Baseball: 'Why Not Us?' Long-suffering Cubs Ask About Title
Zeeshan Mehtab Published October 31, 2016 | 01:20 PM
CHICAGO, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 31st Oct, 2016 ) : For a Chicago Cubs team playing in its first World Series since 1945 and seeking its first title since 1908, overcoming another few unlikely historic baseball feats is no big deal.
Chicago edged Cleveland 3-2 on Sunday at iconic Wrigley Field to pull within 3-2 in Major League Baseball's best-of-seven final and force a sixth game Tuesday in Cleveland. The Cubs have America's record-longest sports title drought, with Cleveland not having taken the trophy since 1948 for baseball's second-longest championship futility streak.
Only six of 46 teams in World Series history have recovered from a 3-1 deficit to win the title, none since the 1985 Kansas city Royals. Ten teams have tried and failed to make the comeback since.
"Why not us?" asks Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant, whose solo home run launched a three-run fourth inning for the Cubs on their way to their first World Series win at Wrigley Field since 1945. "That's kind of our (motto).
I feel like we play our best with our backs against the wall. We went out and took care of business. Hopefully we can get out there and win game six because you never know what can happen in a game seven." The Cubs feature a World Series record six players under age 25.
They scoff at the notion of the team being "cursed" and don't pile past failures onto their shoulders even though the long-suffering and devoted fan base carries the suffering of decades as a badge of honor.
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