“We’ve heard the history,” center fielder Dexter Fowler said, “but at the same time we’re trying to make history.”īudding star Javier Baez was in the middle of everything for the Cubs, a common theme this October. More than a decade later, the franchise is still chasing its first World Series championship since 1908. Of course, the Cubs were in the same favorable position 13 years ago – heading home to Wrigley with a 3-2 lead in the NLCS.īut even with ace pitchers Mark Prior and Kerry Wood starting the final two games, Chicago collapsed against the Marlins in one of its most excruciating failures. “That’s a game we expect to win,” Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts said. The Cubs’ first opportunity to clinch comes Saturday night in Game 6, when Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw faces major league ERA leader Kyle Hendricks. “We’re not going to run away from anything. “The city of Chicago has got to be buzzing,” manager Joe Maddon said. On deck, a pair of opportunities to wrap up that elusive pennant at Wrigley Field. Jon Lester pitched seven sharp innings, Addison Russell hit a tiebreaking homer and the Cubs grabbed a 3-2 lead in the NL Championship Series. In an unknowing foreshadowing of their future, the Cubs would win two of three in relatively spacious Briggs Stadium but would lose three of four in the relatively hitter-friendly confines of Wrigley Field.The Chicago Cubs closed in on their first World Series trip since 1945 by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4 on Thursday in Game 5 of their National League playoff. When asked what he was doing, Hack responded, "I just wanted to see if I was still standing there on third base." According to Warren Brown's account, Hack was seen surveying the field before the first Series game. In that Series' final game, Stan Hack led off the top of the ninth inning of Game 6 with a triple but was stranded, and the Cubs lost the game and the Series. The Series was a rematch between the two opponents of the 1935 World Series. At this point, the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox had the second- and third-longest championship droughts, respectively (with the White Sox having last won in 1917 and the Red Sox in 1918) the Red Sox would win the World Series in 2004 (86 years after their last championship), and the White Sox would do the same in 2005 (ending an 88-year drought). Having last won the Series in 1908, the Cubs own the dubious record of both the longest league pennant drought and the longest World Series drought in history. As of 2015, this is the last appearance for the Chicago Cubs in the Fall Classic. The Curse of the Billy Goat originated in this Series before the start of Game 4. He hit the only two Tigers homers in the Series, and scored seven runs overall and also drove in seven. One player decidedly not fitting that description was the Tigers' slugger Hank Greenberg, who had been discharged from military service early. In a similar vein, Frank Graham jokingly called this Series "the fat men versus the tall men at the office picnic." When asked who he liked in the Series, he answered, "I don't think either one of them can win it." He also cited a famous quote of his, referencing himself anonymously and in the third person. Warren Brown, author of a history of the Cubs in 1946, commented on this by titling one chapter "World's Worst Series". Many of the majors' better players were still in military service. Although the major hostilities of World War II had ended, some of the rules were still in effect. The World Series again used the 3–4 wartime setup for home field sites, instead of the normal 2–3–2. Paul Richards picked up four runs batted in in the seventh game of the series, to lead the Tigers to the 9–3 game win, and 4–3 Series win. The Tigers won the Series, four games to three, giving them their second championship and first since 1935. The 1945 World Series matched the American League Detroit Tigers against the National League Chicago Cubs. 1945 Detroit Tigers World Series Baseball Championship Ring
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