The date:  October 14, 1908.  The place:  Bennet Field, Detroit.  The event:  Game 5 of the World Series.  On that day, Orval Overall of the Chicago Cubs outpitched the Tigers’ ace Billy Donovan, winning the clinching game of the World Series 2-0.  Overall allowed the Tigers just three hits and had a formidable ten Ks.  Outstanding ballplayers in that series included the incomparable Georgia Peach, Ty Cobb; the immortal infield combination of Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance; and ace Mordecai “Three-Fingered” Brown, who would have likely been MVP of the Series if that award had been offered at the time.  There were only 6,210 fans in attendance that day; little did they know that they were witnessing the last Cubs World Series triumph in a century, and still counting.  In 1908, the Cubs had built not only the first baseball, but also the first all-sports, dynasty in the Modern Era.  The Cubs had appeared in three consecutive World Series and had won two back-to-back titles over the Tigers; the only blemish was an inexplicable loss to the Chicago White Sox in 1906 when the “Hitless Wonders” won the title despite batting under .200 as a team.  It should be noted that in 1906 the Cubs had 116 wins, a record that was tied by the Mariners 116 wins in 2001.  Since the Cubs played 12 fewer games that season than the Mariners, their winning percentage (.763) remains the highest in baseball history.