So many World Series stories have focused on Chicago’s long drought without a title win — since 1908, to be exact.

But the Cleveland Indians could be ending their own long dry spell as well. Though the Cubs pulled out a win Sunday night, the Indians still lead the series 3-2 over the Cubs as of right now.

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In the 1997 World Series, the team blew a ninth-inning lead and lost in 11 innings. So they have a huge stake in this. They haven’t won a World Series since 1948. That’s a drought that deserves equal attention.

The focus, in the end, will be as much on who won as on the underdogs who lost a heartbreaker of a World Series.

Just as Cubs fans have been doing for their team, Cleveland fans have been showing their love for their team — whooping it up and hoping to join their beloved NBA Cavaliers in laying claim to a championship title.

Stephanie Connor drove two hours to Cleveland from her home in Columbus, Ohio, to pick up some fan gear last week. “This is a big deal for the Indians. And a big deal for Cleveland,” Connor told Fox8.com — putting it mildly.

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Babies just born at Cleveland Clinic’s Fairview Hospital have been dressed in World Series onesies. The clinic said that newborns at other area hospitals have also been decked out in the gear.

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Fans have brought goats to Progressive Field in Cleveland in an attempt to refresh the “Curse of the Bill Goat” — something Chicago Cubs fans believe might be to blame for their losses.

Legend has it a Chicago tavern owner named Bill “Billy Goat” Sianis declared a curse on the club in 1945, after he decided to go to Wrigley Field to cheer on his beloved Cubs against the Detroit Tigers. He bought a ticket for himself and his pet goat Murphy, thinking the goat would bring the team luck. Ushers stopped Sianis from entering with Murphy.

Sianis appealed to club owner P.K. Wrigley, who told him he couldn’t bring in his personal mascot, “because the goat stinks.”

So Sianis cursed the team, declaring, “The Cubs ain’t gonna win no more!”

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Fans have also not been bowing to charges of racism for paying tribute to the Indians’ mascot, Chief Wahoo.

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At Vaughan’s Pub, a mile south of Wrigley Field, Indians fans have been gathering in enemy territory to root for their team.

“I don’t mind the Cubs, but if you were born in Cleveland, that never leaves you,” fan Dan Halligan, who moved to Chicago eight years ago, told Cleveland.com.

“We’re doing this for the city of Cleveland,” Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor told USA Today.

“It means a lot. The fans have been behind us, coming to the games, supporting us. And every time I go to the mall or out to eat with my family, they’re saying, ‘Go Tribe.’ The way they get behind the sports, it means a lot.”

This article was updated Sunday night, Oct. 30, 2016, to reflect the latest news.