<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ezinye izazi-mlando zithi umsuka wesiqalekiso usukela emuva kakhulu; ukuthi indlela okuthiwa yayihamba ngobuqili lapho bewina i-pennant yango-1908 eyaholela ekunqobeni kwabo kwe-World Series kokugcina yathukuthelisa onkulunkulu be-baseball. Ngenxa yokuntuleka kwegama elijwayelekile, lokhu kungase kubizwe ngokuthi isiqalekiso sikaFred Merkle, njengoba ayesesikhungweni sale mpikiswano. Njalo ngemva kwesizini baye baba nengxenye kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kubonakala kuye kwabonisa inhlekelele ethile, kusukela Hack Wilson ukulahlekelwa ibhola fly elangeni, ukuba Babe uRuth ngokuthi shot, kuya Steve Bartman isigameko  <response>: . 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. 