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MLB playoffs 2016: Cubs advance to NLCS, where chance often trumps talent

So, you’re rooting for the Blue Jays to win the World Series? Front-runner.

With the Cubs knocking off the Giants in Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Tuesday night, ending the reign of even-year magic in San Francisco, there are five teams left in the baseball playoffs. The most recent World Series winner among the group: Toronto in 1993.

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Also alive are the Dodgers, last victorious in 1988; Cleveland, which hasn’t won since 1948; the Nationals, looking for their first championship in franchise history and Washington’s first since the 1924 Senators.