A surprise ruling by Major League Baseball today has ended the longest championship drought in American pro sports. The Commissioner's office today declared the Chicago Cubs champions of the 1945 World Series—erasing the team's 100-year title drought.

The Chicago Cubs lost the 1945 World Series 4 games to 3, to the Detroit Tigers. But Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig today announced the Tigers used an ineligible player in that series—and he's stripped Detroit of the championship.

A source with the Tigers has confirmed the snafu, saying the trophy has already been shipped to Wrigley Field.

UNNAMED SOURCE: We're obviously sad to see it go, but it's not that big a deal. We've got plenty of other trophies, this will just clear up some space on the shelf.

Meanwhile plans are underway for the Cubbies victory parade, and analysts say the news will certainly raise the bidding price of the long cursed franchise.

The Cubs last World Series victory was thought to have been in 1908. Ironically, the team still has the longest championship drought in baseball, despite knocking 37 years off the losing streak.

But a spokesman says since this decision was made in 2008, the team considers the 100-year curse officially over.