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- Updated: October 31, 2016
CHICAGO — It was the last game of the season at Wrigley Field and the first World Series home victory in 71 years, a 3-2 win over the Indians to send the 112th Fall Classic back to Cleveland for Game 6 on Tuesday.
Sarah Graff, a fifth-generation Cubs fan, could not have been at a more perfect place in the world. She is rabbi at Congregation Kol Emeth in Palo Alto, Calif., and she flew here Sunday morning with friend Scott Roy to be at Game 5, courtesy of a “very generous congregant.”
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As they held up a sign that read “Don’t Stop Believing,” Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant and many Cubs came back out of the clubhouse to thank the many fans who refused to leave.
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“Unbelievable,” said Graff, who grew up in Chicago and whose great-great grandfather owned a convenience store frequented by Mordecai “Three Fingers” Brown, winner of two decisions during the Cubs’ last World Series championship in 1908. “I’ve been giving sermons on the holiest day of the year, Yom Kippur, for 15 years, and every year I mention the Cubs.
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“I’ve been preaching that being a Cub fan is not about winning, it is about hope and perseverance and second chances. But it’s also fun to win.”
Win.
That word felt so good to the people who witnessed history here. It is a word abbreviated by a simple “W” flying all over town. The last game of 2016 at Wrigley simply had …
