CHICAGO -- It’s finally here, a day more than 108 years in the making. The Chicago Cubs usher in a new era Monday, when the team returns to Wrigley Field for the first time since Game 5 of the 2016 World Series.
They won that one and two more in Cleveland to break the longest championship drought in professional sports history, and now every visitor to the historic stadium will be reminded of that fact.
“Rings are wonderful, but I love banner raising,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said over the weekend. “That’s symbolically there all the time.