While Cubs fans hugged with delight, there was only despair for the Indians, who now have gone longer than anyone without a crown. #WorldSeries /4wAJsrPpC6- Chicago Cubs November 3, 2016Īfter defeating San Francisco and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the playoffs, Chicago became the first team to earn a title by winning Games 6 and 7 on the road since the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates.
Manager Joe Maddon's team halted the longest title drought in baseball, becoming the first club to overcome a 3-1 Series deficit since the 1985 Kansas City Royals.Ĭleveland was trying to win its first crown since 1948, but manager Terry Francona's club lost the last two games at home.
If Cubs win World Series, restaurant promises free Italian beef sandwichesīlue-clad Cubs fans who traveled from Wrigley Field filled nearly the entire lower deck behind the Chicago dugout at Progressive Field, singing "Go! Cubs! Go!" Man predicts 2016 Cubs World Series win in 1993 HS yearbook Davis delivered an RBI single with two outs in the bottom half, but Mike Montgomery closed it out at 12:47 a.m., and the celebration was on. The sport is contested in more than a dozen multi-sport Games.Reaction from Addison Russell after the Chicago Cubs won the 2016 World Series.īen Zobrist hit an RBI double and Miguel Montero singled home a run to make it 8-6. There are 127 affiliated countries in the ISF and millions of participants in the sport worldwide. Softball (women’s fast pitch) made its Olympic debut at the 1996 Games in Atlanta.
The ISF is the world governing body of the sport as recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and SportAccord (formerly the General Association of International Sports Federations). The official event website for the world championship in Whitehorse is About the International Softball Federation Men’s World Championship is set for this November in Paraná, Argentina.) This (2012) is the first year that the ISF world championships are starting an every-two-years rotation after having been one a year every four years. The Americans are the defending champions, having won the twelfth edition of the event, which took place in 2010 in Caracas, Venezuela. The ten-day tournament will include: Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, South Africa, USA, and Venezuela. Starting July 13, the games can be viewed on and viewers will be able to interact through a Twitter feed embedded next to the video player. Games will be recorded and archived for on-demand viewing as well. Porter added, “My thanks go out to the local organizing committee in Whitehorse for securing this opportunity.” “We know that the worldwide softball community will be looking to interact with the tournament regardless of their location, so having all of the games online is a perfect meeting place to accomplish that.” “We are extremely pleased that fans around the world will be able to see the action from Whitehorse,” ISF President Don Porter said. The 16-nation event will take place in Whitehorse, Yukon (Canada).
PLANT CITY, FLORIDA (USA) – All 66 games from the International Softball Federation XIII Women’s World Championship that starts five weeks from today will be webstreamed.
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