1. Major League Baseball - Franchise History of The Chicago Cubs
Soon after the war ended, big cities started organizing teams of professional players (Vanderberg). The National Association of Base Ball Players, or NABBP, was the first organization of American Baseball and had already been around since 1857. ... The White Stockings became the first professional baseball club in the city of Chicago when the Chicago club owners assembled a team of some of the best eastern baseball players. ... One player that is definitely worth the mention was Adrian "Cap Anson ". ... Anson was a player-manager for the Cubs from 1979 all the way through to 1897. ...
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