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The 2016 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2016 season. The 112th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Chicago Cubs* and the American League (AL) champion Cleveland Indians*, the first meeting of those franchises in postseason history. The series was played between October 25 and November 2 (although Game 7 ended slightly after 12:00 am local time on November 3). The Indians had home-field advantage because the AL had won the 2016 All-Star Game.[2][3][4] This was the final World Series to have home-field advantage determined by the All-Star Game results; since 2017, home-field advantage has been awarded to the team with the better record.
The Cubs defeated the Indians 4–3 to win their first World Series since 1908. Game 7, an 8–7 victory in 10 innings, marked the fifth time that a Game 7 had gone into extra innings and the first since 1997 (which the Indians also lost). It was also the first Game 7 to have a rain delay, which occurred as the tenth inning was about to start. The Cubs became the sixth team to come back from a 3–1 deficit to win a best-of-seven World Series, following the 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates, the 1958 New York Yankees, the 1968 Detroit Tigers, the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates, and the 1985 Kansas City Royals.
The Cubs, playing in their 11th World Series and their first since 1945, won their third championship and first since 1908, ending the longest world championship drought in North American professional sports history. It was the Indians' sixth appearance in the World Series and their first since 1997, with their last Series win having come in 1948. Cleveland manager Terry Francona, who had previously won World Series titles with the Boston Red Sox in 2004 and 2007, fell short in his bid to become the third manager to win his first three trips to the Fall Classic, after Casey Stengel and Joe Torre.
The 2016 World Series was highly anticipated due to the historical ramifications; the two teams entered their matchup as the two franchises with the longest World Series title droughts, a combined 176 years without a championship.[5] At the series' conclusion, numerous outlets listed Game 7 as an instant classic, and the entire series as one of the greatest of all time.[6][7][8][9][10] all rights to 2016 World Series Wikipedia page.
Well,The Nationals recived an * (any factor or element that makes an otherwise outstanding achievement somewhat doubtful or less impressive , to mark with an asterisk.) It’s also used to denote accomplishments that became tainted in some way. In, the encyclopedia to signal that they still have the championship but it was tainted. Added content to add * significant to that the Washington Nationals Title Was Won By Sign Stealing (a violator of MLB rules) described in this article by nbc sports “ the Diamondbacks, Indians, Rangers, Cubs, Blue Jays, Nationals and Brewers have engaged in sign-stealing shenanigans as well.” Tainting the 2019 World Series win by this the * stands for that and additional info that they did steal signs . https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2020/01/15/yes-more-teams-than-the-astros-and-red-sox-stole-signs-but-that-doesnt-excuse-them/
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- ^ Blum, Ronald. "MVP Hosmer, Perez lift AL to All-Star win, Series home field". San Diego. Associated Press. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
- ^ Newman, Mark (August 24, 2016). "To the races: MLB postseason schedule Announced". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
- ^ Normandin, Marc. "2016 MLB playoff schedule released". SBNation.com. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
- ^ Kepner, Tyler (October 25, 2016). "World Series Preview: For Cubs or Indians, Decades of Waiting Are Nearly Over". The New York Times. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ Crupi, Anthony (November 3, 2016). "One for the Ages: Cubs-Tribe Thriller Is Most-Watched MLB Game in 25 Years". AdAge.com. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ Patuto, Greg (November 7, 2016). "5 best moments from the 2016 World Series". FanSided.com. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ Landers, Chris (September 28, 2018). "There have been 40 World Series Game 7s, and we ranked them all". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ Keri, Jonah (October 24, 2017). "Ranking the 10 best World Series of all time before the Dodgers and Astros face off". CBSSports.com. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ Botte, Peter (October 30, 2017). "10 best World Series games of past 50 years — where Astros – Dodgers Game 5 fits in". New York Daily News. Retrieved April 27, 2020.