This afternoon, the Cubs will host the Giants for the first time this season.
It was the same story a year ago, when the teams didn't meet at Wrigley Field until Sept. 10.
More than a century.
Everyone who takes the field in a Major League Baseball game has something to prove, but several players have much more to prove than other do over these final.
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