2016 Cubs are WS champions

[Snapolit1]

I'm baseballed out. Watched more games this season than any year I can remember. Well needed break needed. Still and always the greatest game in the world.

[Leon]

I don't watch MLB but did some of the WS and Game 7. That was a great game. Congrats to the Cubbies and their fans. I am a National League person so was rooting for them....

[birdman42]

An unexpected side benefit...

My wife is definitely not a baseball fan. But she's from Chicago, and would sit with me reading or playing a game, sort of listening while I watched the series. During game 3, she lifted her head and said, "What's the difference between a 2-seam fastball and a 4-seam fastball?" Hooked!

Bill

[darwinbulldog]

Let's buy this man a beer now.

[GoCubsGo32]

The CHICAGO CUBS are WORLD SERIES CHAMPS! I didn't think I would ever be able to say/or witness that in my lifetime! I'm fairy certain I died at least 3 times while watching Game 7. If it wasn't for that rain delay to regather ourselves (Jason Heyward finally had his moment) I don't know if we would've pulled out the win. In the end, it took 1 rain delay to end a 108 year drought.

I stayed up to 3:30am partying it up and finally I can stop saying, " Wait..until next year.." ...now... you'll hear me say, " Let's repeat baby!"

FLY THE "W"--orld Champs!

[spaidly]

Cubs totally deserve it. Congrats to all Cubs fans out there. The misery is over.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Great win for Cubs fans and one of the very best games I have ever watched.

Had they lost, the very questionable pitching decisions by Maddon the last two games might have been criticized forever.

[Snapolit1]

Maddon is the one thing about the Cubs I don't like. Spends waaay too much making deliberately off the wall decisions to show the world what an eccentric genius he is. Very contrived.

[clydepepper]

Didn't it seem like there was a whole lot of action after two outs?

I thought so...so I went back and check the play-by-plays.

Each team scored 27 total runs in the series:

Chicago scored 9 runs after two outs (5 in Game 6)

Cleveland scored 16 runs after two outs (5 in Game 1; 6 in Game 7)


I thought this was pretty interesting.

What a GREAT final game! I do believe I can make it through the winter now.
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Originally Posted by GoCubsGo32

The CHICAGO CUBS are WORLD SERIES CHAMPS! I didn't think I would ever be able to say/or witness that in my lifetime! I'm fairy certain I died at least 3 times while watching Game 7. If it wasn't for that rain delay to regather ourselves (Jason Heyward finally had his moment) I don't know if we would've pulled out the win. In the end, it took 1 rain delay to end a 108 year drought.

I stayed up to 3:30am partying it up and finally I can stop saying, " Wait..until next year.." ...now... you'll hear me say, " Let's repeat baby!"

FLY THE "W"--orld Champs!

My only question is does Heyward's $170M locker room speech excuse his abysmal batting?

[vintagetoppsguy]

It's kind of ironic that the Cleveland Cavs came back from a 3-1 series deficit to win the NBA Championship. However the Cleveland Indians let a 3-1 series lead slip away in the World Series.

Congrats Cubs!

[GoCubsGo32]

Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74

My only question is does Heyward's $170M locker room speech excuse his abysmal batting?

Maybe I'm crazy, but why not? We surly weren't going to get much from his game performances. His AB's were horrible. His glove was decent/a little above avg. That's it.

If his contribution to the team was regrouping us... to make sure we finish the game with a "W"... to beat a 108 year drought/curse....I'll take it. I'm surprise it was Heyward that made the "speech" vs. Ross.