The Chicago Cubs by FlaxmanR

Among the legendary bad-luck moments in Cubs history was in 1984, when Leon Durham committed a two-base error with the Cubs ahead by a run in the seventh inning of Game Five of the NLCS. Durham's error is often blamed on his glove having what specific liquid spilled on it before the game?

Eddie Waitkus was traded from the Cubs to Philadelphia following the 1948 season, and the following June was shot by Ruth Ann Steinhagen at Chicago's Edgewater Beach Hotel. A fictionalization of this event made its way into what novel and subsequent film?

According to Baseball-Reference, by Wins Above Replacement he was the most valuable player on the 2012 Cubs, a depressing thought since his on-base percentage was only .299. Who was this player, who won the NL Gold Glove at his position that year but was traded to the Dodgers in 2014 for a player to be named later?

Between Phil Cavarretta in 1945 and Derrek Lee's 2005 annus mirabilis, three Cubs players won four total NL batting titles, all between 1972 and 1980 - and all three men shared a form of the same first name. Name ALL THREE.

Identify the speaker of this quote: "Fuck those fuckin' fans who come out here and say they're Cub fans that are supposed to be behind you, rippin' every fuckin' thing you do. I'll tell you one fuckin' thing, I hope we get fuckin' hotter than shit, just to stuff it up them 3,000 fuckin' people that show up every fuckin' day, because if they're the real Chicago fuckin' fans, they can kiss my fuckin' ass right downtown and PRINT IT."

Ernie Banks' 500th home run was called, in the clip seen here, by what longtime Cubs (and White Sox) broadcaster, who employs his most famous catchphrase in the clip?

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Collectively, Harry Craft, Vedie Himsl, Lou Klein, Charlie Metro, and El Tappe were better known by what name?

In a rather bizarre coda to the Steve Bartman story, Harry Caray's restaurant purchased the ball, blew it up, and then served the remnants mixed in with what food?

Wrigley Field's address is 1066 West Addison Street, but home run balls that travel entirely out of the stadium land on which TWO avenues?

Founder and owner of the Chicago Whales, he was the majority owner of the Cubs for a brief period after the Federal League folded and was responsible for moving them to their current home. Who was this lunch-counter magnate for whom Wrigley Field was originally named?

Jerry Hairston, Mike Fontenot, and Dave Crouthers were the players received by the Cubs when they traded away which star?

The Cubs haven't been no-hit since Sandy Koufax threw a perfect game against them in 1965, but they also haven't had many no-hitters of late. Until Carlos Zambrano threw one in 2008, who was the last Cub to toss a no-hitter - famously a perfect game until he (some would say controversially) walked the 27th batter?