-second in a series recalling the 30 greatest moments in Cubs history.)

When a Jody Davis sacrifice fly in the ninth inning finished off a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies at Wrigley Field on Aug. 1, 1984, the Cubs moved into first place to stay. But even by the time the North Siders had fattened their NL East lead to seven games over the second-place New York Mets in early September, I still was waiting for bad things to happen.

Greatest Moments, No. 10: Willie Smith's Home Run

(Editor's Note: Twenty-first in a series recalling the 30 greatest moments in Cubs history.)

Cubs fans entered the 1969 season with high expectations and those sentiments were echoed by manager Leo Durocher during spring training.