![]() ![]() ![]() Most importantly for the Cubs, it had them punching, counter-punching, and regrouping from a number of miscues that could have proven so costly that the goat tale would’ve been given even more legs. They’re just the seventh team in Major League Baseball history to complete a comeback from three games down, and only the third team to do it by winning the final two games on the road.īut it was far from easy and the Fall Classic lived up to its name. With the Indians desperately trying to end a 68-year drought of their own, this night was going to be memorable either way, but the Cubs erasing a 3-1 series deficit for their first World Series win in more than a century puts an exclamation point on a now-historic 2016 season. 357 with two RBI and five runs scored in the World Series, was named MVP. “If you want to believe in that kind of stuff, it’s going to hold you back for a long time,” said Cubs manager Joe Maddon, drenched in champagne and wearing goggles.Ĭubs left fielder Ben Zobrist, who hit. The Chicago Cubs are World Series champions.Īfter 108 years, and 71 since the Curse of the Billy Goat came to life in 1945, the Cubs made it all just a myth and a memory, beating the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in an epic Game 7 that needed extra innings to decide. ![]() More than a century of heartbreak and generations passing without a title to celebrate came to an end at Progressive Field in Cleveland. No baseball fan still breathing can remember the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series in 1908, but everyone that managed to keep breathing Wednesday night is going to remember this one. Steve Bartman, you can come out of hiding, too. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĬLEVELAND - You could almost hear the goat click-clacking its way out of Wrigleyville all the way from Ohio.
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