Last Thursday morning, baseball fans witnessed an extraordinary finale to the World Series. The sport’s unluckiest team, Chicago Cubs, cursed by a fan and his goat in 1945, eventually triumphed in extra innings to claim the World Series for the first time since 1908, breaking a 108-year losing streak in the process.
The Cubs ending a century old curse is one thing, but what are the chances of two decade-long losing streaks falling within days of each other? On Saturday night, Ireland’s international rugby union team beat the all-conquering (for that read unbeatable) New Zealand All Blacks for the first time, breaking a 111-year record of defeats. The unlikely venue? Soldier Field in Chicago.
Donald Trump will be hoping the city springs a third surprise when it goes to the polls tomorrow. The state of Illinois is Hillary Clinton country, but if he is to win the battle for the White House, then he will have to uproot the established order. Illinois voted Republican in 1908, will it turn up another upset on Tuesday?
