The Cubs, despite that two-run, wild-pitch hiccup in the fifth inning, dominated this game, too. Oh yeah, and it’s only his second season. They didn’t trail once in the final 24 innings of this World Series, carried by Kris Bryant, who will win the NL MVP award in two weeks, and will be presented with a World Series ring next April. We talked about the youngsters, but I really believe a lot of our success is due to the fact a lot of our veteran players in that locker room really have set the tone for this whole thing.’’Ĭertainly, this was no fluke. “It’s pretty awesome that our guys have been able to fulfill that.’’ You've got to give our guys a lot of credit, because they've been hearing this from Day 1. “I wanted to attack the word “pressure’’ and “expectation’’ from Day 1,’’ Maddon said, “so that our guys would be used to hearing it, and also channel it in the proper direction. They knocked out the three-time World Series champion San Francisco Giants in the first round, Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the next, and then had their greatest three-game win streak in franchise history. They won 103 games in the regular season. They were the World Series favorites in spring training. They also managed to make three errors, let two runs score on a wild pitch, and pulled starter Kyle Hendricks an inning too early when they went to Jon Lester, who came on in relief for the first time in 2007. They instead blew a three-run lead when Rajai Davis hit a two-out, two-strike homer off closer Aroldis Chapman, leaving him in tears. They were four outs away from winning the World Series in conventional style. The Cubs, supposedly cursed by everything from Billy goats to black cats to guys wearing headphones reaching for foul balls in the stands, wiped away 108 years of pain on this night.Ĭertainly, it wasn’t easy. If the Indians need a shoulder to cry on, well, the Cubs certainly feel their pain. Hello heartbreak, it’s the Indians again. It’s been 24,859 days and counting since they last won the World Series in 1948. The Indians, after a sensational season, now will be remembered as the first team in 31 years to blow a 3-1 lead. The party of all parties, making Mardi Gras look like a church social, finally arrived.Ĭubs win thrilling Game 7 in 10 innings for first World Series title since 1908Īnd for the city of Cleveland, and all of their diehard Indians’ fans, winter has officially begun. The trains no longer were permitted to stop at Addison. The streets were shut down by the seventh inning. Others stood motionless, as if still in disbelief, with tears of joy streaming down their faces.Īnd back home in Wrigleyville, it was bedlam. There were strangers in blue, with half the sellout crowd of 38,104 seemingly cheering for the Cubs, hugging one another in the upper deck at Progressive Field. “And that the people that are here to enjoy it prosper in it right now.” “But for me, the significance is that this team, this group, wins a World Series. Obviously, the last time it was won was over a century ago. “This carries more significance in the city of Chicago, the fan base, just history. “Historical,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. My great grandpa seconds after the Cubs won ❤️?❤️? ’s go-ahead double and Montero’s crucial insurance absolved Chapman and his manager, Joe Maddon, of their Game 7 sins and launched the party of all parties - from the concourses of Progressive Field to the streets of Wrigleyville a couple states over. My grandpa and I have been waiting our whole lives for this we're so freaking happy #FlyTheW /wGANBP1aVq- Amanda Doherty November 3, 2016 He kept his promise: /JYQZnlBaZu- Brett Rosner November 3, 2016ĩ4 year old grandma partying like it is 1908! #Cubs #WorldSeries /r7I0vgS1Oi- Charlie Kirk November 3, 2016 Man promised his dad if Cubs ever won World Series, they'd listen together. VPK8AXhukk- Katherine Underwood November 3, 2016 Tonight, NH resident Hazel Nilson shows us why patience is a virtue. VqTFA5jBIH- ellen francis November 3, 2016ġ08 years of living, 108 years of heartache for this fan. The cup just isn't enough for my Grandma when the win the World Series.
My 94 year old grandpa who has now seen it all. He gets to celebrate with tears of joy tonight #WorldSeries /EEQxotNa8i- Anfrony November 3, 2016 My grandpa: 94yr old WWII vet & lifelong fan. My grandpa put this beer in his fridge 32 years ago and said he would open it when the cubs won the world series.