the cubs beat the st. louis cardinals last year in the world series.
who did the cubs beat last year in the world series?
st. louis cardinals
bullet::::- two major league baseball teams are located in the state. the chicago cubs of the national league play in the second-oldest major league stadium (wrigley field) and are widely known for having the longest championship drought in all of major american sport: not winning the world series since 1908 however, this ended in 2016 when the cubs finally won their first world series in 108 years. that drought finally came to an end when the cubs beat the cleveland indians in seven games to win the 2016 world series. the chicago white sox of the american league won the world series in 2005, their first since 1917. they play on the city's south side at guaranteed rate field.
illinois
after returning from the disabled list with a start on august 5 at san diego, he compiled a 10–1 record, and pitched a complete game win against former cub greg maddux in the first round of the playoffs. the cubs beat the atlanta braves in the first round, but lost to the eventual world series champion florida marlins in the nlcs, a tightly contested seven game series. prior, who was the winner in game 2, was on the mound for the infamous steve bartman/moisés alou foul ball incident in game 6. at the time, the cubs were holding onto a three-run lead in the 8th inning, and were only five outs away from playing in the world series. prior struggled with his command and gave up the lead with the aid of poor defensive play, most notably the booted double play grounder and error by shortstop alex gonzalez. the marlins scored eight runs in the 8th inning, winning 8-3 in game 6, and also went on to win the deciding game 7 of that nlcs and ultimately beat the new york yankees in the world series.
mark prior