Ending a 108-year championship drought
Before 2016, the last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series was 1908. The Cubs would be down 1-3 in the World Series against the Cleveland Indians, who won their last championship in 1949. It was a series of two unfortunate teams, and it was fitting that it took until extra innings in the seventh and ultimate game to decide the winner. The Cubs would hold on to win after scoring two runs in the tenth inning.
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We're normal people,...We get nerve-wracked and anxious, just like everybody else.
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These teams came back from 3-1 postseason deficits
Entering the 2022 World Series, only 14 teams out of 92 have come back to win a best-of-seven series after dropping three of the first four contests.
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How did the Cubs' curse end? With the greatest game ever
All it took was a century of waiting, a remarkable climb out of a three-games-to-one hole and the greatest Game 7 ever played. But finally, at 12:47 a.m., Cubbie Daylight Time, the wait was over.
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