Hospitals in Chicago are reporting a possible baby boom nearly nine months after the Cubs won their first World Series victory in 108 years.
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center reported nearly double the amount of deliveries as normal each day between July 10 and 18, the Chicago Tribune reported, and they expect the trend to continue through August.
While there is no scientific evidence that the uptick is connected to the Cubs victory, there is plenty of anecdotal evidence from parents that celebrating the Cubs may have been the cause.
Many parents are naming their new babies after Cubs players, personnel, and the stadium — Theo, Wrigley, Clark and Addison — and are attributing their births to the series.
“Anecdotally, hearing from parents, we know what we were doing back nine months ago,” Advocate OB-GYN vice-chairwoman Dr. Melissa Dennis told WGN 9. “The entire city was celebrating the Cubs so of course there will be some celebrations that continue.”
The Cubs' World Series trophy made the rounds at the medical center Wednesday to congratulate the new parents, and the newborns were offered memberships to the newborn fan club, Sports Illustrated reported.
Previous sports victories such as the Red Sox World Series win of 2004 also led to an increase in births nine months later.
Twitter fans said they predicted this nine months ago and rejoiced at the thought of new little Cub fans.
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