cleveland indians played the chicago cubs in the world series last year.
cleveland indians played the chicago cubs in the world series last year.
who played the chicago cubs in the world series last year?
cleveland indians
the cardinals–cubs rivalry refers to games between the st. louis cardinals and the cubs. the cubs lead the series 1,137–1,106 through , while the cardinals lead in national league pennants with 19 against the cubs' 17. the cubs have won 11 of those pennants in major league baseball's modern era (1901–present), while all 19 of the cardinals' have been won since 1901. the cardinals also have a clear edge when it comes to world series successes, having won 11 championships to the cubs' 3. the cardinals have enjoyed an overwhelming advantage over their chicago rivals in the regular season standings. in the 70 seasons from 1946 through 2016, the cardinals have finished ahead of the cubs 53 times. in that same span the cardinals have had 50 seasons in which their winning percentage was over .500, while the cubs have finished over that mark 21 times (they finished at an even .500 twice). cardinals-cubs games see numerous visiting fans in either st. louis' busch stadium or chicago's wrigley field. when the national league split into two, and then three divisions, the cardinals and cubs remained together. this has added excitement to several pennant races over the years, most recently in 1984, , , , 2015, and 2016; the first three times the division title was won by the cubs, the fourth by the cardinals, who went on to win the national league pennant as the cubs faltered in the second half of the 2004 season. however, 2015 and 2016 were special years for the cubs. in 2015, the cubs finished in third place in the nl central division behind the cardinals and pirates, but they made the playoffs as the second national league wild card team. after defeating the pirates 4-0 in the wild card game, they disposed of the cardinals in the nlds in four games (3-1); however, they later lost to the new york mets in the nlcs (mets 4- cubs 0). in 2016, the tide really turned in a positive direction for the chicago cubs. they won the nl central division crown with a record of 103-58 which was 17.5 games ahead of the second place cardinals (86-76). the cubs then defeated the san francisco giants in the nlds (3-1) followed by the los angeles dodgers in the nlcs (4-2) to win the nl pennant for the first time since 1945. in an epic 2016 world series, the cubs ended their 108-year world series championship drought by defeating the cleveland indians in a thrilling seven game series (4-3).
history of the chicago cubs
the flag is known by many names, with none being more prevalent than the rest, and may often be referred to by more than one name by the same manufacturer. "chicago cubs w win flag" is the name used on amazon.com, however the company also refers to the flag as chicago cubs 'w' banner flag in their marketplace section. cubworld.com also refers to the flag by the name chicago cubs 'w' banner flag. other retailers use the names cubs win w flag, chicago cubs win 3' x 5' flag, cubs w flag, or (chicago cubs) w flag in the case of sports fan warehouse. one retailer even sells an item called the chicago cubs w fan banner. another retailer sells two versions of the flag listed as chicago cubs win w flag and chicago cubs win flag, yet its advertisements mentions celebrating a cub win with the chicago cubs white "w" flag. an alternate version that has the chicago cubs logo beneath the w can be found under the name chicago cubs win w banner.
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