User blog comment:SamwiseFilmore/The Cubs Won!/@comment-30079501-20161104033659

The world must be coming to an end....

JK, of course. Given how good they were during the regular season, it's not entirely unexpected. But it's still incredible. No matter how good a team the Cubs had, it was still going to feel like the odds were against them.

Ofc, their opponents (the Cleveland Indians) haven't won a World Series since 1948, so you knew a long streak was going to end no matter who won. :P

For those who didn't watch the series, it was historic in more ways than one. It's best of 7, so the first team to win 4 games takes the series. The Indians won 3 of the first 4 games, so they were one win away from taking it. But the Cubs won games 5 and 6, tying the series and forcing Game 7.

And what an incredible game 7 it was. Lead changes, unexpected storylines...it had everything. My favorite moment was the end of the 9th inning. Normally, a game only has 9 innings, but it was tied, so they had to play extra innings. Just as they were about to start the 10th inning, it started raining, forcing a delay. It seemed as if Mother Nature herself didn't want either team to win. :P

Anyways, the Cubs managed to win it in the 10th. As a fan of the Cub's closest division rivals, I am far from being a Cubs fan. But I tip my hat to them; they came back from being down big in the series to win it. More than that, they overcame everything: the deficit, the pressure to win, and the curse(s). Baseball is a mental sport, and overcoming that mental pressure is not always easy. Enjoy your moment, Cubs fans. You've waited a long time for it.