Cubs’ Mike Montgomery had the all-time moment in 2016. After that? Baseball wasn’t easy

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Original Load Date Nov. 2, 2026, 6:01 p.m.
Last Updated Nov. 2, 2026, 6:01 p.m.
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Mike Montgomery got the call. Then he got the ground ball. A man could live 1,000 baseball lives and never come through in a bigger moment than two outs in the 10th inning of Game 7 of the 2016 World Series in Cleveland. Throughout Cubdom, Montgomery’s one-out save — the first of his professional ...