The Chicago Cubs won their first World Series since 1908, and it only feels appropriate that they put their dedicated fans through one of the most back-and-forth, stress-inducing baseball games in recent memory.
They prevailed, 8-7, against the Cleveland Indians in Wednesday's Game 7 at Progressive Field in a 10-inning battle that saw a dramatic game-tying home run off Aroldis Chapman from Cleveland's Rajai Davis in the eighth, a rain delay after the ninth and three combined runs in that extra inning.
Ben Zobrist notched an RBI double in the 10th and earned World Series MVP honors. The team shared him accepting ...
Ben Zobrist has been named Most Valuable Player of the 2016 World Series while helping the Chicago Cubs secure their first title since 1908.
The outfielder had the game-winning RBI double in the 10th inning of the dramatic Game 7 victory over the Cleveland Indians.
Baseball Reference noted the historical importance of the game-winning hit:
He also finished the series batting .357 with a .419 on-base percentage, getting a hit in six of the seven games.
Zobrist has now won back-to-back titles after winning the World Series with the Kansas City Royals last season.
ESPN Stats and Info provided an interesting note on the veteran ...
Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell smacked a bases-clearing long ball in the third inning of Tuesday's Game 6 of the 2016 World Series, becoming the first-ever player at his position to hit a grand slam on baseball's largest stage, per MLB Stat of the Day.
With the Cubs already nursing a 3-0 lead on the strength of a three-run first inning, Russell stepped up to the plate against Cleveland Indians reliever Dan Otero with the bases loaded and one out in the top of the third.
Russell was the first batter Otero faced upon replacing ineffective starting pitcher Josh Tomlin, who was ...
The Chicago Cubs have clawed back from the brink of elimination and are now one win away from their first World Series title in 108 years.
So, of course they're the ones everyone is second-guessing at the moment.
After beating the Cleveland Indians in a 3-2 nail-biter at Wrigley Field in Game 5, the Cubs took control of Game 6 at Progressive Field with seven early runs en route to a 9-3 romp.
Like that, Cleveland's 3-1 series lead is gone. All the Cubs need to complete their comeback is a few runs and 27 outs in Game 7 on Wednesday.
That leads us to ...
The Chicago Cubs did their part to make this World Series look a lot more interesting.
By winning Game 5 at Wrigley Field, Chicago sent the series back to Cleveland for a pivotal Game 6. The Cleveland Indians lead the series 3-2.
It's a series that has been largely defined by pitching, as both teams have played erratic offense at best. So many of the keys to Tuesday’s game lie at the plate.
But that’s not all that will determine whether or not this series goes a full seven games.Begin Slideshow
It's rare for the National League team in a World Series to be disadvantaged in the games it plays at home.
The theory, after all, is that an American League team, which uses a designated hitter throughout most of the year, is forced to sit one of its regulars. But in the case of Kyle Schwarber's miraculous return to the Chicago Cubs lineup during the World Series—he tore his ACL and LCL on April 7 and was ruled out for the season—his team found itself in that AL-like conundrum.
Though Schwarber has been cleared to hit, doctors prohibited him from playing in the ...
HERZLIYA PITUACH, Israel — On Monday night, Dan Shapiro stood outside the American embassy in Tel Aviv and pressed a button that bathed the edifice in pink to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
If Shapiro, who has served as the United States ambassador to Israel since 2011, had a say, the embassy might next be illuminated in blue and red to honor his beloved Chicago Cubs.
"It probably would have to come out of my pocket," Shapiro joked at his home here during the wee hours of Thursday morning while watching a live broadcast of the Cubs' 5–1 win over the Cleveland Indians that ...
If the Chicago Cubs want to be a team of destiny, they better come up with a miracle.
If they don't, a season in which they won 103 games on their way to their first World Series since 1945 could be over as soon as Sunday. The Cleveland Indians lead the series three games to one.
If the advantage feels even bigger than that, it may be because the latest entry in this Fall Classic was a thumping that only Cleveland fans had an easy time watching.
After winning a 1-0 squeaker in Game 4 on Friday, the Indians took Game 5 on ...
Kyle Hendricks might win the National League Cy Young Award. He's MLB's reigning ERA king. By any measure, 2016 has been a very good year for the Chicago Cubs right-hander.
On Friday, he has a chance to cement his breakout season and go from very good to immortal by pitching the Cubbies to the championship brink.
Nothing will be decided in Game 3. But with the series knotted 1-1, it's a pivotal contest. In World Series history, teams with a 2-1 advantage have won it all 56 times and lost just 27 times, per WhoWins.com.
It's a big game symbolically, too. The North ...
CHICAGO — The old girl is dressed to the nines. Wrigley Field, on deck to host her first World Series game Friday night since Oct. 10, 1945, is crackling with energy.
And when the Chicago Cubs take the field to face the Cleveland Indians in Game 3, this shrine of a ballpark, which has produced so many memorable afternoons and, later, evenings, will author a first: An African-American wearing a Cubs uniform will play in a World Series game in Wrigley Field.
The Cubs have not been here since Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947.
Which means, well, gasp, yes.
It is ...
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