Editing Chicago Cubs (section)

===Mascots===
[[File:Clark-the-Cub-01.jpg|thumb|right|Clark (left) with the Oriole Bird]]
{{See also|Clark (mascot)}}
The official Cubs team [[mascot]] is a young bear cub, named [[Clark (mascot)|Clark]], described by the team's press release as a young and friendly Cub. Clark made his debut at Advocate Health Care on January 13, 2014, the same day as the press release announcing his installation as the club's first-ever official physical mascot.<ref>{{cite web |last=Snyder |first=Matt |title=Cubs announce new mascot, Clark, a 'young, friendly cub' |url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24408433/cubs-announce-new-mascot-clark-a-young-friendly-cub |access-date=August 1, 2014 |website=CBS Sports}}</ref> The bear cub itself was used in the clubs since the early 1900s and was the inspiration of the Chicago Staleys changing their team's name to the [[Chicago Bears]], because the Cubs allowed the bigger football players—like bears to cubs—to play at Wrigley Field in the 1930s.

The Cubs had no official physical mascot prior to Clark, though a man in a 'polar bear' looking outfit, called "The Bear-man" (or Beeman), which was mildly popular with the fans, paraded the stands briefly in the early 1990s. There is no record of whether or not he was just a fan in a costume or employed by the club. Through the 2013 season, there were "Cubbie-bear" mascots outside of Wrigley on game day, but none were employed by the team. They pose for pictures with fans for tips. The most notable of these was "Billy Cub" who worked outside of the stadium for over six years until July 2013, when the club asked him to stop. Billy Cub, who is played by fan John Paul Weier, had unsuccessfully petitioned the team to become the official mascot.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://abc7chicago.com/archive/9181458/ |title = Chicago Cubs tell unofficial 'Billy Cub' mascot to stop &#124; abc7chicago.com |publisher = Abclocal.go.com |date = July 22, 2013 |access-date = August 1, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140116083630/http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?id=9181458 |archive-date = January 16, 2014 |url-status = live }}</ref>

Another unofficial but much more well-known mascot is [[Ronnie Woo Woo|Ronnie "Woo Woo" Wickers]]<ref name=A>{{cite news |first = William |last = Hageman |title = A Fan in Winter |work = Chicago Tribune |date = February 27, 2004 }}</ref> who is a longtime fan and local celebrity in the Chicago area. He is known to Wrigley Field visitors for his idiosyncratic cheers at baseball games, generally punctuated with an exclamatory "Woo!" (e.g., "Cubs, woo! Cubs, woo! Big-Z, woo! [[Carlos Zambrano (baseball)|Zambrano]], woo! Cubs, woo!") Longtime Cubs announcer [[Harry Caray]] dubbed Wickers "Leather Lungs" for his ability to shout for hours at a time.<ref name=D>{{cite news |first = Maura |last = Kelly |title = 'Leather Lungs' a hit at Wrigley, wooing fans with schtick and song |work = Boston Globe |date = May 28, 2001 }}</ref> He is not employed by the team, although the club has on two separate occasions allowed him into the broadcast booth and allow him some degree of freedom once he purchases or is given a ticket by fans to get into the games. He is largely allowed to roam the park and interact with fans by Wrigley Field security.