CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago Cubs had only gone 37 years without a championship when they reached the World Series in 1945.
It was their 10th National League pennant, and the Cubs hardly seemed like a franchise that would take more than seven decades to get back.
They pushed the Detroit Tigers to a deciding Game 7, but lost 9-3 on Oct. 10, 1945. Here’s a report by The Associated Press from that day, which turned out to be the last time the World Series was played at Wrigley Field until Chicago hosts the Cleveland Indians in Game 3 on Friday night.
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By SID FEDER