Baseball: After 71-year Wait, World Series Back At Wrigley Field

CHICAGO, , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Oct, 2016 ) - Iconic Wrigley Field, the 102-year-old home ballpark of the Chicago Cubs featuring a hand-operated scoreboard and ivy-covered outfield walls, plays host to its first World Series game in 71 years on Friday.

The Cubs, level with Cleveland at 1-1 in Major League Baseball's best-of-seven final, can snap America's longest sports title drought by winning their first crown since 1908 with triumphs Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the stadium nicknamed the "Friendly Confines." "To get to this moment and have your fans have the opportunity to witness a World Series game here -- not lost on me whatsoever.

It's going to be an absolute blast," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. "I know people have been waiting for this for a long time." "Hopefully on our part we can do something to really make it even better." Whether cursed, unlucky or just so-called loveable losers, the Cubs have not played in a World Series since 1945.

They are only 2-10 in World Series games at Wrigley Field, winning 8-7 in 12 innings over Detroit in game six in 1945 and 3-1 in game five over Detroit in 1935.