And it’s not just a long wait for individual fans, but it was a completely different world the last time the Cubs won or even came close to a championship. Back in 2008 some Chicagoans had a website that was something like “this day in history the last time the Cubs won the World Series.” Very interesting.
I remember their fans didn’t want the Cubs to win the playoffs down in Florida against the Marlins. They wanted to win it at home. There reasoning was, “they can’t beat Prior and Woody, not back to back they can’t”.