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The 2016 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2016 season. The 112th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Chicago Cubs and the American League (AL) champion Cleveland Indians , the first meeting of those franchises in postseason history.
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason. First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
He homered in his final major league game in the sixth inning of Game 7 of the 2016 World Series, becoming the oldest player to homer in a World Series game 7. San Diego Padres broadcaster Dick Enberg announced in September 2015 that he will retire as San Diego Padres broadcast play-by-play announcer after the 2016 season. [159]
Puntilla Lake, 1858 ft (566 m), is a weather station located near the source of the Skwentna River, approximately 50 miles west of Skwentna. [4] Puntilla has a subarctic climate ( Köppen Dfc ). Climate data for Puntilla, Alaska, 1991–2020 normals, 1942–2020 extremes: 1858ft (566m)
Skwentna is a census-designated place (CDP) on Iditarod Trail in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. Located 61 miles northwest of Wasilla along the Skwentna River, it is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2020 census the population was 62, up from 37 in 2010. [2] The town is served by Skwentna ...
In the World Series, the Cubs came back from a three-games-to-one deficit, winning the final three games. The last time a team came back from a three-games-to-one deficit to win the World Series was the Kansas City Royals in 1985. The Cubs were also the first team to win Games 6 and 7 on the road in a World Series since the Pittsburgh Pirates ...
The 2016 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 2016 season.The winners of the Division Series would move on to the League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series.
The 2016 World Series between the Cubs and Indians was highly anticipated due to the historical ramifications; the two teams entered their matchup as the two franchises with the longest World Series title droughts, a combined 174 seasons without a championship. The Cubs defeated the Indians 4–3 to win their first World Series since 1908.