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1908 Chicago Cubs

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 There is a coming generation of baseball fans who will know nothing of the pain and torment that the Chicago Cubs and their fans endured for over a century. In 2016 they finally hit paydirt and won the World Series after 108 years of constant failure. To put it in perspective, when the Cubs won the World Series in 1908, their 2nd in a row, that put them all alone for the most titles of all time, with the New York Giants, Boston Americans and Chicago White Sox being the only other teams to ever win....then when they finally won their 3rd title in 2016, that put them 24 titles behind the leading Yankees for the most all time. Player-Manager Frank Chance and the Cubs were in the midst of baseball dominance when 1908 began. They were coming off the 1907 title, and were 2x defending National League champions. With a target on their backs, the season grind was by no means easy, with both the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants fighting them wire to wire for the pennant. At the end of...