You may have heard that the World Series starts tonight. It will feature the Chicago Cubs – a team that has not won the World Series since Teddy Roosevelt was in office, and has not been in the World Series since Hitler was alive – and the Cleveland Indians – a team that has not won the World Series since trains were the only method of team transportation.
Combined, they make up the largest championship drought in Fall Classic history: 174 years. I’m sure many baseball fans, both die-hard and casual, are rooting for the Cubs to break their high-profile curse, but here is why you should root for the Indians to break their own lengthy drought.