Flashback: Nate Silver's site called Cubs victory less likely than Trump win

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Washington Examiner:

The Chicago Cubs won the biggest contest in baseball Wednesday night for the first time since 1908, an outcome that the most famous data journalism website said was more improbable than Donald Trump winning the White House just this Sunday.

 

The Cubs won the World Series in the seventh and final game, in the Cleveland Indians' own Progressive Field. Cubs beat the Indians 8 to 7 runs, in the 10th inning after a rain delay.

 

Going into Sunday, the team was down 3 to 1 games, leading FiveThirtyEight.com sports number cruncher Rob Arthur to speculate that they were probably doomed.

 

"With a 2-1 World Series deficit and home-field advantage slipping away, the Cubs needed this game," Arthur wrote.

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Cubs win first World Series since 1908 in extra-inning thriller

 

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/2/cubs-win-first-world-series-1908-extra-inning-thri/

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The Chicago Cubs won the biggest contest in baseball Wednesday night for the first time since 1908, an outcome that the most famous data journalism website said was more improbable than Donald Trump winning the White House just this Sunday.

 

The Cubs won the World Series in the seventh and final game, in the Cleveland Indians' own Progressive Field. Cubs beat the Indians 8 to 7 runs, in the 10th inning after a rain delay.

 

Going into Sunday, the team was down 3 to 1 games, leading FiveThirtyEight.com sports number cruncher Rob Arthur to speculate that they were probably doomed.

 

"With a 2-1 World Series deficit and home-field advantage slipping away, the Cubs needed this game," Arthur wrote.