Cubs or Indians?
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Great to watch.
I guess the Indians will have to dispose of their WS champs caps and t-shirts.
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Fantastic for those fans. Hopefully they can now enjoy the sport again.
Still sucks for Indian fans. Been a bloody long time for them too. But 108 beats 68 on the sympathy scale.
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@Bovidae said in Cubs or Indians?:
@canefan Just as well the Cubs have a lead as those were 2 of the worst ABs I've seen all series in those circumstances.
Jesus Christ, Heyward. He is the $184 million man and he swings at one ball that bounces in front of the plate and another that bounces about 2 inches beyond it.
With the bases loaded!
Fluffybunny!
Then Madden puts in Carl Edwards Jr. WTF.
Then Carl does OK with two outs - and then the mofo gives up a walk where he's clearly choking. He's barely getting the ball to the plate. Pull him FFS, Madden.
But he doesn't - and Ranji does the obvious thing to hit the faltering Edwards to score the run and get himself on base.
Finally, Montgomery comes in and combines with Bryant to get the out they need.
The Curse of the Billy Goat was a strong one!!! Took an incredible amount to break it!
If it's all like this I might have to give up on rugby and watch baseball.
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And let's check in on Hell, Bob:
What a series. One minute the Cubs look gone, then they come back to force a game 7, then they come back to take the lead in game 7 and then they hold off Cleveland in extra innings.
Wow.
(But I guess this means Trump will win the presidency so nice knowing you USA)
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@Hooroo There will be fans who support both teams and others whose support depends on where you live in the city (North side or South side). But it's not as tribal as football in England from my experience.
The White Sox won it all in 2005 so I'm sure there are those that are gutted as the streak is over, but others will be just as happy a Chicago team won this time.
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I think in the same way that I found the Canes not winning a Super rugby title a somewhat amusing stick to beat their fans with occasionally, eventually you don't mind too much when they win because they've suffered enough.
Especially after 108 years.
It is the end of an era, though and some of the Cubs mystique has now evaporated.
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@Bovidae said in Cubs or Indians?:
@Chris-B. Of course, the irony is that the longest WS drought now belongs to the Indians.
Yeah - felt a bit sorry for the Indians. Given the injuries they apparently had, the Cubs probably got out of jail a bit.
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Some great articles about the Cubs and what it means to Chicago, and I challenge you to find one better than this: http://www.espn.com.au/mlb/story/_/id/17961684
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@barbarian this will come close. Man postpones open heart surgery to see Cubs win the world series
I postponed open-heart surgery for the Cubs
For one lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, the anxieties and excitement of the Cubs' World Series run were easy compared to what comes next: the operation that will save his life.
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@barbarian I thought this was a good story:
Cubs fan drives all day to fulfill a promise and listen to Game 7 at his father’s grave
Wayne Williams drove all the way from North Carolina to Indiana to listen to Game 7 with his dad.
List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason droughts - Wikipedia
