A Chicago Cubs visual primer
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The Chicago Cubs won the World Series this week for the first time since 1908. O Street’s Chicago native has a few gems to school you on the team’s graphic history.
- Logo
![cubs-logos](https://ostreet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/cubs-logos.gif)
As a team that’s been known as the Cubs since 1903, they’ve seen some dandies when it comes to logos.
2. Wrigley Field
![wrigley-field](https://ostreet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/wrigley-field-884x663.jpg)
The Cubs are a constant reminder of a better time. A time when the powerful corporations that bought sports stadiums made bubble gum. The beautiful sign outside the field is a Chicago landmark.
3. The Scoreboard & ivy
![wrigley-field-clock](https://ostreet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/wrigley-field-clock.jpg)
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In the outfield of Wrigley is a rare analogue scoreboard, operated by hand from within by very sweaty people. Below is a famous thicket of lush green ivy notorious for eating up baseballs.
4. These guys.
![Chicago Cubs baseball players Douglas, Hendrix, Tyler, and Vaughn](https://ostreet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sdn-061557-2-994x663.jpg)
Look at these guys!
5. The W flag
![Chicago-Cubs-W-flag-has-long-history](https://ostreet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Chicago-Cubs-W-flag-has-long-history.png)
Since 1937 the Cubs have flown a flag a simple white flag adorned with a blue W after every home victory to let commuters know the result of the game. The flag has become the universal symbol for Cubdom.
6. Pop culture
![19-wrigley-on-location](https://ostreet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/19-wrigley-on-location.jpg)
Ferris Bueller spends his days with the Cubs when we plays hooky. They’re Bill Murray’s team. Even while enduring a 108-year championship drought, the Lovable Losers were omnipresent in American pop culture.
7. The Ghost of Harry Caray
![BS98_Harry_Caray](https://ostreet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/BS98_Harry_Caray-1-994x663.jpg)
Long-time Cubs play-by-play announcer Harry Caray was famous for his tag lines (‘hey, hey!’), sputtering nonsense and being a late-night comedy victim. Shortly after his death in 1998, contemporary artist Ben Stone haunted a crowd of over 50,000 by floating his likeness over the field.
See you for another blog post when the Cubs win again in the year 2124. Hey, hey!