what years have the cubs been in the world series?
1908 World Series 1907 World Series
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 The Cubs ' then @-@ owner Philip K. Wrigley ordered the reconstruction of the bleachers and the building of the manually operated scoreboard in 1937 . The scoreboard 's " masthead " was in place by 1938 , displaying the American flag at the top and flags representing the eight clubs of the National League on the left and right strands of the masthead , four apiece . In the 1940s , the practice of raising the Win / Loss flags was begun . 

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 The Series started on October 28 , 2009 , which was the latest start in World Series history . Game 4 was played on Sunday , November 1 and the series @-@ winning Game 6 took place on November 4 . The Series was only the third to end in a month other than October . The first came in 1918 , which was played entirely in September after the regular season was cut short due to World War I. The other such series was in 2001 when the September 11 attacks caused a delay in the baseball season that eventually forced the end of the World Series into November . 

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 In 1966 , the major leagues moved to the " Deep South " when the Braves moved to Atlanta . In 1968 , the Kansas City Athletics moved west to become the Oakland Athletics . In 1969 , the American and National Leagues both added two expansion franchises . The American League added the Seattle Pilots ( who became the Milwaukee Brewers after one disastrous season in Seattle ) and the Kansas City Royals . The NL added the first Canadian franchise , the Montreal Expos , as well as the San Diego Padres . 

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 Following the season , on November 17 , 1887 , members of the NL officially recognized the Brotherhood and met with a Brotherhood committee that consisted of three players – Ward ‚ Hanlon and Brouthers . 

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 As a consequence of the 1994 – 95 Major League Baseball strike , the 1995 season started on April 25 , and was shortened to 144 games instead of the normal 162 . California took an early lead in the AL West standings and traded first place with Texas through May and June . They took the lead on July 2 , and held on to that lead throughout the rest of July and all of August . Seattle , meanwhile , spent most of June through August in third or fourth place . They would bottom out on August 2 , 13 games out of first place . 
