He high-fived other Cubs fans at Cleveland Lakefront Station before the trip home. I got to go to the World Series!'" And there was none of the hoopla of the Union Pacific's nine-hour 1985 World Series special from Kansas City to St. Louis that included Hall of Famers Stan Musial and Bob Gibson plus Missouri Gov. When the Cubs last won the World Series in 1908 and even when they last appeared in 1945, the train was the standard method of big league travel. He had tickets for the World Series in 2003 " only to watch the Cubs blow a 3-1 lead against the Florida Marlins in the NL Championship Series.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 27, 2016 20:20 UTC