You can say that they dominated all year, or that their roster was simply too talented. But after the dust settled, many fans and writers looked at an act of mother nature as the defining moment.
I’ve been fumbling around in recent weeks thinking about the number seventeen. An odd number and one that seems rather random. Although the number seventeen seems harmless, the unorthodox sum is becoming a recurring symbol in Chicago sports.
Seventeen minutes. In the midst of the lowest point in the Cubs journey to the top, our agony of uncertainty was extended when the skies opened up in Game 7.