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As a fourth generation Cubs<\/a> fan, raised to hope for a better next year, I thought I would never see the Wrigley Field marquee ablaze with the words: \u201cWorld Series Champions\u201d.<\/a> All my life, all my father\u2019s life, and all my grandmother\u2019s life, the Cubs have lost. It was just the way it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last night that changed. If you\u2019re not a Cubs fan and stayed up to brave the last inning, I hope you had some sense of how epic the battle was. It wasn\u2019t just Game 7 tied going into the 10th<\/sup> inning. It was 108 years of longing balancing on the edge of a knife. Would there be victory finally? Or would we (Cubs fans) feel the cut of defeat in our souls yet again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last night wasn\u2019t just about the Cubs finally winning the World Series and busting that (ridiculous) goat curse. It wasn\u2019t just about baseball and sports. It was about life. It was about who we are as creatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We long for victory because one day there will be a final defeat of everything lost. Defeat is like death. It\u2019s why it makes us cry\u2014and why victory makes us so happy. And it\u2019s why victories long waited for feel like heaven on earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go, Cubs, Go!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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