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World Series Game 1

The guys over at 538 have proved the Cubs really are the unluckiest team in baseball—but they still give them a 48% chance of winning the World Series: [A]ny ballclub that appears in the postseason often enough — no matter how mediocre its teams are — should eventually be guaranteed a World Series win. But for more than a century’s worth of Cubs squads, no level of greatness has been able to get them over the hump. I determined just how unlucky each franchise has been over its postseason history by...

It's really real: Now all they need to do is update this sign:

Holy shit. They did it. More later; still absorbing it.

Still busy. So busy. Some intrepid Tribune reporters went to every bar in Wrigleyville so you don't have to. Meanwhile, Crain's went to a bunch of breweries and wineries in Southwestern Michigan so you can also. Do you want to hear Trump's self-immolation at last night's Alfred E Smith dinner? Better yet, just go back and re-watch last night's Cubs game. They're one away from their first pennant since 1945. This could happen... And now I have to set up a development environment.

Recaps of the debate comprise just a few of the things I haven't had time to read today: Who hated Trump's caginess on whether he'd accept the election results if he lost? Everyone: The Economist, The New Republic, The National Review, Talking Points Memo, everyone.  Trump's debate performance is being compared to book reports by kids who haven't read the book. Pilot Patrick Smith says Trump's airline wasn't that bad for customers, but it never made a profit either. Meanwhile, the Cubs beat the Dogders...