The Chicago Cubs and The Saint Louis Cardinals have one of the hottest, if not greatest rivalries in Major League Baseball. The Games played at either Busch Stadium (Saint Louis Cardinals) or Wrigley Field ( Chicago Cubs) is a thrilling event. Both teams have endured long streaks without winning championships. Especially the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs last participated in the World Series in 1945 and last won it in 1908; the Saint Louis Cardinals' last participated in the World Series in 2004 and last won it in 1982. In 1998 Cardinals' first baseman Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs battled to set the record for most home runs in one season. McGwire broke Roger Maris's record on September 8 with #62, and pulled away to finish with 70, a record that stood until Barry Bonds hit 73 in 2001. It can't go without mention that the Cubs have the longest dry spell between championships in all of professional sports, having failed to win a World Series since 1908. To make matters worse, the Cubs haven't even been in a World Series since 1945, and finished in the second division, or bottom half, of the National League for 20 consecutive years beginning in 1947. They didn't win any playoff series between 1908 and 2003, when they beat the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS. What may be the least known and cried over but possibly the most telling statistic of futility for the Cubs, though, is that their first back-to-back winning seasons since 1973 came in 2003 and 2004. Not division titles, not playoff appearances, just winning seasons. Nonetheless, they remain one of the best-loved and best-attended teams in the league, with attendance figures consistently in the top 10. In 2004, St. Louis posted the best record in the National League, and their most wins since the 1940s, earning home advantage for the NLDS and NLCS. In the Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Cardinals rolled, winning the series 3-1. Facing off against wild card and rival Houston in the NLCS, the Cards took a 2-0 lead, then lost three straight on the road. Coming home for Game 6, the Cardinals took a 4-3 lead into the 9th inning, but blew it. Jim Edmonds homered in the bottom of the 12th to win the game, and the next night, Albert Pujols helped St. Louis win Game 7 to take series, and was named MVP. The Cardinals then played the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 World Series, the third time the teams have faced each other in the Fall Classic. However, the spirit and zest of the team seemed to elude them in this championship series, as the Red Sox retained a leading position through the entire series. (The best demonstration of St. Louis' troubles in the Series: Pujols, Scott Rolen, and Jim Edmonds, the normally fearsome 3-4-5 hitters for the Cards, were a combined 6-for-45 with 1 RBI.) The Cardinals were unceremoniously swept by the Sox in four games, with the Sox winning their first World Series championship since 1918 and burying the so-called "Curse of the Bambino." Despite their contrasting differences, when this two teams meet it's a whole new ballgame. The Individual players give it their all and their devoted fans would expect nothing less. The head to head between this two teams is quite interesting. You would presume that the Saint Louis Cardinals have the upper hand but it's not quite that simple, the Chicago Cubs have got 1097 wins to St Louis Cardinals 1042, Cubs 2 World Championships to saint Louis's 9, Cubs 14 Playoff appearances to Saint Louis's 19, Chicago Cubs have 33 hall of Famers while Saint Louis cardinals have 31.
 

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