Happy New Year Cubs Fans!!!

Happy New Year!! Welcome to a new year, and a new decade. Hopefully 2010... or at least some time in this decade... will be the year for the Chicago Cubs.

Let's take a look at the Cubs records year-by-year this decade:
2000: 65-97
2001: 88-74
2002: 67-95
2003: 88-74
2004: 89-73
2005: 79-83
2006: 66-96
2007: 85-77
2008:97-64
2009: 83-78
All Decade Record: 807-811

Years Cubs over .500: 6
Years Cubs Under .500: 4

NL Central All Decade Standings
1. Cardinals: 913-706
2. Astros: 832-784
3. Cubs: 807-811
4. Reds: 751-869
5. Brewers: 741-878
6. Pirates: 681-841

Amount of Times the Cubs finished in each place:
1st: 3 times ('03, '07, '08)
2nd: 1 time ('09)
3rd: 2 times ('01, '04)
4th: 1 time ('05)
5th: 1 Time ('02)
6th: 2 times ('00, '06)

Amount of First Place Finishes- NL Central:
1. Cardinals- 6
2. Cubs- 3
3. Astros- 1

Seasons that the Cubs finished with a better record than the White Sox: 6
Seasons that the Sox finished with a better record than the Cubs: 4

So with that last little stat to make you smile, go party, and go Cubs!