71 Years Later, the Return to Wrigley

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ubs fans began to mingle around Wrigley Field hours before the gates opened for the 7 p.m. start -- in fact, intersections were packed, bars were full and the crowds had swelled by mid-afternoon.

That's no surprise -- it's hard to ask fans to wait until evening to start celebrating something they've been waiting for since 1945. It's been 71 long years since Wrigley Field last hosted a World Series game, and fans were ready to bear witness.

The result -- a 1-0 win for the Indians -- didn't go according to plan, but fans kept their spirits up as the Cubs challenged into the ninth. Now if the Cubs can follow that close loss with a few home wins -- that will be a party that will be hard to stop.