Was way too excited, tired, relieved, and happy to post last night. I just kept thinking about those in my family who were diehard Cubs fans and passed away before this moment. I'm sure we all did this but thank God that they are all smiling down on us right now. The Chicago Cubs are World Series Champions.

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Beautiful

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Good bull

Fangraphs

Amazing article on the Zobrist double in the 10th.

TLDR: Shaw threw one of the hardest cutter he's thrown this season in the place the heatmaps says to throw to to him, and Zobrist still hit it to win.

BenZo = money

It's uncanny how many bandwagon fans there are on here.

Cubs fans at Auburn roll Toomers Corner

http://auburn.247sports.com/Bolt/Chicago-Cubs-fans-roll-Toomers-Corner-at-Auburn-48705899

David Ross played baseball at Auburn - I didn't know that.

Tamu_mgm said:

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It's uncanny how many bandwagon fans there are on here.

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Whatever makes you sleep at night, dude. What a sad life you live to troll over here.

Pitchers:

Jake Arrieta : July 2, 2013: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Pedro Strop and cash to the Chicago Cubs for Steve Clevenger and Scott Feldman.

Aroldis Chapman: July 25, 2016: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Chicago Cubs for Rashad Crawford (minors), Billy McKinney (minors), Gleyber Torres (minors) and Adam Warren.

Carl Edwards Jr.: July 22, 2013: Traded by the Texas Rangers with a player to be named later, Justin Grimm and Mike Olt to the Chicago Cubs for Matt Garza. The Texas Rangers sent Neil Ramirez (August 23, 2013) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

Justin Grimm: July 22, 2013: Traded by the Texas Rangers with a player to be named later, Carl Edwards and Mike Olt to the Chicago Cubs for Matt Garza. The Texas Rangers sent Neil Ramirez (August 23, 2013) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

Kyle Hendricks: July 31, 2012: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Christian Villanueva (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for Ryan Dempster.

John Lackey: December 8, 2015: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

Jon Lester: December 15, 2014: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

Mike Montgomery: July 20, 2016: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with Jordan Pries (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for Paul Blackburn (minors) and Dan Vogelbach.

Hector Rondon: December 6, 2012: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from the Cleveland Indians in the 2012 rule 5 draft.

Pedro Strop: July 2, 2013: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Jake Arrieta and cash to the Chicago Cubs for Steve Clevenger and Scott Feldman.

Travis Wood: December 23, 2011: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Dave Sappelt and Ronald Torreyes to the Chicago Cubs for Sean Marshall.

Catchers:

Willson Contreras: July 2, 2009: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

Miguel Montero: December 9, 2014: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Chicago Cubs for Jeferson Mejia (minors) and Zack Godley.

David Ross: December 23, 2014: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

Infielders:

Javier Baez: June 6, 2011: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 2011 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2011.

Kris Bryant: June 6, 2013: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2013 amateur draft. Player signed July 12, 2013.

Anthony Rizzo: January 6, 2012: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Zach Cates (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for Kyung-Min Na (minors) and Andrew Cashner.

Addison Russell: July 5, 2014: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Billy McKinney (minors), Dan Straily and cash to the Chicago Cubs for Jason Hammel and Jeff Samardzija.

Ben Zobrist: December 8, 2015: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

Outfielders:

Albert Almora Jr.: June 4, 2012: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed July 10, 2012.

Chris Coghlan: June 9, 2016: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago Cubs for Arismendy Alcantara.

Jason Heyward: February 25, 2016: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

Kyle Schwarber: June 5, 2014: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 2014 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2014.

Jorge Soler: June 30, 2012: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

And recent Cubs 1st round picks:

2011: Baez
2012: Almora
2013: Bryant
2014: Schwarber

Talk about making the right picks. Schwarber gets a hit, Almora pinch runs and on a great base running play tagged up on a deep fly by Bryant to start the 10th inning that got the Cubs their final 2 runs.

Baez didn't pitch in during that sequence, but did homer earlier in the game.

Theo took the job Oct 12, 2011 for reference

Baez and Contreras were drafted by the Hendry regime.

Let the emotions flow.

Holy crap. Sports tears.

Love seeing the old timers!!

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Yep. My Cubs memorabilia consists of Ryne Sandberg, Ernie Banks, and Ron Santo signed baseballs...and a picture of me and Jim Hendry.

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Cant wait to snag a picture of that next year round on my annual Wrigley pilgrimage

Alright, it's been close to 24 hours (not gonna manage to stay awake until midnight again tonight), so what do you guys think Theo does about the Fowler situation?

Sentimental side of me says pay that man his money. Cubs struggled with him on the DL this year. Would love to see Fowler back for another year.

However, putting my GM hat on, I think you let him walk. He needs to get himself a long term deal. Dont think Cubs can give him a long term deal because of the OF depth and Jimenez in the wings.

I think Baez is gonna stick at 2B sending Zobrist to the OF. Soler needs ABs. Schwarber probably relegated to OF only, but maybe not, he seems to be superman. Heyward's defense will keep him in the lineup, and he's gotta be better next year at the plate, right? Just don't think it makes sense to bring Fowler back, especially with a multi year deal that he is going to want/deserve.

Don't forget about Almora.

I think it depends on what Dex is looking for. If he'd take a two year deal for a reasonable amount I don't see how you let him walk. Give Maddon as many weapons as possible and let him figure out how to get everyone enough AB's.

First 24 hours after the game, 70 million dollars worth of championship gear has been sold.

New record.

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I looked for that sign last weekend, but didn't see it up. Did they take it down this year?

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Cant wait to snag a picture of that next year round on my annual Wrigley pilgrimage

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I looked for that sign last weekend, but didn't see it up. Did they take it down this year?

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No, it's still there. I took a few pics of it last weekend.

still in disbelief. I feel like i am dreaming still!!!

unmade bed said:

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Alright, it's been close to 24 hours (not gonna manage to stay awake until midnight again tonight), so what do you guys think Theo does about the Fowler situation?

Sentimental side of me says pay that man his money. Cubs struggled with him on the DL this year. Would love to see Fowler back for another year.

However, putting my GM hat on, I think you let him walk. He needs to get himself a long term deal. Dont think Cubs can give him a long term deal because of the OF depth and Jimenez in the wings.

I think Baez is gonna stick at 2B sending Zobrist to the OF. Soler needs ABs. Schwarber probably relegated to OF only, but maybe not, he seems to be superman. Heyward's defense will keep him in the lineup, and he's gotta be better next year at the plate, right? Just don't think it makes sense to bring Fowler back, especially with a multi year deal that he is going to want/deserve.

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I think he has to move on from Dexter. I love Dexter and the CF he plays, but there are too many bodies and Heyward can't be moved.

I still don't know where you play Schwarber. Baez owns 2b now and you need Zobrist playing. Move Heyward to CF, with Schwarber in LF, and Z in RF?

Rotate Soler in and put Z in IF some guys to give guys rest.

I expect Baez to play all over the field again during the regular season just like this year. I don't think he's locked into 2B very game. They playoffs are a different animal.

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I expect Baez to play all over the field again during the regular season just like this year. I don't think he's locked into 2B very game. They playoffs are a different animal.

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He is too important on the run game. I expect Maddon to move people around again and make sure everyone has good playing time, but my guess is Baez is play 2b over 75% of the time.

I'd take the under on that % but I guess we will see how that plays out.

edit: hit wrong button.

You might see a heavy rotation that lowers just about everyone's PAs. Might even be strategic based on matchups all season too.

edit2: not really. Schwarber will be fine. Will just need to accept the risk.

FWIW, Schwarbs said on the radio the other day that he plans on catching again some next season so he can play LF or catch. Wouldn't shock me to see him play1B a handful of times when Rizzo needs a day off.