108 years of history.

[kentuck]

There are great-grandparents that were born and have died since the last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. It is a story of massive import. There is historic meaning in this event.

It gives me hope that this arc of history will continue this coming Tuesday. There has never been a woman President. This time, a woman leads our country thru a crisis even before she is elected our next President. Make no mistake, Donald Trump has put our nation into a crisis unlike any our generation has ever seen before.

But, if the Cubs can win the World Series, why can't a woman win the Presidency?

I feel better about Hillary's chances today, for some odd reason...

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Sort of A "If This Can Happen..."?

Who would thunk it 4 years ago? They lost 101 games and now they win 103 and the WS. I guess anything is possible.

[global1]

2. Wow!!!! You Mean It Really Is True & It Wasn't A Dream.....

The Cubs really did win the World Series?

[allan01]

3. back to the future was right

[AirmensMom]

4. Funny you should say that...

When the score got tied, I started to worry about the election. Whatever odd reason is making you feel better about Hillary's chances is doing the same to me. (Of course, she did run better ads during the game, too.)

[Fast Walker 52]

5. I agree totally, but in 2004, the Boston Red Sox won after a long drought-- 86 years

and it didn't help Kerry, who was from Massachusetts. But those were different times, a different election season.

[TNNurse]

6. He was another man running for a job always held by men.

This is different.

[Fast Walker 52]

30. yep-- this time is DIFFERENT!

[LittleGirl]

7. WGN posted this

Here's the link:
[link:http://wgntv.com/2016/11/03/cubs-release-new-music-video-for-eddie-vedders-all-the-way-after-world-series-win/]
http://wgntv.com/2016/11/03/cubs-release-new-music-video-for-eddie-vedders-all-the-way-after-world-series-win/

[yuiyoshida]

8. Gee, Maybe the Raiders can win the Superbowl....

[47of74]

13. I want da Bears to win!

Yeah, I know, not much chance of that happening this year.

[mountain grammy]

19. Stranger things have happened..

and they're looking good this year. How long has it been?

[yuiyoshida]

21. 1984

Since the Raiders last won the Superbowl

Won :
1977
1981
1984

[mountain grammy]

27. Oh yeah, I can't forget because

my Raider fan friends won't let me.. 1981, from wild card to Super Bowl Champs.

As a Bronco fan, I should be a raider hater, but some of my best friends are Raider fans and good Democrats too, so no hate in this Bronco heart. Go Raiders (unless they're playing the Broncos.)

[yuiyoshida]

28. one of my best friends is a bronco fan

He is a full Lakota and going to UCLA THIS YEAR.. HERE I wanted to give him a bad time about the Raiders being in first place and He is going on about how great it is to go to UCLA, and I am happy for him!

[mountain grammy]

29. Priorities

always a good thing!

[malaise]

10. Let me put it this way

The last time the Cubs won, women didn't even have the right to vote.

Add to that the fact that both Obama and Hillary have major Chicago bonds.
Yes I hate the fugging owner, but sometimes symbolism is bigger than owners.

[FailureToCommunicate]

11. "The last time the Cubs won, women didn't even have the right to vote. "

Historic indeed!

[roamer65]

12. Last time they won it was President Theodore Roosevelt.

That gives perspective.

[47of74]

14. And there were only 46 states at the time.

New Mexico and Arizona joined in 1912, and Alaska and Hawaii in 1959.

[AngryAmish]

16. The Ottoman Empire existed. And Mark Twain was alive.

[AngryAmish]

15. Honestly, no one gives a shit about politics right now.

Drop it.

[Ishoutandscream2]

25. LOL! Am I the only one who gets you here

You've always been funny as hell. Don't stop.

[malthaussen]

17. Incidentally, if one likes baseball...

Crazy 08 by Cate Murphy is a nice little social/sports history of the last time (before now) the Cubs won the Series.

-- Mal

[Ilsa]

18. It felt like a good omen to me, too.

Chicago Cubs, Hillary from Chicago, felt right.

[mountain grammy]

20. It's always been my understanding that

if the National League wins the series in an election year, good for Democrats.. I was for the Cubbies all the way.

[nolabear]

23. 108 years and they win in th 10th with 8 runs.

🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻
GO HILLARY!!

[kentuck]

32. Interesting!

I am fascinated by numbers and their deep, hidden meanings.

[snooper2]

24. It will be interesting what the World looks like

when then win again in 108 years.

[The2ndWheel]

31. Or, what happened in 2004 when the Red Sox finally won

Or there's a Chicago guy in the White House heading out, and the Cubs end the long curse the same year, and the White Sox won sort of just as Obama broke onto the big stage, and the Cubs winning is just the other bookend, and that's the end of the story. Or, if the Cubs can win the World Series, what other world ending event could possibly happen?