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Chicago Cubs: City parties as baseball 'curse' ends after 71 years | Chicago Cubs: City parties as baseball 'curse' ends after 71 years |
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Chicago has been celebrating after the Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, taking the team into the baseball World Series for the first time since 1945. | Chicago has been celebrating after the Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, taking the team into the baseball World Series for the first time since 1945. |
They partied outside Wrigley Field stadium after the Curse of the Billy Goat - supposedly placed on the Cubs by a disgruntled fan - was finally lifted. | They partied outside Wrigley Field stadium after the Curse of the Billy Goat - supposedly placed on the Cubs by a disgruntled fan - was finally lifted. |
The team's decades in the wilderness had become the stuff of legend. | The team's decades in the wilderness had become the stuff of legend. |
In the 1989 film Back to the Future II, a 2015 World Series win for the Chicago team was dubbed a "long shot". | In the 1989 film Back to the Future II, a 2015 World Series win for the Chicago team was dubbed a "long shot". |
That long shot came one step closer on Saturday when the Cubs beat the Dodgers in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series. | |
They will now meet the American League champions, the Cleveland Indians, for the first game of the World Series on Tuesday. | They will now meet the American League champions, the Cleveland Indians, for the first game of the World Series on Tuesday. |
Most of the fans celebrated peacefully, with many taking selfies in front of the stadium, but one person was arrested after climbing a traffic pole, and several others were detained after letting off fireworks. | Most of the fans celebrated peacefully, with many taking selfies in front of the stadium, but one person was arrested after climbing a traffic pole, and several others were detained after letting off fireworks. |
The win is a boost for a city with a more sombre reputation in recent years, overtaking Los Angeles and New York in terms of gang murders. | The win is a boost for a city with a more sombre reputation in recent years, overtaking Los Angeles and New York in terms of gang murders. |
'Tears here tonight' | 'Tears here tonight' |
"My grandpa's been alive for so long, and he's never experienced this," Adam Lewickas, 31, told AFP news agency. | "My grandpa's been alive for so long, and he's never experienced this," Adam Lewickas, 31, told AFP news agency. |
"You've seen tears here tonight," said fellow Chicagoan Anthony Madrano, 43. "You've seen people just so emotional about it." | "You've seen tears here tonight," said fellow Chicagoan Anthony Madrano, 43. "You've seen people just so emotional about it." |
On social media, people jokingly thanked President Barack Obama, a former Illinois senator who lived and worked in Chicago, for gifting the city a Cubs breakthrough "on his watch". | On social media, people jokingly thanked President Barack Obama, a former Illinois senator who lived and worked in Chicago, for gifting the city a Cubs breakthrough "on his watch". |
The Cubs had not won a World Series since 1908 but had some near-misses up until 1945. | The Cubs had not won a World Series since 1908 but had some near-misses up until 1945. |
In that fateful year, tavern owner William Sianis and his pet goat were turned away from Game 4 of the World Series because other fans had complained about the smell. | In that fateful year, tavern owner William Sianis and his pet goat were turned away from Game 4 of the World Series because other fans had complained about the smell. |
Sianis reportedly said: "Never again will a World Series be played in Chicago", and the Cubs duly lost the game and the series to the Detroit Tigers. | Sianis reportedly said: "Never again will a World Series be played in Chicago", and the Cubs duly lost the game and the series to the Detroit Tigers. |
As the city celebrated this weekend, Chicago Tribune columnist David Haugh wrote: "The weight is lifted. The wait is over, at last." | As the city celebrated this weekend, Chicago Tribune columnist David Haugh wrote: "The weight is lifted. The wait is over, at last." |