cubs beat cleveland indians in 2016 world series.
cubs beat cleveland indians in 2016 world series.
who did cubs beat in 2016 world series?
cleveland indians
bullet::::- two major league baseball teams are located in the state. the chicago cubs of the national league play in the second-oldest major league stadium (wrigley field) and are widely known for having the longest championship drought in all of major american sport: not winning the world series since 1908 however, this ended in 2016 when the cubs finally won their first world series in 108 years. that drought finally came to an end when the cubs beat the cleveland indians in seven games to win the 2016 world series. the chicago white sox of the american league won the world series in 2005, their first since 1917. they play on the city's south side at guaranteed rate field.
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for 2016, "snf" aired the philadelphia eagles-dallas cowboys rivalry game at at&t stadium on october 30, opposite to game 5 of the 2016 world series between the indians and the cubs. both the eagles and the cowboys have a baseball team in their respective home cities (philadelphia's phillies and dallas's texas rangers, the latter plays their home games at nearby globe life park in arlington, texas). the phillies did not contend for the national league east in 2016, while the rangers won the american league west title that season, but they lost in three games to the toronto blue jays in the alds; on the other hand, the cleveland browns and the chicago bears, the nfl franchises of the participating world series cities, have been performing at the bottom of its respective divisions in recent years, with the browns issues dating back to the team's return to the league in 1999. as for the two games that aired simultaneously on october 30, the cubs beat the indians, 3-2, to force a game 6 of the world series on november 1, while the cowboys beat the eagles, 29-23, in overtime.
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