After 71 years of frustration, despair and relentless hope, the Chicago Cubs have regained the National League pennant, advancing past the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 in Game 6 of the National League Championship series. For Cubs fans, the seemingly impossible is now firmly in their grasp, as the Cubs need only four victories to end the longest championship drought in baseball—108 years.
Even Jay Wright had to weigh in on the matchup.
“I love the old school teams who haven’t been in [the World Series] for a while,” Wright said. “I like the Cubs because I’m a National League guy, and I respect the passion of those fans.