Bears' Vic Fangio predicts Cubs will win World Series

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While Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio was in San Francisco, heading up the 49ers defense, the San Francisco Giants won three World Series championships. He noted this fact while dialing down any civic angst over the Cubs’ chances in the one-game playoffs play in against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Fangio was Houston Texans defensive coordinator in 2005 when the Astros reached their only World Series (and lost to the White Sox).

So when Vic Fangio talks baseball prognostication.

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“It's in the bag, don't even worry about it,” Fangio stated on Wednesday. “Just like the Red Sox ended their curse by going through their archrival, the Yankees in the playoffs, the Cubs have done the same they went through the Cardinals.”

Fangio also brings geography into his insights. He is a native of Dunsmore in northeastern Pennsylvania, not that far from Hazleton, Pa., which provided the Cubs with additional help.

“Plus, you've got another guy from northeastern PA., where I'm from,” Fangio said. “Joe Maddon, leading the team.”

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