He could not have known that one day he would guide the Chicago Cubs to the World Series, after 70 seasons in a row without a pennant. They will face the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, their first since they lost to Detroit in 1945. Needing one win for the pennant in 1984, the Cubs lost three in a row at San Diego. Rizzo later hit a home run, the second off Kershaw, who served up five extra-base hits and ran out of October magic. He fell short of the World Series as a Cub, which had always been a rite of passage on the North Side.

Source: New York Times October 23, 2016 04:41 UTC