WINDOW PAINS

Now that the Cubs have broken baseball’s oldest curse, who’s next?

From D.C. to Dodger Stadium, a lot of loaded teams are lurking, waiting for that elusive World Series win.

New Cardinals leadoff man Dexter Fowler has a clue which club might break through.

“I guess Cleveland,” he said.

Fowler got a close-up look last fall. He was part of the Cubs squad that ended a 108-year championship drought by denying the Indians their first title since 1948.

Carlos Correa, Jose Altuve and the Houston Astros seem ready to rocket into October orbit.

‘Bout time for a team still searching for that first crown.

“I wouldn’t mind taking us off that list,” Astros manager A.J. Hinch said.

Been a while, too, since the U.S. capital was the baseball capital — 1924, to be exact.

“It would put the Nationals on the map,” Washington manager Dusty Baker said. “Rightfully so, this is a Redskins town. They’ve been there a long time. They’ve got a history of success.”

Coming off six straight losing years, the Colorado Rockies appear far from contending. Of course, there’s always hope, especially when every team is 0-0.

“That’s the goal for us, is to win the whole thing,” shortstop Trevor Story said.

Besides, he saw the huge turnaround in Chicago that led to a humongous celebration.

“It’s cool, especially for a team like us. We’re not spending crazy amounts of money and stuff like that. We have to draft good. It’ll be sweet once it finally happens and those years in the past will make the wins just that much more sweet,” Story said.

Let’s look at who could be next to jettison the jinx:

We frequently hear that a team built to win right now is running out of time. But how often do those clubs jump through before the window closes? Uh, not many.

The Tigers (no title since 1984) and Toronto (last in