Cubs–Cardinals rivalry

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Major League Baseball rivalry sports rivalry

The Cubs–Cardinals rivalry is a historic and intense Major League Baseball feud between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals, rooted in regional proximity and decades of competitive clashes in the National League Central.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball rivalry → sports rivalry →
ballpark1	Wrigley Field →
ballpark2	Busch Stadium →
ballpark2Former	Busch Memorial Stadium →
beganInCentury	19th century →
category	Chicago Cubs → Major League Baseball rivalries → St. Louis Cardinals →
city1	Chicago →
city2	St. Louis →
conference	National League →
country	United States →
division	National League Central →
fanBaseCharacteristic	generational loyalty → strong regional overlap →
firstTeam1Season	1876 →
firstTeam2Season	1882 →
formerDivision	National League East →
geographicDistanceBetweenCitiesMiles	approximately 300 →
isHistoric	true →
isIntense	true →
knownFor	contentious pennant races → contrasting franchise histories → frequent national television broadcasts → high attendance games → large traveling fan bases →
league	Major League Baseball →
mediaDescription	one of the premier rivalries in Major League Baseball → sometimes compared to Yankees–Red Sox rivalry →
notableEra	1930s → 1960s → 1980s → 2010s →
notableGameType	postseason games → regular season games →
postseasonMeeting	2015 National League Division Series →
postseasonSeriesWinner2015NLDS	Chicago Cubs →
region	Midwestern United States →
rootedIn	competitive balance → longstanding divisional competition → regional proximity →
sharedMediaMarketRegion	Midwest →
sport	baseball →
team1	Chicago Cubs →
team1HomeUniformColor	white with blue accents →
team1WorldSeriesTitles	fewer than St. Louis Cardinals →
team2	St. Louis Cardinals →
team2HomeUniformColor	white with red accents →
team2WorldSeriesTitles	one of the highest totals in MLB →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Crosstown Classic ("Windy City Series") →	alsoKnownAs
National League Central ("Chicago Cubs–St. Louis Cardinals rivalry") →	hasRivalry
Chicago Cubs →	rivalry