#192 Chicago Cubs

Floating Heads!!!....Unique style of card takes the forefront of the storied franchise….so famous for long dry spell of world championship with words like Bartman, Leon Duram,  and 1969 echoing in their collective conscience …the futility curse broken in 2016 after 108 years in 2016….won back to WS in 1907 and 1908 a year prior to that a tie for the WS title…..beloved on the North side of Chicago drawing the ire of Milwaukee, St Louis, and White Sox faithful…like many of the original NL team the teams acquired various monikers, as has its home turf Wrigley Field (which was first built for a Federal League team in 1914)…Despite stadium small confines the team represents  large market club….brought  by marketing and cable TV…..last team to not have lights in their stadium, possibly to their disadvantage over long summers….team of fluctuations; made a 28 game improvement from 1966 to 67, a 25 game upgrade in 1893 to 1984…. Loveable losers although the franchise has a winning record by 500 games…..The greatest exclusive Cubs Ernie Banks, Near exclusive HOFer’s Anson, Santo, Jenkins, Billy Williams, Sandberg, Sutter….by in large existing teams formed in 1876, records are confined to past….the change in the batting record is primarily Sammy Sosa multiple 60+ home run years, beat out the formidable mark of Hack Wilson’s set at 56….depending on how one feels about home run records in the age of steroids, Wilson’s mark may stand….Pitching Ted Abernathy mark of 84 is now tied with two others (surprising) and Rick "don't call me Stu" Sutcliffe’s 1984 mark of 16-1 with the Cubs should be best win %....home to the Tinker, Evers, to Chance fame...presently second in all time franchise wins could take over top spot with a few more good years.