THE CUBS ARE 2016 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!

[Bull]

I haven't read or heard an interview with Bosio yet re the post season. I always enjoy hearing his opinion cuz he doesn't sugar coat anything.

If you can't say anything good about your manager's handling of your pitching staff...

 

Seriously though, what do want him to say? My manager was right to overuse chapman, he was the only decent reliever we have...uh had. All the rest of these guys are garbage!

 

Or

 

I love all my guys. My manager is an idiot.

 

Not much he can say.

[jersey cubs fan]

[d_money]

I haven't read or heard an interview with Bosio yet re the post season. I always enjoy hearing his opinion cuz he doesn't sugar coat anything.

If you can't say anything good about your manager's handling of your pitching staff...

 

Seriously though, what do want him to say? My manager was right to overuse chapman, he was the only decent reliever we have...uh had. All the rest of these guys are garbage!

 

Or

 

I love all my guys. My manager is an idiot.

 

Not much he can say.

I wouldn't expect him to be critical at all. What I meant is - he will normally give some additional insight as to how he works with the pitchers and gets their feedback on how their feeling etc. He normally gives more of the behind the scenes action - something different than what Maddon or the players would say. He's an interesting interview to hear.

[CubsWin]

I want to take this opportunity to mention the player I consider the unsung hero of the Cubs post season. Miguel Montero.

 

He didn't start at catcher in a single game in the NLCS or World Series, and yet he made a huge and largely forgotten impact on their run to the championship.

 

As we know, the Dodgers won games 2 and 3 in the NLCS to go up 2 games to 1. But it could've easily been 3-0. In game 1, the score was tied 3-3 in the bottom of the 8th. Montero comes in to pinch-hit with 2 outs and the bases loaded. With an 0-2 count, Montero hits a grand slam to put to Cubs up 7-3. If he swings and misses, the game goes to the 9th still tied. The Dodgers scored a run that inning and would've taken the lead.

 

Fast forward to game 7 of the World Series. Everyone remembers Zobrist's go ahead double and rightly so. It gave the Cubs a 7-6 lead. But without Montero's single to LF, game 7 would've gone to the 11th inning tied 7 all.

I don't hear it talked about it that way very often (if ever), but Miguel Montero got the series winning hit that delivered the Cubs their first championship in 108 years.

 

Without Montero's clutch heroics, the Cubs might not have even gotten to the World Series much less won it.

 

Here's to a team leader who started the hashtag #wearegood and he was right, they were.

 

Here's to the mentor who while rehabbing in AA in 2015 worked with Willson Contreras and said he would be an all-star. Skeptical Cubs fans chalked his comments up to rah-rah homerism. Looks like Miggy was right again.

 

Here's to the teammate who was Kyle Schwarber's biggest supporter on twitter despite Kyle being someone who was taking playing time away from him.

 

Here's to the forgotten man, the unsung hero. Here's to Miguel Montero.

 

#WeAreGood

[UMFan83]

UMMM YES

 

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[CubmanPi]

I still get goosebumps replaying everything in my head.

 

The regular season was such an amazing ride. With the exception of the brief mid-season swoon that coincided with a Rangers surge, no one I know even tried suggesting anyone but the Cubs was hands down the best team.

 

NLDS: I got 2 hours of sleep after the marathon game 3, hoping to watch them finish the sweep. Less than 24 hours later, it looked like they were heading back to Chicago for Game 5, and I was panicking over the idea that I would spend the off-season wanting to throw up because #BeliEVEN. :barf:

 

NLCS: The whole time, it made sense that the Cubs matched up better, and most of us knew there was to panic after going down 2-1 in back-to-back shutouts. Still, it was hard being down in a series for the first time in the playoffs, and it was hard not to think about the way they crapped the bed in the 2015 NLCS.

 

WS: I turned off Game 4 two innings early. I woke up the next day angry with myself for turning off a Cubs World Series game. I made a deal with myself that I would watch every last pitch to the bitter end (until the misplayed flyball in the first inning of Game 6, winning the series didn't feel very realistic), and I couldn't turn off the tv until 60 seconds after the game was over. My 8-yr-old son tried to stay awake for all of Game 7, but fell asleep on the couch despite the noise of the 8-10 people we had over. We woke him up in the bottom of the 10th and he and my wife and I were huddled closely waiting what seemed like forever for the Cubs to finally nail down the last out.

[d_money]

I still get goosebumps replaying everything in my head.

 

The regular season was such an amazing ride. With the exception of the brief mid-season swoon that coincided with a Rangers surge, no one I know even tried suggesting anyone but the Cubs was hands down the best team.

 

NLDS: I got 2 hours of sleep after the marathon game 3, hoping to watch them finish the sweep. Less than 24 hours later, it looked like they were heading back to Chicago for Game 5, and I was panicking over the idea that I would spend the off-season wanting to throw up because #BeliEVEN. :barf:

 

NLCS: The whole time, it made sense that the Cubs matched up better, and most of us knew there was to panic after going down 2-1 in back-to-back shutouts. Still, it was hard being down in a series for the first time in the playoffs, and it was hard not to think about the way they crapped the bed in the 2015 NLCS.

 

WS: I turned off Game 4 two innings early. I woke up the next day angry with myself for turning off a Cubs World Series game. I made a deal with myself that I would watch every last pitch to the bitter end (until the misplayed flyball in the first inning of Game 6, winning the series didn't feel very realistic), and I couldn't turn off the tv until 60 seconds after the game was over. My 8-yr-old son tried to stay awake for all of Game 7, but fell asleep on the couch despite the noise of the 8-10 people we had over. We woke him up in the bottom of the 10th and he and my wife and I were huddled closely waiting what seemed like forever for the Cubs to finally nail down the last out.

I hear ya on the goose bumps - I still get me and it's great.

 

When in the bottom of the 10th in game 7, hearing Pat say "2 outs to go....", then "1 out to go..." is really when I let my guard down and said to myself "holy horsefeathers, THIS IS HAPPENING for real". Will never forget it.

[davell]

[Aaron_Kennelly]

 

He should make a ten- or twenty-part series about the Cubs.

[David]

after watching the POTUS stuff, i was just reflecting on how perfect everything about this season and the way this happened was...from schwarber coming back and being amazing, to coming back from 3-1, to winning the best game 7 ever, bryant smiling as he throws the final out (I don't care what he says, that was a horsefeathering smile) and then even the parade...when i picture a world series parade, it's always some gloomy ass dreary fall day. ours was sunny as hell.

 

 

 

http://www.sportsonearth.com/assets/images/5/0/2/208148502/cuts/CubsParade_6z2r3l8g_1ikigh10.jpg

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMZxvfUgi7W/?taken-by=jess__bryant

 

if this horsefeathers had been scripted you wouldn't believe it.

[17 Seconds]

sorry, but it was a grimace

[David]

sorry, but it was a grimace

 

http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/07/nope1.gif

[CubmanPi]

It was his O-face.

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

I think he just has the opposite of resting bitch face. Like he he isn't really smiling, but it just looks that way. He has that look a lot when while he is swinging, too.

[Derwood]

Now that I think of it, I'm not entirely sure the Cubs actually DID win. I might have imagined it, and without a treebird MS Paint thread, I can't ever believe it 100%

[rocket]

sometimes i'll stare at the words "2016 world series champions" on my cubs pennant because i'm not 100% convinced that it actually happened

[Banedon]

I still have game 7 on my dvr, and the postgame from fox, CSN and MLB Network all recorded. And anytime I can't find something on, I watch the last inning.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

every time I re-watch game 7, I can't help but wish it was against damn near any other team. because of that horsefeathering drum. horsefeathers you, Cleveland

[UMFan83]

Since this is bumped...what the Cubs plan to wear for the home opener and ring ceremony game:

 

[Andy]

I've never been a big fan of the gold-tinged stuff, but the hell with it, we won the freaking World Series, they can wear purple clown suits all this season if they want.

[WrigleyField 22]

Since this is bumped...what the Cubs plan to wear for the home opener and ring ceremony game:

 

I've never bought a jersey, but an obnoxious gold trimmed WS trim might get me to make the jump.

[Brian]

what would be the best gold trimmed jersey.... has to be Javy, right?

[Brian707]

what would be the best gold trimmed jersey.... has to be Javy, right?

 

I'm torn between Javy and Schwarber. I bet these will sell out quickly tomorrow on MLB. Wonder what time they put them up on the website

[Brian]

The collection is up for sale now on MLBShop

 

Gold trimmed hats with trophy patch in the various styles of hat

Gold trimmed jerseys and shirseys

regular t's with Chicago or Cubs written across the chest in gold

if you got a grand to drop there's a gold baseball with an autograph inscription of both Bryzzo and 2016 WS Champs and Fly the W

 

 

I think I'm going to pick up a shirsey, I like how the front logo is the classic Cubs logo and not the C with the bear walking through that shirseys usually have

 

if the "Few Left" tag means anything Javy and Maddon are the most popular choices right now

[Brian707]

The last two times I have bought stuff from the MLB shop my credit card information was stolen and I had unauthorized charges to places like Groupon and grub hub appear hours after my purchase. November 4th and now yesterday. WTF.