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Thursday, Nov 3, 2016 - Posted by Rich Miller

* This is for all the Cub fans who didn’t live to see today

       

55 Comments
  1. - FormerParatrooper - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 8:16 am:

    Harry would have been proud.


  2. - 32nd Ward Roscoe Village - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 8:18 am:

    My non-sports-fan husband started singing Paul Simon’s “Night Game” at the bottom on the 8th inning. This one is better…


  3. - Give Me A Break - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 8:20 am:

    As a Cardinal fan all I can say is, job well done Cubbies, see you in April.


  4. - Delimma - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 8:35 am:

    Also, as a cards fan, congrats. That was a heck of a season.


  5. - Anonymous - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 8:38 am:

    Someone please tell Bill Murray this isn’t about him. Enough already


  6. - Blue dog dem - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 8:41 am:

    Nice jobs Cub nation!


  7. - Cubs in '16 - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 8:52 am:

    And to maybe the biggest Cub fan of us all…Ron Santo. Enjoy this one Ronnie!


  8. - Amalia - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 8:54 am:

    congrats Cubs fans. but, on which date did the Cubs win the World Series? the White Sox won two games on Oct. 26, 2005 to finish it. Your celebration has a different issue. fun.


  9. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 8:56 am:

    Rich, thanks for the video.

    Lots of people in my mind, lots of reminiscing of those not able to see what I saw last night, including Erine, Harry, and Ron.

    - Cubs in ‘16 -

    You get to keep the name! No need to change.


  10. - Cubs in '16 - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 9:00 am:

    OW—
    I sure do. And that was a great kick last night Charlie. ; )


  11. - Anti-m - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 9:04 am:

    Congrats Cubs fans! A well-earned series win. Nobody could have written a better script to end your WS drought.


  12. - jim - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 9:11 am:

    c…c…c….congratulations to all the happy, loyal, long-suffering Cubs fans this a.m.
    not so easy for a Cardinals fan to say. they have a great team. but the billy goat didn’t go down easy, did he?


  13. - illini - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 9:14 am:

    Thank you Rich - very appropriate post to start the day.

    As someone who got to know Steve slightly many years ago, I found myself thinking of him and these lyrics many times last night.


  14. - Chris Nybo - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 9:15 am:

    Thanks, Rich. Sox fans have been class act throughout this whole run. I’m sure we’ll return the favor soon.


  15. - Huh? - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 9:15 am:

    Finally, every professional sports team in Chicago has won at least 1 championship title since 1985.

    The lovable losers are no more.

    (Sigh of contentment)


  16. - Rabid - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 9:19 am:

    The game could of went either way right up to Montgomery’s last pitch. Feel sorry for WGN never got to broadcast a world series championship


  17. - Anon221 - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 9:19 am:

    Amalia- I’m going with Nov 2 at 11:47 pm. It was one of the greatest birthday presents ever!


  18. - @MisterJayEm - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 9:20 am:

    My Cub fan grandpa didn’t live to see the game, but I’m very happy for the Cub fan grandpas who did. And for the Cub fan grandmas. Heck, I’m pretty darn happy for all* the Cub fans.

    – MrJM

    *Except for that one jerk — he can pound sand.


  19. - Team Sleep - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 9:24 am:

    221 - happy belated birthday! And yes - that is a great birthday gift.


  20. - Anon221 - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 9:25 am:

    Thanks TS:)


  21. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 9:31 am:

    - Anon221 -

    Heck of a way to get to celebrate your birthday.

    Congratulations


  22. - MCMVIII - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 9:32 am:

    The managerial maneuvers almost backfired, but the Cubs players rallied again. Hat tip to the Indians for putting up a valiant fight also despite a depleted pitching staff. What a finale for David Ross.

    Time for the owners of the Billy Goat Tavern to stop milking a blatantly self-serving publicity stunt and to update their web page! Hooray!


  23. - TinyDancer(FKASue) - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 9:32 am:

    Thanks, Rich. That was perfect.


  24. - illini - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 9:35 am:

    Thank you Rich - very appropriate tribute to Steve Goodman.


  25. - No Longer A Lurker - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 9:37 am:

    Rich, thanks for the video. I have a gravesite to visit today to tell my dad the Cubs finally won the world series. What a great series!!


  26. - Anon221 - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 9:46 am:

    Thanks OW. Raised the roof just a few times last night:) Had an really good (was going to say bad, but the brain takes second after the heart today) case of “Go Cubs Go” earworm this morning!


  27. - Aldyth - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 9:51 am:

    Waited a long time for this moment. The Cleveland Indians deserve their own round of applause for giving the Cubs and their fans the workout of a lifetime. Cleveland made Chicago work for it and chests were clutched and cries of anguish heard across the land. It made the series all the better for the real competition that occurred in every game. Hard fought, hard won. Well done to both teams.


  28. - Grandson of Man - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 9:54 am:

    Man, that’s a great song. Thanks for sharing.

    All the memories come flooding back, so many of them. I remember as a yoot, back in the day, going to Jewel grocery store to get head-shot photos of Cubs players. Forgotten names like Bill Bonham and Ray Burris. More famous names like Rick Monday, Jose Cardenal and of course, the immortal Ron Santo.


  29. - VanillaMan - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 10:04 am:

    It was like watching your ex give birth.


  30. - wordslinger - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 10:05 am:

    Theo enjoyed the champagne last night. I think I caught him drop three f-bombs on local broacast interviews.

    Architect who ended the droughts in Boston and the North Side — straight to Cooperstown.


  31. - WhoKnew - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 10:15 am:

    Cub fans, “fatigued” no more!

    ENJOY!


  32. - Amalia - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 10:18 am:

    @Anon221, Happy Birthday! I feel certain the East Coast media (as a Sox fan, ESPN is hugely unpopular now) will claim the next date and I’m wondering what MLB says. but perhaps in the tradition of Ernie, Let’s have 2 dates!


  33. - PublicServant - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 10:27 am:

    Well, about that win. I had some cholesterol shake loose in the bottom of the seventh when the Indians tied it up. I kept thinking that if the stopper wasn’t stopping them then just maybe they ought to get him off the mound. Then the rain-delay and the extra-inning game, just like the extra-long drought was finally over.

    Now, on to some goat stew from the acclaimed Birrieria Zaragoza on the south side, and a conversation with some of my southside friends while I cement that loose cholesterol back in place.


  34. - Anon221 - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 10:28 am:

    Amalia- Thanks:) I think you’re probably right on the two dates. WaPo is writing Thursday, Sun-Time Wednesday. I’m sticking to Dave McKinney’s tweet of remembering where you were at 11:47 pm on Nov. 2, 2016!


  35. - Amalia - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 10:31 am:

    http://www.newseum.org

    you can see newspapers from all over the country and world and there are some very fun headlines and photos which Cub fans will treasure. My personal favorite is a Sandusky, Ohio paper with “Indian Bummer.” I think it’s the plain dealer that has an awesome photo of Napoli’s bat shattering. fun stuff.


  36. - Theo's Brainchild - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 11:11 am:

    If the parade is held on Monday, voter turnout in Illinois could take a hit on Tuesday with fatigued parade “go-ers” and their travel arrangements.


  37. - Anon221 - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 11:18 am:

    It was the Sandusky Register, and that photo is awesome!

    http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/?tfp_display=list&tfp_id=OH_SR


  38. - paddyrollingstone - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 11:42 am:

    Congratulations to the Cub nation! As a Sox fan, I tip my proverbial hat to you and your awesome front office, manager and team.

    This is a great, great Goodman song, much better than “Go Cubs Go” IMO.

    Also, Bill Murray never, ever gets old. I remember watching him substitute for Harry early in the 1987 season (I blew off my classes to watch) and heard Murray say, “God, I hate San Diego. Every time I’m there, I try to litter.”


  39. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 11:49 am:

    - Cubs in ‘16 -

    That kick felt oh so sweet :)

    - Anon221 -

    Tough earworm for a birthday, but what a sweet present…

    Eamus Catuli… “AC000000″


  40. - illini97 - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 11:57 am:

    What a game, what a night.

    I hope Ron Santo (and so many others) is smiling.


  41. - Rod - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 12:19 pm:

    I just woke up from last night, was it a dream? No it was real. Rich give a listen to this Eddie Vedder song and video http://www.avclub.com/article/chicago-cubs-release-updated-video-eddie-vedders-r-245323


  42. - 47th Ward - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 12:19 pm:

    So this is what winning feels like.

    Worth the wait I think, for this one. Hope we never have to wait that long again to feel this good.


  43. - Rich Miller - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 12:20 pm:

    47th, if you have to wait that long again you won’t feel a thing.


  44. - 47th Ward - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 12:21 pm:

    Rich, after about the fifth inning, I was feeling anything last night either.


  45. - Anon221 - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 12:41 pm:

    OW- Yep. Loving the reset!!!


  46. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 1:04 pm:

    - Anon221 -

    That reset is everything.

    Those I was thinking about, those who did t see this day, many of them, we talked about that “reset”… and getting “all zeroes”… and what it would’ve meant to them.

    The “W” is great, the “Go Cubs Go” is wonderful, but with all who missed this day, the “reset” is everything… at least to me.


  47. - Amalia - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 1:19 pm:

    I’ve never gotten the C part in AC as “whelps” just never positively conveyed the team.


  48. - Responsa - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 1:37 pm:

    ==Nobody could have written a better script to end your WS drought.==

    Actually, many Cub fans I know would have vastly preferred a script that did not entail Chapman blowing the lead. It’s good and lucky that the Cubs were somehow able to right the ship in time to get the long coveted W.


  49. - Anon221 - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 1:52 pm:

    OW- I like to think that all those “Bleacher Bums” in the Skybox are joining in and toasting those new numbers :)


  50. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 1:58 pm:

    - Anon221 -

    Yeah, lol.

    There has been such a wide array of reading “AC” over the years it’s been up there.

    The stigma, some used it as a punchline, some saw it as a real measure of the frustration, I even had one or two who passed that saw it as motivation to “keep believing”.

    It’s probably the single most symbol of the Cubx futility and Cubs hope, even to the same people in the same breath.

    Those with the “best seats” above must’ve taken such unabridged glee when that “108″ fell off the end of the “AC”

    For me it’s about equal (not quite, lol) to the marquee saying “World Champions”


  51. - Slippin' Jimmy - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 2:30 pm:

    Congrats to the World Champion Cubs! It was good to see you hit Indians pitching like you did the Cardinals this past season.


  52. - 37B - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 2:30 pm:

    Will be headed out to the cemetery this weekend to lay a few Cubs championship hats on a few champions’ head stones. Maybe crack open a Hamms.


  53. - Anonymous - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 7:02 pm:

    ==Responsa==

    ==Actually, many Cub fans I know would have vastly preferred a script that did not entail Chapman blowing the lead. It’s good and lucky that the Cubs were somehow able to right the ship in time to get the long coveted W.==

    I agree, I’m quite sure most Cub fans would have preferred Chapman doing his usual thing. However, where is the fun in predictability? The drama created AND the Cubs being able to win it in extra(!) innings in a game 7 situation: now that makes for an even greater memory.


  54. - Anti-m - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 7:02 pm:

    Anonymous @ 7:02 pm was me.


  55. - Grandson of Man - Thursday, Nov 3, 16 @ 7:31 pm:

    Chicago has big problems, but not with winning championships. Beginning with the Bears Super Bowl championship in 1986, we’re 12-1 in championship series. Bleepin’ amazing.


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