The Cubs' 1908 World Series Championship

On October 14, 1908, the Chicago Cubs beat the Detroit Tigers 2–0 to clinch the World Series in five games. It was the Cubs' second consecutive championship, following their win over the same Tigers team in 1907.

The 1908 Cubs are remembered as much for how they reached the pennant as for the championship itself: the season came down to a replayed game against the New York Giants after a baserunning mistake by rookie Fred Merkle, forever known as "Merkle's Boner," cost the Giants a win in September and forced a makeup game that the Cubs won to take the pennant.

The Cubs would not win another World Series until 2016, a 108-year gap that stood as the longest championship drought in North American major professional sports.