<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ezinye izazi-mlando zithi imvelaphi yesiqalekiso iqala emuva kakhulu; ukuthi indlela okuthiwa yayihlakaniphile ngayo lapho iwina i-pennant ngo-1908 eyaholela ekunqobeni kwayo i-World Series okokugcina yacasula onkulunkulu be-baseball. Ngenxa yokuntuleka kwegama elijwayelekile, lokhu kungase kubizwe ngokuthi isiqalekiso sikaFred Merkle, njengoba ayesesikhungweni sale mpikiswano. Njalo ngemva kwesizini abaye babamba iqhaza kuyo kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kubonakala sengathi kuye kwaba nenhlekelele yohlobo oluthile, kusukela kuHack Wilson elahlekelwa ibhola elishaywayo elangeni, kuya ekudutshulweni kukaBabe Ruth, kuya  <response>: Isigameko sikaSteve Bartman. Lapho bewina isicoco ngo-1984, isihloko sabo sokuqala kusukela ngo-1945, umphathi uJim Frey wamemeza endlini yeqembu eyayigcwele i-champagne, Isigelekeqe asisekho! Abanye abalandeli bakuthatha lokho njengokwanga kokufa... okwaba yiqiniso, njengoba i-Padres ekupheleni kwe-inning emdlalweni wokugcina eSan Diego yabonisa ibhola lomhlaba ligxumela ngaphansi kwesigqoko somdlali wasebhange uLeon Durham... umanduleli ongaqondakali wesigameko esifanayo nesikhumbuzwa kakhulu ngeRed Sox kanye nowayengumdlali wasebhange i-Cubs uBill Buckner okwakuzokwenzeka eminyakeni emibili kamuva. Lokho kudinga ukubalulwa okusheshayo kwe- Ex-Cubs Factor, okuyisiqalo se-Cubs isiqalekiso: ukuthi noma yiliphi iqembu elifinyelela esikhathini sokugcina kusukela ngo-1945 Series, futhi linama-ex-Cubs amathathu noma ngaphezulu, cishe lalingeke lilahlekelwe noma yi-playoffs noma i-Series ngenxa yesisindo esibucayi seCubness. IPirates yango-1960 yayiwukuphela kwecala kuze kube ngo-2001, lapho iDiamondbacks iqeda ngempumelelo ukukhuluma ngaleyo nhlamba ngokuwina i-Series ngomdlalo ophawulekayo owawune-2 kwabangu-3 ababengamaCubs, omunye wabo uLuis Gonzalez enikeza i-RBI yokuwina uchungechunge. 