Kammala wannan magana: Duka kungiyoyin kwallon kwando na Chicago sun shiga cikin la'anar la'ana. Chicago Cubs, bayan sun amfana daga kuskuren baserunning da New York Giants 'Fred Merkle ya yi a cikin makonni biyu da suka gabata a kakar wasa ta bana, sun lashe gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1908. Daga 1909 zuwa 2015, Cubs ba su lashe gasar cin kofin duniya ba, duk da cewa sun halarci gasar zakarun kasa (NL) sau bakwai tsakanin 1910 da 1945. Wasanni na Duniya na 1945 ya kasance mafi mahimmanci saboda ya nuna farkon La'anar Billy Goat. Wannan lamarin ya shafi Billy Sianis, mai mallakar Billy Goat Tavern, wanda aka nemi ya bar wasan Wasannin Duniya da Detroit Tigers saboda ƙanshin akuyar da yake da shi ya dame sauran magoya baya. Daga 1946 zuwa 2015, mafi kusa da Cubs ya ci gaba zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya ya kasance biyar daga cikin wasanni 6 na 2003 NLCS vs. Florida Marlins, lokacin da
Steve Bartman, mai sha'awar Cubs, ya yi ƙoƙarin kama kwallon da aka yi. Cubs sun doke Los Angeles Dodgers a cikin Wasannin Gasar Zakarun Kasa na 2016 (NLCS), inda suka lashe gasar farko ta National League (NL) tun daga shekarar 1945. A ƙarshe Cubs sun lashe gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2016 a kan Cleveland Indians, gasar zakarunsu ta farko a cikin shekaru 108.