what year was the cubs last world series?
1908 World Series
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 The Series started on October 28 , 2009 , which was the latest start in World Series history . Game 4 was played on Sunday , November 1 and the series @-@ winning Game 6 took place on November 4 . The Series was only the third to end in a month other than October . The first came in 1918 , which was played entirely in September after the regular season was cut short due to World War I. The other such series was in 2001 when the September 11 attacks caused a delay in the baseball season that eventually forced the end of the World Series into November . 

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 The Cubs ' then @-@ owner Philip K. Wrigley ordered the reconstruction of the bleachers and the building of the manually operated scoreboard in 1937 . The scoreboard 's " masthead " was in place by 1938 , displaying the American flag at the top and flags representing the eight clubs of the National League on the left and right strands of the masthead , four apiece . In the 1940s , the practice of raising the Win / Loss flags was begun . 

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 The game was necessary after both teams finished the season with identical win – loss records of 89 – 73 . The Cubs won a coin flip late in the season which , by rule at the time , awarded them home field for the game . This victory advanced the Cubs to the 1998 NL Division Series ( NLDS ) where they were swept by the Atlanta Braves , ending the Cubs ' season . Michael Jordan , a popular Chicago sportsman then ending his career with the Chicago Bulls , threw the game 's ceremonial first pitch . In baseball statistics , the tie @-@ breaker counted as the 163rd regular season game for both teams , with all events in the game added to regular season statistics . 

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 The 67th anniversary of Jackie Robinson 's debut was celebrated at Historic Dodgertown , where Robinson and teammates used to spend their spring training preparing for the upcoming season for the Dodgers . Owned by former Dodger owner Peter O 'Malley , Historic Dodgertown hosted the 2014 celebration by putting on a minor league exhibition game . Also , four games – Atlanta at Philadelphia , Cleveland at Detroit , Tampa Bay at Baltimore and the Chicago Cubs at the New York Yankees – were postponed due to a rainstorm that plagued much of the eastern USA . 

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