World Series Research Paper

The World Series has been kicking for over one hundred years (one hundred twelve, to be exact), and involves the best action and plays baseball fans will ever see. It has the most colorful history of any finals round of any sport, with the 1919 White Sox scandal when eight players threw the game on purpose, and not one, but two player strikes occurred. There have also been many controversies. As of the 112th edition of the MLB World Series this November has just occurred, the accursed Chicago Cubs, who have not won the World Series since 1908, have just defeated the bold runner-up, the Cleveland Indians, in a seven-game nail-biting excursion, barely edging them out with style. The game is settled and the pleasantries have been exchanged, but the question most fans are asking is which teamed truly deserved it. It appears that the Cubs have earned their glorious victory, but maybe the Indians or the city of Cleveland needed it more. Maybe Chicago did. This is a dispute under cover that has yet to be resolved. Starting with Chicago, they won two back-to-back World Series in 1907 and 1908. Chicago never again made it to a World Series. This would be caused by the “Curse of the Goat” in 1945, which was instated by tavern owner William Sianis, who was denied entry into Wrigley
Field because his pet goat was prohibited. Infuriated, Sianis incurred that the Cubs would never again win the World Series, until now, of course. This is not the only incident that has plagued Chicago-based baseball. There was also the ugly Steve Bartman incident, when a fan interfered with a foul ball, that ultimately was “the first domino” that caused the Cubs to crumble and lose the pennant. And several times, Sianis’s statement held true, as the Cubs would lose the big game three times. Moving on to the Cleveland Indians.
The Indians have also suffered somewhat of a drought, having not won a World Series since 1948. Of course, that’s not nearly as long as the Cubs’ drought. What is awful is the city’s football team, who have not yet won a game so far in the recent eight weeks of NFL football. They’ve rotated through three quarterbacks and have drafted five first round picks in the last fifteen years that would end up being total duds. And to top it all off, the Browns have been an organization for nearly eighty years, and still have not won a Super Bowl. They did win some championships before the Super Bowl was even a thought, but football was far less popular in those
times. The final determination is that the Cubs truly deserved it more. The Cleveland Browns may be one of the worst organizations in the National Football League, but that has nothing to do with baseball. The droughts in a side-to-side comparison are simply just a matter of which period of time is longer, and clearly, 108 years will always and forever be higher than 68 years. Cleveland fans are biased and will argue against it, rightfully, but the dispute itself is of no real significance, compared to the outcome of the game, or its jaw-dropping excitement.