The Chicago Cubs haven't won a World Series since 1908 and the Cleveland Indians haven't won a World Series since 1948, meaning this year's Major League Baseball championship saga lends itself particularly well to feel-good narratives and misty-eyed tropes about drought-suffering fans finally getting a taste of the good stuff.
If only it were so simple.
Each side in this year's series also illuminates the darker side of modern sports fandom, in which following one's favorite teams increasingly requires moral reckoning and rationalization.
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