“He came through in a big, big way for us.”So meet the Cubs, National League champions, ready for the World Series — the World %$&^#@ Series — on Tuesday night in Cleveland. Before Saturday, they had combined to win 109 games in the regular and postseasons, more than any Cubs team since 1907, the year before their most recent World Series championship. If you don’t remember World War II, you don’t remember the Cubs’ last appearance in the World Series. Not next weekend, when the 102-year-old ballpark will host its first World Series game since Game 7 in 1945. Before Saturday night, the Cubs had played six games since 1945 that would have sent them to the World Series.

Source: Washington Post October 23, 2016 03:05 UTC