2016 Cubs are WS champions

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Simply amazing.

[Topps206]

I love this team. It was worth all the waiting.

[Harliduck]

What an amazing WS...I live in Seattle but I grew up with a Dad who LOVED the Cubbies (Ron Cey started it...haha) and I travel each week...and got to see the Cubs several times at Wrigley this year....so a transplant long term fan (behind my beloved Mariners of course). Sitting in a bar in St. Paul Minnesota right now and the place is going nuts...great day for the MLB!!!!

What a series...what a game. A true tribute to the sport we love and support. There are long time Cub fans here weeping...

[Marckus99]

Congrats to the Cubbies!!!!

[mattsey9]

"Whoever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?"

-Frank Chance, 1908.

Frank, the boys done us all proud tonight!

[BeanTown]

Originally Posted by Marckus99

Congrats to the Cubbies!!!!

+1

[Louieman]

I mean isn't that exactly what baseball is about right there? What a game, one of the greatest I've seen no doubt. I remember what it was like to grow up a Giants fan, with my dad, and how special it was to share '10 '12 and '14 with him, especially after we shared all those years of heartbreak before that. I can imagine Cubs fans are experiencing that same type of joy, not only in victory, but in a shared release of pain that in their case has been truly generational.

[Vintagecatcher]

Congrats to Ken and all the Cubs fans!

I'm sure you are feeling the pure joy like l felt when the Red Sox finally won the 2004 World Series!

Enjoy!

No need to "Wait Until Next Year"...This is your year!

Patrick

[GasHouseGang]

I'm obviously a Cardinals fan, but was cheering for the Cubs tonight to break the curse. It was a great game and was in doubt till the end. I loved the Budweiser commercial with Harry Caray they ran after the game. Congrats to all the long suffering Cubs fans.

[Steve D]

Even though I've never been a Cubs fan, I was rooting for the Cubs in the World Series. After game 4 however, I said to myself "Stick a fork in 'em (the Cubs), they're done!" I just couldn't see them coming back from 3-1 down.

Then, I started thinking. Lester starting game 5 at Wrigley, and the Cubs will have the mindset of "we can't let the Indians sweep us at Wrigley". Then Arrieta pitching game 6. If he can do what he's done all year, and they give him some offensive support, then you've got a game 7, which is anyone's game. Sure, the Indians will be at home, but the Cubs will have the momentum. I still felt the odds favored the Indians, but I no longer thought the Cubs were "done".

Then, what do you know, the Cubs won games 5 and 6. I couldn't even watch game 6 because my stupid cable company (Time Warner/Spectrum) flipped the wrong switch while making a change to my account, and killed my cable connection Tuesday afternoon. I didn't get my cable back until Wednesday afternoon. Then game 7; probably the best game 7 in history. I thought Maddon was crazy to pull Hendrix out when he did. I actually shed a tear when Ross hit the homerun in his last game, while realizing he wouldn't have even been in the game at that point had Maddon not put in Lester when he did. Then Maddon doubled-down on his craziness when he pulled Lester! Chapman just didn't have any gas left in his tank; he was running on fumes. He beared down though and got through it!

Congratulations to the Cubs for never giving up and keeping with the fight, and especially to all their fans who have weathered the storms of futility and being oh-so-close so many times.

Steve

[clydepepper]

The quote of the night?

Joe Buck said, "This commercial-free break is brought to you by T-Mobile."


Now, say goodnight, Raymond.

"Goodnight Raymond"

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

What an amazing WS...I live in Seattle but I grew up with a Dad who LOVED the Cubbies (Ron Cey started it...haha) and I travel each week...and got to see the Cubs several times at Wrigley this year....so a transplant long term fan (behind my beloved Mariners of course). Sitting in a bar in St. Paul Minnesota right now and the place is going nuts...great day for the MLB!!!!

What a series...what a game. A true tribute to the sport we love and support. There are long time Cub fans here weeping...

John, which bar are you in? Gabe's by the Park?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Sean

John, which bar are you in? Gabe's by the Park?

I was going to be a smart a$$ and say Stand up Frank's but I seen my favorite dive bar in MSP closed. Had some crazy times there back in the late 80's early 90's.

[PolarBear]

I'm already looking forward to 2124!!!

[Jobu]

I thought that this story belonged in this thread:

http://www.wthr.com/article/cubs-fan...nwood-cemetery