An obscure tidbit started circulating on social media Sunday afternn. The Bengals and Redskins had played to a 27-27 tie in London that morning, the second tie game in the NFL this season. Someone noted that it was the first time there were two draws in one NFL season since 1997, the same year the Cleveland Indians lost the World Series in seven games. Chicago Cubs fans tk it and ran with it, retweeting and sharing it all day long. When your team is down 3-1 heading into Game 5 of the World Series, youll cling to any gd vibes you can.The Cubs went on to win Sunday nights game, forcing a Game 6 in Cleveland. The threat of elimination remains, so Chicago fans gearing up for Tuesday nights contest might need a few more inspirational nuggets to calm their nerves leading up to first pitch. From one anxious fan to another, here are a few stats and comeback tales to get that gd juju going.The Indians lost three games in a row seven times during the 2016 regular season.The Cubs had winning streaks of three games or more 16 times during the regular season and ripped off three straight wins against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series to win the pennant.After scoring eight runs during the first three games of the NLCS, the Cubs exploded for 23 runs in the next three. They scored five runs in the first three games of the World Series but put up three on Sunday and could be primed for another offensive outburst in the final two games.Man-child Kyle Schwarber will be back in the starting lineup as the Cubs DH in Cleveland. Enough said.Five teams have come back from a 3-1 deficit in a best-of-seven World Series to win it all, including the Pirates twice.How about an inspiring tale from the hardwd? Just across the way from Progressive Field stands Quicken Loans Arena, home of the Cavs. Just last season the Cavs fought back from down 3-1 to the Golden State Warriors to win their first NBA championship and become the first NBA team in history to win the title after falling in a 3-1 hole.How about a heroic comeback on ice? In 2010, the Philadelphia Flyers fell behind 3-0 in their Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Boston Bruins. They battled back, winning three in a row to force a Game 7, then overcame a 3-0 deficit in the deciding game to win 4-3 and advance.And finally, the most relevant of all comeback tales. Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and GM Jed Hoyer were both with the Boston Red Sox in 2004 when they stormed back from down 3-0 in the American League Championship Series to beat the New York Yankees and win the pennant. Boston went on to win the World Series, breaking its decades-long curse.If the Cubs can win two more, Epstein and Hoyer will be credited with helping end the two longest title droughts in baseball history.So you see? Theres always hope. Derbyshire 165 (Napier 4-2 and 213 for 5 (Godleman 100) trail Essex 530 for 9 by 152 runsScorecard Billy Godleman staged a one-man roadblock but Essex remain on course to bst their promotion chances after Derbyshire were forced to follow-on in the Division Two match at Derby. The former Essex batsman frustrated the bowlers for 55 overs to score 100 and Wayne Madsen completed 1000 Championship runs for the season but the home side closed day three facing defeat on 213 for 5, still trailing by 152 runs.Essex would have fancied their chances of wrapping up victory with a day to spare after Graham Napier, with 4 for 28, and Ravi Bopara had polished off Derbyshires first innings before lunch.The home side had showed fight from the first ball of the morning, with Alex Mellor and Matt Critchley taking their seventh wicket stand to 70 in 25 overs before Napier broke through. Mellor had been dropped by Tom Westley at second slip in the previous over but failed to add to his 44 when he edged a ball that moved away enough to give James Foster the first of two victims before lunch.Napier produced an unplayable inswinging yorker to bowl Tom Milnes first ball but Critchley negotiated the hat-trick ball before he steered Bopara to gully. When Bopara defeated Callum Parkinsons defenssive push, Essex had run through Derbyshire in less than 66 overs but they encountered greater resistance after enforcing the follow-on with a flat pitch and cloudless skies assisting the home sides rearguard.ddddddddddddGodleman and Ben Slater negotiated a tricky five overs before lunch and then batted well into the afternn before Napier, who switched to the City End, had Slater taken low at second slip by Westley. But Essex had to wait another 30 overs for their next success as Alex Hughes joined Godleman, who cut Jamie Porter for four to reach 50 and then drove Westley over long-off for six.Hughes concentrated on survival, facing 99 balls for his 23, before he chased a wide one from Paul Walter, and the wicket Essex most wanted came three overs later. Godleman cut Walter for three to reach his third hundred of the season but, in the next over, he was lbw to Napier and Essex struck two more blows in the closing overs.Madsen had pulled Bopara for four to reach his milestone but was squared-up by Will Rhodes and snared at third slip for 37 and, without addition to the score, Bopara forced Neil Brm to play on for 13 in the penultimate over. ' ' '