The Chicago Cubs by YuC

The Cubs defeated the Cardinals in their last game of the 1991 season. While the Cubs swept that series, they finished with a losing record and did not qualify for the playoffs. Nevertheless, after the game, legendary announcer Harry Caray made a proclamation, reassuring the fans, "Sure as God made _____ _____, someday the Chicago Cubs will be in the World Series." Fill in the blanks (total of two words required).

Every team in Major League Baseball has retired number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson. Aside from #42, the Cubs have retired five different numbers, but for six different players. Name EITHER of the two players for whom the Cubs have retired the same number, both Cy Young Award-winning pitchers.

In the film "Back to the Future II," Marty arrives in the year 2015 to find, among other things, that the Cubs have won the World Series. According to the film, the Cubs won the 2015 World Series by defeating a team from WHAT CITY, who, at the time of the making of the film, did not have a Major League Baseball team, and now has one, that under current league alignments, cannot meet the Cubs in the World Series?

According to a State Farm ad spot, Kerry Wood used to do an "Ivy Double Check" before every home game. Who is he pulling out of the ivy in the still?

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Of course, we can't talk about the Cubs without talking about their penchant for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. On August 19th, 1969, the Cubs led the NL East by 8.5 games over the second-place team, and 9.5 games over the third-place team. By the end of the season, the Cubs had slumped, and the third-place team had surged ahead to win the division by eight games. WHAT TEAM was the NL East division champion in 1969?

The infamous "Steve Bartman Game" featured an epic eighth-inning collapse by the Cubs, who were on the doorstep of their first World Series berth in over half a century. While the image of Bartman deflecting the foul ball is perhaps the most long-lasting from that game, WHAT SHORTSTOP, soon after that incident, booted a potential double-play ball that could have ended the inning with minimal damage?

On June 15, 1964, the Cubs and Cardinals completed a trade that, at the time, was thought to be a steal in favor of the Cubs, but has gone down as one of the most lopsided trades in history in favor of the Cardinals. Lou Brock, along with two other players, was sent to the Cardinals, where he would go on to a Hall-of-Fame career. WHAT PITCHER, who only lasted another two years in the league, did the Cubs most famously receive in that trade?

WHAT TWO WORDS have been obscured from this photo?

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In the previous question, you saw a picture of the "Anno Catulorum," or "Year of the Cub" sign. At the beginning of the 2016 season, WHAT DID THIS SIGN READ?

Until 2016, Wrigley Field had never been home to a World Series champion team, but the first occupants of the building that is now Wrigley Field did win a Federal League title in 1915. That team was originally known as the Chicago Feds, but adopted WHAT TEAM NAME in 1915?

This is a still from an ad for the 2012 edition of what video game franchise?

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Cubs fans are grateful to the Houston Astros organization for selecting WHAT PITCHER as the first overall pick in the 2013 First-Year Player draft, opening the door for the Cubs to select Kris Bryant with the second pick?