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The World Series finale was baseball’s best game since Game Seven in 2001

It is over. The Billy Goat Curse, the Lovable Losers—it’s all over. It’s funny how quickly these curses have become a relic of baseball. The Red Sox ended the Curse of the Bambino in 2004, the White Sox ended their 88-year drought in 2005, and the Chicago Cubs finally ended their 108-year drought two nights ago in, honestly, one of the best games I have ever seen.

What made it so great? This was one of the most highly anticipated games of the past quarter-century. The Cubs obviously had their curse on the line, and the Indians had a drought of their own—68 seasons—that they could have ended with a win.