Fate would have it that the two teams with the longest droughts of a World Series championship will possibly come together on Tuesday for Game One of the “Battle of the Cursed “at Progressive Field.
However, if the Chicago Cubs keep playing like they have been against the LA Dodgers, they might hit their 71st year since even showing their faces at the World Series.
Luckily for all Tribe fans out there, Cleveland just secured their place at the World Series on Wednesday against the Blue Jays.
Here’s the main reason why the Indians need to win this series—this drought is much bigger than them. For whatever reason, 2016 has been the year of Cleveland. Lebron James and the Cavs finally got it together to end the 52 year championship drought for the city so now it’s the Indians’ turn to deliver.
Thankfully, Cleveland is home to an incredible athlete that is talented enough to basically be single-handedly responsible for bringing a championship to the city. So now that one team has cracked the system, Cleveland sports teams have no reason to not win titles.
Maybe not the Browns though. That’s a tragedy even Lebron can’t fix.
The fact of the matter is, right next to definition of “loyalty” in Merriam-Webster, there’s a picture of Cleveland fans. I have never seen a more abused group of sports fans like Cleveland fans. Cleveland is a ride or die city. My advice to everyone is to marry someone from Cleveland because they’ll never leave your side. Nobody knows dedication like them.
Another reason why the Indians need to win this is because if they lose to the Cubs, that means the Curse of the Billy Goat will finally be broken. I don’t know about you, but I personally enjoy the crazy lengths people will go to make sure Chicago wins.
My personal favorite is when someone hung a butchered goat from the Harry Caray statue in October of 2007 and the Cubs went on to win the division title two years in a row. I mean that’s honestly just morbid but hysterical if you’re not a depressed Cubs fan. It just goes to show there’s no fan like a sports fan.
Honestly, it’ll be a win for Chicago to at least be featured in the World Series because even that streak is sad and embarrassing. Sorry, but the Billy Goat cursed the Cubs for an eternity. There’s no way they’re going to win a World Series for a very long time.
In for the Kill 