Coming out of a fairy tale ending to the 2016 Major League Baseball season, the Chicago Cubs defeated all odds and the Cleveland Indians in Game 7 of the World Series. Before the carriage turned into a pumpkin, Major League Baseball and the players union agreed on a five-year collective bargaining agreement …
Read More »Porcello and Scherzer Claim 2016 Cy Young Awards
The 2016 Cy Young Award winners were announced last night, with Rick Porcello claiming the award for the American League and Max Scherzer taking it home for the National League. This is Porcello’s first Cy Young Award and Scherzer’s second in the last four years. A Closer Look Porcello led …
Read More »Chicago Cubs Dreams Come True!
Once upon a time, there was a baseball team called the Chicago Cubs, who dreamed of the day they would win another World Series Championship. On Wednesday that dream came true as the Chicago Cubs are now the reigning world champions after beating the Cleveland Indians in Game 7 after …
Read More »Cubs Accomplish the Impossible, End 108-Year Title Drought
It only took 10 taxing innings, a 17-minute rain delay and four hours and 45 minutes of play to wipe away what hasn’t been said in 39,465 days… The Chicago Cubs are the World Series Champions. The Cubs overcame a 3-1 game deficit and held on for dear life in Game 7 …
Read More »The End of the Drought and the Beginning of a New Era: The Chicago Cubs are World Series Champions
Michael Martinez grounded it to third where Kris Bryant gloved it, threw it to Anthony Rizzo, and the game was over. That was the play that ended it all, and the Chicago Cubs were World Series Champions for the first time in 108 years. History. #FlyTheW pic.twitter.com/S8vVDYA87T — Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) …
Read More »Indians Waste 3-1 Series Lead; Lose World Series in Game 7
The Cleveland Indians haven’t won the World Series since 1948 and they’ll have to wait at least another year. The Indians fell to the Cubs 8-7 in Game 7 of the World Series last night. It took 10 innings and a rain delay for the Cubs to make it official. …
Read More »A Gator Grad and a Gainesville Native Star in World Series Finale
In what some are calling the greatest game of baseball ever played, two players have ties to the Gainesville area. Andrew Miller, a Gainesville native and Buchholz High School graduate, who is a relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians and David Ross, a catcher for the Chicago Cubs who played …
Read More »Preview: World Series Game 7
Game 7 of the World Series will be nothing less than nerve-wracking for the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians. A 108-year dry spell could come to an end tonight for one team, while a 68 year drought could end for the other. Series Recap The odds were in the Indians’ favor …
Read More »Cubs Crush Indians To Force Deciding Game 7
If you are a Cubbies fan, then you are one happy camper. Chicago did not let an elimination game get in its way. The best-of-seven series is now even at three games each after the Cubs vanquished the Indians with a 9-3 win at Progressive Field. It was the Cubs’ night from start to …
Read More »World Series Preview: Cubs, Indians Back in Cleveland for Game 6
Tonight, the Cleveland Indians are looking to leave the field as World Series Champions for the first time in 68 years. The Chicago Cubs, on the other hand, are looking to push for another game to help their chances at the title. No matter who comes out with tonight’s win, Game 6 is …
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