Question: Who played the chicago cubs in the world series last year?

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context: The 1993 film "Rookie of the Year", directed by Daniel Stern, centers on the Cubs as a team going nowhere into August when the team chances upon 12-year-old Cubs fan Henry Rowengartner (Thomas Ian Nicholas), whose right (throwing) arm tendons have healed tightly after a broken arm and granted him the ability to regularly pitch at speeds in excess of . Following the Cubs' win over the Cleveland Indians in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series, Nicholas, in celebration, tweeted the final shot from the movie: Henry holding his fist up to the camera to show a Cubs World Series ring.
question: Who played the Chicago Cubs in the 2016 World Series?
short_answers: Cleveland Indians
wikipage: Chicago Cubs

context: Chicago halted St. Louis' run to the playoffs by taking four of five games from the Cardinals at Wrigley Field in early September, after which they won their first division title in 14 years. They then went on to defeat the Atlanta Braves in a dramatic five-game Division Series, the franchise's first postseason series win since beating the Detroit Tigers in the 1908 World Series.
question: Who played the Chicago Cubs in the 1908 World Series?
short_answers: Detroit Tigers
wikipage: Chicago Cubs

context: The Cubs enjoyed one more pennant at the close of World War II, finishing 98–56. Due to the wartime travel restrictions, the first three games of the 1945 World Series were played in Detroit, where the Cubs won two games, including a one-hitter by Claude Passeau, and the final four were played at Wrigley. The Cubs lost the series, and did not return until the 2016 World Series. After losing the 1945 World Series to the Detroit Tigers, the Cubs finished with a respectable 82–71 record in the following year, but this was only good enough for third place.
question: Who played the Chicago Cubs in the 1907 World Series?
short_answers: Detroit Tigers
wikipage: Chicago Cubs

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knowledge: content: The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, contested since 1903 between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL).
wikipage: World Series

content: The 1906 World Series featured a crosstown matchup between the Chicago Cubs, who had posted the highest regular-season win total (116) and winning percentage (.763) in the major leagues since the advent of the 154-game season; and the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox, known as the "Hitless Wonders" after finishing with the worst team batting average (.230) in the American League, beat the Cubs in six games for one of the greatest upsets in Series history.
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content: The 1907 World Series featured the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers, with the Cubs winning the Series four games to none (with one tie) for their first championship.
wikipage: 1907 World Series

content: The 1910 World Series featured the American League (AL) champion Philadelphia Athletics against the National League (NL) champion Chicago Cubs, with the Athletics winning in five games to earn their first championship.
wikipage: 1910 World Series

content: The 1918 World Series featured the Boston Red Sox, who defeated the Chicago Cubs four games to two.
wikipage: 1918 World Series

content: The 1929 World Series featured the American League (AL) champion Philadelphia Athletics playing against the National League (NL) champion Chicago Cubs. The Athletics defeated the Cubs in five games to win the Series.
wikipage: 1929 World Series

content: The 1932 World Series was a four-game sweep by the American League champions New York Yankees over the National League champions Chicago Cubs.
wikipage: 1932 World Series

content: The 1935 World Series featured the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs, with the Tigers winning in six games for their first championship in five Series appearances.
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content: The 1938 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Chicago Cubs, with the Yankees sweeping the Series in four games for their seventh championship overall and record third straight (they would win four in a row from 1936 to 1939, and five in a row later from 1949 to 1953).
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content: The 1945 World Series matched the American League Champion Detroit Tigers against the National League Champion Chicago Cubs. The Tigers won the Series in seven games, giving them their second championship and first since 1935.
wikipage: 1945 World Series

content: Throughout the club's history, the Cubs have played in a total of eleven World Series.
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long_answer: The Chicago Cubs have played in 11 World Series since the series was first held in 1903. The Cubs won against the Detroit Tigers in 1907 and 1908 and the Cleveland Indians in 2016. The Cubs lost against the Chicago White Sox in 1906, the Athletics in 1910 and 1929, the Boston Red Sox in 1918, the New York Yankees in 1932 and 1938, and the Detroit Tigers in 1935 and 1945.

long_answer: The Chicago Cubs played the Detroit Tigers twice in the world series, 1907 and 1908. And more recently, they played the Cleveland Indians in the 2016 World Series.