2016 World Series

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Major League Baseball championship series World Series

The 2016 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship in which the Chicago Cubs ended their 108-year title drought by defeating the Cleveland Indians in a dramatic seven-game series.

Aliases (2)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball championship series → World Series →
ALChampion	Cleveland Indians →
bestOf	7 games →
champion	Chicago Cubs →
clinchingVenue	Progressive Field →
CubsClinchingGame	Game 7 →
CubsHomeBallpark	Wrigley Field →
CubsManager	Joe Maddon →
CubsPreviousTitle	1908 World Series →
CubsRegularSeasonWins	103 →
CubsTitleDroughtLength	108 years →
CubsTitleDroughtType	longest championship drought in MLB at the time →
CubsWorldSeriesTitleNumber	3 →
decisiveGame	Game 7 →
endDate	2016-11-02 →
Game1Venue	Progressive Field →
Game2Venue	Progressive Field →
Game3Venue	Wrigley Field →
Game4Venue	Wrigley Field →
Game5Venue	Wrigley Field →
Game6Venue	Progressive Field →
Game7ExtraInnings	yes →
Game7FinalScore	Chicago Cubs 8–7 Cleveland Indians →
Game7GoAheadRBI	Ben Zobrist →
Game7Innings	10 →
Game7LosingPitcher	Bryan Shaw →
Game7RainDelay	yes →
Game7RainDelayLength	approximately 17 minutes →
Game7Save	Mike Montgomery →
Game7Venue	Progressive Field →
Game7WinningPitcher	Mike Montgomery →
gameCount	7 →
homeFieldAdvantageTeam	Cleveland Indians →
IndiansHomeBallpark	Progressive Field →
IndiansManager	Terry Francona →
IndiansRegularSeasonWins	94 →
IndiansWorldSeriesDroughtContinued	since 1948 →
leadPlayByPlayAnnouncerUS	Joe Buck →
league	Major League Baseball →
mostValuablePlayer	Ben Zobrist →
MVPTeam	Chicago Cubs →
NLChampion	Chicago Cubs →
notableCurseBroken	Curse of the Billy Goat →
runnerUp	Cleveland Indians →
seasonOfLeague	2016 Major League Baseball season →
seriesResult	Chicago Cubs defeated Cleveland Indians 4–3 →
sport	baseball →
startDate	2016-10-25 →
televisionNetworkUS	Fox →
umpireCrewChief	John Hirschbeck →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Curse of the Billy Goat ("Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series victory") →	allegedEndEvent
North Siders →	associatedWithChampionship
1918 World Series →	cubsNextWorldSeriesTitle
Progressive Field →	hostedEvent
2015 World Series →	nextEdition
Joe Maddon ("2016 World Series Game 7") →	notableGame
2017 World Series →	precededBy
2016 Major League Baseball season →	WorldSeries
Chicago Cubs →	worldSeriesTitle
Curse of the Billy Goat →	worldSeriesWonAfterCurse