It only took a century, but it looks like a pair of longtime Tampa Bay Rays helped the Chicago Cubs finally win their first World Series title since 1908. The Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians 8-7 tonight in a game seven that went 10-innings.
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Joe Maddon — who arrived to skipper the Rays in 2006 and racked up a 754-705 record before leaving for the Windy City in 2015 — finally gets a title he deserves, and ultimate nice guy Zobrist, 35, who arrived the same year as Maddon before be shipped to the Oakland A's in 2015 was named MVP.
To celebrate, here's a 2010 CL cover featuring Maddon, and a pair of stories where ol' Joe says f*** the haters and also shares his favorite Tampa Bay spots.
Cubbies politics aside, we're happy as hell for the boys. And Tampa, someday we'll go all the way, too, right?
This article appears in Nov 3-10, 2016.