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The standard-issue Cubs fan probably thought the euphoria from the 2016 World Series would follow them into the afterlife, which, as luck would have it, is a blue-themed fun park that looks suspiciously like the annual Cubs Convention. Nothing could feel better than kicking 108 years of futility to the curb, right?
I feel comfortable making a broad generalization: The buzz didn’t last. Eight years later, the faithful seem more frustrated by the franchise’s current inertia than in the mood to reminisce about the 2016 title.
That’s not to say the memories have faded to nothing.