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Joe Maddon told his team to “embrace the target.” And the Chicago Cubs did.
Reeling off 103 regular-season wins and battling back from a 3-1 series deficit to beat the Cleveland Indians in a wild Game 7, the Cubs captured their first World Series championship since 1908.
“Now we’re just a really good baseball team,” General Manager Jed Hoyer told CSN Chicago. “We’re not a team that has a curse or issues winning. Now we’re a world champion, and we move forward. Next year when a game is close in the playoffs … nobody is going to worry about something bizarre happening.