- 2016-11-03
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SPORTS
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Cubs Win first World Series Title since 1908 in thrilling Game 7
The Chicago Cubs won for the first World Series Title since 1908 in epic Game 7, ending the longest drought in professional sports.
The Cubs outfielder Ben Zobrist smacked a one-out tiebreaking RBI double in a two-run 10th inning that lifted the Cubs to an 8-7 rain-delayed victory over the Indians Wednesday night in Game 7. Zobrist was named World Series MVP. Zobrist is the eighth outfielder to win World Series MVP honors, and the first since Jermaine Dye in 2005.
The Cubs are the first team to come back from a three games to one deficit and win Games 6 and 7 on the road since the 1979 Pirates.
The Cubs, who won 103 games, are the third team in Wild Card era (since 1995) to have baseball's best outright regular-season record and win the World Series. They join the 1998 and 2009 Yankees.
MLB 2016 World Series Result
Game 1 CLE 6 def. CHC 0 Oct. 25
Game 2 CHC 5 def. CLE 1 Oct. 26
Game 3 CLE 1 def. CHC 0 Oct. 28
Game 4 CLE 7 def. CHC 2 Oct. 29
Game 5 CHC 3 def. CLE 2 Oct. 30
Game 6 CHC 9 def. CLE 3 Nov. 1
Game 7 CHC 8 def. CLE 7 (10) Nov. 2- HOp8w2PgHlM
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About Curse of the Billy Goat
The Curse of the Billy Goat was the name of a sports-related curse that was supposedly placed on the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball franchise in 1945 by Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis that lasted in a 71-year period from 1945 to 2016. Because the odor of his pet goat, Murphy, was bothering other fans, Sianis was asked to leave Wrigley Field, the Cubs' home ballpark, during game 4 of the 1945 World Series. Outraged, Sianis allegedly declared, "Them Cubs, they ain't gonna win no more," which has been interpreted to mean that either the Cubs would never win another National League (NL) pennant, or that they would never again win a World Series. The Cubs lost the 1945 World Series to the Detroit Tigers, and did not win a World Series championship again until 2016.- source : MLB
