The curse is broken

A lot has happened in the last 108 years, but until November 2, one of the things that had not happened, was the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series. The United States went through two World Wars, the Great Depression, the Cold War, and saw items such as the television, the computer, and the iPhone created.

In 1945, the Cubs played in the World Series once more, and that series went to a Game 7, the final game, to decide a winner. And that’s when the franchise’s bad luck began. When the team kicked Billy Sianis and his pet billy goat out of Wrigley Field because other fans had complained about the goat’s odor, Sianis cursed the Cubs, saying that they would never win the World Series again, because they had “insulted his goat.” And for the past 71 seasons, the curse held true.

In 2003, the Cubs were one win away from advancing to the World Series, and they needed only five more outs to get that win. The opposing team hit a foul ball, one that was catchable by a Cubs player, but a Cubs fan named Steve Bartman attempted to catch the ball too, preventing the Cubs player from catching it. They proceeded to give up eight runs in that inning, and would lose the game and the series, bringing their season to a nightmarish end.

But on October 22 of this year, the 46th anniversary of Sianis’ death, the Cubs made it back to the World Series after winning 103 games in the regular season. After initially going down 3-1 in a best-of-7 series, Chicago would come roaring back to life and win the World Series in Game 7. The game went to extra innings tied at 6, and the Cubs won it 8-7 in the 10th inning.

The curse was finally broken, and the championship drought ended. Cubs fans everywhere rejoiced, and Bartman, who had become hated by the Cubs fanbase, was finally free. His team had finally won the World Series after all that time, and there is hope that he will no longer be shunned by an entire city.

After 108 years, the Cubs are finally World Champions once again.