The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" id="mwAU4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> defeat the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" id="mwAU8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series" id="mwAVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World Series">World Series</a>, ending the longest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" id="mwAVE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> championship drought at 108 years.<sup about="#mwt220" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-42"}}' id="cite_ref-42" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_2#cite_note-42" id="mwAVI" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 42;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAVM">[42]</span></a></sup>
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