1) August 1901 - Cubs pitcher Rube Waddell leaves the team and never returns explaining he was “going fishing.”

2) April 1902 - Cubs rookie pitcher Jim St. Vrain runs down the third base line after hitting a ground ball. He was easily thrown out at first.

3) 1905 - Cubs legendary double play combo Tinkers and Evers did not talk to each other for over 30 years during their legendary careers after a fist fight over a taxi cab ride in 1905.

4) 1906 - Jimmy Sheckard boasts he will hit .400 against the White Sox in the World Series. He goes 0-21 ! The White Sox WIN the 1906 World Series 4 - 2 over the heavily favored Cubs.

5) 1932 - Cubs pitcher Kiki Cuyler missed half the season with a broken left leg. In spring training the following year, Cuyler breaks his right leg.

6) Sept 13 1942 - Cubs SS Lennie Merullo sets Major League record with 4 consecutive errors at the Boston Braves. His son was also born that day and Lennie names him “Boots”.

7) Sept 24, 1943 - Smallest Wrigley Field crowd ever - 314!

8) April 16, 1948 - Cubs loose their first televised game to the Chicago White Sox 4-1.

9) June 1, 1950 - Cubs trainer Andy Lotshaw is struck by lightning during a rain delay at Wrigley Field.

10) 1954 - Cubs fire manager Phil Cavarretta after a press conference in Spring Training where Phil mentioned the Cubs will have little success that year.

The Cubs finish 7^th out of 8 with a 64-90 record.

11) 1947, 1962, and 1990 - All three All-Star games the Cubs have hosted, all at Wrigley Field, the visiting American League has won.

12) May 04, 1960 - Cubs hire their broadcaster Lou Boudreau as their new manager during a game he was announcing! The Cubs win the game 5-1 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. However, the Cubs go 60-94 for the season and Lou goes back to the booth in 1961.

13) 1961 - 1962 - Cubs owner Phil Wrigley starts the “College of Coaches”, a revolving system of managers designed to win games. The Cubs go 123-193 under the failed plan.

14) July 23, 1962 - The first ever live U.S. sporting event televised in Europe, via satellite, is a Cubs 5-3 loss against the Phillies from Wrigley Field.

15) 1965-1966 - Cubs pitcher Bill Faul would hypnotize himself before a game claiming it helped him relax and concentrate. Bill goes 7-10 for the Cubs.

16) August 5, 1975 - Cubs pitcher Bill Bonham sets the Major League record by allowing seven hits to the first seven batters he faces. The Phillies route the Cubs 13-5.

17) 1975 - Cubs pitcher Eddie Solomon had such bad control, he threw a chair at a reporter that angered him and missed!

18) 1991 - Cubs outfielder Dwight Smith sings the National Anthem on opening day. He would not win American Idol today.

19) September 9, 1992 - Cubs pitcher Mike Harkey attempts a cartwheel in the outfield during warm-ups at Wrigley Field and severely damages his knee.

20) Sept 30, 1993 - April 29, 1997 - Cubs post no victories by a left handed starting pitcher.

21) 1993 - 1997 - Cubs pitcher Turk Wendell used to chew black licorice on the mound, brush his teeth between innings, talked to the baseball, wore a necklace of teeth and claws of animals he had hunted, insisted umpires roll a new baseball to him on the ground, waved to his center fielder and waited for him to wave back, and all his contracts ended in 99 dollars and 99 cents because he wore number 99. (in honor of Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn played by Charlie Sheen in the movie Major League)

22) 1997 - Cubs set National League record by going 0-14 to start the season. They finish in last place with a 68-94 record.

23) 1998 - The Milwaukee Brewers move to the National League Central.

The Brewers finally post a profit! And the Cubs get more competition. I mean, rival.

24) July 3, 1999 - Cubs run out of pitchers and use first baseman Gary Gaetti on the mound in a crushing 21-8 defeat in Philadelphia.

25) 2000 - Cubs set a franchise record with 51 players in uniform that year. It doesn’t help, the Cubs end up in last place with a 65-97 record.

BONUS ! # 26 ) Feb 26, 2004 - The infamous “Bartman Ball” is destroyed at Harry Caray’s restaurant on national TV. It doesn’t help. The Cubs end the season in third place with a 89-73 record.

BONUS ! #27) January 20, 2009 - White Sox fan Barack Obama is sworn in as President of the United States of America.

Cubs fans admit, "He's NOT George W. Bush!".