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Football begins its longest homestand since 1969 Saturday when the team takes on Central Michigan University. Read more about the game on Page 7.
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Chicago Cubs players and coaches celebrate after game four of the National League Division Series Tuesday night against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco. The Cubs won 6-5.
108 years beats even-year magic Scott Nicol Sports Editor
DeKALB | The last two Chicago Cubs games prove why fans need to believe in this team and forget the curse of the billy goat. Entering the ninth inning of game four Tuesday evening, with the series tied at two games a piece there was a 97.5 percent chance of a game five occurring Thursday in Chicago, according to ESPN
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Baseball Tonight. Yet, Chicago scored four runs to come away with the series victory and advance to the National League Championship Series for the second year in a row, proving 108 years is greater than the evenyear magic. The Cubs did not make it easy on its fans’ hearts in the series. In game three Monday, after gaining an early three-run lead against starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner, the Cubs led 3-2 in the game and 2-0 in the best-offive series against the even-year San Francisco ‘Giants’ when the game headed into the bottom of
the eighth inning. Until this point in the series, there had been no doubt in my mind the Cubs were going to defeat the Giants and advance to the NLCS. The team hadn’t trailed in the series, and its pitchers, who had two home runs and six RBI’s in the series, were outscoring the Giants’ hitters. San Francisco mustered evenyear magic and scored three runs. This sent Cubs fans to assume the worse; relinquishing the series to the Giants was inevitable. Continue reading about the Cubs at NorthernStar.info/Sports/.
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