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In 1908, the Chicago Cubs defeated the Detroit Tigers four games to one in the World Series. The Cubs team that year included the famous double play combination of Joe Tinker to Johnny evers to Frank Chance immortalized in the popular poem.

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The Chicago Cubs have won two World Series in their history, in 1907 and 1908. Both times they beat the Detroit Tigers.

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