

The game resumed 17 minutes later and the Cubs got run-scoring hits from Ben Zobrist and Miguel Montero in the top of the inning. Here we are boys, let’s reset, and let’s go do this thing.' ’’ “At that moment,’’ Heyward said, “I just had to vent a little bit. He gathered the players in the indoor batting cage, told them they had come much too far to lose now, reminding them of their talent. 150 in the World Series, delivered the biggest moment of the evening. The Cubs were rolling along to a 6-2 lead, and the next thing you knew, Rajai Davis was hitting a two-run homer off Aroldis Chapman, the game was going to the 10th inning, and there was a rain delay. Only this time, the pain was short-lived. The Cubs finally ended the most famous sports drought in history, but had to do it in the most Cubs way possible.įinding themselves on the brink of a championship after roaring back from a 3-1 deficit in the series, the Cubs blew it. And they might let you down for 108 years in a row. Like all members of your family, you love them, but sometimes they let you down. “Really, you think about the Cubs as a member of your family.

“It was such a relief,’’ Cubs owner Tom Ricketts said. TEAM OF THE DECADE: MLB dream team, position-by-positionįROM LEBRON TO BILES: Who made our list of top 50 athletes? It was always something, whether black cats or billy goats or foul balls into the stands would happen along the way, continuing the curse.
