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Prospect of World Series win in 108 years leaves Chicago in fever

Prospect of World Series win in 108 years leaves Chicago in fever

Posted October. 14, 2016 07:31,   

Updated October. 14, 2016 07:43

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In market place, it is “rarity” that shapes the price. Any dedicated baseball fan would gladly pay for the ticket, no matter how expensive it might be, as far as they can see their club winning the trophy at World Series in 108 years.

With the Chicago Cubs making it to the National League championship series, even standing-room tickets are being sold at 374 dollars online. For the Division Series between the Cubs and the San Francisco Giants, the highest bid for a ticket stood at a whopping 1,128 dollars. When the club was doing a ruffle for the thousands of game tickets before the Playoff Season took off, it attracted a staggering 670,000 fans.

“The history of the Cubs is making its fans more obsessed with the Playoff games than ever. We’ve never seen such enthusiasm since we started surveying in 2010. All the fans are eager to see their club win the World Series,” explained an employee from SeatGeek, a New York-based ticket search engine. The tickets for the playoff games taking place at Wrigley Field, the home stadium of the Chicago Cubs, have become at least twice as much expensive as the tickets for the games elsewhere.

The city of Chicago is in much craze for the expectations of a World Series championship in 108 years. Fans are dancing to the player songs, and flags that read “W (for Win)” are flying in the streets. On Thursday, local fans of the Chicago Cubs visited Wrigley Field early in the morning to welcome the players back home. This year, the Cubs have won the most wins (57) at home since the foundation of the baseball club.

The opposing side, who will fight the Chicago Cubs to advance into the World Series stage, will be decided at the fifth Division Series game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Washington Nationals on Friday. The Nationals are also hungry for a win, as their last World Series championship came in 1924. For the upcoming game, the Nationals and the Dodgers will present Max Scherzer and Rich Hill as starting pitchers, respectively.

“It's almost better to play naive and just go out and worry about us, worry about the Cubs and not anything else in the past or, like I said, any animals,” said Cubs manager Joe Maddon with a clear sign of confidence. "It's pretty easy when you want to have kids act like kids. Listen, but you see them on the field, they play. We play hard. I think we play it right."



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