By Fiona Ortiz and Mary Wisniewski
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Cubs fans savored a rare moment of post-season victory on Wednesday after star pitcher Jake Arrieta led the team to a 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, a wild-card game shut-out that allows the Cubs to proceed in the play-offs.
Cubs fans have had a unique history of misery - the professional baseball team has gone without a World Series win since 1908, when Theodore Roosevelt was president.
Wednesday night's win - complete with a bench-clearing brawl at PNC Park in Pittsburgh - set off celebrations around the nation's third-largest city.