There has never been a better Game 7, at least not in baseball. It’s been 108 years since the Chicago Cubs last won a World Series, and 68 years since the Cleveland Indians have been crowned champ. Given these two epic droughts, history was inevitable.

The game had everyone, baseball fans or not, on the edge of their seats. It was the most-viewed Game 7 since the 1991 World Series. The game was watched by around 40 million viewers, according to CNBC.

Junior Zain Bando has been a Cubs fan since he was ten years-old. He has been watching them periodically over the years, but started to pay close attention as they recently turned things around.

Bando was able to attend Game 4 in Chicago with his dad. Although the Cubs lost, the game was the experience of a lifetime for Bando.

“This win means a lot to me, my dad, my aunt, my grandma who passed in 2013, and my grandpa, a lifelong Cubs fan. All of us have been waiting for this moment for years and for all of us to witness one championship when we were alive in 2016 is the coolest moment ever,” Bando said. “I really wish my grandma was here to witness Game 7. She would have cried tears of joy as the Cubs were celebrating on the field. However, I knew she was watching from above. The win was bittersweet (for me).”

In 1945 the Cubs took a tough Game 7 loss in the World Series to the Detroit Tigers, 9-3. This was the series best known for the legend of the Billy Goat curse which took place at Wrigley Field. The curse originated during Game 4 of the ‘45 World Series when the Billy Goat Tavern owner brought his goat to the game. The goat’s smell caused fans to complain. He was kicked out and as he was leaving the stadium he angrily remarked, “the Cubs ain’t gonna win no more.”

The Tigers ended up scoring five runs in the first inning of that game, and starting pitcher Hal Newhouser clinched the series for Detroit in what was the Cubs’ last trip to the Fall Classic until this historic 2016 season.

The Cubs, after chasing a 3-1 series deficit, won two consecutive games to force Game 7. Masterful pitching and timely hitting in Games 5 and 6 played the biggest factor.

“I think that the Cubs luck was on their side. For one, the last time that there were two NFL ties in the same season, the Indians lost the World Series. This year, the same thing happened,” Bando said. “In all honesty, I think they just believed in themselves and knew that if they could get a lead on the Indians early, they would win.”

As far as exciting World Series go, between the 17-minute rain delay, the shifts in momentum, as well as the extra inning, this Game 7 was one for the ages.

Center fielder Dexter Fowler put the Cubs on the board with a leadoff home run that narrowly cleared the wall.

However, the momentum quickly shifted for the Indians when Cubs starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks was taken out of the game. He had only thrown 63 pitches.

“If I were in Joe Maddon’s shoes, I would have pitched Hendricks in innings 1-6, Lester in the 7th inning, and Chapman to close it out (8th and 9th). Had he followed that approach, I truly believe that the game would have not gone to extras,” Bando said

Jon Lester relieved Hendricks in the fifth inning with two outs, ending the inning after giving up two runs on a passed ball. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Javier Baez, after committing two errors earlier in the game, sent one deep to center field for the second solo home run of the night.

Retiring Cubs’ catcher David Ross belted a home run in the top of the sixth, making him the oldest player to hit a home run in Game 7 of the Series. With this being the last game of his career, his teammates carried him off the field with a storybook ending.

The Cubs ended up winning 8-7 after a 10th inning scare, ending their 108-year World Series drought, the longest such drought for any of the four major North American sports.