Someone somewhere out in the universe knew how Wednesday night's Game 7 would go down long before it even began. Two years ago, back in November 2014, a Twitter user shared this eerily prescient prophecy about the 2016 World Series:
In fact, the only part of his prediction that missed the mark was his guess that the world would end with the score still tied. Instead, the Cubs won after 10 innings, finally breaking the 108-year-old curse — though there was a rain delay after the ninth that built in a little supernatural suspense.
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Then again, there's always the chance Gio just miscalculated the apocalypse's arrival time. After all, Election Day is right around the corner.