# Cubs win 100th-Is it finally their year? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 27, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050 "2016-09-27T17:31:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/41 "2016-10-11T16:19:02Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > I don’t know if this is good for the Cubs, as it’s a sign of titleless streaks ending, or bad, as all of the “titleless streaks ending” mojo is being used up, but one of Australia’s two major professional football leagues was won by a team that hadn’t won since 1954, and the other was won by a team that has been in the league since 1967 but had never won until now. The English Premier League this year was won by Leicester City FC, which had never won the top flight of English football, during 132 years. And still, one has to expect that something will come along and stop my beloved Cubbies… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/42 "2016-10-11T16:32:06Z")
Peremensoe: > [@](#): > > The White Sox drought ran two years longer than the Red Sox–their previous WS title was a year earlier, their new one a year later–and you didn’t hear them crying. And on top of that, they hadn’t even been to the World Series in much longer - 1959 vs 1986 for the Red Sox. I’d wondered, at the time, why no one ever seemed to care. My best guess is that a recurring series of near-misses is more dramatic than never getting close. As for comparison with the Cubs (granted, the Cubs drought had always been longer, but the White Sox’s was long enough that there should have been legends about it as well), I imagine it’s simply that the Cubs are more popular in Chicago than the Sox - probably the mystique of Wrigley Field versus the simply utilitarian Comiskey Park. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/43 "2016-10-11T16:57:03Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > Make that 2-1. Reminds me of a joke (originally about the Red Sox): the Cubs are up 3-0 in the World Series and ahead 10-0 in the top of the ninth in game 4 (remember the AL gets WS home field advantage), with two out and nobody on. The first two pitches are swung and missed for strikes. The third is just outside for a ball. One Cubs fan turns to another and says, “Here we go again…” > [@russian\_heel](#): > > Only 2 0f the last 22 100+ win teams have won the World Series. How many of those 22 did it in years with interleague play? It’s hard to judge a 100-win team if it never played the team it is facing, or any of the teams that this team faced during the season, in the World Series. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/44 "2016-10-12T04:08:45Z")
Cubs just scored 4 runs in the ninth to overcome a 2-5 deficit and win the game. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/45 "2016-10-12T04:22:01Z")
After last night’s 13 inning marathon, I was _almost_ worried come the 9th this time. Almost. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/46 "2016-10-12T04:36:34Z")
Cubs win! That San Francisco every-other-year shit is DEAD. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/47 "2016-10-12T05:31:35Z")
Starting Giants starting pitcher Matt Moore goes 8 innings, gives up 2 runs on 2 hits, GETS PULLED, and 5 Giant bullpen pitchers can’t hold a 3 run lead in the 9th. This is the kind of disappointment Cubs fans have been enduring for 108 years. So yes, the worm may have turned for the Cubs. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/48 "2016-10-12T14:24:39Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Cubs win! That San Francisco every-other-year shit is DEAD. Wait’ll next year. You’ll see. Gratz Cubs and fans. Seriously. We had our 50-year drought and that was bad enough… I of course loathe the Doggers and couldn’t care less about the GNatz, so I’ll sit quietly in a corner of the Cubs section for the rest of this season. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/49 "2016-10-16T00:03:08Z")
FWIW, the current Vegas betting line has the Cubs at near even money (6 to 5 or 7 to 4, depending on source). That’s not just for beating the Dodgers, either; that’s for taking the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/50 "2016-10-16T04:10:52Z")
Today’s Cubs win makes me think the billy goat is finally dead. Let the Dodger’s tie it up in the 8th against your best closer, then hit a grand slam and a solo homer to take a 5-point lead. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/51 "2016-10-16T05:12:25Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Today’s Cubs win makes me think the billy goat is finally dead. Let the Dodger’s tie it up in the 8th against your best closer, then hit a grand slam and a solo homer to take a 5-point lead. Oh, and that Bartman tease when Rizzo dropped that easy pop fly. I think that was planned exorcism. No way you can fault Chapman. He gave up a single. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/52 "2016-10-16T05:13:26Z")
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**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/53 "2016-10-16T06:14:32Z")
> **[Montero's grand slam crushes Dodgers' brief bid at Game 1 upset](https://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/75301/monteros-grand-slam-crushes-dodgers-brief-bid-at-game-1-upset)** > > No sooner had the Dodgers tied things up than the Cubs mounted a monster eighth-inning rally to grab a 1-0 NLCS lead. > [@](#): > > It’s becoming apparent that six-out saves aren’t a specialty of otherwise dominant Chicago Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman. This burns me so much and encourages me to dismiss ESPN baseball writers as blathering idiots. Chapman gave up one single. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/54 "2016-10-16T14:17:28Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > Oh, and that Bartman tease when Rizzo dropped that easy pop fly. I think that was planned exorcism. What put a smile to my face was that every. single. Cubs. fan. in those seats were leaning away from Rizzo, giving him room. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/55 "2016-10-23T02:57:08Z")
Cubbies Going all the way!! ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/56 "2016-10-23T04:01:23Z")
I managed to be in the neighborhood - on the Belmont El platform - when the game was called. Kinda cool to hear the wave of celebration travel from north to south. Was more than happy to observe the nuttiness from above as the train passed Addison and not be in it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/57 "2016-10-23T04:18:38Z")
[A few things that have occurred since the Chicago Cubs last won the World Series.](https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090118094553AAr5Aff) ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/58 "2016-10-23T12:17:41Z")
Someone pointed out that Vin Scully’s entire 67-year career fit in-between the last two pennants for the Cubs. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/59 "2016-10-23T17:38:15Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Someone pointed out that Vin Scully’s entire 67-year career fit in-between the last two pennants for the Cubs. So Vin was actually the source of The Curse. The Baseball Gods truly do work in strange and mysterious ways… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-win-100th-is-it-finally-their-year/767050/60 "2016-11-16T15:59:56Z")
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