“Their 108-year wait for another title was the longest championship drought in sports. The last time they did win the World Series, in 1908, occurred in the lifetimes of Mark Twain, Florence Nightingale, Geronimo, Winslow Homer, and Joshua Chamberlain, and in a world when the Ottoman Empire still existed but the 19th Amendment, talking motion pictures, electrified traffic lights, and world wars did not.” ChampionshipDroughtMark TwainChampionsChicago CubsFlorence NightingaleGeronimoWinslow Homer Book:The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse Source: The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse