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One way to look at baseball starting up for 2023 is that the Cubs are entering Year Seven of their new World Series drought.
OK, that’s not fair. Nor is it fair to say the White Sox are entering Year 18 of their own World Series drought.
But it’s true. Time rolls swiftly by. And the Cubs’ 2016 and White Sox’ 2005 championships recede into the distance like oases behind chugging desert trains, now headed to places we know not.