Only in the 1920s with the fall of the Ottoman dynasty and the rise of Kemalist Turkey the name was changed to Istanbul. Although the city had been called so in colloquial speech for centuries already.
If this was the 1980s there'd be a terribly racially insensitive ottoman baseball movie, starrring steve martin and probably one of the Belushis in spray tan with terribly exaggerated accents. Also a recurring goat joke.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:23:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In all the batshit craziness that is this year, I totally forgot about what happened in Turkey last summer.
Ultrume ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:16:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can you explain briefly what happened to someone who's not well versed in world affairs?
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:46:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Turkish military stages coup that gets quickly squashed. Erdogan uses it as pretense to arrest and purge thousands military members, government officials, and educators.
Ultrume ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:18:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, thanks!
Amirix ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Erdoman Empire
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:10:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You don't need to worry Greece will stop them. When they take over, they will take over the debts and the thing won't last ten years
Can you imagine it? Last time cubs won World Series was right before the Ottoman Empire fell. The next time they win is the year that the Ottoman Empire is recreated. I wouldn't be that surprised.
Are you kidding it's way better. If Turkey collapsed today, 100 years from now it would be hilarious to say "the last time the Cubs won it all, they were apparently still naming countries after deli meats"
[deleted] ยท 243 points ยท Posted at 05:14:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some people have lived an entire life and died without witnessing the Cubs win the World Series.
Absolutely crazy to think about, especially when I realize that my grandfather was one of those people.
Kylynara ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 14:51:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My mom's dad was born in 1913, died at the age of 86, ~16 years ago. I realized that this morning and it really put in to perspective for me how long it has actually been. I'm not really a sports fan, but I am from IL, and I had to tell my 5 year old about it when I woke him up for school.
Brocky70 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:57:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Two of my grandparents. They saw world wars and neil armstrong. Just can't believe it
That's exactly what I thought. Here I am getting to watch something amazing as a fair weather fan, that people who were true die hands never got to see in their entire lives. Could easily be at least two generations.
I'm a new fan (moved to Chicago last year, first time I've lived anywhere with a baseball team). I always loved playing baseball and watching it but never had a team. What instantly hooked me on the cubs Was The tradition and loyalty for generations. My friends were crying because they inherited this love for the team from their grandpa's who aren't here anymore. It's beautiful.
Multiple generations of people have lived and died never witnessing a cubs victory. My father and his father both. I'm not sure when my great grandpa was born but maybe even him..
Hodor42 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:57:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hell, so many Cubs players too. Ernie Banks, aka Mr. Cub was only 14 when the Cubs were in their last world series and he passed away in Jan '15. I only wish he could've seen this
cujoslim ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:04:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't it almost every person? I mean excluding those record holding outliers.
Yep. My wife broke down in tears when they won. Came to find out her grandmother was a huge Cubs fan and never got to see them win. This would have been huge for her!
We can't bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for m'shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now where were we... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. I didn't have any white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:40:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
no longer a member actually, they're exiting
or "brexiting"
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:19:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 06:32:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but "WTFITBSIDWTLOTPAMFTSIMOOH" doesn't quite roll off the tongue as well.
Tundur ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:58:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not just that Trump might win, it's that the other candidate is comparable in how despicable she is. In any other year it'd be a joke but now there's a choice between an evil corrupt oligarch who represents the worst of late-stage capitalism or a rambling tit with an outlandish perspective on the world based on conjecture, prejudice, and an actual disbelief in the concept of reality.
At first I thought people were being hyperbolic, but yeah...when telling younger kids about formative cultural years, 2016 will probably be one of if not the tops.
By the time the Cubs won their 2nd world series, Pluto had been discovered and then declassified as a planet though.
Edit: time between 2nd and 3rd wins.
NASA: Hey, you know, we haven't been to the moon in a while.
Congress: They got oil on the moon?
NASA: Why are you so fixated on oil? Can't you just enjoy discovery of the mystery of the universe? Do you even love me any more?
Congress: Babe, that was just pillow talk. Now go make me a spy satellite.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:41:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
we went to mars tho which is cooler than the moon
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:43:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fair enough. We invented the passenger airliner well after that.
In any case, we went from Kitty Hawk to the Fucking Moon in 66 years, which is pretty staggering.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:44:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never got this. Rocket technology has little to do with powered flight. I mean, the greeks had rocktes thousands of years ago and the chinese used them heavily as well.
Rockets does not use the phenomena of lift.
LaJame ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:39:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except you still need a very in depth understanding of aerodynamics and a very sophisticated atmospheric-flight-capable craft to fly to the moon. That's cool.
bremidon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:29:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Almost. I actually looked this up a little earlier, having the same thought you did. Depending on your criteria, there are two dates that are used for when powered flight was invented, both in 1906.
Close miss, but still amazing to think about.
Oh, and you can add to your list that we built three space stations and decommissioned two of them :)
Hell, I think the moon part of that happened between Yankee World Series titles too - we really didn't go to the moon very many times or for very long.
Wrest216 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:32:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thats what NASA and the CIA and Project MK ultra WANT you to think! WAKE UP SHEEPLE!
N0V0w3ls ยท 292 points ยท Posted at 05:24:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Arizona became a state, started their own baseball team, and THAT team won a World Series.
Two World Wars were fought, then made all but obsolete by nuclear weapons.
Man had just learned to fly 5 years prior, then shot themselves into space and landed on the moon. They had since gotten bored of doing that and had stopped going.
The Titanic sank, was lost for decades, found 2 miles under the ocean, then had a blockbuster film made out of the disaster and discovery of the wreckage. That film was 19 years old by the time the Cubs won again.
rvnnt09 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 07:22:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is add that not only did Arizona became a state, there was a battleship named after it that got sunk in an attack that propelled the U.S. into a SECOND World War that left us one of the two superpowers in the world
Isord ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 13:14:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were still alive when the cubs last won the world series, and they had a movie made about them before the cubs would win again.
Oskar Schindler was born the same year, would save thousands of Jews during the Holocaust, die, and then have a movie made about him that would then go on to win numerous awards all before the Cubs would win again.
The Titanic sank, was lost for decades, found 2 miles under the ocean, then had a blockbuster film made out of the disaster and discovery of the wreckage. That film was 19 years old by the time the Cubs won again.
Well banks and politicians were playing games with the livelihood of everyone while raking in money; Some things never change:
October 24 1907 โ A major American financial crisis is averted when J. P. Morgan, E. H. Harriman, James Stillman, Henry Clay Frick, and other Wall Street financiers create a $25,000,000 pool to invest in the shares on the plunging New York Stock Exchange, ending the bank panic of 1907, a move which ultimately leads to establishment of the Federal Reserve System.
November 3 1907 โ President Roosevelt approves the takeover of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company by J. P. Morgan's U.S. Steel company in the wake of the panic of 1907.
Also, the vacuum was invented in 1908 so thats neat.
That doesn't mean the odds of it happening weren't really low.
robodrew ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was a single nationwide vote that was polling within the margin of error for several months, it's not comparable to this election or our state-by-state EV system at all.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:27:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 14:32:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i'm getting more confident he will and i'm happy because politics aside i had made a bet with someone 3.50 that he would beat her. I ended up spending my paypal money to buy myself reddit gold so I only have 2.98 so I really hope he wins so the other person has to pay me.
Unless they pussy out or delete their account or something, which is possible. If they keep their word I'm rich.
That actually makes the odds of Trump winning even smaller.
Think about it, let's say that the Cubs had a 1/5 chance of winning, and Trump has a 1/4 chance of winning.
The chance of the Cubs winning AND Trump winning is 1/4 * 1/5 = 1/20
The chance of the Cubs losing AND Trump winning is 1/4 * 4/5 = 4/20 = 1/5
So because the Cubs won, Trump's chances of winning have decreased by quite a bit. If the Cubs had lost then Trump's chances would be several times greater. Trust me I have a doctorate in statistics.
That's not how it works at all. Yes, the probability of both the cubs and trump winning was 1/20, but now that the game is over, the odds of trump winning is still 1/4. The 1/20 probability is only applicable if the two variables are unknown, or if they havent happened yet.
You have to realize that the game already happened, meaning that the odds of the cubs winning are 1/1, since they already won. This means that the odds of trump and the cubs winning would now be 1/4, since only one of the variables is unknown. But even aside from all of that, the two probabilities are completely independent.
A good analogy for how you are wrong is if you consider the scenario of a die roll and a coin flip. Rolling a 6 on the die could represent the cubs winning, making the odds 1/6. And tails from the coin flip could represent a trump victory, making the odds 1/2. Now this means that two victories (rolling a 6 and landing on tails) would have the odds of 1/12. With your logic, you would be saying that if you rolled the die and it came up as a 6, then the odds of the coin landing on heads would be 1/12, when in reality, it's still 1/2.
The guy who's model predicted every election since the early 1900s
Does this statement even REMOTELY make sense to you?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:22:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes. I didn't say he was the one physically predicting it. He predicted every winner since 1980. The model he used was effective in every election since 1912, with the exception of 1960.
robodrew ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:24:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fun fact: the previous 8 times that a World Series went to game 7 during a Presidential Election year, when the AL team won, the GOP candidate won, and when the NL team won, the Dem candidate won!
Grats Cubbies!!!
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:31:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fascinating. The world is such a weird place.
TGE0 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:33:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How are Cubs fans R vs D wise? Since I imagine they're all just going to be too drunk in celebration for the next month to be able to vote.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:34:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They're in Chicago so Democrats, but Illinois is going to be blue no matter how many drunk Cubs fans there are.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:17:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
538 doubled Trump's chances of winning in the past two weeks, right now he's at 33% chance of winning.
New Hampshire, Colorado, and Pennsylvania are swing states now. Trump is practically tied in Nevada with a few polls having him leading.
A recent poll had Trump one point ahead of Clinton in a four way race in New Hampshire. Looking at the other states that are close calls, those 4 votes from New Hampshire might decide the election, right now Nate has New Hampshire voters having twice as much power per vote in deciding the election compared to voters in most other states.
Trump came out ahead 3 points in a recent Virginia poll which is supposed to be a blue state or at least leaning blue, and he's actually tied in the latest Colorado poll with Clinton. Colorado.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:30:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What's your point? Also, your definition of "swing state" is, uh, unconventional.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:41:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what's my point? trump will win idk what to tell you
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:42:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, he could, but the odds are still stacked against him four days out, so...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:22:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Incredibly dubious claims of making America great again that has no problem violating Geneva conventions, betraying our NATO allies and has no respect for women or corrupt politician that can handle shitty weather in stride.
Yeah, I gotta say, Clinton isn't great. But people are using their hatred of her to gloss over the absolute insanity of the Trump campaign. That's misleading if intentional.
The guy has no policy, has made ludicrous statements, insulted the grieving parents of a dead solider, bragged about not paying taxes, OPPOSES NET NEUTRALITY, grabs women by the pussy, admitted to not allowing black renters in the past...I mean the list goes on.
People forget ALL of it when Clinton's name comes up.
That stat is clearly an eye-catcher, but my favorite was that, the last time the Cubs won the World Series, the lollipop had not yet been invented . . . .
Awww, mayn! I'm a programmer (mostly C; matlab is my most-abstracted) and now I've gotta go look this up....
[ edit: but that does make it double-generational! โ i.e. first the original lollipop, and then decades later something else named after it โ all between Cubs wins! {i'm a Pirates fan, but as a neutral with many Cubbie friends, had to pull for what ended up happening} ]
saliczar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:18:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't you know that all Thomases love that fact? I am putting myself in trouble with the Council of Thomas by telling you that, but I feel it's important that you know.
everything changed when Trump ran for president... Only Bernie Sanders, master of not being evil, crazy or greedy, could save the world, but when we needed him most... fuckin' superdelegates
mrsuns10 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a Sox fan, this is why I'm happy they won. In a few years, once the "Maybe they'll do it again" dies down, they'll just be another team in baseball. And all the suburban moms can stop acting like they actually like the Cubs.
Coincidentally, it's unseasonably warm in Chicago.
1sagas1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:09:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like this past week has been unpleasantly warm all over the Midwest. It was a fucking record high of 85 to start the month here.
eddie3497 ยท 2361 points ยท Posted at 05:08:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So this cements 2016 as the weirdest year of all time, right?
[deleted] ยท 1063 points ยท Posted at 05:34:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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rockidol ยท 367 points ยท Posted at 08:43:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know what fuck it, until I go out to vote I refuse to think about the election. From now till November 8 it's talking about the Cubs or something else pleasant (if I can help it).
Sovonna ยท 189 points ยท Posted at 10:26:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
N7 day is on the 7th, if you like Bioware games. Hope that helps.
Thanks for the reminder. Long live Shepard and sweet god I want Andromeda so bad!
Blze001 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 12:25:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man, I'm conflicted. On the one hand, everything I've seen looks amazing. On the other hand, it just reminds me that they buggered the ending of ME3 so badly they really can't do another game in our galaxy and have to go to another one. :/
Me3 ending did suck but Andromeda is a fresh start with no worries or hangover from the old trilogy. The way they've talked they know we don't want an ending like that and we don't want to start out space Jesus. Theyve already rectified the latter.
bilc0 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 15:14:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't want a new galaxy, I want the galaxy I saved from the reapers... the one I nearly died for and the legacy and team that went with it.
My conflict doesn't arise from ME3. I loved that game despite the ending. Rather after seeing what they did to Dragon Age after DA:Origins I can't help but feel like Andromeda is going to be Mass Effects version of DA:Inquisition, which I couldn't stand.
It seriously took all of the best things about Dragon Age Origins and cut them away entirely. Inquisition felt more like a single player MMO.
They already said people didn't like dai because of its MMO combat (with dumb npc ai evwn micromanaging) and bad MMO zones. Bioware story didn't suffer in Inquisition though, the people who say it did just really hated the PC char and couldn't get past you having to give him/her personality which means the have a problem with most RPGs and probably stick to games with preset chars. Even on that though bioware has made sure to say this ME. ME is a new team too most of the da and ME vets are working on biowares new IP . I'm pumped to see the new blood, but Walters is still the writer :( that's the only neg. He's cancer.
the people who say it did just really hated the PC char and couldn't get past you having to give him/her personality
Eh. I'm getting tired of the trend of fully voiced RPGs. It works for some games, but most of the time it's a nuisance. For instance it never once bothered me in Mass Effect, that was fine, but in games like Fallout 4 I can't stand the fully voiced dialogue. All it means is less choices and many of the choices you do have being false, all of them leading to the same dialogue regardless of what you pick.
Dragon Age Inquisition was just awful. I'm sure the lore was still great, but a good story / lore can't save awful gameplay.
I like DA:I, didn't love, but most certainly liked. The voice acting was pretty good, the characters were pretty good, etc. My biggest complait is that playing Inquisition made me feel like it should've been DA2, and Bioware could have done something more impressive for the third installment.
Love how a thread about the Cubs has become about one of my favorite developers, lol
I used to love Bioware, but they've just gotten so sketchy to me lately that I can't help but not care about them.
Mass Effect 3 controversy, quality decline in Dragon Age, no Jade Empire sequels (seriously, what the hell?), turning the Kotor series into an MMO and calling it "Kotor 3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9".
Thereโs other stuff on the planet as well โ thereโs quests that kind of link back up and thereโs elements that discuss Revan in the game and his role in the universe. Itโs kind of cool, like, KOTOR fans โ they get grumpy but we tell them over and over again, and theyโll believe it when they play it โ it really is like KOTOR 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 literally in this one game. For the real avid fans, there are these really neat connections back to the original games that are in this.โ
Like to me that's an incredibly disrespectful thing to say. I will grant them that the story for the main class quests in The Old Republic were really good and did almost feel like a Kotor game, but you CANNOT go through the game and just play the core missions. You have to grind and do stereotypical mmo "chore" quests and so you end up with a ratio of like 10 minutes of awesome for every 50 minutes of dull (and that's optimistic).
Dragon Age Origins was great because it was so similar to Kotor. Then they ruined it by trying to make it more "action-y".
They just took everything that I loved them for and ruined it. Hopefully Mass Effect Andromeda is an exception, but I won't get excited about it at all until it proves itself such.
This was the most uninspired vote I have ever been a part of.
Dinkir9 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:16:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He could be in Pennsylvania
zeekaran ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:11:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If your ballot is anything like mine, the president and senator were the least interesting parts of the ballot. For example, I got to vote for my county to have it's own ISP!
I've managed to tune it out more recently. I don't usually watch TV, but I did for the world series. I didn't realize just how inundated everyone is by the constant political attack ads. That shit would drive me crazy.
Nov. 12th will probably be the biggest fighting event in History- UFC 205. You can become a fan and learn about all the fighters over the next 10 days and the election will just come and go with any notice.
BobSmash ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:07:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe the election is the main thing BTtF got wrong and Biff is just running for president...
yrddog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:24:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thank god I already voted
racc8290 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:26:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Part of me can't help but feel this was a little too perfectly timed, getting the people's spirits up just before a major election with the underdoggest story ever (and I ain't talkin bout Bernie, neither!)
What with every media organization working together for Abuela and all
Not so fast, buddy. There's another candidate who's had a revolving door of accusations that turn out to be nothing. And she also didn't own a fraudulent university, bribe a Florida attorney general, and tweet porn at 3 am.
False equivalency is a real problem in this country.
No answer for me? Just going to make up some hateful lies and then crawl back under your rock like a coward? Golly gee, that sure is tolerant and progressive and based in reality, isn't it?
Oh man and the so called accuser cancelled her press meeting even though she was anonymous.
She's a fake. A delusion conjured up by establishment NeoCons to try and stop Trump.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 11:29:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Do you really think she's more crooked than the last 44 Presidents? I mean, on average? Trump isn't some clean alternative - I think you'd have to go back to at least Kennedy to find another candidate with such obvious Mafia ties. Plus there's the whole reality TV racist dipshit angle. When the Klan and Neo-nazis endorse a candidate it may be time to look elsewhere. Yes, Hillary is a corrupt career politician. Like everyone else in Washington. I can live with that given the alternative being a man who thinks climate change is a Chinese conspiracy.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 11:47:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:59:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For voting? Yes. For President? Not really, not if you're being realistic. Chomsky said it far better than I can but simply put the 3rd party vote is a vote for patting yourself on the back vs. accepting the realistic outcome of your actions.
I think she's far more crooked than the next president, which is the only thing that matters. I don't like her, or any of corrupt corporate warmongers like her. Not Obama, not Bush, not Clinton, not other Bush, not her.
The racist angle is just that. An angle that has been invented and pushed by corporations and corrupt politicians.
I don't let the actions of KKK or neo-nazis affect my actions in the slightest, certainly not my political views. I pity those who are influenced by them.
The corporate crony who is bought by the regressive theocratic Saudi petroleum dictatorship is going to solve climate change? Wait, hasn't Obama solved it already? No, I take climate change seriously, but to think crooked hillary would do anything about it is hilarious.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 11:57:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't and it seems like you don't either given the list you compare her to?
Corporations are pushing a racist "angle"? Er.. What? No, Trump is making a calculated appeal to bigots and xenophobes. It's not media bias, it's very deliberate.
Good for you that the actions of the KKK or Aryan far right don't affect you. Many other people aren't so lucky.
Never claimed Hillary would solve climate change or much of anything. She doesn't think it's a commie Chinese plot however, and some basic level of sanity is important to me in a presidential candidate.
I said they don't influence my political decisions. If you want to see who they influence, look no further than Robert Byrd.
She thinks her crimes being exposed are some commie Russian plot. Lol.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:09:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you think she's more or less corrupt than Obama, Bush, Clinton, other Bush?
I heard the words that he says, although the question of whether he actually believes 1/2 the shit he says is certainly an interesting one to consider. Being unable to answer that definitively for myself, I am forced to take him at face value.
Agree Byrd was a POS. This does not make Trump any more or less a POS. Zombie Robert Byrd isn't running for POTUS unfortunately. That'd be a hoot.
Don't know or care, but she's corrupt as fuck, and she's exactly the same type of corrupt warmonger as they are.
What are the words he says that trigger you so much?
Clintons loved Byrd. Trump never worshiped and endorsed and evil psychopath prolific klansman. Hillary is the piece of shit. And Bill, for that matter, the disgusting rapist.
No you shouldn't.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:40:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was exactly my point. She is more of the same, which is (only just) preferable to me vs. the current alternative. It wasn't meant to be any more of an endorsement than that.
Let me stop you right there with this condescending "triggered" bullshit. I'm not triggered; I simply don't want a racist douchebag to be president. This isn't me being overly emotional, this is a rational decision to not support racist douchebags. Quit trying to reframe it as some histrionic knee-jerk reaction, it's really not helping your cause at all.
Might want to go easy on the "rapist" accusations where Trump is involved. Also, "worshiped" might be a bit of a stretch. Though while we're considering it, what does Trump worship, other than himself in a mirror? Also also, Bill isn't running for President this time.
No I don't want to, because I'm not a rape apologist like crooked hillary.
No.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:55:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"I love war" - Donald Trump
"Black guys counting my money! I hate it! The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day.โ - Donald Trump
"Laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that. Itโs not anything they can control.โ - Trump
"Jeb Bush is crazy, who cares that he speaks Mexican, this is America, English !!" - Trump again being totally not racist
So rape is ok, it's the apologizing you have a problem with.
This doesn't make Hillary not a warmonger. I wonder if Trump's words hurt your feefees as much as Hillary's bombs blowing innocent Libyan children to pieces?
Is there actual evidence for the first two, or just somebody's claims? There are a lot of unsubstantiated claims about Hillary saying racist things too. How much weight do we put in these? For the last one, "Mexican" is not a race, lol.
Neither, which is one of the big reasons I hate Rapin' and Crooked.
Yep. Might want to rethink the "commie conspiracy" line.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:10:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But it kind of makes Trump one, doesn't it?
"Mexican" isn't a language either, but hey can't expect the potential leader of the free world to know that right? If you don't think Trump is, if not racist then deliberately appealing to racists, IDK what to tell you. When he burns a cross on the South Lawn I suppose you'll say it was meant to be a lower-case t.
Trump has been accused of rape multiple times and is currently facing a lawsuit over raping a child. Since accusation is enough proof for you, I mean.
Nah, I'll stand by "climate change = chinese conspiracy" being dumb as shit.
The fact that Hillary starts wars at the behest of her unelected cronies makes Trump a warmonger?
So, nothing. Okay, glad we got that all cleared up.
The Clintons have far more evidence against them, and it has been proven that Rapin' is a sexual predator who abuses his positions of power to extract sexual gratification.
Oh yeah it's pretty dumb. It just that it's hilarious when you try to bring it up to defend Hillary. Everywhere she looks she sees commies.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:00:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
No, the fact that Trump says he "loves war" makes him a warmonger. Hillary could be Gandhi or Genghis Khan and that would not change Trump being Trump.
The equivalent of putting your fingers in your ears and yelling louder is not a counter-argument.
Hillary has no evidence of rape against her that I'm aware of? You're talking about her husband, the one who is not a candidate.
I'm not in any way defending Hillary. I'm saying Trump is a loony.
No it doesn't. I'm talking about people who actually start wars for power and profit and actually have the blood of thousands of innocent people on their hands. That is being a warmonger. Trump saying "I love war" does not make him a warmonger.
Anytime you're ready to come up with something.
Yes, her husband. She just attacked his victims.
I was talking about when you were defending Hillary. Just a few posts ago, actually. It's right there for everyone to read.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:33:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So the difference being he hasn't yet had the opportunity. That's not reassuring.
You don't think Trump is pandering to bigots, I doubt I'm going to convince you otherwise at this late stage.
Right, and lacking any sort of conviction or hard evidence I suspect both Bill and Donald are cut from the same cloth where power and consent are concerned.
I think I've made it clear from the start that, like pretty much any election down to County Assistant Comptroller, I see this is a "lesser evil" decision. Saying that Trump is even worse than the admittedly shitty Clinton isn't really defending her, is it?
There are many differences, including that he is not a warmonger who has started wars for profit at the behest of his unelected crony buddies.
So, nothing.
There is plenty of hard evidence of Rapin' being a sexual predator who has preyed on those he was in a position of power over. You were right about no evidence of Trump's supposed crimes though.
I can read what you wrote.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:33:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Robert Byrd has renounced his past. Stop getting your talking points from may-mays.
So? You can be a hateful psychopathic prolific leader of a group dedicated to hate, and then one day just "renounce" it and everything is fine? Hahaha, yeah right.
At the very best, he's a nasty, flawed person with horrible judgement and a lack of empathy. Even in that case, there are thousands of people including many black people who have never been part of a hate group and would have been far more deserving of political endorsement than racist Byrd was.
More likely in my opinion, he's a psychopath who saw what way the wind was blowing and decided to "repent" and avoid any consequences for his actions and continue hating black people.
Use your brain for a minute and stop getting your talking points from the crooked politicians who were in bed with him. It's a travesty that they put him into political office after what he did.
Lowbrow ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 06:22:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Leicester already did it sportswise. So add this, Brexit and Trump. I'd say yeah.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 08:21:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Never forget the warriors blowing a 3-1 lead in the NBA finals
Trump's not going to win though... it'll be weirder than that. Meltdown on election night, or some shit. Who knows!
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:51:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe he'll try to stage a coup
luger718 ยท 50 points ยท Posted at 05:27:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Imagine if trump wins the presidency.
[deleted] ยท 152 points ยท Posted at 05:43:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No. I still need to sleep tonight.
[deleted] ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 06:23:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know right?! I can only get so hard.
frayeb ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 10:32:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Call your doctor if your erection lasts more than 4 hours
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 15:03:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You mean 4 years
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 10:42:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Careful now, he might be a rigger. Make sure you bring a friend along who's into the second amendment stuff, in case things go bad.
werelock ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:20:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait...this could be a good thing for America...how long can we all go without sleep and be productive? I mean...someone has to keep an eye on Trump at all times to keep his fingers off the button.
So you know how our calendar is based around when Christ was born, but there's like a 4-year margin of error? Maybe we set it 4 years too early, and when he came to America, to do the Mormon stuff, he told the Mayan's the correct date, and so this should actually be the year 2012...
iekiko89 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:50:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No to mention that yearbook quote that said called it. 0_o freaky ass shit.
Jeez, that's a depressing sub. 90% of submissions are "this person you've never heard of but likely had at least a passing impact on your popular culture? Yeah, they died in 2016."
Maxpowr9 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:49:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't watch baseball, but this is as unlikely as Leicester city winning the English premier league in football right? If so, I'm well pleased for cubs fans!
Gbcue ยท 3870 points ยท Posted at 04:50:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, that game was down to the wire. Rain delay, bottom of the 10th, two outs, runner on base.
Iโm so glad that we got the game that everyone was hoping for.
It had everything:
A game seven to take the biggest prize in baseball for grabs
Two of the most cursed teams in baseball meeting up in the final stage of the sport (Indians having the longest drought in the American league with 68 years. The Cubs, well, they have the longest drought in American sports history with 108 years)
40-50 million live viewers to watch the spectacle
A perfect start to the game with Fowlerโs game-opening homerun
Some awful decisions and errors to only to increase the tension (Baez with the hand, Baez again, Baez with the โbuntโ, the shitty sac fly, Wild first base throw to put runners on second and third, Lesterโs wild pitch that capitalized the previous mistake, the list goes on)
Miller (the Indians' closer) had to be used as a reliever
Ross' solo homerun in the final game of his career
Davisโ homerun in the eighth inning to tie the game
Chapman (the Cubs' closer) blowing the inning so hard they had to change him in the next inning.
Extra innings
Nature canโt handle itself and delays the game even further
Cubs taking the lead off a double in left-field
Bauer closing out the inning with bases loaded in the tenth
Cleveland make it to a one run game
A moment where in a pitch any of the two teams could've won it. Had the Indians made a homerun in that pitch, they would've won it, but a ground ball would've lost it (which is what happened)
Cubs end their 108 year drought (insert Ottoman Empire fact here)
Congratulations to the Cubs for finally ending their drought! And thank you to both teams for putting on a show like no other. This is easily the best game of baseball that I've ever seen and will be a game remembered for decades to come.
EDIT: Added a few more things
[deleted] ยท 1066 points ยท Posted at 05:26:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The 108 year drought ended by a DOWNPOUR. This is a god dream.
mzdoja ยท 1039 points ยท Posted at 05:38:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
when it started, my girlfriend said that the downpour was the universe washing away the cubs curse so they could win.
Indeed. In the interviews afterwards, many Cubs player commented that the team meeting they had during the downpour help them get their spirit back up to win the game.
I wish I was there!! I remember a couple years back when the Blackhawks won the Stanley cup, we happened to be visiting Chicago days after and the city was still going crazy. It made me fall in love with it more. Everywhere I went I would randomly hear people yell "GO BLACKHAWKS!" and now with this...I can only imagine what it's going to be like!
4 days later its still all people talk about. Honestly, its been a nice break from all the politics going on. The Cubs gave us October off from the election, they are pretty awesome for that as well lol
-salt- ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 11:38:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
jay hey called the team meeting. glad he did something because he was pretty much worthless at the plate
I still believe that is what really helped them win. Once Cleveland tied it back up they lost focus. I think that ~20 minute breather to regain themselves really helped. I honestly don't know if they would have pulled it off without it.
The new superstition. Downpours bring GOOD LUCK!!!
sgman3322 ยท 182 points ยท Posted at 05:48:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
that's probably the most true thing anyone has ever said
regoapps ยท 74 points ยท Posted at 07:19:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or could have been because of low atmospheric temperatures and high relative humidity which resulted in a mass of water droplets gathering around cloud condensation nuclei to saturate the atmosphere and allow condensation and precipitation to take place.
Just kidding. The universe washing away a Cubs curse makes more sense.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 16:34:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
seropus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:08:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"this is a God dream" I like extreme sayings and this is gonna be used in my lexicon FOR SURE!
ACC_DREW ยท 144 points ยท Posted at 05:56:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not 100% sure of this, but I think "best game I have ever watched" is not a stretch. That shit was lit from the first fucking batter and never let up.
I posted on Facebook during the game that it was the most exciting sports game I have ever watched. Now that it's over, I stand by that. It only got better.
It's definitely up there. I mean shit just 6 months ago I thought I witnessed the best game ever (game 7 Cleveland vs GSW) and now this happens. C'mon NFL and Men's College BBall. Ya'll got some showing up to do.
Don't forget: David Ross' is now the oldest player to hit a home run in Game 7 of the World Series, and Kyle Hendricks (I believe) has the record for longest scoreless inning streak in the Postseason.
What if this was all a ploy to revive nterest in baseball...
Phifty2 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 13:11:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Good. People should be more interested in Baseball. Especially with the NFL becoming a classless circus.
It worked.
Zsuth ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:19:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would add that terrible ball 3 call for the Indians when it was clearly a strike, and therefore what should have been strike 3, out number 3, and the end of the 5th inning. Cleveland got two runs in right after that. If the ball 3 call was made correctly, the game doesn't turn into the nail biter that it was.
Still, it was a hell of a game, and a hell of a series. I tip my hat to Cleveland. They're going to be good for a long time. But so are the Cubs, and I look forward to more classic matchups in the future!
If Maddon doesn't panic, it doesn't turn into a nail biter. Hendricks pulled for a walk that wasn't his fault, when he was cruising?! That's not unconventional. That's stupid.
vawlk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:19:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I agree. He pulled both Hendricks and Lester too early and left Chapman out way too long.
Zsuth ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:37:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Panic is debateable. He knows those guys better than we ever will. A ball vs a strike isn't debateable, and that call wasn't even close.
NINJAM7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:46:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also, the Cubs made it to the 7th game after climbing back from a 3-1 deficit. This whole series was amazing.
oh, and don't forget about the Dick bumps
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:37:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jason Heyward's impromptu speech during the rain delay to re-focus his team, getting them through what I can only imagine was unbelievably mentally tough time for all those guys.
He contributed something?? 0 for 5, without advancing a single runner. Every other position player had a run or an RBI for the Cubs, except Schwarber, who was 3-5 and had a pinch runner score his run. Heyward hit .150 for the series and .104 for the post season. At least he's good at speeches.
Sounds like they actually managed to make one of the most boring games to watch into something that would have even non fans on the edge of their seats.
KyloRad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:37:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Let's not forget the human interest angle. The last game of Ross's career is the one that breaks the drought, and in it he becomes the oldest player ever to hit a home run in the World Series.
The Davis home run was apparently the first ever game tying home run in the 7th inning or later in a World Series game 7 or something along those lines
Don't forgot another mistake we made was taking hendrix out. I don't think the Indians would have scored those 2 cheap points if we didn't switch. But all in all good ass game ! I got to watch from wrigley , it was lit !
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:14:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
whale52 ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 05:19:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Somebody else down in the comments claimed to be from the same school, and posted a photo from their yearbook. So either they were conspiring or it was legit.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:09:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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earthtm ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:13:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
10th as in the 10th inning / round. Every inning each team gets a chance to bat, the beginning of the inning is the "top" and when the second team is up to bat, that's the "bottom."
Each inning has a top and bottom. Top is the first half (because the away team's score is listed on top) and the second half is the bottom.
Aquetas ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:17:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A baseball game typically only goes 9 innings. Because it was tied, it goes into extra innings (10th inning.) Extra innings is not super common in the regular season, let alone game 7 of the World Series.
Extra innings are surprisingly common in regular season play, every week you can expect 2-5 games go into extra innings. Then again there's around 70-80 different games in any given week
Aquetas ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:46:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Common is not the word I would choose to describe the frequency. When every team plays 162 games, you are going to see some every week. I can't find all the statistics on, but since 1903, this is only the 38th time a World Series has gone to game 7, let alone extra innings.
Bottom of the tenth inning. The first team that bats does so at the "top" or beginning of the inning, so the team that follows bats at the "bottom" of the inning.
Each inning has two parts: the top of the inning (first half) where the away team goes to bat, and the bottom of the inning (last half) for the home team to go to bat.
Nickyjha ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:19:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Indians got close to tying the game in their last turn up, but were only able to score 1 run.
When it's the bottom of the tenth, there's extra drama because there's usually only nine innings. So, each inning beyond that is like it's own mini game, where the winner of the inning takes it all.
He's saying the game was up in the air until the last moments. The team that was behind could have won the game with a single swing of the bat up until the moment it was over.
Look at it this way, the game is at a standstill a lot. The position of the game was such that the team who ended up losing could have won the game less than 2 seconds from a period when the game was at a standstill. All it would take is the pitcher pitching, the ball taking 1 second to get to the plate and the batter hitting it out of the park scoring two runs and winning the game.
Despite the reputation of baseball as sedate there we very few moments in this game that were not tense.
edit: just to add some stats (because it's baseball)
Looking at the win expectation, the Indians had a 9.6% (or maybe 9.4%, the chart contradicts itself) chance of winning up until the last at-bat of the game. And just one inning earlier in the 9th the Indians had an over 50% chance of winning.
mjsully ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:27:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Somehwere in his basement before the game, Steve Bartman put on his headset once more. This time he called up to God himself for a rain delay to freeze the Indians pitchers arm and secure the series for the Cubs. Bartman finally walks out of his hideout and casually walks through the streets, now unrecognizable, while everyone is partying the night away.
I fucking HATE watching baseball on TV. I have never been into it (watching a game in person is different though). But even I tuned into game 7 and damn. What a game. For someone who really doesn't care about baseball, my heart was pounding. Congrats to the Cubs. Those guys played one hell of a game. Baseball fan or not, THAT is what sports entertainment should be.
This was the most exciting, emotional, nerve wrecking, and most enjoyable series I have ever watched. I'm not just saying this because I'm a cubs fan, but because it was two great teams...two great bullpens going head to head and played with incredible heart. Great game Indians! But Go Cubs!!! Fly the W!!!!!
When that pop fly and foul ball looked like walk off homeruns in the 9th I about died. Balls were going out way too easily that game so it was really, really scary.
That rain delay is the reason the Cubs won. All momentum coming from the Tribe was brought to an abrupt halt in that 17 minutes that seemed like an eternity. I am sad, but losing to the Cubs, a team and fan base starved for a championship, is far better than losing to the Yankees, Red Sox, Tigers, Dodgers, or Giants who seem to win it every other year. I find solace in the fact that the Indians are returning 95% of the team next year. I think if they all stay healthy, the Indians will be right back in the Fall Classic next year too.
epulsars ยท 1837 points ยท Posted at 05:02:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a European I never thought I'd actually enjoy watching a baseball game, but this was off the charts in terms of drama and emotion. I'm very happy for Cubs fans!
3sIIck ยท 351 points ยท Posted at 05:06:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have never really watched more than a couple minutes of a game before this series and got hooked game 4 when I was out at a bar. I've been confusingly emotionally invested since. It's been a trip!
epulsars ยท 263 points ยท Posted at 05:12:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah there's something almost mystical about the Cubs story that makes impartial people really connect with it. I for sure was rooting for the Cubs even though I've never been to Chicago nor Cleveland.
THE reason. That and almost everyone loves an underdog story. Yes, even though they were expected to compete for and possibly win the Series on paper pre-season, they have blown it for so long that they were perennial underdogs no matter their record until they actually one a WS. I just think its amazing that the Earth has seen 2 and 1/2 World Wars since the last one was won: The Great War, World War II, and Monty Python Vs Censorship. Seriously tho, as a die hard White Sox fan..... congratufuckinglations Cubbies! You have a great group of guys and the kids on your team grew up fast to give our great town something to celebrate during these rough times. Congrats boys and congrats to the most loyal fans in sports (I hate saying it but it's the truth). Enjoy!!!
I still have a 'stros hat from my rec league team.
derf82 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:47:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
almost everyone loves an underdog story
Nope. Cleveland was the underdog. Yet no one cared for Cleveland. Chicago has a $117M payroll, Cleveland has a $58M payroll, just under half. Even though Cleveland now takes over as the longest drought, if Cleveland goes back, even as the underdog again, only Cleveland winds up rooting for Cleveland.
vawlk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:18:02 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
:)
I was happy for them in 2005 even though I didn't watch. More recently, I have watched a few Sox games here and there, but mostly because you stole the best analyst in baseball from us, Steve Stone.
I was in Australia up through Game 6. At a beachside beer bar in Byron Bay Sunday afternoon, on a beautiful sunny day with waves crashing outside, hundreds of Aussies -- surfer dudes, old folks, little kids -- were inside cheering for the Cubs; the bar was carrying Saturday night's game live. On the second leg of our flight back home Tuesday, a Hong Kong-Chicago nonstop, Game 6 was wrapping as we boarded and got ready to go, and more than half the cabin was following the play-by-play on smartphones; even the Asian cabin staff kept asking if the Cubs were still holding the Indians off. Cubs love really is a global thing.
nuevakl ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:47:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Being a Maple Leafs fan I was rooting for the Cubs only to get a small taste of that "finally, after all these years" feeling. Was not disappointed.
epulsars ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:56:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Last time was 1967, the last year before the NHL expanded from 6 to 12 teams. Tied for the longest in the NHL with the St. Louis Blues, who came into existence that year.
nuevakl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:42:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man, I cried my eyes out tonight, and saw too many grown men also ball their eyes out. I've also never given as my high fives as I did tonight. At this point I'm feeling too much tequila, weed, and beer. But hey, parade this friday, LETS FUCKIN GO BABY!!!!! HEY CHICAGO, WHADDYA SAY, CUBS ARE GONNA WIN TODAY!!!!! GO CUBS GO, GO CUBS GO!!!!!!
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:37:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I moved from Long Island to Seattle just in time to witness the Mets lose to the Yankees, followed by the Yankees ending a record-setting Mariners season in the ALCS, followed by a Seahawks Super Bowl defeat. I finally got mine three years ago.
I was pulling for Chicago because I can't even imagine. I mean, my teams are historical laughing stocks, and now lookitemgoddamngo, and there's the good ol' Mississippi Cubs and thank God for 'em, year in and year out.
So, yeah. About damn time. That was a helluva year and a well-earned win. I feel worse for the Nats than the Indians. The Indians got to play a 7-game series and make memorable history.
Everyone loves the underdogs, they always hope that the underdogs will somehow come out on top through pure grit and determination. (And maybe a little friendship)
flappity ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:04:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a Cards fan and I was still rooting for the Cubs.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:08:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also seems like a break from what we usually can expect from baseball. People wouldn't be talking about yet another fucking Yankees win like this.
Yep. And all the fans talk about what a great team they are cause they suck so much. Act like wrigleysbeen sold out with such great fans. Look at attendance records not impressive.
Mijder ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:30:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That sentence structure...Mr. Trump...is that you?
Well I was unaware completely that this even was happening until moments before posting this comment. Imagine my 11 second trip...like when you almost get a big enough hit of salvia, but it fades before you feel heavy and like your feet are on a conveyor belt.
Zeight_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:42:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That sums up everyone trying to watch baseball for the first time in the playoffs
Are you old enough to remember the other dragon that Epstein slayed in 2004? The curse of the bambino. Boston had not won a WS since 1918 when they beat none other than the Cubs. Epstein entered the picture in 2001 and became GM in 2002. Inheriting a team that had decent players, he made some key moves, restructured the front office a bit, brought in different coaches at all levels, and changed the culture in Boston. Two years later, his team killed one of the two most famous curses in baseball history in historic fashion. Coming back from down 3-0 in the ALCS to the rival NY Yankees (Who's your daddy?). Boston rode that high and went on to beat the St Louis Cardinals 4-0 in a WS route.
In 2011, Epstein went to the lowly Cubs. Over 100 years of losing and terrible ownership that took its fan base for granted had left the Cubs and their fans in ruins. They were a franchise that was saddled with over-priced contracts, poor coaches, terrible culture, and an ownership group that did not seem to care. Until now. Epstein literally ripped the Cubs apart and started over. At all levels. Coaches, managers, scouts, front office, and so on. He traded people and acquired prospects in return. They scouted well at the MLB level and the miner league level. They scouted and drafted well. But they still had to develop these players. And they did. Epstein changed the culture with the Cubs. The WS was always his plan and he constantly reminded people to be patient. The prospects were now legit MLB talent and Epstein went to work by putting the finishing touches on the roster of the team that slayed the other most famous baseball curse. The curse of the Goat. Some people call it the Murphey curse. No matter what you call it, Epstein and his team slayed it with this WS win. The Cubs are no longer the punch line to jokes. They are WS Champions!
So Epstein killed the two most famous curses in baseball history. Incredible.
I am so happy for baseball fans everywhere. We just witnessed one of the best WS ever. It is a shame that there had to be a loser because that Cleveland team was a fun team too. Cleveland, you helped deliver a great WS to baseball fans everywhere. We all have nothing but respect for what you accomplished this year. Your team was fun to watch and your fans were great. Nothing to hang your head about. I also learned in this WS that Lindor might be the best SS I have ever seen in my life. I mean wow, just wow.
Despite me being from Milwaukee, I am particularly happy for Cubs fans. You all deserve this title. For all your fans who have lived and died having never seen the Cubs win anything. For all the great players who have worn a Cubs uniform. You all deserve this. You have a great team and seem poised to have a good run here. The players celebrating on the field and with the fans singing 'go cubs, go' after Game 5 was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Aside from you winning the series being down 1-3, this moment will be what I tell my grandkids about. What will you tell your grandkids about this series? What stands out to you most?
Not sure if my post did all of this justice. These are truly special things for a baseball fan.
I hope my Brewers can do something similar and can win a WS before I die. I jumped on your bandwagon this year. Thank you for making room for me. All the Cubs fans I have spoken to this year in Milwaukee have been very welcoming. Which, quite frankly, was a big change from the dark years. If my Brewers ever get this good, I will save you a beer and a seat on my wagon if you want it. So cheers from Milwaukee! Enjoy this moment. See you all at Wrigley North next year. Sorry for the long post. I am just pumped up as a baseball fan. What a time to be alive!!!!
If you watch baseball expecting an action movie, you'll be disappointed. You have to watch it like a suspense thriller. Lots of anticipation with spikes of intense emotion.
Edit: to put it another way, think of a chess match. Would you really say that in the time between moves "nothing is happening?" No, that's the most important part. Of course the results of physical execution of those moves are more of an unknown and require more dexterity and physical prowess than in chess (you can know what pitch is coming and still miss, while you can't really "miss" the piece you're trying to move or the square you're trying to move it to in chess) but games are won and lost in the time when uninitiated viewers would say "nothing is happening." Once you've watched enough, part of the fun is trying to guess what pitch is coming or what positioning the fielders will be in for example. "Downtime" is a gross misnomer.
Because you forget, Heyward was at first base when the at bat started. He didn't get to third until after the 2nd strike. There was no squeeze play until then.
Once Heyward got to third, I actually think the squeeze was an acceptable call.
Tinker Tailor does not have an ambiguous or vague ending. You learn absolutely everything about the principle characters that's relevant, and their motives are pretty clear by the end. Both in the movie (which is really good) and the book. It's a dense web of characters and relationships, but LeCarre's espionage stories tend to be like murder mysteries: everything carefully falls into place in the end. It's just instead of a killer being caught, LeCarre novels usually end with some destroying of faith in humanity and a horrifying look at the amoral realities of the cold war.
People talk up George R.R. Martin for being able to blow your mind off with a sickening turn of events, and he certainly left me agog several times (even when I'd been spoiled beforehand sometimes). But nothing matches the vicious, gut twisting dizziness at the end of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. And the "getting the band back together" scenes from Smiley's People is goddamn amazing. I really hoped the Tinker Tailor film would result in movies being made of the whole Karla trilogy with Oldman as Smiley, but alas.
The Tinker Tailor movie, though, is definitely not the best way to see it for the first time. There's just too much going on in terms of interpersonal relationships to crush down into two hours. I love John Lecarre, and I love each adaptation of Tinker Tailor, but it's absolutely not unreasonable for a person to be unclear on what the fuck is going on in the case of the film, given that a shitload of information, supposed to be taking place over months, is fed to you in a short time frame. Lecarre's novels are great, like James Ellison, but they depend on the buildup. Without that, they just become boring.
Gonzzzo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:10:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I heard Larry King describe/defend baseball as "the chess of athletic sports" once. I've never been a baseball fan, but hearing that really changed my outlook on it
bwoods43 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:45:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hell no, that's what sets it apart from other sports. With the NBA, NFL, etc...the teams that go into the season the best usually win. In baseball, you have all summer to scrape your way into a small, short playoff bracket, and then it's a total clusterfuck until the end.
Anyone that makes it to the playoffs in baseball can win it feels and you're never done until the last out. It's amazing. I love the short playoffs. The 162 season is so long to decide who really belongs.
Mattdr46 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:30:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Plus even after 162 games, the last game can decide who goes in to the postseason
My counter-argument would be that it's somewhat more fun when a team gets hot at the right moment leading up to and into the playoffs. The 2011 NY Giants were ridiculously fun to watch even though they probably shouldn't have made the playoffs that year. They still beat all the other actually "playoff-caliber" teams up to the Superbowl and then won that game too, so I get being absolutely positive who exactly the best teams are but I like a little variety come playoffs i.e. Wildcard teams and mediocre division champs. It also makes the regular season mean a whole lot more when your team loses a single game. I remember calming my roommate down all year after a loss by saying "Isn't the season like 160 plus games?".
Then again, I always get sad when football's over and wish that there were more games so what do I know I'm drunk.
Yeah, there's no real "perfect" way to get the best teams in the playoffs and I think they have made it even harder with the wild card game, but I still think baseball has the best playoffs setup. I actually like how few games the NFL season is though.
What? I thought the whole point in having a 162 game season is to make absolutely sure that the statistically best teams emerge as champions. Same as the best of 7 series
It's a group of 10 teams out of 30 in the playoffs, and any of those can have a decent shot at being champions. So you have to be good, in the top third. You can't fluke your way into the playoffs, but being dominant doesn't actually guarantee much.
That's literally the shortest rest possible without eliminating the wild card playoff altogether. One game in baseball is nothing like one game in other sports. Remember there are 162 of them in a season.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:19:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you realize the effect of a single game elimination round on a team's bullpen? Are you honestly suggesting it is not an advantage to try to avoid wildcard?
Of course it's an advantage to avoid the wild-card. That's by design. What I'm saying is it's not as much of an advantage as it would be if the round was longer.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:25:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a huge baseball fan, but what sets it apart from other sports is also probably why the viewership is so poor. The viewership is especially bad considering 50% of fans are age 55+, which means the MLB will need to change its format in order to stay profitable in the coming years. You can't be a 21st century sport if a sizable chunk of your fans will die in the next 2 decades and be replaced at half the rate.
I'm not in favor of longer playoffs, but yes we can cut season length without losing out on too much. It doesn't need to run from April to November. It doesn't need so many 3-hour-long games that missing a single game means missing out on less than 1% of the season. Hell, missing an entire series means you missed only about 2% of the season.
The other tricky part about baseball is that innings end before things can really get exciting. So many runners are left on base, so many innings go scoreless. This can change. It won't kill the sport.
Yes, yes it will kill the sport. I understand (I believe) where you are coming from but are you truly asking for more outs per inning? That's not baseball. You can call it the AMLB. The Almost Major League Baseball. Yes, perhaps Baseball as we know is in an overall slow decline (I'm not saying it is, I'm using your stated statistic as I have yet to research it) but the fastest way to completely kill the sport is to change the sport. It's a great game and as I drive to work or out for a cold drink during summertime, seeing field after field filled with kids ages 8-18 playing ball, I know deep down that this game is a great one and going nowhere too fast.
Clovis69 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:33:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep. The long season also allows players to come back from injuries that would be season ending in other sports. Like Kyle Schwarber - played in two games, got injured, came back for the World Series and got 2 runs and 2 RBIs
Agreed. I loathe how watered down the NBA playoffs are. Getting to the post season should mean something, and be difficult to do. Baseball has problems, but the playoffs aren't one of them. The only thing I'd like to see is that five game division series extended out to a proper best of seven.
fasda ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 05:23:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
NBA, NFL are very good about not having dynasties, well at least compared to Soccer.
The NFL is all about parity. Parity in the league has had its effect on pretty much every team in recent years but the Pats have remained untouched. They've been a true dominant dynasty for 15 years now.
fasda ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Compare that to English premier league or other soccer leagues and those teams barely have a win streak let alone a dynasty.
The EPL is a far less equal competition than the NFL. When he says the Patriots have been a dynasty, they've won the Super Bowl 4 times in 16 years. There have also been 11 other SB winners in that period.
Now how many titles Man U and Chelsea win each from 2000-2016? How many different teams won the league?
There's a reason the EPL is known for having the Big 4.
Shouldve clarified i preceived an era as like a time where noone can stop that player like the leauge/media REVOLVED around THAT player (i.e connor mcdavid in the ohl) where i precieve dynasties as teams lime the recent giants or blackhawks..... The line can and is blurred lime the early 2000s yankees with jeter
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:55:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
True, a dominant pitcher is really only good for one win a series.
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:21:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nobody who's a baseball fan wants this. No.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:51:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I watched the entirety of every game, yes. I also watched many of the organization's minor league games through MiLB.tv along with plenty of other MLB games and NPB when Shohei Otani was on the mound. I watched MSU (my alma mater) baseball games too. People who love baseball want it how it is now, every day, and if anything fewer teams making the postseason seeing as the regular season really does bare out the best teams because of how many games there are. I'm happy with the postseason format as it stands now.
Whatever the reason, it seemed to me that I was investing more and more in baseball, making the game do more of the work that keeps time fat and slow and lazy. I was counting on the game's deep patterns, three strikes, three outs, three times three innings, and its deepest impulse, to go out and back, to leave and to return home, to set the order of the day and to organize the daylight.
A. Bartlett Giamatti
brodhi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:36:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The point of a 162 game season is it becomes easy to have family outings at any moment for a relatively cheap price. In a smaller season, say 16 games, tickets become very expensive.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:39:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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brodhi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:44:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sure but any option immediately raises ticket prices--which the Commisioner's Office does not want.
10 games not counting playoffs = $1580 a year (total, not each) for my two 4th level seats on the 20 yard line. Oh, and $2500 per seat over 25 years for the PSL. I have a fucking mortgage on my seats. And I don't even own them.
I'm a fucking idiot. haha. This is what sports do to me.
brodhi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:49:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's 1000 USD to get a 162 game season ticket for the Brewers, or 250 for 20 games. You also enjoy 25% off all food, merchandise, etc. as well as exclusive content (like bobbleheads)
Just overall a better deal if you just want to watch some sports more than a few times a year.
They also offer a ton of 6/12 game packs throughout the season for cheap.
Yeah, with Rangers games, I really just make it a point to get out to the games that have a bobblehead at the gate. I ended up with 4 or 5 this year. I got the tickets on Stubhub for about $10-$15 a pop, not bad at all.
Good thing about holding season tickets to the Cowboys, is they have insane resale value. Any game I can't go to sells for double what I paid for it. If we sold 4 of our 8 regular season games a year, the other games are pretty much rendered free. But I'm a die-hard, so missing the games is difficult. haha.
Baseball is the best option for a family night out, though. Go on like a $1 hotdog night, get 3-4 tickets on StubHub, and you can easily get away with only spending about $50-$60 bucks. Insane value, there. There is 0% chance of doing that in the NFL.
Honestly, I'm fine with it being 162 games. They don't have to shrink the season to appease me. If it works for them, cool.
However, I care deeply for the teams I support. I don't have the emotional capacity to go through that shit 162 times plus however many Rangers losses it takes for them to be knocked out.
I have 16 (hopefully more) Cowboys games to watch, around 50ish Liverpool games to watch, around the same amount of FC Dallas games to watch. Not even fucking touching the Dallas Stars and Mavericks.
If you have more than like 50 games in your season (Hockey & Basketball at 82+, baseball at 162+), I don't watch your games until about 3-4 weeks before postseason. I will read box scores, stats, articles, power rankings, etc. while taking a shit or pretending to do my job at work throughout the regular season, but I'm not watching that many games a year. I invest a lot into my teams, emotionally, and I seriously think I'd have grey hair by now if I watched all the Dallas teams' games I've missed throughout the years.
I will watch the playoff push and the postseason in all the long-season sports. With the sub-50 games seasons, I will book time to do that. I want to watch games that mean something.
So yeah, if there are a load of fans who want to see the Rangers play 162 times, that's great. I will come in around game 140 and get pumped with you for the playoffs!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah. I just can't do it, man. I will read the stats, I listen to sports radio in Dallas frequently. I'm definitely abreast of the goings on. Not like I come into October asking "Okay, so are the Rangers doing alright or what?" But yeah, 3 hours that many times a week, I would literally die. Those who do it, I salute you. It's hard enough fighting work, my family, and GF for the 8 or so hours a week I need for Cowboys/Liverpool/FC Dallas games I watch. I gotta make cuts, and at the end of the day, the most important factors are 1) How important is each game? and 2) How much fun is it watching your sport. Football and soccer handily kick baseball/basketball/hockey's ass in those two factors (my opinion, of course).
As a big basketball fan and not much a baseball fan, the super small baseball postseason has always puzzled me. With college's March Madness the door is ajar for sixty teams to have hope and dozens to have a real possibility. With NBA, sixteen teams get a crack in post season.
But this past year I have considered that by having such a small postseason that more pressure is placed on the season itself. But there are just soooo many games per season, I would never be able to really follow a team and watch most of their games until I retire. My mom watches most of the local team's games, but she's retired and loathes west coast trips since the games start so late and she can rarely stay awake to finish those games.
But the strangest thing to me about baseball, compared to most other sports is a tie between absolutely no clock to consider and how it is impossible to score if your team is playing defense. No stealing of the ball. No interceptions. Nothing less than three outs will change defense to offense. No we need three points to tie and only five seconds on the clock type pressure.
To me baseball is a strange sport. On defense there is teamwork, like the double or triple play requires such. But on offense it is so individualistic... no passing the ball or setting screens or much even with running set plays. But baseball is so loaded with stats, perhaps more than other sports.
Glad the Cubs won. Their coach is freaking great. What he did with the limited payroll of the Ray's was nothing short of wizardry.
vawlk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:40:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You just described why baseball is so great. The untimed and asymmetrical nature of the game make it very unique. All of the other major sports are a variation of the same theme, get a thing to a place before time runs out.
With baseball, there are an infinite number of situations where being in the right place and knowing what to do is every bit as important and executing the play. It is a game of chess.
Unfortunately, TV doesn't do the game justice. You miss most of the subtleties in the close up views. Sure a diving play to the right is awesome to see, but when you see the player moving a step or two to their right before the pitch based on experience and statistical analysis which allowed them to reach the ball they dove for, that is was makes the game fantastic.
I've never been able to watch a whole baseball game on TV but the few times I've been to the ball park for a game I found it very fantastic and was really into the game, as long as the team I was rooting for had a chance.
I still recall long ago when in high school I would often wake on a Saturday and hear one of my good friends talking baseball and baseball stats on the porch with my dad. Always amazed me but I've just never really been won over toward it. Sometimes after getting up and ready I would still have to wait until they were finished talking baseball.
Soccer, hockey, basketball - they are practically the same sport just in different fields. Football has some strange stuff going on... but baseball is a whole different level than other team sports. Not saying it's bad or good, just very different - as you already know.
I don't really like that. The idea that the regular season is just an appetizer for an extended playoffs is one thing I don't like about organizations like the NBA or NHL.
The long regular season gives every team a lot of guaranteed games. And besides, those games are much easier to get tickets to. So you can take your whole family to some games instead of "well honey, you don't mind if I don't take you and the kids, right, because these things are so expensive it doesn't make sense to take people who wouldn't really appreciate it".
I would be fine if they just limited the stepping out of the batter's box to once per at bat.
TehChid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:23:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
HA. No. The number 162, the 2 wild card games, the 4 best-of-5 division series, the 2 best-of-7 league championship series, and the 1 best-of-7 World Series sets baseball apart from all other sports. And with all the games, you really do find the best teams out of all, instead of one team that gets lucky and wins one playoff fame as a 16 seed.
Podo13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:11:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
People shit on the NHL for it's playoff structure. I doubt the MLB would want that.
vawlk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:56:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The length of the season is what makes the playoffs what they are. A baseball season is a grind that puts value in to the post season. There is a lot at stake (162 games of effort).
Though, they could go to 152 to keep games out of November. They got lucky this year with unseasonably warm weather. It very possibly could have snowed during this series.
pyronius ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Half? Hell. Cut it into a quarter or less. 162 games is more of ANY sport than I can bear, let alone one as slow as baseball.
Then again, im not really the audience in the first place, so what do I know. Maybe baseball fans like spending half their nights watching games.
ochc98 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:23:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There is not a soul on earth that is a fan of baseball that agrees with any of this
neubourn ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:27:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The 162 games are fine. No, youre not going to watch EVERY game, but you dont have to. When you know whats going on, you can pick the series and matchups you actually want to watch, and which ones you are willing to pass on and not watch.
But the 162 game season is the strength of baseball: it basically eliminates fluke seasons, pure luck (good or bad), or long slumps or hot streaks. Its an equalizer, meaning the team that make the playoffs at the end actually ARE the best teams that year.
I think it works for baseball, but I echo your statement if applied to the NBA. Cut the games played in half and you have a completely different product. MLB is all about numbers and averages, for the lack of a better term it's a mathematician's sport.
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isnโt. And thatโs what makes it great."
It's incredibly true. There were moments in this game where the game was starting to feel, maybe, boring. And then from the 8th inning until the end, it wasn't.
Well said. As a crazy cricket fan, people don't understand how I can break into a cold sweat watching a close game of cricket.
jlange94 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:00:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Good description for those that don't usually watch or care to. Baseball is definitely a game of suspense and strategy, especially in the NL. The thrills are when it's an important game, home runs, or fantastic pitching performances. This series had all of that and more.
I think the other part of the fun IS the downtime. Much like bait fishing it's just about having an excuse to sit in a nice stadium, eat some hot dogs, and drink some beer and hang out with friends and family while still being able to say you did something.
It's harder to do that with a more intense and fast-paced (or injury-prone) game.
Same with American Football. There's a LOT of audibles and counter-audibles, formation shifts, and matchup exploiting that goes on before the snap, but is seen as boring to a lot of foreign viewers because it's just "a bunch of fat men standing around." Sports become so much more enjoyable to watch when you can understand the subtleties of the game
[deleted] ยท 87 points ยท Posted at 05:04:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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traviton ยท 407 points ยท Posted at 05:09:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
no, just 2-3 TVs, but they huddled up a lot.
[deleted] ยท 167 points ยท Posted at 05:15:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's such variance in baseball that the best way to determine the best teams is hella games.
Combined with the fact that it's not nearly as physically taxing on the body on a day to day basis (unless you're a pitcher) that there's no reason not to play as many games as they do.
epulsars ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:15:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Right that makes sense. There must also be an economic factor to it. I'm sure that the more games are broadcast the more money both the teams, the league and all the other parties involves make.
MLB TV deals make stupid money, leading to MLB players making stupid money.
There's also a strong incentive to be good that goes along with it. In European soccer leagues the incentive is to avoid relegation, but even with no relegation in MLB, the teams still have to be good because if they're bad they won't sell enough tickets to turn a profit. There's 162 games and fans aren't gonna wanna buy tickets to watch their team lose 81 times.
Also it means that regular season games take on a very laid back attitude, especially in the summer. Baseball spectating is unique in that it's more of a picnic atmosphere. You go with some buddies and drink beer and eat hot dogs on a nice day, and hey maybe your team will win while you're at it.
If you think of it in terms of people that play professional baseball (all minor leagues included) and will never make good money while putting themselves behind the curve regarding their career prospects, the incentive has to be very high to encourage the farm system to work in the way it does. It is much higher risk vs reward than most people realize. The amount of people that devote their lives to the game and don't "make it" justifies the amount that the people who do make it get paid.
epulsars ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:27:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
America's pastime, right?
Nickyjha ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:17:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not sure that explains it. The NFL has the greatest revenue of any North American sports league, and there's only a 16 game regular season.
The difference is the NFL makes the majority of its money from TV deals, which are national. Baseball TV deals are regional, and way smaller, especially for smaller market teams, so they make a much bigger portion of their revenue off the gate at games. More games = more money.
epulsars ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That indeed is a good counterexample. Well if anything, long regular seasons do help with ticket sales.
vawlk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:47:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And it takes 3 hours to watch a game with a 60 minute time clock that runs when nothing is happening, resulting in ~12 minutes of actual action.
The NFL is the world's 2nd most clever commercial.
I think a lot of it comes from a long time ago, baseball is quite old. The owners were notorious tightwads long ago and the players not paid that well. The owners surely didn't see any point to paying the players if they weren't playing. Heck, they'd put them out there to play two games in a day! There was no Spring Training either.
So I think the owners wanted the players to play more and the players wanted to get paid to play more so they played a lot more. And there weren't a lot of sports to compete with. It would have been the only pro sport in the US at the time so there was a market to sell tickets to more games.
Deion Sanders always said that baseball was more physically demanding. He might have been talking more about that combined with mental fatigue. You can't get amped up for a 160+ game season the same way you can once a week for football.
It's physically demanding too because the season is six months long and there are only like 20 days off. Even if each game is nowhere near as intense as a football game, they're still doing the workload of professional athlete in competition day in and day out.
murphymc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:28:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also, let's be honest, $$$
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:18:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They could cut the season in half and have a good enough sample size.
This. In other major sports in this country, half the teams do make it. You can be a mediocre team and still make the playoffs in the NBA or NHL. In MLB, only 10 of 30 teams make the playoffs (it use to only be the pennant winners), and you're at a disadvantage if you don't win your division (the whole one game wild card). The season really does reward the best teams in baseball (though there was a short time where the wild card was a bit easier to win it all).
That's also forgetting about odd situations like Game 162, where multiple teams are racing to win their way into the playoffs - effectively a Wild Card game before the Wild Card game.
Baseball is a really weird game, the best team doesn't always win. In a 162 regular season every team is guaranteed to win and lose 60 or so games, and the other 42 separate the good and bad teams.
As others have said, the game isn't physically taxing, so there isn't a reason not to play a ton of games.
PKSTEAD ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:22:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, Iโm European and Iโve been a Cubs fan for well over a decade. I learned early on, that what happened today would never ever happen. Only now it did. I donโt remember the last time I was this happy.
epulsars ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:24:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't even begin to imagine the happiness that you Cubs fans are feeling right now. Enjoy it, drink it in!
Map of part of Europe from the last time the Cubs won the World Series. Women couldn't vote and radio wasn't invented yet. This was also the first World Series in which the Cubs had an African American participate.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:08:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a huge Cubs fan, hearing you describe this gives me chills. I cried when we won tonight. I have been a fan since I knew what sports were. My dad was a huge fan and put me in my first Cubs uniform at the age or 1. Him and I both experienced the win as neither him or or had seen them in the World Series before let alone win one. It was the best bonding moment ever. How often do you get to witness something with your dad that neither him or you have ever witnessed.
I am a huge soccer fan as well and compare the win to the Man City game against Sunderland a few years back to win it all. The drama and excitement is unmatched.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:31:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm an American and I watch a lot of sports, however the only time I'm reminded that baseball is still a thing is this game or 7 that they play at the end.
epulsars ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:33:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Speaking of wild... Can we get Chevy regional manager Rikk Wilde back on the postgame show? "Technology and stuff"... The guy knew how to put asses in the seats
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:25:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously we witnessed a history that will long be remembered and talked about.
That was perhaps the most exciting post-season game I've ever watched. Game 7 of the '91 Twins-Braves series, which went scoreless into the 10th, comes pretty close on the tension scale. But there were no tears in my eyes when the Twins pulled that one out in the 10th. This time, when Montgomery got Martinez to ground out, I just fucking dissolved. It was everything baseball should be, with the right ending to boot.
SSDN ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:08:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Was really happy to watch it. I used to live nearish to Chicago so I think of all the old Polish dudes that got to see history before their time was up. Sports never really meant much to me but it's nice to see this as a moment where generations can come together.
I'm pretty sure that was the only baseball game I've ever watched start to finish, and it was captivating. I wish baseball had that much emotion all season. I can go to a game and enjoy it, but on tv it's so slow. This game, and the history, and the emotion. That was incredible.
Seriously. I almost never watch baseball, but I couldn't take my eyes away. Riveting. Both teams played spectacularly.
[deleted] ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 05:11:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 05:17:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't watch baseball because of the commercials. If I could watch the whole game without commercial interruption, similar to soccer, I'd love it. I'm not saying more action, I just mean no commercials. Pan around the stands a bit, zoom in on some players, whatever. Just let me keep watching baseball, even if nothing is happening.
But I can't handle 30-90 seconds of commercials every 30-90 seconds.
As someone who mostly just watches football and basketball I felt like there were actually very few commercials. I'm wondering if my perception is wrong or what.
[deleted] ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 05:29:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, your experience was correct. I usually watch football but can't stand it anymore. 3 second play, time out, cut to commercial, back for another 3 second play, challenge the ruling / time out, commercial...
It kills the flow of the game and really sucks the enjoyment out of watching.
This World Series has been wonderful in terms of advertising. Plus I think I only saw a couple Mcounaghy ads and none for trucks and viagara/cialis. There were even a couple "t mobile no break commercials" or something where the tv stayed on the game while the announcer read the ad while waiting for something to happen on the field. So much nicer.
When they postponed due to the rain delay I was expecting 15 minutes of commercials. Instead I think they're were 30 seconds. The MLB doesn't seem to be as badly in the pockets of advertising like the NFL does.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:53:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Great point! We got game analysis instead. That would've been half full of ads if it was football.
dbill13 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:46:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As much as I love football, there's actually very little action during games. I can't remember where I saw it, but I either saw a video or read an article saying that the ball is only in play for like 15 total minutes during an NFL game. The rest is just dead time and commercials.
Football is really built around television, and it shows with all the commercials. Baseball has commercials too, but the difference is you know when they're coming. Third out and it's a commercial. You don't have to worry about some random commercial at some random time, or a TV timeout.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:46:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, you're right. It might have just been the World Series but I didn't even notice the commercials and my favorite sporst (NFL 1, NBA 2) they become a great hindrance in the enjoyment and pace of the sport. that is what makes watching the games live so special..you're in the action the entire time. You arn't taken out to see a truck or cell phone commercial that you could give a shit less about. The flow of the game was steady and (the word I'm looking for is snowball effect..like it gets bigger and bigger) and I loved it.
It is a shame this sport only has this atmosphere 1-2 weeks a year because that was a truly special moment and a truly special set a games that unfolded before us. I enjoyed it tremendously and will never forget it. What a game.
With how bad commercials in football have gotten, I don't think your perspective is off. I don't watch much NFL but college football has gotten bad. When games are regularly over four hours, something's got to change
TheWho22 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The NFL is exactly the same as college when it comes to that
Well, most of what you miss during a baseball game in the commercials are the players switching sides and tossing the ball around, so there's not really much to say.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:10:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I'm saying if that was shown instead of commercials, I'd probably be a huge baseball fan.
I just can't handle the frequent breaks, which is why I watch soccer.
yetiite ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If I could watch the whole game without commercial interruption, similar to soccer, I'd love it.
Go to some live games. Even MLB isn't nearly as insane a rip-off as NFL or NBA games. But minor league games are good too, tickets are cheap, and last I heard they don't hassle you about bringing your own beer. (Maybe they do now).
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've been to live games, and they're great. Because there's no commercials.
Had to watch through that tonight because the wind is turning my TV reception to shit. Their livestream just goes to a blank screen during commercial breaks and then jumps right back in when coverage resumes. I may switch to streaming next season for that reason alone :)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:09:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I use that to find streams for my step-dad, and it's what I used to watch the game.
It's not the fact that there are commercials, specifically. It's the breaks. It feels like I spend more time switching attention to or away from the game, than I do actually watching it.
It might be great if the game were altered so there was only 60 seconds between innings instead of a bit over 120. But if instead you just didn't see the ads while the teams changed sides I don't think it would improve things much for you. There's nothing happening at those times, you might as well just space on the ads because you'll be spacing on something else anyway.
Honestly, the commercial breaks in MLB games are few and far between in comparison to the NFL. Yeah, you've got breaks in between half-innings and for pitching changes, but football has breaks after scores, after kickoffs, after punts, during play reviews, at the 2-minute warning, at the end of the quarter, at halftime, during timeouts, and during injuries. I'd bet that if you totalled up the time spent in commercial for the average MLB game vs. the average NFL game, the NFL would be noticeably higher.
nicholt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:38:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, I find the playoffs entertaining but regular season games have zero stakes so I'm not interested.
I think that given a one or the other type vote Cleveland would have taken that Cavs win because of the entire Lebron leaving and coming back ordeal. Seriously though, as a Mets fan just making it to the Series last year felt amazing. I know that loss must have hurt but the Indians played some great baseball...
Been an Indians fan my whole life, but the last season I truly paid attention until this year was back in '07 when we blew our 3-1 lead over the Sox in the ALCS.
I think I chose the most bitter-sweet year to start watching again :/
But hey, there's always next year. Our guys' contracts aren't up yet, so they won't be bought out by the big name teams, and hopefully everyone will be bounced back from those injuries before next season. Cubs vs Indians 2017.
But this time, the Tribe won't blow an early lead!
I mean, the Browns have been like Oprah lately. You get a win, and you get a win, and you get a win! And honestly, this really isn't nearly as bad as some of the other ones we've suffered.
Or he was just too overwhelmed to be flustered and was operating on pure instinct alone.
C_F_D ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:45:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I felt so bad for him. He gets the game tying home run, then gets another huge clutch RBI to keep them alive. He couldn't do any more, but will still be left with a whole bunch of "what ifs"
Error? That slider bounced 15 feet in front of the plate. Very little Ross could have done. The real error was Joe Maddon removing his red hot starter after 4 2/3 to bring a starter cold out of the bullpen.
Fnhatic ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 07:38:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It honestly seemed like the Cubs won in spite of Maddon more than anything.
That guy can hit. When he hit that home run I nearly lost my shit and to see him pull of that hit in the 10th scared the shit out of me.
TheWho22 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:33:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah of all the people on that club, he was not the guy that I thought would pull the homer, 3 RBIs. He can spank a fast ball when he gets it where he wants it though
Absolutely - was a bit of redemption for him after the extremely minor misplays (delayed high throw, misread of that long double off the wall). Loved him when he was here in Detroit.
Jibjab777 ยท 223 points ยท Posted at 05:15:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Probably one of the best, if not the best. My 90 year old aunt died 6 days ago and she was a lifelong devoted fan. The nursing home even made her a schedule of all their games so she would know when to watch. I hope she knows about tonight.
I stopped on a road trip to Canada to play catch & hit some balls at the Field of Dreams field without ever having seen the movie. I saw the movie 3 weeks later upon returning from my deep wilderness excursion & thought, "That sucked. Field of Dreams is bad. I can't believe I played there..." Then I got sad.
Fnhatic ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:39:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sports movies in general are pretty fuckin' terrible. There's a reason they stopped making them.
Dude, my grandmother was a life-long White Sox fan and saw them win the World Series in 2005 when she was 93. We got her a world champions T-shirt for Christmas and she thought it was the best thing ever! She passed away two years later at age 95. Your aunt knows.
man I'm sorry to hear about your aunt. I'm not a spiritual person, but she definitely knows somehow. My grandma is 95 and a lifelong fan. her health has been deteriorating for the past year or so, so a Cubs World Series could not have come at a better time. she just got to see her youngest grandchild graduate high school and now this. It's late, so I haven't talked to her yet, but I'm sure she's thrilled (or will be when she hears about it tomorrow), as I'm sure your aunt is.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:12:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My grandfather passed 4 years ago. Every Sunday him, my dad and I watched the Cubs on a couch my grandfather bought. We haven't sat in his spot from the time he passed but my dad said last night something told him to sit in his spot. Not 2 mins later the rains came and he stayed in that spot. Last night the torch was passed on as my son sat in my spot that I've had for years. As I moved to my dad's spot. Was my sons first time sitting in that spot by himself as he's usually on the floor watching for whatever reason. Now my dad is in his fathers spot as I took my dad's spot and now my son has my spot. The couch was bought in 1973. Yea we all cried a little and lots of jumping around.
Id like to think all the energy of Cubs fans who have died recently, went to the Cubs to help them get to the World Series and win it.
I lost a brother 16 months ago, he was only 58 an ex-marine, ex boy scout, who was a life long monster Cubs fan, and a pretty good ball player himself.
This win is for you Albert, and every other Cubs fan who have gone to that great Wrigley Field in the sky.
[deleted] ยท -39 points ยท Posted at 05:36:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 06:03:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dickhead..... I'm over here about to cry and you come up with this shit
They had 6 players on their starting lineup under the age of 24. They're a really young team, so they're in a great position for 2017, 2018, etc. It's entirely possible we're watching the birth of a Cubs dynasty.
TheWho22 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:34:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But also the beginning of one. That is a young, young team (besides Ross.) They're loading up and probably making another NL Central run next year... and I say this as a Reds fan
Going into the rain delay, things looked bad. But I have it on good authority that someone, and I'm not naming names, Zobrist, went back into the locker room to sacrifice a goat.
After that, the Cubs went gang busters.
rrr598 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:17:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This game was absolutely amazing... over 100 years. Damn.
I dont watch baseball or basketball. Im definitely getting spoiled getting to see the cavs win and now the cubs?? Id say that I would start watching baseball now but the world is surely ending this year. Thanks Obama.
tacofop ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is the kind of game that brings thousands and thousands of new fans into the fold. The more the merrier; baseball is such a beautiful game. There's nothing that so perfectly embodies americana quite like baseball.
cassatta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The only think you should know is that Cleveland lost after leading 3 games to 1
Not only ridiculous, but every underdogs wetdream. I mean, you're the last at bat, your saying there's a chance, nope. Loss. Great victory for the cubs
This has the problem for me as a non-baseball fan because I know nothing can ever be as intense and close as this so I shouldn't even bother watching. I've peaked my fan experience in one game
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:53:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, it's something, huh? Who would've thought? 100 to 1 shot! I wish I could go back to the beginning of the season, put some money on the Cubs.
Same here. I figured if watch it since it was a historic game so I gotta see it to remember the moment
Also been seeing cubs posts all Over reddit and assumed they were an underdog team which I like.
I have a question though, so the Indians were up 3 games to 1 like the warriors were and blew it? Lmao you can't write that
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:03:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
check out game 6 2011 world series. game was crazy
eNaRDe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:05:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Then who is watching these games cause I see everyone saying this in social media lol.
To me his performance this game is a story in himself. Fucking up twice in a row like that...I almost thought he was going to be pulled out and that would be his legacy. But then coming back and hitting that homerun?! Dude's 39...speechless.
The mark of a true professional... we all make mistakes, but can you rectify them when everything is on the line? This game was undoubtedly an insane display of that principle. One for the ages.
Because the Champions League winner doesn't have to play the MLS champion to be recognized as the best team. There is not a comparable baseball league to MLB.
Considering that there are players from all over the world, and Major League Baseball is considered the best baseball league in the world, it is considered a "world championship"
But I get it, you want to be pedantic in time of celebration and happiness, guess there has to be a douche in every thread.
Pull Hendricks, runs score, pull Lester, more runs score. I think Hendricks finishes that inning in anything other than a game 7, he SHOULD have finished it last night.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:41:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
my roommate and I were hoping they'd lose for sweet schadenfreude. But we agreed it couldn't be a normal loss, they had to go up like 4-1, and lose to a walk off grand slam in the bottom of the 9th.
So when it tied up in the 8th and it was tied in the bottom of the 9th we were like HOLY SHIT THE CURSE IS REAL WTF.
I'm not at all superstitious and actually started to believe in the curse. No way one of the best closers in baseball blows the lead and comes back to win in extra innings. Welp
As good as that was, only one team could've won a championship that night. This had the drama on both sides of knowing any play could win the World Series.
That, and being a Cubbies fan, knowing there was just no way they even could win.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:16:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If the indians would have walked off this game it would top 2011 game 6. Dont let recency bias get in the way of remembering that the rangers were 1 strike away from a championship, twice. And the hometown kid david freese hit not only the game saving double, but also the walk off home run to seal the comeback. It literally cannot be written any better.
Except two teams who haven't won championships in a combined 176 years in a back and forth game 7 that needed a 10th inning. It's not recency bias at all.
To be fair, at the time whoever won game 6 in 2011 was winning the series. Rangers would have won that night, but by winning that game, the Cardinals carried so much momentum into game 7 that the Rangers looked like a shell of a team.
bmfdan ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 05:12:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wrong year. I can live with the D-Backs walking us off in 2001. We'd just won three straight, we lived. But the Red Sox winning in 2004? Man, fuck that.
The drought has nothing to do with how the actual game was played. It adds to the circumstance sure, but in Game 6 2011 the Rangers were 1 strike away from winning the world series twice. They blew a 2 run lead in the bottom of the 9th and a 1 run lead in the bottom of the 10th. Both leads were blown with 2 outs and 2 strikes. Then the Cardinals won the game with a walk off homerun in the bottom of the 11th. Absolute madness.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:07:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
baseball is all about context. a single baseball game almost never lives in a vacuum. there was more on the line this year than 2011. also fuck tony la russa haha
I don't disagree with the context part, but on a purely technical level based on what took place in the game, game 6 was crazier. It may be the salty cards fan in me, but I don't think anything will come close to that game for a long time.
When I was younger I could tell you every stat of every player on the Red Sox. Now? I am a terrible baseball fan. This game just made me excited for pitchers and catchers in February. Baseball needed a game like this.
It had everything, everything!... Cubs up, tied up, bottom of the 9th, saved it, into extra innings, GD RAIN DELAY!?!?...and man... what a rush! What a rush...
Haryape ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:27:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I agree, glad I got day drunk and fell asleep so I could stay up an watch it at a local chain resturaunt screaming with my fellow illinois citizens!
Only better game was 2003 ALCS. Yankees redsox, the entire series was amazing and full of tension, and was finally brought to climax with a 70 year old Yankees coach charging the mound, alone, and Pedro Martinez throwing him to the ground by his fat, bald head.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:16:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I stopped watching MLB after the Cleveland Indians loss in the 97 World Series. Figured I wouldn't watch baseball again, especially after joining the military. I can say- I'm reconsidering my life choices.
What about the game where Montero pinch-hit a grand slam out of nowhere to break a 3-3 tie inย Game 1ย of the NLCS for the Cubs? That was absolutely nuts.
The Red Sox Yankees 2004 ALCS still tops it in my mind but im a sox fan and it wasn't the WS so I can see how many will call this the best series ever.
I'm at University of Illinois, where probably a third of us are from Chicago, and I highly doubt that most early classes will have a ton of attendance.
It was fucking ridiculous. The street was packed with people singing Go Cubs Go. Also, every bar was packed after the game ended. The line at Joes was the longest I've ever seen it.
a0x129 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:28:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
With the season the Twins had this year, I'm pretty sure everyone claimed to be Cubbies fans. At least in my office all Twins signs were sneakily replaced with Cubs stuff as the year dragged on.
And here I am at my desk flying a solitary Sounders FC flag.
And it made it even more awesome that he made the final out with his best friend:)
playblu ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 06:03:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And then his foot slipped
nmyi ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:55:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And it was still accurate :D
buggy65 ยท 879 points ยท Posted at 05:28:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fun fact: the last time the Chicago Cubs won a World Series was 2016. WWIII hadn't happened yet, cars ran on fossil fuels, and robots couldn't vote. 2124 is OUR year.
We hadn't discovered life on other planets yet, we hadn't colonized Mars yet, teleportation hadn't been invented yet. Cubs World Series Champions 2124!
I want this to be the top comment. Yes I know it's all very stoic and serious and was a tantric end to a world series, much less a 100+ year drought. But this shit is still top comment material
Just read or watch physicists discuss concepts of reality and multi-verses, shit gets pretty deep and is sometimes indistinguishable from spiritual beliefs.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:41:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
it is very distinguishable from religion. and it is a very simple concept that religions have: Faith. Religious beliefs exist without any proof or evidence at all, it is part of the definition of religion.
What you linked there uses , for the most part, evidence. Sure, theoretical physics has many hypotheses many are almost impossible to proof, however they "should" use the scientific method. As long as they follow that it is not religion or anything close to that. Does it have philosophical implication? absolutely, but again, it is nothing close to what religion is.
Btw, I'm open to the idea that the universe was created in seven days and that there was a great flood. However all the evidence points to that not being even remotely true. So I dont waist time thinking about it. IS it possible of the universe being a multiverse or a digital simulation? Sure I'm open to those ideas, show me the evidence.
The problem with religion is that it's entirely faith based, that's riddled in ambiguity and open to interpretation, and their followers seem to have no desire to prove their beliefs.
However, beliefs are important in science. You need to believe that something exists or doesn't exist, in order to prove it's existence. There are known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns. You have to believe everything you know isn't wrong.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:03:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's entirely faith based, that's riddled in ambiguity and open to interpretation, and their followers seem to have no desire to prove their beliefs.
kinda, faith based means that it is made up. The ambiguity and open to interpretation comes after from apologist trying to explain that made up information.
However, beliefs are important in science.
It's not clear to me what you mean by "beliefs" in that sentence.
It's not clear to me what you mean by "beliefs" in that sentence.
Not that hard to understand.
"I believe that the escalation of climate change is man-made"
"Prove it."
"Okay, I'm going to compile evidence to support my theory".
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 16:50:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was correct in not assuming what you meant by that word. So according to you a scientist should have a conviction before performing scientific an investigation? Usually a scientist doesnt care one way or the other, he is just interested in finding the truth and removing as much as possible human bias, t belief gets in the way of that.
[deleted] ยท 252 points ยท Posted at 05:40:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chicago is going to have a baby boom in 9 months
[deleted] ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 14:52:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm - wife is a cubs fan. Last night ended more than one drought.
19mad95 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 16:56:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Clevelander here, I'm upset at the loss but i'm amazed by the game. Extra innings, rain delays, incredible plays, who could ask for more out of the series?
loveslut ยท 247 points ยท Posted at 05:09:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was one of those games that, if it were to happen in a movie, it would look cheesy and unrealistic. That was the best game in any sport I can remember seeing.
Figur3z ยท 80 points ยท Posted at 05:21:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just came to the US from the UK. A small part of me thinks this has to be staged. 108 years. The Homer until straight out of the gate, an early lead, the claw back, delay into an extra inning..?
The retiring catcher hitting a hr after a 2 run error (pitcher's fault, but still).
tGryffin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:02:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The cubs have 3 great catchers, all of them played. Ross only catches for Lester. If this was a regular season game, they'd have done the exact same thing.
Your Indians did their best. There was no screw ups or anything. Just the luck of the ball rolling the Cubs way. You should be very proud to be a Cleveland fan.
They also had a UFC Heavyweight Champion crowned this year. Cleveland had a great year for sports. They should be very proud of their monumental accomplishments.
I don't know if I buy the UFC one. I totally get that he's from Parma, lives in Independence, and went to school at Cleveland State. He's definitely a "Cleveland guy". But did people say that Minneapolis won a championship when Brock Lesnar was heavyweight champ? What about San Jose both times that Cain won?
A fighter may be from a city, he might be billed from a city, but that doesn't mean he "represents" the city or enjoys the same amount of support from local residents. I've always seen the fighters as fighting for their own glory and just merely training/preparing in their home towns. The trophy is presented to them alone, and isn't in the care of the team like it is in the major sports leagues. Maybe that's the big difference.
I will tell you that there was way more excitement when the Lake Erie Monsters won the AHL than when Stipe won UFC Heavyweight. That might have been some percentage of mockery because Dan Gilbert (owner of the Cavs) is owner of the Monsters too and many people on my Facebook were saying things like "Dan Gilbert finally makes good on his promise to bring a championship to Cleveland!" kind of preparing for the crushing reality of Cleveland pro sports.
If anything I think we lucked out with the NBA Finals and the World Series. Two game 7's in one year. We easily could have gone 0-for-2 and still be in the middle of the drought.
as a fellow cleveland fan, in the spirit of "There's always next year," remember, in 2015 we lost to Golden State without injuries, this year we won when healthy. We made it to the world series without Carrasco, Brantley, and Salazar... When were healthy... Even battered and broken we make it known we know how to play.
I'm excited for some good young teams to have great seasons next year, especially because it's the teams that don't usually make it to the World Series all the time. With the Indians and Mets healthy, the Cubs looking really strong, The Nats...
This kind of civility from a sports fan is basically a miracle
Naw. My parents raised a good son! :-)
But really, both teams played lights-out ball, and it was a great Series all the way around. Can't get mad about that, even if you come up on the wrong side of the score.
God bless you, sir. Your reply actually brought a tear to my eye.
cp710 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:35:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No one (except Cubs fans) knows better than Cleveland fans what it's like to have a long sports drought. Any other season, I would have been rooting for the Cubs, but not against my Indians.
Chaabar ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:30:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
White Sox and Red Sox fans? The Indians still have another 20 years to go until they catch up with those droughts.
cp710 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:04:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Until very recently, the city of Cleveland had a 147 seasons long championship drought in the major sports, that is what I was referencing. I rooted for both Sox teams when their turns came too.
Now there's a true sports fan.
Still raw but wishing others well.
neubourn ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:30:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Indians fans have been very classy during this series, and this was a very emotional and tense series. Sorry it had to be the Indians, but they have nothing to feel ashamed about, they pushed the Cubs to the brink, and fought tooth and nail during this series. This was an all-time classic World Series, but unfortunately only one team could claim the victory in the end.
As a Cubs fan I'm super happy but the game could have gone either way and it would have been an honor to lose to such a good team.
skynerd ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:24:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy fuck. That was the greatest baseball game I've ever seen in my life. The Cleveland Indians were tough as nails. Congrats to you guys for a helluva season, and an unbelievable October.
That crowd going nuts makes me feel so damn good. They're almost as loud as my old man got haha
Good game to both sides, this was definitely the most exciting series I've seen in my time.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:22:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That video was intense. I could feel the energy, like I was there. You could see the wave of people as news trickled to the back of the crowd. Similar to sound waves traveling.
Fnhatic ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:43:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats you guys! From a lifelong Indians fan, if it couldn't be us, I'm glad that its you! Wear it proudy, you guys deserve it!!
I usually don't care about sports championships, because it's almost always between one team who doesn't deserve it and will probably win, vs. a team who maybe does deserve it but probably won't. Patriots are the reason I stopped giving any kind of shit about football.
Not this game. The two biggest underdog teams in US sports history... the best matchup you could imagine for this World Series. No matter who won, it was guaranteed to be well-deserved.
Another lifelong Indians fan. I was saying, if the Indians weren't playing, I would have 100% been rooting for Chicago. Even with the way the game ended, there couldn't have been a better 7th game or a more deserving team to give up the game to.
tahlyn ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 11:25:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hope it's better than what happened with the Dinosaurs's finale. Killing everyone off in a single explosion was such a cheap and unsatisfying ending.
jdemmett ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:13:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
also according to some Aztec calendar expert the predictions of 2012 were out by 4 years as they did not take into account the leap years. So I guess 2016 is it.
TOEMEIST ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:48:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If they didn't take leap years into account the world would have ended before 2012 ya dingus.
No, seriously... do we know where all the giant meteors are?
This is one of those biblical seals or signs, right? I'm pretty sure I heard that the Cubs winning the World Series is written in Revelations, and that shit's about to get totally real.
I'm sure Valve has a meeting right now about what they should do. The game is fully developed and ready to be released on Steam, but they don't want to world to end either.
2016 has been eating celebrities. Screwing with elections. Fucking with the European Union. Destroying Venezuela's economy. Breaking a 108 year old baseball curse. And the only relevant oddity you have is regarding Leo winning an Oscar? I think you are a Redditor my son.
Zelaphas ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 06:30:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All the things you listed are negative. 2016 has been an awful, awful, shitty year. Leo winning the Oscar is great. Cubs breaking the curse is great. It's these little things keeping hope alight through 2016.
I mean, jeez, you didn't even include the Pulse night club massacre to your list.
Probably going to win too with how the FBI is shaping up.
Fudge89 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:46:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the future was close enough with the Cubs winning last year so I'm going to assume it's close enough with a Biff like guy who owns casinos taking power and letting a town (country) go to shit.
Mausar ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:18:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can we make a longer list of the things that have happened in 2016 that we never thought would happen?
Steavee ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:25:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is how Trump wins...Chicago is going to party itself into a coma for a week and miss Election Day completely. Without those millions of votes Illinois tips Republican and it's enough to swing the electoral college to Trump. The cubs won the series, but at what cost? They have doomed us all.
Chooses Hillary as VP. /r/conspiracy converts to pure energy and entire solar system is destroyed.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:07:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If the vote goes to the house (possible tie or Evan McMullin) then the president and vice president are voted on separately, one candidate may end up with another's running mate
Experience No Mans Sky the way it was always meant to be released complete with other players in a completely procedurally generated universe! Cubs Anniversary DLC $59.95...
KCE6688 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't play video games, but I'm on Reddit enough to see the half life 3 joke a bit. Does the developer of that game still claim to be working on that game or is it just a big joke at this point?
They've never claimed to be working on it. Valve is notoriously tight-lipped.
Everyone sort of assumes / hopes they're working on it though, as the last segment they did release (Half-Life 2 Episode 2) ended on an intense cliffhanger.
They won't finish creating/release it because it may not live up to the hype, so they've got to wait for everyone to forget about it.
Everytime someone mentions it, it pushes the release date further. So 500 years at least
KCE6688 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:06:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ohh ok, cool. So like Duke Nukem.
Also, I also see everyone now just piling on the hate for no mans sky game, which is funny to watch how these things progress as an outside observer. I distinctly remember the post that went almost to number 1 on here when the team announced they finished it and everyone was just beside themselves with excitement, and I'd never really seen a game being completed going to the top, and then how quickly everyone just turned on the game and now it's everyone's whipping boy
Actually Hillary winning would be more akin to the other things you mentioned. Leo was due it was his time. The cubs had the best record in baseball this season and came close last. Hillary winning would be in line, the first woman president goes nicely with the cubs won the World Series and Leo won best actor. An old rich white dude winning doesn't fit the narrative.
My roommates and I were discussing this. Trump is probably the Antichrist if we are following scripture closely, which means that we are shy about seven seals, a handful of trumpets, and maybe even a few bowls/vials. Any takers on what those may be?
"And in a controversial move to increase the team's budget, Chicago Bears owner Virginia Halas McCaskey has decided to open a live-stream of the Bears post-game locker room and showers. The Commissioner's office has so far not issued a response to the move. Although Browns owner Jimmy Haslam did initially express an interest in taking part in this new fad, he wasn't sure how to market the term 'Brown Cocks' to the audience, while distinguishing itself from the other 25,560,851 other search results for that term on search engines."
Ps: No, I didn't look up the owners' names, I just totally knew them, off the top of my head.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:59:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What kind of bear is the best?
Well taking several things into account
FALSE Chicago Bear
Thats...thats not even a real bear
Fact: Bears win games. Bears Beats Cleveland Indians
Young Cubs, from now on you will be known as.. Cubs.
Esqurel ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:36:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are they bear cubs? I've never been certain which kind of baby animal they're supposed to be. (Mostly because I can't be arsed to actually try to find out.)
Shoulda watched the entire 2001 world series. Half the games went into extra innings, series ended game 7 bottom of the 9th against the greatest closer in baseball history.
Man, I remember that series. Mo' was the only player who ANYONE would have chosen to pitch. I mean, can you recall who did hit him? No you don't, you remember #42 on the pin stripes uniform.
suds5000 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:36:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My dad sold his game seven tickets to buy season tickets for the next two years. I got to see two games of that but I was really young. That was the only year where you have to feel kinda bad about beating the Yankees
I get it, I really do. But being a born and raised Phoenician, we got shit on so much at all times, and we've never won anything. So while I heavily empathized, I looked at it as a changing of the guard, a new leaf. I dunno, I wasn't going to sit there and let our finest moment get dulled.
My friend worked the turnstiles and let a bunch of us in for three games. I was literally keeled over in the 9th inning in game 7 thinking it was all over before the euphoria of our win took over. One of the best nights of my life.
spursss ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:40:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tough to say. 2001 was clouded for a shitload of reasons:
1) The series was delayed because of 9/11
2) The New York Yankees were in it
3) The Arizona Diamondbacks were new (began in 97) but had loveable veterans
4) The entire country was pulling for the Yankees because of 9/11
5) I wasn't pulling for the Yankees because I was born and raised in Phoenix, and...
6) Phoenix is a beautiful and dope city that has continually been shit on by the popular media, and our sports teams have never amounted to anything - not one professional championship here, ever.
7) Seriously though, aside from game 7 (here in Phoenix), each game in NY was a nail-biting show of insanity including blown saves, extra innings, Mariano Rivera, and Jeter being a god.
8). Each game in PHX (again, not counting game 7) was a masterclass in baseball execution - Dbacks destroyed them in PHX each time. Amazing pitching, great hitting , stellar closer...it was nuts, the home field differences.
9) Game 7. Bottom of the ninth. Greatest closer ever. Power hitting hero. Crazy plays. Holy shit. ...oh, and also when Enter Sandman played and you-know-who walked out.
Basically, I'm biased. This Cubs one will probably go down as a better overall one, but the drama and amazing plays of 2001, plus my obvious hometown connection, means I'll always hold it far more dear.
derubino ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:46:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2001 Series as a whole was better, but this was the Game 7 to top them all, even with the walkoff. Tonight was insane.
Nevek117 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:01:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow fantastic comment . I'm from Arizona and causal baseball fan because of your comment I watched some highlights from that game and the final run, beautiful. Thank you
You can't even imagine walking through downtown Phoenix bottom of the 9th with Yankees fans running through the streets prematurely celebrating. I will never forget watching that last play. Gonzo 4eva.
I remember watching each and every one of those games when I was a young teenager. I wish I had watched more of this series, but glad I saw the last two outs.
Unless you sell the ball that second and put it in the box on live how do they know that he doesnt just switch it out for a different ball if he ever sold it.
Actually Rizzo is at the beginning of his career so I'm fairly sure he only makes a few hundred thousand in salary. That ball is worth a lot to him in cost, but it doesn't matter. There's no way he's selling it to some rich dude who wants a piece of history. It's going to be enshrined in Wrigley Field.
This is not something you sell. I'm sure that ball means so much more than just the monetary value. That ball is being passed to his grandkids with one hell of a story.
[deleted] ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 06:01:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. So poetic and beautiful to see the pure joy while completing the play. Just all practiced instinct on auto pilot and being able to smile while doing it because you just know the play is being made.
Dude's got his priorities straight; his glove goes flying way off but the ball is placed straight into his pocket. Just out of curiosity, how much do you think a ball like that would go for? Not being a baseball fan I have no idea, but I imagine its somewhere between a fortune and a fuckton.
SerCiddy ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 05:03:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a time to be a live, I can't imagine what long time fans must be feeling.
I have a ball that I had probably half the Cubs team sign in 1989 outside of Wrigley field when I was 8 years old. For pretty much my whole life the team has been the laughing stock of baseball.
The feeling now? Impossible to describe. I won't sleep much tonight.
I feel the same. I transplanted to the south, the land of college football, nobody understood why I skipped football games and parties recently. They fucking get it now.
First thing I did: busted open the nicest whiskey I own (Jack Daniels Sinatra select)
First thing I said that was not random grunts and screaming: "I don't even know how to react."
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:25:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My father had a ball signed by the great '69 roster and he is going crazy! He cannot stop talking about the game.
Maenara ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Might wanna ask about how much that baseball is worth, mate.
I'm so happy for true Cubs fans. I'm barely a baseball fan but I can appreciate the story, the history, and the exciting moment like this. I hope I can join in on the party brigade.
I'm still waiting for the hammer to drop, some reason that we didn't actually win, or something that tarnishes it, maybe after rewatching we find out someone didn't actually touch a base, or some shit like that. LOL but I'm going to try my best to enjoy this.
Hearing Cleveland chant go Cubs go is absolutely chilling (Chicagoan here). We've all witnessed what will probably be one of the greatest pieces of American sports history. Enjoy it.
Yeah I don't think you've experienced the pandemonium he's currently going through. You were just in loud Chicago, this is different, the international space station is telling Chicago to shut the hell up down there so they can get some sleep.
[deleted] ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 08:03:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Listening to the police scanners online is quite amusing!
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:30:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit - just tuned in - helicopters down, also just heard "3 deceased and 1 shot"... it's getting nuts!
AND transgender prostitutes on the beat plus fires in the allies! Crazy
TeaWrex ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:27:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm in the far west suburbs, fireworks all over, people honking their horns, sbd the national guard guys up the street are firing off their howitzers, this town is lit tonight
Yeah same! Just moved here this year. It's incredible, I've never seen a whole city actually come together and come to life like this. People running down streets and biking down roads hollering, and cars are honking everywhere. So glad to be here!
Chicago is a city full of people who love & support their city and their fellow chicagoans. Regardless of whether or not we even like baseball, we are all celebrating together tonight. Living here is truly amazing. Welcome to the team, friend!
We had the same reaction in Cleveland after the Cavs win... It would have been nice to see another parade, but I'm thrilled for all the Cubs fans out there. This was long overdue for them!!
You lucky motherfucker. I'm at college right now and some friends and I were seriously considering driving back immediately after they won, but I have actual shit to do.
Crazy how this got to the frontpage in just 20 mins, they must have fixed stuff with their algorithms. For sometime breaking would take hours to reach the fp
Last time the Cubs won- Bread didn't come in sliced bags.
Last time the Cubs won- Radio was a farfetched idea
Last time the Cubs won- Harry Caray had not been born.
I have a list in my saved folder, give me a second.
Edit: Here we go
Radio was invented; Cub fans got to hear their team lose.
TV was invented; Cub fans got to see their team lose.
Baseball added 14 teams; Cub fans got to see AND hear their team lose to more teams.
George Burns celebrated his 10th, 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 80th, 90th and 100th birthdays.
Haleyโs Comet passed Earthโฆ twice.
Harry Caray was bornโฆ and died. Incredible, but true.
The NBA, NHL and NFL were formed, and Chicago teams won championships in each league.
Man landed on the moon, as have several home runs given up by Cubs pitchers.
Sixteen US presidents were elected.
There were 11 amendments added to the Constitution.
Prohibition was created, and repealed.
The Titanic was built, set sail, sank, was discovered, and became the subject of major motion picturesโฆ the latter giving Cub fans hope that something that finishes on the bottom can come out on top.
Wrigley Field was built and becomes the oldest park in the National League.
A combination of 40 summer & winter Olympics have been held.
Thirteen baseball players have won the Triple Crown; several thanked Cubs pitchers.
Bell bottoms came in style, went out of style, and came back in style.
The Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Florida Marlins have ALL won the World Series.
The Cubs played 14,153 regular-season games; they lost the majority of them.
Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Oklahoma, and New Mexico were added to the Union.
[deleted] ยท 202 points ยท Posted at 05:39:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Last time the Cubs won- horse and buggy was the luxury car.
Not true! The first production Ford Model T was built 13 days before the Cubs won in 1908.
p4177y ยท 366 points ยท Posted at 04:50:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Looks like that guy in the 1993 yearbook was right, haha. In all seriousness, congrats to the Cubs! 108 years is a long enough drought for any franchise...
I've been using the Internet for a few weeks, so I'm practically an expert. If it's the yearbook photo of some dude who says they will win in 2016, it existed before they won. I can not say if it is legit or MS Paintshopped.
Oh come on, those cookies are as harmless as Draymond "Sacktap" Green screaming about how the Cavs suck after the Warriors won last year. It's banter between the two best teams in basketball, get over it.
SHOUTING ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:11:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You get really hung up on Lebron, huh?
Kingbuji ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:42:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cavs fans were straight up harassing warriors fans til today...I mean if you were to /r/warriors almost half of the comments would be "3-1 3-1 3-1 3-1 3-1!!!11!!!" It's really just karma and maybe there won't be people harassing the sub now.
hip2clip ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:47:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
your team lost with the greatest regular season record ever and the first ever unanimous mvp, please be quiet.
except the warriors were the greatest basketball team of all time, 4 all-nba players, greatest 3pt shooter of all time, unanimous mvp, coach of the year. meanwhile the indians were the under dogs missing 2 of their best rotation pitchers. lmao warriors who
It's a completely different sport and very different. Most NBA fans aren't MLB fans. I doubt most Cleveland Cavaliers fans really care that much about the Indians losing. You just come across sounding still incredibly salty from your historically embarrassing upset since you both had the best record of all time and a 3-1 lead yet choked. Winning next year won't suddenly change this forever part of NBA history.
Yes it will welcome to the 21st century where the only thing that matters is the last thing that happened 5 minutes ago...it's ok you dont have to stand up for Cleveland, they're tired right now from just blowing a 3-1 lead in the world series
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That doesn't really work when they're openly embracing their bitterness lol
Curry seems like a super nice guy, and Lebron can be a tough guy on the court sometimes, but I legitimately looked and tried to find Lebron talking shit after game 7 and all I found was "This is for you Cleveland", "we've gotta keep working to build up this city", etc.
That and Klay Thompson refusing to shake the Cavs hands after the game.
Nothing but smiles in Cleveland tonight. Smiles because a near miraculous win of the World Series and because there's still plenty of Bay Area salt to go around.
I've thought about this. I've ruled Cleveland could only have one title per year, anything else was pushing it. I'm glad it was this way and not Indians win Cavs lose, because the drama and redemption of the LeBron return was like, a lot of historical and emotional than having the Indians win. (not saying it wouldn't have been awesome though, lol)
Should have let Charlie Sheen throw out the first pitch. Instead they let some 100 year old fossil do it.
Vargolol ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Small price to pay considering the context of the two. I feel like the NBA equivalent of this would be the Raptors making the finals last year vs the Warriors w/a hurt Valanciunas, going up 3-1 and then losing it. Heavily overachieved this postseason
It's so weird how common place it seems these sort of things are. I feel like things that "line up" and are meant to happen, happen all the time. Really cool!
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:54:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are infinite numbers between 0 and 109. There are 108 integers between 0 and 109, excluding the bounds.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:45:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If someone asks me to think of a number between 1 and 10 I could say 4.32235234 if I feel like being a pedantic asshole, but some things are just assumed because there's a thing called context.
But you are technically correct mr textbook, thank you for sharing this fabulous info. Are you a cheese or a person that talks a lot? No! Your name is Chad! Right?
Am I right?
was I right
or am i wrong again?
tell me how i'm wrong
chadderbox? more like... here, let me correct your--uh, incorrect statement.........box
Settle down, it's just a message board. I'm not even real.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:53:13 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i am jesting friend
now i have to get pedantic
this is very real, what makes you say it isn't? It's funny a person can call themselves fake, i mean you're speaking to me so obviously you're real. you tryna drive me mad? i'm question my own sanity. wait no
you should be questioning yours
holy shit just saw your account age, beautiful. can i purchase your account? i want to be old
I'm not looking to sell it, thanks though. On a more serious note, for a moment at least, I find Reddit to be a silly place in the world and I think people who take it too seriously will indeed drive themselves bonkers. The only people being paid to be here have no interest in unfiltered truth, the people who want that are here for free. I may as well laugh at people who don't get that yet, you know?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:05:19 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's all good friend, we are stronger together and love is the most important thing in the end, don't forget that. i wish you and your loved ones a safe and happy holidays coming up, cherish these moments because they are precious and remember the important things in life, tell a loved one that you appreciate them or do a kind deed for a stranger, a small act of kindness can make a person's day and small deeds can make all the difference, pass the love forward. things can get bad but together, little by little, we can all make a difference and the little things can make things better and worth it. when life gets you down remember the moments you cherished, they didn't make up a big chunk of time but they made the biggest impact, those moments are the ones you live for.
[deleted] ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 05:18:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red Sox 86 years, Cubs 108 years. Incredible!
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:18:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
he's going to Vanderbilt next to end their football conference championship drought.... then onto Uruguay, who haven't won a World Cup since 1950.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:40:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He needs to come to Cleveland before Uruguay. The Indians haven't won a world series since 1948.
ernzo ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:26:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He's a curse breaker!
likne ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:27:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Like where does he rank among baseball minds? Just destroyed the two of the three longest droughts in all of baseball! This has been the most incredible year. He needs a new challenge. I'm thinking Cleveland Browns maybe?
frogma ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:15:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He currently has a ~50 million dollar contract over the next 5 years. And is likely getting a big bonus for this.
pjsol ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:26:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Epstein the Savior.
The Cubs will not longer be the Lovable Losers, and that was amazing to see. Pretty cool to watch a long standing baseball tradition and the identity of an organization be removed.
IVEMIND ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:23:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And I'm like "fuck you"
Fnhatic ยท 642 points ยท Posted at 05:01:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I feel bad for anyone who didn't watch. Even if you're not a baseball fan, this was literally the best game ever played. This was history. The entire game could not have been better. That fucking dinger right out the gate saved the game. That massive comeback halfway, extra inning, comes down to one out, man on base, one run away. Holy fuck. Not to mention the heritage of the teams involved.
Literally the only thing this game didn't have was someone hitting a home run into the stadium lights causing them all to explode.
Honestly, props to the Indians. It seems like most championship games, there's one team that doesn't "need" to win. That wasn't the case tonight. They played fucking phenomenally and deserved a win just as much as the Cubs did.
PS: If you live in Chicago, hide yo kids, hide yo wife, the city is gonna burn tonight.
[deleted] ยท 149 points ยท Posted at 05:25:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 07:01:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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Fnhatic ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 07:20:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Oh wow it did hit the camera. It's hard to see but you can see it ricochet wildly towards the right. I saw the camera POV during the game and it looked like it missed it by inches.
Also, it looks like the guy in red is shoving the cameraman down.
Glad you loved it! Come join us over in /r/baseball (and hopefully /r/chicubs) next season! If you swing by in the offseason, I'm sure there will be some great compilations of other historic games to check out.
It really is a fantastic sport. The pace takes a bit of getting used to, but it's absolutely brilliant and there really is a magic feeling to going to a live game.
Thanks but I really don't get into sports at all. I just watched because I'm from the SW side of Chicago and I was just hoping they would win so we wouldn't be hearing much more about it. If they lost, it would have been chaos around this area. My late grandma would have been pissed as she was a die-hard White Sox fan. :)
How badly I wish to be in Chicago tonight! I was there this summer for the Copa America and even then the city was AMAZING just with the US winning our game. I can't imagine how it must be with the fucking CUBS winning THE WORLD SERIES.
CONGRATS CUBBIES!!!!
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:33:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only gonna disagree cause you said literally and in bold. It's certainly a top game but I'm not ready to call it best ever (and I'm a Cubs fan btw)
One simple thing that could've made the game more easily the best ever would be if it were at wrigley.
In recent years, 04 Red Sox comes to mind to contend for best game.
omnilynx ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 06:11:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not necessarily the best ever but it's objectively the biggest ever. The next time we'll have an opportunity to see a game--in any major sport--with this much at stake is at least forty years away.
Nah, Detroit Lions v. Cleveland Browns superbowl won't happen that soon. Maybe give it 200 more years. And neither will have individually gone before that game.
Which '04 Red Sox game? ALCS Game 4? It was huge in retrospect, but at the time it really just seemed like it was delaying the inevitable. Game 7? It was a huge win, but the Red Sox just stole the game in the first 2 innings - the rest was just kind of watching the Yankees die slowly.
Fnhatic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:22:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I don't know man... If someone asked you for a montage of what makes baseball exciting, all you need is this game. It had everything except the Indians hitting a dinger for a two-run comeback at the bottom of the 10th on that second out... and that's only great if you aren't a Cubs fan.
The series being on the line 3-3, leading with a home run on the fourth pitch and first at-bat (poetically forecasting the Cubs victory), the curmudgeonly old baseball player ready to retire getting a home run and winning such an important game, the massive comeback in the 8th, hitting that extra inning, the rain delay letting the Cubs rally in the locker room...
It had every single thing that makes this game what it is. You'd think it was god damn choreographed, honestly.
In recent years, 04 Red Sox comes to mind to contend for best game.
I'm not familiar with what particular game you're talking about, but looking at the scoreboard for Game 7... what was so great? The Red Sox blasted the ass off of New York two innings in and the Yankees couldn't get any runs.
I've been able to catch almost every game at work, except for game 6 since I wasn't at home either (missed that grand slam!)
I've literally never been so invested in baseball, but the fact that I saw history being made, I couldn't take my eyes off the games. So great, so intense, so crazy. I loved every moment of it.
Also, shout out to my dad who had money on the Indians.
I can agree this is the best game when you're bringing the historic circumstances and implications into it. If we're talking about the single best game based purely on the game itself with no external forces, I'd still have to go with 2011 Game 6.
I hadn't been able to follow the series due to work but I was lucky enough to be off tomorrow and got to stay up and watch all the way through. I thought the Royals being in 2 series in a row was amazing. Then Zobrist goes to Cubs and so I wanted to see Zobrist help bring that KC Magic to the Cubs and get a second WS championship in a row but my god...
This game was the best game of baseball I've ever seen!! When they inevti Sky make the movie titled 108, it won't be half as good as this game was! So tense, so many errors, so many amazing moments, and the Indians played like fucking champs the entire time too. But the Cubs... that was pure magic. I'm already looking for preorders for the blu Ray to own that game!
What a night for baseball!
Congrats to the Cubs and all their fans! You fucking earned it so hard tonight!
Also that rain delay... that was be washing away if the curse!
If the game had gone the exact same way, but in the friendly confines... The thunderous din that would come from that park would be heard as far out as freakin DeKalb...
It burned down, remember? Also, it's not a hoverboard. It fucking has wheels.
JCiLee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:55:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The final season of Parks and Rec has the Cubs winning the World Series. Considering the final season takes place in 2017, and the Cubs winning the Series is mentioned in passing as something that had recently happened in the show's universe, it can be interpreted that Parks predicted the Cubs winning in 2016. Depending on when in 2017's calendar that said episode takes place.
See, my theory is that Marty failed when he went back to 1955 the second time, and now we're stuck in the alternate timeline. Biff Tannen's running for President now. So their predictions are going to be a little bit off.
Wait...how is that possible with a fucking JPG, man? What wizardry is going on here? What year is this? I'm a little drunk and this is messing with both sides of my brain right now.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sober up. Call me in the am. I'll show you the world.
Fnhatic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:47:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I love how it's like noon and the game is already over though.
Yeah I keep seeing people say this. It really wasn't much of a long shot. Last year seemed like it could've been the year. It didn't end up being that, but it was mostly the same team, so they had a strong shot coming into this season.
I was at a hockey game, Pittsburgh Penguins at Anaheim Ducks. They paused play so we could watch the end of the baseball game and the whole stadium erupted in cheers! It was pretty amazing :D
You know it's a big deal when they pause another major sport to watch the end.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I slept through the whole thing because of my 4 week old baby. Ya know, sleep when the baby sleeps? I've made a huge mistake.
TheWho22 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah this was one of the greatest baseball games in history, given the situations and all that was on the line and how amazing the actual game itself was
2016 has been a real shitty year, I think America needed this.
Siggy778 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:22:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baez and Lindor's antics were hilarious.
Tydez ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:04:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I noticed this too ! I was talking to my dad about how opposing teams were joking with each other the entire time. The only people that seemed aggressive were the coaches. Besides that pure sportsmanship !
This remind me Kelly Daglish, TV journalist and daughter of soccer player Kenny Daglish when my team Liverpool won champions league after 21 year wait. She was saying European cup winning players were old and mates of my dad and now I see these players and they look so young.
mrsuns10 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Harambe died for this
[deleted] ยท 80 points ยท Posted at 04:57:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's interesting to think how much their names are now worth. The players on that team will be talked everyday by somebody for the next 100 years.
There isn't enough money printed to pay Theo Epstein what his new asking price should be. If he comes knocking on your team's door, just hand him half the stock.
Wearing my mom's cubs jersey watching the Cubs win. She lived her entire life dreaming of this. I wish she was here, and in a way I know she is.
Such a beautiful end to the beautiful game. I'm so proud of the whole Cubs organization.
[deleted] ยท 89 points ยท Posted at 05:01:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As an Indians fan I gotta congratulate the Cubbies. It was a hell of a series and game 7. Of course I'm disappointed with the outcome but fuck, if the Indians were to lose to anyone it should've been the Cubs. Y'all waited a long time for this, more than I have for sure. See you next season, hopefully in the WS.
That's what I've been thinking this whole time...Like, hell, it would suck to lose in the World Series, but you can't feel TOO too bad losing to the Cubs. Definitely not the worst situation.
In between the Chicago Cubs last World Series victory, and tonight there have been two World Wars, 18 different presidents have assumed office, man walked on the moon, the Titanic sunk, the NHL, NFL, and NBA, were all founded, television was invented, women were given the right to vote, penicillin discovered, rock n roll began, the Civil rights act was passed, and African-Americans were allowed to play in MLB.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:55:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
No see the Cubs won back to back in 1907 and 1908, so they'll win again next year, make an appearance in the 2054 World Series and finally win again in 2125.
That was an amazing game. I hope this series brings Baseball back to the fore front of American Sports. Its had low ratings for awhile now, but the Series was watched more than any in a while, and with NFL ratings dropping, maybe Baseball could be on the verge of a comeback. It's almost like people don't want to watch a football game full of Flags and Commercials.
My grandfather was at their last world series appearance with his father. I was watching the game and quietly chanting "win it for grandpa before he dies"
Grandpa and I can both say that they won a world series during our lifetimes.
memw85 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:52:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats on that. I honestly doubt there's more than a handful of people who can say that besides yourself. Not very many 108+ year old Cub fans around ya know. Did your grandfather watch the game? And have u spoken with him since they won last night?
It's pretty exciting. I know he took a nap to try and watch it but I don't think he made it to the end. Midnight is a little late for someone used to going to bed at 7:30, even with a nap. I haven't talked to him since the end of the game but I'm 99% certain there's an email in my inbox talking about all the cool things that happened.
Nerve wracking isn't it. I wouldn't even let myself imagine them losing despite it being a real possibility just because I was worried my grandpa wouldn't make it to the next chance they got. I'm glad your dad got to see it.
kickd16 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My grandpa didn't make it. Died last year. I hope he was watching tonight.
I guarantee he was knocking back a few cold ones with Ron Santo and Harry Caray tonight. He may have been the one that hooked us up with that rain delay.
My grandpa, a lifelong fan, passed away last night. It's too bad he missed this game, but at least he got to watch Addison Russell hit that grand slam.
My girl is a diehard cubs fan, so I was cheering for them. But goddamn is that song the worst 90's elevator rock song. It's so bad. And it doesn't even make sense to sing it after they win.
Seriously though I'm a Mets fan, I was glad we went last year but honestly the Cubs wouldn't have been the worst team to get beat by that late in the season. It's amazing, we're seeing a new golden era of Baseball recently.
CuCl2 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:39:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just got into baseball a couple of weeks ago as something to do with my father in law. I've watched all but the first game in the World Series, and I have to say, the cubs have made a fan for life out of me. I've never enjoyed a sporting event this much in my life. I look forward to many years of watching baseball now.
Zsuth ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 06:00:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a grown man. I have a pretty good poker face. I've been crying (sobbing?) tears of joy since the game ended, and I don't care who knows it. I haven't cried in so long that I forgot what it felt like.
That was the greatest game I've ever seen, in any sport. A cubs loss wouldn't even have changed that, I would just have to acknowledge it more begrudgingly.
Hold on, in the movie Major league the Indians were supposed to move to Miami. And back to the future 2 takes place in the Major League timeline where Cleveland did move to miami, which would therefore make the prediction correct.
Indians fan here, was downtown at the watch party, win or lose, it was a wild game and it was truly a roller coaster of emotions. I'm not mad, but the Cubs deserved it and the better team won. Congrats Cubs!! We will see you guys back next year.
I see a plethora of illegal fireworks people screaming in the streets and cop cars and ambulances doing their thing.... this is going to be a crazy crazy night.
Reeekris ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 05:11:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah not destroyed. There was approx 1 million cops, but it's basically been a big block party. The true crime is the surge pricing on uber that has continued today lol
Checks out. If you had said 6 years I would have had words with you. #Game62011
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:27:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You cannot too a game 7 in the World Series with extra innings, a rain delay, 2 comebacks, a home run off an unhittable pitcher, a wild pitch for 2 runs, a 2 run top of the 10th, etc etc etc.
You will have a hard time convincing me that with what was on the line that this was not the best game of baseball ever played.
One of the worst games ever managed. Maddon kept pulling his pitchers when they were absolutely owning the Indians. Game should have been a 6-1 final, Hendricks pitches the first 6, Lester does the final 3.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:33:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That just adds to it. It was terribly managed by Maddon
I'm not really a fan of any sport, I just went out to the bar with coworkers but I still was on the edge of my seat. You could feel the energy of everyone there (all cubs fans) when the entire bar went silent from the top of the 8th on, then get to ear ringingly high levels at the bottom of the 10th.
I cried a bit. Just a bit. Then called my mom even though it's past her bed time. I think I'm more emotional over the fact that my grandma passed away two years ago and was an avid baseball fan and watched every game with my mom. This would have made her entire year.
I've been crying over the most random shit lately. Almost that time of the month and I'm sick. But for once its a weird mix of tears of joy too. Like my night got better along side this win and not just because of the win. A baseball game gave me hope for myself too...how strange haha.
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:28:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That will go down as one of the great World Series of all time.
Dear God...I mean, they could have fucking lost! They came back from looking like they were going to lose! To win this game! This sort of thing only happens in the movies!
cb2378 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 05:11:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The city is literally disintegrating right now. Every care everywhere is blowing its horn at top volumes and a guy literally came leaping down the street at me as I was walking home from the Walgreens and high fived me while screaming "FUCKING CUBS!!!" Chicago is feelin' good.
benhemp ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 04:51:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a crazy game! Congrats to the Cubs!
gmsc ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 04:55:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Free tomorrow in Venezuela: "Cleveland Indians 2016 World Series Champions" t-shirts!
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:58:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's amazing to think, BttF was made 31 years ago and the Cubs' championship drought was already long enough to make jokes about (and had been for while).
thedetox ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:14:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My great grandmother cried the day Harry Carey because they were almost the same age (she was born in 1901, he in 1914) and she had been listening or watching him on TV forever. Tonight she is cheering from the great beyond "Cubs win! Cubs win! Cubs win!"
I usually don't watch Baseball. Never reallly was into sports in the traditional sense but this game I felt obligated to watch. Not even so much because I live in Chicago land but because I felt like this team deserved to win given their troubled past. I wanted to be apart of history.
This last game was one of the most intense, edge of your seat, events I've ever witnessed. That rain delay was brutal and watching a potential repeat of the 8th inning was nail biting but it finally all come to fruition when they won with a 2nd beautiful out in the 10th inning.
Congratulations Cubs. You guys deserve this historic win and the curse is finally broken and done with.
I posted about this when they won the spot from LA, but I feel like I should say it again.
My grandfather turned 80 this year. The last time the Cubs were in the World Series, he was only 9 years old.
Today, for the first time in his life, he witnessed them win. A fan for 70 years (according to him), and they finally won.
I am so glad he got to see this, especially at his age. I don't know if he would've made it to see another World Series with the Cubbies.
And to all the Cleveland fans out there; sorry, but we needed this. However, next season, Chicago will support you all the way (unless you guys happen to face us again) because now you have the longest drought in baseball.
But for the rest of the Cubs fans, let's enjoy the victory and try not to burn Chicago to the ground with the partying.
I'm happy for the Cubs but you can't compare the two 3-1 leads. The Cubs were nowhere near as hyped up as the Warriors. Also, the fact the Warriors and Cavs played the year before made the 2016 Finals that much more intense.
This was a great baseball game though and as a Cleveland fan I am proud of how the Indians played. Congrats to the Cubs.
uoco ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:14:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Before today, Chicago already had as many MLB championships in the last 11 years as Cleveland has championships in any sport in the last 50 years. Chicago has had the 90s Bulls, the Blackhawks, the Bears...as a Cleveland fan who's only really a baseball fan, I'm glad for any Cubs fans who are only really baseball fans that they got to see their team win. Cubs fans deserve to get to see that. But it's not like Chicago fans on the whole have exactly been suffering.
jacoobz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I heard Boston wants to win a few more.
In all seriousness, I think D.C. Needs to win one.
For fucks sake, so many people getting bent out of shape over the fucking name of the event. It's called World Series because the vest baseball players in the world are on American baseball teams. Not because we think the US is the entire world. Get over yourselves you semantic twats.
[deleted] ยท -13 points ยท Posted at 11:54:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty sure there equal if not better players on Japanese teams. Baseball is huge where it's big over there.
We get a lot of good players from over there, but the quality of the league doesn't match up. A middle-of-the-pack MLB team would roll just about any team from Japan
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:27:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm so happy for you Cubs fans. 108 years. This has to be so satisfying. I rarely watch any sport but hockey and I found myself wanting the Cubs to win so badly.
It feels unreal, for sure. My Grandpa was a huge Cubs fan, he died last May. It really hurts not to have him hear, but it feels so good to know that he's somewhere watching this
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:54:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
:) Just think, whole generations of fans have lived and died since the last time they won. Makes me feel guilty about being pissy the Wings have lost their last 3 games, honestly.
No shit im pretty sure I had a stroke like 5 times tonight
C_Me ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:01:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I moved to Chicago 8 years ago, never really a fan of any team and not really following. But my 6-year-old has gotten into it (and he was born in Chicago), so between the history and his enthusiasm, I've grown excited and happy for this.
forbid89 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:17:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because 6 year olds really know what is going on in the world. 1st graders usually come right home to watch the games and/or CNN depending on the time of the year.
This has been the greatest world series in baseball history.
CiD7707 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:58:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now we can stop hearing about the damn curse.
KingTulu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You would think that...
fuck251 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:17:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
First baseball game I ever watched. What a game damn!
joy4874 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:18:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
It's all downhill from here
Edit: So i'm wrong? Because OP saw an extra inning, game 7 World Series championship win for a team that hasn't won in 108 years? Lol right. That's not a slight on baseball as much as it is a tribute to what happened last night. Nothing will ever come close to that.
kickd16 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:11:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously. You may never see another game this good.
joy4874 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:27:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
But I get downvoted though somehow. By a baseball "fan" who didn't understand the magnitude of the game last night lol.
Edit:Speeling
kickd16 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:07:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't downvote you... Not sure why others are
joy4874 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:13:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No worries, I wasn't directing that at you.
NickIAm2 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:58:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The greatest game in history
Not__sam ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I normally don't watch baseball (love playing, hate watching), but I'm really glad I tuned into this. Really compelling and suspenseful and I get to say I watched history being made. After 104 years, it seems like the Cubs deserved it and I hope the Indians get theirs soon too.
That being said - the superstitious part of me is convinced that this, right before Election Day, is somehow an omen that we're all about to go through massive change that will kill at least half of us.
I never got the appeal of baseball until this game. Most sports always have action constantly on: soccer, basketball, hockey, football (to an extent), etc. Baseball, among other non-contact sports, felt like 80% of the time the players are just standing idle. However, for this game, there was so much tension and pressure, that I felt it even though I'm not a baseball fan. This game have me a while new appreciation for baseball.
To be fair, most games are not this intense or exciting. This was one of the best games in MLB history (certainly one of the best I've ever seen and I'm not even a Cubs fan) and the really long championship droughts of both teams, plus the Cubs comeback from a 3-1 series deficit to force a game seven really added to the drama.
This game was just about the worst thing for the hearts of any senior citizen Chicago Cub superfans until the end when winning the World Series became the best thing for their hearts.
I never really got into baseball but something about the Cubs popping up in Back to the Future 2 struck a chord with me for some reason. And ever since I always hoped that they'd win, you know, someday, just because. And the days went on and on and on and now I'm a grown man with my own children and I'm trying not to cry too hard because for some reason this resonates with me so much...
But man, what an amazing time, an amazing moment in sports history.
Cubs fan here, but I'm not a religious follower of the sport. That being said, this was seriously the most stressful game of baseball I have ever seen.
The whole city has lost it's mind. People yelling and cars honking for the last half hour downtown, miles away from the game. Saint Louis won a few years back while I lived there, and people were in the streets, but to a much lesser extent. Chicago is pumped.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:32:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Biased Twins fan here, but that game might have been better than game 7 in '91. I still think '91 was a better series, but damn...this game had it all. Clutch hits, good pitching, errors, a rain delay, drama, extra innings...sheesh. I was nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs, y'all Cubs,/Indians fans must have damn near died!
They ought to make a movie about this game. It was so surreal visiting with a friend in the hospital in downtown Chicago and you could FEEL the energy on the whole floor in the cancer unit. When they finally won there were nurses running through the halls and patients riding their IV poles and screaming. Truly magical, I'll never forget that moment.
So very excited for the win. I do feel kind of bad for Montero though. Since the Indians scored one in the 10th Montero's RBI was technically the winning run right? But all the reporters kept saying Zobrist had the winning hit and no one interviewed Montero.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:32:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had a gut feeling. I didn't doubt them for a second, even when they were down 3-1. I'm not a Cubs fan (nor am I a Cleveland fan), but seeing them win put a smile on my face.
vze3f372 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:51:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know I'm late to this.... but as a Chicago native, lifetime Sox fan, bartender in west town (just outside of the loop)..... holy fucking shit that was fucking amazing. Even if no one reads this I'm so happy for my friends and family that are lifetime diehard Cubbie fans. Thats how it's done. Now i go to bed.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:47:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's no crying in baseball!
Fnhatic ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 08:19:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
People complain that baseball isn't "America's pasttime" anymore, but I have to say, I don't think I've ever seen anyone give remotely as big a shit about the Superbowl or the Stanley Cup or fucking anything else as they did this game. This shit is on the front page of Reddit like nine god damn times. This fucking thread had five-digit upvotes in the first twenty minutes. The /r/baseball game thread is in the top-10 most-commented Reddit threads of all time. The city of Chicago is in fucking flames.
Lmao I said this when it was 3-1 and ppl saying its over. It literally just happened in basketball, granted a different sport and times it happened in each sport.
Baseball is a beautiful sport with no clock just outs
GBtuba ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:55:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jobu didn't get his rum.
juel1979 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They didn't have Charlie Sheen throw out a first pitch. That's their burden now.
PedoPaul ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:00:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Billy goats everywhere celebrate the fact they no longer have to be mercilessly sacrificed to the baseball gods.
DarkHand ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:19:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Curse vs curse. It took a strong curse to defeat the Cubs' stubborn goat! Both curses doing their darndest to lose it for their team. In the end, our curse was just too old and tired. He sure went down fighting though!
Harry Caray is up in heaven having a roast goat dinner right now!
N897 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:25:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It all came down to either the Cubs cubbing or the Cleveland Indians clevelanding.
And the clevelanding out clevelanded the cubbing.
cp710 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:50:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Clevelanding always wins out in the end.
radiglo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:43:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is my cousin's tribute to my dad and grandma, both of whom passed away a few years ago:
Before I left town, I had to take a walk a couple blocks up to Waveland/Sheffield to honor two of the biggest Cubs fans in my life on the bleacher's wall at Wrigley. My Grandma Choi and Uncle GB Han. They are the reasons why I am a Cubs fan. My Grandma stayed at home with me with my Grandpa as a kid. In the summer, we would watch every game together on WGN. Her favorite players throughout the years were Sandberg, Dawson, Maddux, Salazar, Dunston, Sutcliffe, Grace, Sosa, Gaetti, Beck, Lee, Wood, Aramis to name a few. She disliked Alou. My Uncle took me to my first Cubs game and ended up taking me to many day games in the summer. He was a CTA bus driver so his schedule allowed for him to catch a game at Wrigley with his son and nephew. He was the guy that would stand up and scream advise for the players from the top of his lungs. Embarrassing as a kid and legendary as an adult. For me and many others, this ball club on the north side is more than just that. There's a deeper connection that goes past 9 innings. For my Grandma it was being an American and most importantly a Chicagoan. She also tied many life lessons and dynamics of family to the diamond. Saying that she was the pitcher of our family, with my dad behind the plate and me at first. I still don't know what that means but it sounds comforting. While I wish they both could be here on earth to have experienced this past season, I know they've been watching and enjoying. I know my Grandma still doesn't like Alou. I know my Uncle is probably screaming advise at players. I know that win or lose tonight, I'm grateful for the Cubs for allowing me to share this moment with the two biggest Cubs fans I know. #flythew #magicnumber1
Anyone have a gif of the final play? My direcTV package doesn't have the channel and just about every live stream was broken... by the time I loaded a working stream, the game was already over. Didn't see a single second of it.
This was a great game, for sure! Probably the best baseball game I've witnessed in my life.
The rain delay sorta killed the mood but overall a classic!
Taroso ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:12:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've never liked baseball and probably never will. But having watched Wait Till Next Year on HBO years ago, I realize this is way bigger than sports. A game like this comes around once every 100 108 years.
Congratulations, Cubs fans!
This is simply an Amazing year! First the cavaliers win the NBA championship. now the cubs win the world series. Whats next are the Vikings going to win the Super Bowl?
Also who would have thought that Hillary and trump would be our "best" choices for president.
Amazing Series- The Indians were fierce, what a fun series. You guys knocked a good 5 years off my life expectancy with the stress you put us under. =)
You guys knocked a good 5 years off my life expectancy with the stress you put us under.
Dude, between the 1997 world series (Tribe loses game 7 in the bottom of the 11th), and this one, I'm already in the grave!
Rmplch6 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:18:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks Cubs/Indians. You reignited my love for the sport.
SJFree ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Cubs won in the 10th with 8 runs after not winning for 108 years. I'd say that's some sort of sign.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you would have told me ten years ago that Pete Rose would have been co-analysis on FOX Sports during a Chicago Cubs World series winning game seven, I would have been like... no way that guy is banned from baseball.
yuurei ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Having spent the first 14 years of my live in Chicago, I'm all too familiar with the with the "curse". I was never a fan, but I could always feel the frustration of Cubs fans when they came close to anything resembling a chance at a series.
That being said, I'm am beyond elated to hear this and am happy for both the team and their fans. Congrats!
bluemoe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What an amazing game. Best I've seen.
Bigz11 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As someone who has played baseball for all my life, I think I would be safe to say that this game 7 was what every kid dreams of to play in one day.
That game was an absolute rollercoaster of emotion, and I have no ties to either team. What a difference a rain delay can have on momentum in a tight ball game! This is why I love pro baseball in October, anything can happen.
I live just down the street from the ballpark. Wrigley/Clark St. are going crazy right now. Across the street, I count at least six couples making unabashed love in the living room, most with the postgame show still on. One appears to be singing 'Go Cubs Go' as he ravished his partner.
That was one of the most nail biting, nerve inducing games, and I am a Dodgers fan! It was a fantastic display of baseball and good on the Cubs, getting rid of that 108 year bad streak.
HZVBMB ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:23:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats Chicago. As the city I first landed in America, I consider Chicago my home. This has brought me tears. What a game!
I don't even watch baseball and I enjoyed every minute of it. I'm happy that they won for the first time after 108 years
Haryape ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:29:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Got day drunk, woke up at 9, went to local chain restaurant and had a blast while drinking water, that rarely happens when I go out alone. (The water part that is)
smp4111 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:29:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:30:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
My friend and I were at a SPORTS bar that asked us to leave in the middle of the 10th. We weren't rowdy or anything. And it wasn't even an employee who asked. It was the bartender's boyfriend. THE MIDDLE OF THE TENTH OF GAME 7 WITH THE FUCKING CUBS.
We made it to another bar to see the final out, but Jesus fuck. I'm never going to that place again.
Edit: To be clear, we were the last people there. It was 12:40. They just wanted to leave.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:32:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking Applebee's
philk12 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:31:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We basically pulled a LeBron on Cleveland, coming back from 3-1 down lmao
Couldn't be happier for the cubs. The Indian's season attendance was pathetic this season. As a fan base they didn't deserve it.
GIGA255 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:33:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
The curse is broken after 108 years of losses.
How dharmically poetic.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:33:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Absolutely amazing. Tear jerking. So happy and I'm not even a Cubs fan. You guys deserved it. So much pain for so long. Great game and congrats Cubbies!!!
News just in, hospital ER rooms across the country bulge at the seems with patients with ruptured and fissured anuses. Reports of flying pigs skyrocket worldwide.
It's games like this that makes baseball my favourite sport. Even without it being game 7 of the World Series it's the excitement that comes with it all. You can go inning after inning and "nothing happen" but then Wam! Everything changes and you're on the edge of your seat. The slow times make the exciting times that much better. Hockey, football, soccer they all are basically go go go from minute one so I don't get the sudden long lasting rush of adrenaline and fear and excitement that baseball gives me.
One of the better games I've ever watched in 20years. I can't fuckin sleep I'm so pumped from this and I had no stake in the game with either team! Ahhhh
Damn, that got my heart pounding! Definitely going to miss movies poking fun at the Cubbies. Good games! That one one certainly one of the most entertaining ones I've ever seen.
mitcheda ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:44:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
If years ago, someone told me that in 2016, Cubs win the World Series, and Trump and Hillary would be up for presidency, I'd laugh heartily....
I have had to work during every single world series game this year, and I worked during this one too, but right when the 10th inning started I got home to watch them win it! Freaking awesome, go Cubs!
That was easily the most tension-filled game I've ever watched. Starting about game 4 it has been a constant build up. It's crazy to think that 4-5 run leads vanished so quickly. Extra innings. Rain delay. Instant classic.
Called my family from Chicago. My brother and his friends have trashed his apartment. My grandpa is in disbelief that he survived to see this. My dad and I busted into his finest bottle of scotch he was saving for the right occasion.
It's a fucking great day to be a Cubs fan. Go Cubs go.
God damn, this truly is a monumental day. I'm not even American, but I've consumed enough American media to know how slim the odds were - It seemed near impossible. Bill Murray must be jumping up and down in joy today.
fib16 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:06:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just want to be in this thread in the Reddit history books. Congrats cubs!!
If they remake good will hunting, that scene where Robin Williams talks about missing the greatest baseball game ever is going to be changed to this game
I heard it was a good game. Hearing everyone talking about how amazing it was kind of makes me wish I actually cared somewhat about baseball. Congrats on the W though bears!
If the Indians would've won this year would've been the craziest year for Cleveland since they became a state...all that would've been left would be a Browns win. Still Congrats Cubs!!
In other news, man buys winning lottery ticket. Struck by lightning immediately after drawing. Pigs have been found evolving the begins of wings. And Hillary Clinton asked an honest question that Trump clearly and directly answered.
Gcookiem ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:07:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pigs fly just fine given sufficient thrust. The difficulty lies in getting them to hold still long enough to affix the rocket motor properly.
The sustained lift part is where i have trouble. Also, do you know a good lawyer? Blah, blah, little class action from a couple property owners and the fda.
salkhan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:19:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well I guess 'back to the future' got the prediction right from within a year:
RallyFTW ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:19:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Long time Cubs fan. Just commenting so that my future self has a way to remember that my past self was here on Reddit at 2:18am CST, making this post in a college dorm room.
It was an amazing time to be alive, future me. 2016 was shit everywhere else, but this was definitely a shining moment.
My friends, what I just saw is the best game of baseball you will see for the next 100 years. If you get a chance to watch a replay, take it. Just commenting to add my tiny little presence to this moment in history. You did it Cubs. Fly the W.
So many people asking why is it called the world series, have you never seen a fucking MLB championship before? You didn't hear anything when the red Sox finally made it and everyone got excited? Goddamn trolls and idiots
Cubs win the world series, Trump is leading in the polls...Time to invest in a fallout shelter, people! The end is near!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:13:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I die and go to Heaven, and my grandfather is there. He asks me about how much better my world was than his. I tell him about computers, and he doesn't care. Cell phones seem a ridiculous and annoying waste of time. Our medical technology still doesn't enable most people to live longer than his 88 years. Our cars are smaller but no faster. Our jobs are less hard work, but the average income is lower. We spend less time outside. We eat food that's less healthy. We're more connected to more people through social media, but feel more isolated than ever. We spend less time just talking with our families.
"Damn! Your world was just not very good!" he says, jokingly but with some pity. "I saw us go from riding horses to driving cars. I saw the invention of flight, and the first men on the moon!"
I think for a minute. Then, I tell him I saw something that beat all that...I lived to see the Red Sox AND the Cubs win World Series. He smiles that huge smile of his, and we get some Heinekens.
Furyuri ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:15:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Took them long enough.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:16:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well. Goodbye all. Seeing as how the world is ending.
Now excuse me while I find that girl that said she'd sleep with me when the Cubs win the world series. It's time to cash in.
Wrest216 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:36:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What happens next.
Marty McFly buys a sports almanac. Donald Trump Biff steals the Almanac.
Goes back in time to give to his younger self so he can become Billionaire.
Wins Election, all hail President Trump Biff
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:58:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So Back To The Future 2 was right... well kinda. I mean they was only one year out.
Also...
Hoverboards don't work on water, unless you got power!
Dave37 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:08:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Something a buddy at work came up with or discovered that I thought I'd share. Cubs haven't won in 108 years. 10+10=20 8+8=16. 2016 World Champions. .....no he wasn't even high.
"Well, a lot of things happened today, and they were all great. And they were all thrilling. And they were all dramatic. Too bad we couldn't have had a victory that meant a pennant. But that will come. Sure as God made green apples, someday the Chicago Cubs will be in the World Series."
For so long, I'd questioned how people got into this sport. I figured it was nostalgia from games their parents took them to, or having played the sport themselves. I had to have this game on during work, and no kidding, this game is the reason people watch this sport. It was something else.
pyr666 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:14:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
in other news, hell is experiencing all time low temperatures
gSpider ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:16:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have been a Red Sox fan my whole life, and this is giving me major flashbacks to 2004. It is making me so happy to watch the Cubs celebrate this win. Congrats!
Congratulations to the Cubs and the people of Chicago!
It was the best game 7 I've ever seen, and Cleveland, you should hold your heads high after the gutsy performance you gave, too!
I think it must be said that Theo Epstein has broken the baseball code. He has cured the sports world of the 2 greatest curses, and whatever formula or stat shit he's using -- he can use and turn any franchise into a winner.
The only thing left for him to do is start his own franchise from scratch and turn them into WS winners.
Reddit's algorithm is so weird. When I went to bed last night this had over 10k up votes. Now it's down to 5k. Did 5000 people suddenly decide they hated the Cubs?
The Chicago Cubs haven't won a World Series since 1908. This was the longest championship drought in any American sport. There was also a supposed curse on the team, because a man and his billy goat were kicked out of a game during the 1945 World Series. The man claimed that the Cubs would never win again.
Also, it was an intense game that went ten innings.
Derp43 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:16:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, 10, cool! Thank you for the informative reply :3
Ra_In ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:36:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
On top of the 108 year drought making the win a big deal, this game was big because the Cubs came back from a 1-3 deficit in the series (4 wins to take the series), so this game was winner-take all. AND THEN it went into extra innings (after a rain delay) and was quite the ride all the way to the end.
Not only was it a huge win but it was about as dramatic as you can get.
I know it wouldn't be very 'politically correct' and all but they really should've slaughtered a goat on the pitcher's mound when they won.. It's been 108 years, after all. xD
cassatta ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:28:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Meanwhile perpetually pissed off Europe and Australia have awoken and renewed questions on why it's the "World Series" and why the Cubs are "world Champions"
Its really nice to see so many people collectively just happy about something for once. We get to put all the outside bullshit to the side for just a second at least, Thanks Cubs and congrats.
Unless youre an Indians fan.
Xenjael ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm linking this everywhere because of just how awesome I think the video is. I wish I could have been there. I'm not even a Cubs fan and this makes me happy to see.
Well as a man born and raised in Chicago and a huge baseball fan, (though a fan of the Sox, I'm still extremely happy for the Cubs win) I thank you for posting from India about this turn of events. I hope whichever sports you follow, if any, bring you much joy in the years ahead my friend!
I've now lived through: Red Sox curse breaking, Cubs curse breaking, a black man becoming POTUS, and now either the rise of fascism in the United States or the first woman POTUS. What a time to be alive.
hdhale ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 13:57:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"the rise of fascism in the United States or the first woman POTUS"
No, those are actually the same thing. Do keep up.
You'd think that fans in Cleveland would have learned that if the Cavs could come back from being down 3-1 in June, then the Cubs could do the exact same thing to them!
Saskyle ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:48:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The point is that it's called the World Series and only the U.S and apparently one other country take part. So you are technically not wrong, but you're an asshole.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 08:32:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
It's actually two countries, but yeah. Your point still stands.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:33:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 08:52:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
nah his point stands, it's because the US thinks it IS the world. The best football players in the world play in Europe, yet the Champions League isn't called the world cup.
The US doesn't think it's the entire world it's just what it's called you fucking twat.
Mac_ucf ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:01:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't let these guys rile you up man, they don't even watch or follow the sport they're just trying to Troll. The fact of the matter is in 1903 when the first 'World' s Series' took place we were the only ones playing baseball and the name stuck. Not really controversial or overtly nationalist at all. But hey, haters gonna hate.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:22:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You guys sure get triggered faster than a feminist in front of Hugh Mongus. It's funny you won't even acknowledge that calling the Cubs the world champions when other countries didn't have a chance to participate (even with shitty teams) is a little bit overly nationalist. But hey, good on Chicago
Mac_ucf ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:56:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you say so, but I think you'll find that the majority of the world doesn't care. If it means so much to you, than I recommend a petition. I would be willing to bet there is already one for your cause. Or, alternatively, you can go outside, get some friends together, and play a pickup game of baseball, don't sweat the small stuff and have some fun? I don't know, it's up to you. I know what I would choose.
They aren't called the "world champions" they're called the "World Series Champions". Enormous difference. You know, because it's fucking called the World Series.
You're being a complete nimrod. There's no fucking conspiracy to keep other countries out of baseball in order to stroke America's ego in this sport that even most Americans stopped caring about sometime in the 1940's, for fuck's sake. It's called the World Series because of tradition and nothing else.
Ghalnan ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 08:57:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try to assemble a team of non-major leaguers from anywhere in the world that can beat any MLB team. I'll tell you right now that it can't be done, the best team in the MLB is the best team in the world, therefore it's called the World Series. You have a point when talking about soccer, but when talking about baseball you're off base.
That's because no one in the world gives a shit about baseball other than I'm guessing USA and Canada. I get how it's technically true that Americans are the world champions at baseball.
But if I invented a sport that no one in the entire planet but me plays and called myself world champion people would laugh assuming I'm taking the piss and they'd be right.
It's taking the piss to call it the world series even if it's technically true.
Ghalnan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:18:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baseball is huge in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, parts of South America, the Caribbean Islands, as well as the rest of Central America. But I'm forgetting that Europe and Australia are the only two places that really count, my bad.
Players are from all over the world. And there's a team in Canada as well.
Ghalnan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:37:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The best players, from all around the world, play in the MLB. Assemble a team of non-MLBers who can win a game against any Major League team and we'll stop calling it the World Series.
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 10:02:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Haha. That response sums up why we non-Americans think it's so funny. You guys think cos players are from all over the world it's a "world" series. Ahhhhhh America. Mate every big league national sport around the world has players from all over the world. In Australia we have a Rugby Union league called the Super Rugby, comprised of nations Australia, Argentina, South Africa, Japan & New Zealand. We don't call it the World Cup. Lol. Same as the premier league Football in UK players from literally dozens of countries around the world, they don't call it the World Cup either. I sound like I am hating, but I just think it's funny. Anyway all the best, good win if your a Cubs fan!
Ghalnan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:12:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
It's not just that players from outside the U.S. play baseball in America, it's that the best players from all around the world play in America. The MLB is far and away the pinnacle of baseball competition, no other league compares. The team that wins the World Series is without any question the best team in the World, so frankly it's a fitting name. I don't think many people who know baseball, even in places like Japan or Korea, would disagree with that.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:20:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ughh yeah but how is that different to the AFL, NRL, NHL, NBA, Premier League, Bundesliga etc?
Ghalnan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:27:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, outside the NBA and the NFL, I don't know how different it is. If it's not than I'd have zero issue with them calling their championship the World whatever, if it's a competition that decides the best team in the World at something I think it'should ok to call it that.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:30:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No but thats my point. The NBA has players from all over the world, so does the NHL they dont call themselves the world basketball whatever or the world hockey league. Anyway I can tell you as a kid none of us got it here in Australia. Lol.
Ghalnan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:41:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Look, all I'm trying to say here is that World Champions, as in the best team in the World, is an accurate statement when referring to the winner of the World Series. How other leagues handle it or what it says about Americans, I honestly don't care, only trying to get that first point across, which I'd say 99% of the " World Series, hur hur, only America, hur hur" crowd don't grasp.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 10:50:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The definition of world is the earth, together with all of its countries and peoples. Countries is key here. Hence World Cup soccer, World Cup Rugby, World Swimming Championships, Cricket World Cup, World Wrestling Championships etc. World to me says a competition consisting of national teams from around the world not club teams from the American continent which is what this is. Anyway, lets agree to disagree. It's not a world series OK. Night im off to play WoW.
Well, I guess Back to the Future part 2 was just a year off in 'predicting' the Cubbies winning the World Series.
Let's just hope that movie doesn't predict anything else, given who Biff was modeled after...
Though, in all serious, well done Cubbies. As a native Ohioan, I salute you; congrats on destroying your 108 year curse.
sanzard ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:12:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Man Joe Maddon tried his hardest to lose this game. He was not at his best.
Take out Hendricks after only 64 pitches? Put Lester in with a runner on base? Put Chapman in to pitch more than an inning in back to back nights and 3 straight games? Baez bunted with 2 strikes in there too.
Hell of a game though. We may never see another one like it.
My grandpa just passed away gracefully. He got to see the Cubs win back in 1908 and he swore that he won't leave this Earth until the Cubs win again. RIP Grandpa.
Ghalnan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:13:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Making up stories about a dying grandpa is pretty low. The oldest man in the United States was two when the 1908 world series happened, which also happened to be the least attended world series in history.
Levarski ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:30:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
THE CURSE IS OVER. My grandfather use to tell me stories of how he grew up listening to the Cubbies win games on WGN 9. He never got to see them win though. I love you Grandpa Bud, this is for you and all of the Cubs fans who have been waiting their entire lives. Go Cubs go!!
As a Chicagoan, I am proud to have my cubbies face against a Cleveland team that has played their hearts off. Streaks are meant to end. I hope to see that one day Indian fans will experience this indescribable feeling too.
farrenkm ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:42:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Hell froze over today,
And I made good on several debts I never thought I'd have to pay . . ."
Congratulations Cubs!! Chicago!! Illinois!! Cubs deserved to win this year, pure and simple. Excellent ball playing, 100+ wins . . . It IS your year! #FlyTheW
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:44:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure that would be an equivalent. Cubs haven't won in 108 years and it's a league that has ranged from 16 to 30 teams during that time frame. No promotion/relegation style system. Still, one of the most beloved teams and largest fan bases regardless.
I've been a Cubs fan since I was a kid and I'm now in my mid 40's. I'm a blubbering mess of emotions and standing in a puddle of my own tears. "Next year" is here!
dsound ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:57:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So, when USA national teams play, it's "World Series"? Am I missing something here?
Ghalnan ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:43:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"National teams," do you think all the players on the Cubs are from Chicago or something? 25% of the players in the MLB are not from the U.S, the best players in the entire world play in the MLB, therefore it's the world series.
AaronQ94 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:17:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
There's a MLB team in Canada, and most of the players are from outside of the US and Canada.
Fantastic game (and series) from start to finish. This was exactly why I love baseball.
Let's just hope we don't have to wait until 2124 until their next one
dave_890 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Didn't "Back to the Future, Part 2" predict this???
berzolio ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the Future was one year off with their prediction. They had the Cubs winning in 2015. Granted, the Cubs made a decent run in 2015, getting to the NLCS where they were swept by the Mets.
This was one of the best baseball games I've ever seen in my life! My wife who hates baseball was hooked the whole way through, and at the end she told me she understands why I love this sport. Congrats Cubs!
What a great game all the way to the end. It will be something everyone will talk about for years to come. Being able to witness sports history in the making is amazing. Congrats to the Chicago Cubs and their fans world wide you guys/gals earned it!
CWCNYC ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wish grandma was here to see it. You were with the team in spirit! I cant believe we are champions now!!!
forbid89 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Old Terry: I said I wish I could go back to the beginning of the season, put some money on the Cubbies!" - Back to the Future Part II
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Coming from a (Red) Sox fan, congratulations to the Cubs and their fans. Watched the entire game and what a game it was! It was great to see former Sox on both sides and was rooting for Cubs to win and what a great comeback as well. Now, we need Theo and Jon back. Cheers!
My friend bet $2100 in Vegas on the Cubs winning the world series a few months ago, long enough ago when the odds were something like 6 to 1. He was feeling pretty bad when it was 1-3, but I'm sure he's feelings alright now with a cool $12000 in his pockets.
njibbz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This game was great. The rain delay was just a cardiac waiting to happen too. Great plays all around. IS LIFE A LIE? THE CUBS JUST WON THE WORLD SERIES?!?
Definitely was rooting for the Cubs, it was their Cinderella story. I am not usually a baseball fan, but this game changed it for me. I cried when the Cubs won, because I know how significant it is. This was history. This game was for all the fans who I know wanted this really badly, and never got to see it because they passed away. Good game!
Holy shit, they actually did it. I busted my ass at work tonight to keep the game on for people after we closed, and the rain delay gave me just barely enough time to run home(literally-I have no car) and pull up the game again. I called my mom to see if she was watching, and she up to that point had no idea the game was on tonight. I quickly filled her in and put the game on loud enough, just after they switched the pitchers, for her to hear the Cubs win the series. Totally made her night. She's a kindred spirit to the Cubs, since being raised a Red Sox fan from birth in Boston.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only wanted the Cubs to win because of yearbook guy! The prophecy is fulfilled!
what is it with these sporting achievements - first leicester city - a no body team win the english premier league 5000-1 outsiders!
and now this!!
Bro_dell ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Give a listen to the Chicago police scanner. They were saying some dude just fell off of a light post and some drunk asshole is passed out on the street.
I know enough about baseball to understand that the Cubs being in the World Series is a pretty big deal, so I decided I'd watch and see how this Game 7 would play out. I started the evening out not really caring who would win, and by the end I was pulling my hair out and cheering on the Cubs. Great game.
Question to Baseball fans, I'm an outsider who watched the first Baseball game in about a decade today (From Australia) and I noticed they presented the trophy to the Owner first, then the manager. Is that a common thing in American sports for the Owners to get the silverware in their hands first despite the players doing the hardwork to win it?
As a Red Sox fan, congrats to the Cubs! We were in the same boat not too long ago. It's truly a great thing to be a part of as a city. Generations have come and gone with only disappointment, and that finally ends now.
Oh boy , what a game ? its like roller-coaster ride of emotions.
big shout out to Anthony Rizzo & addison russell. Great game. will be in history books for ever as one of the best game.
/r/baseball is so broke right now my app crashes when I try to go to it, the world is gonna fall apart in the next 24 hours and I couldn't be fucking happier
My father bloodline immigrated from Germany and settled in Ohio a very long time ago. My mothers side has been in Chicago also for a very very long time. But my heart has always been with the Cubs. Im so happy for the people of Chicago you guys deserved this.
I feel like I just survived the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan... FLY THE FUCKING W!!!
Muellerr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No better way to break the curse with one of the greatest games there's ever been
gg_2015 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats Chicago Cubs! Don't really follow baseball, but I've watched the World Series occasionally. I believe it was the Cardinals' heroics in the playoffs a few years back that was also one of the best baseball games I've watched. This series was wild, and the winner-take-all Game 7 had it all. Cubs wanted it from the beginning though and they never trailed - Indians played their hearts out especially the 8th inning.
This one will stick with me even though I have no affiliations with either teams or baseball in general. That's a heck of a game to end the series, the season, and the curse!
I'm still salty as hell about Chicago intentionally walking Bryce 13 times in 4 games, but congratulations for a huge win and an all time classic game. That was amazing to experience.
tripbin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Im going to love reddit the next few days. Go Cubs.
Wrigleyville was the main excitement epicenter. But I heard gunshots, fireworks, honking cars, and screaming down here in West Loop! The parade tomorrow should be as exciting.
As a third generation Cubs fan, this is the greatest thing that both my grandpas didn't get to see... I'm glad they can sleep easy up there now. Stay safe Chicago stay safe
I think picking Ben Zobrist as MVP was based solely on the one play. Not that he didn't do amazing, but overall in the entire series, other players did better.
ernzo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:39:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought it should have been David Ross, simply for being the sentimental veteran choice
Dude on my FB has been talking about how terrible Cubs fans are nonstop since the start of this series. I wanted it to end, win or lose, just so he'd move onto something else.
Somewhere in the world, Steve Bartman is sitting and smiling to himself...
hizzly23 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hope they don't have to wait til 2124 for the next one.
pforum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a Clevelander I thought I was done with this. Surely losses would come, but normal losses. Not losses that had me crying with sadness, happiness, then sadness again. I have learned my lesson; optimism as a Cleveland sports fan is deadly. The Cavs allowed the entire city to put their guard down tonight and it backfired spectacularly.
Living in Chicago as a transplant, have often enjoyed the delicious schadenfreude feast of your perennial misery, but have to hand it to you this year, incredible team and series. Almost feel happy for you...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nice to see some good news come out the US! Way to go Cubs!
Being from Chicago, and it's still somewhat unbelievable. We've gone almost every year watching the team perform poorly or mediocre. I almost didn't react when I saw them get the third out.
108 years is over!
philk12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:38:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a Chicago Cubs fan, I gotta congratulate my hometown team on a historic victory.
3-1 down, I knew Game 7 was gonna be good, but I never expected it to become the greatest game I've ever seen. Coming back from 3-1 in the series, with extra innings this game, it was literally a storybook ending.
The drought is over, the curse has been lifted, and for the final time this season, the city of Chicago can Fly the W!
I like how it says "But that was all in the past as Cubs fans throughout Chicago celebrated into the early hours of Thursday." but they just won the game and this hasn't happened yet. I mean, it's a fair assumption but still, future news reporting.
Coming from Illinois, I couldn't be happier. My grandparents and parents have waited their entire lives to see this, and its finally happened after 108 years. I can't actually process that its all over- the jokes about us never winning, the cardinals always being better, its amazing.
Curses are meant to be broken. Congratulations to the city of Chicago and the Cubs!!!!!!!!! Unbelievable game 7. How can one not love this sport?
OkieLaw ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This year has been strange (putting it lightly). Celebrity deaths, Trump/Hillary, Brexit, and even friends and family that have died this year. It's all bizzare. Luckily for us Cub fans, the only thing that can make it weirder is a Cubs World Series Victory!! Fly the W!!
As a royals fan I must disagree. But only on principle. 2014 and 2015 was some of the best baseball I've ever seen and it was my royals who did it. But that game tonight, even with the errors, was one of the most tense baseball games I've ever watched and all I was hoping for was Zobrist getting a second series win in a row. I got so much more in that game. I'm still coming down from the tension!
MaziicM ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:46:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats Chicago! I know how it feels to get good news and be waiting for the other shoe to drop, so to balance out your karma, I'll have some thin crust pizza and a hot dog-- with ketchup.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:49:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All you non chicago fucks. I just got back from Wrigley and I got a small cut on my wrist. It's painful. I'm also a white sox fan but you know what, the first thing is I'm a fucking chicago fans. I hate the rivalry, I rooted for the cubs during this whole season, and I'll root for any Chicago team that makes, don't care what you call me. I was born there, and god damnit I'm proud to be there, regardless of what happens.
ZeroLAN ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:00:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't watch sports and decided to tune in, really crazy how my adrenaline was pumping and i got really excited. What a nerve wracking game! Man the streets of Chicago are so crazy now! So cool that our home team won after all this time
Welp, looking forward to the fan edit of Back to the Future II that changes the dates to 1986/2016. Good for the Cubbies, and all of the aging fans who've been hoping for this day for their entire lives.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:04:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So this means the Blues can finally win a cup, right? Oh, who am I kidding, they're the fucking Blues. Goes to cry in a corner
n0xz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:05:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Was a well fought match for both team! Congratulations to the Cubs and hope it's Indians next year!
RyDub42 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:05:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Of course it ended this way. Still, so unreal. Will be processing this for days and years to come.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:05:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep! Now they probably won't win for another 108 years
An hour later, checks score, yup, Cubs still won the World Series. Congrats, Cubs! That was huge! Hopefully, the next 946,079 hours go more smoothly for you, Cubs fans! Curse(s) over!
As a Cubs fan for as long as I can remember and an Indiana native with the Cubs being the closest MLB team to me.. a Chicago Cubs tattoo is in my near future!!!
Go Cubs Go!
ShadySim ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:15:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was at that game and even though my Indians lost in the end, I gotta say that both teams played not just the best game of baseball I have ever seen, but played out probably the most memorable series of baseball in prolly the past 20 years.
Congrats on breaking the curse Cubs and winning your first title in 108 years! Hoping the Tribe can possibly pull it off next year.
When I was a kid. My little league team was the Cubs. I loved them. Later I found out that apparently the Cubs were a horrible team that hasn't won and was apparently cursed. It kind of made me sad. Our team was, well just like the cubs at the time, a horrible team. I always wanted the cubs to do well. They finally won one for little Psicopbester.
I can't even deal. Best year of my life. I got married on October 14th, the last day the Cubs won the World Series in 1908. My "something blue" was my Cubs pin. I LOVE THIS TEAM!
rdldr1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:42:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The crowd in Wrigleyville is 10x crazier than when the last time the Blackhawks won. Its been a couple hours and people are still honking horns and setting off fireworks.
cubs winning the world series? i dont even watch sports and the impact this has made was mind blowing. Holy shit. also i must note that im really baked right now and wanna be a part of world (and reddit) history
I said I wish I could go back to the beginning of the season, put some money on the Cubbies!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:27:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congratulations Cub fans! I was rooting for Cleveland and yes I was a little upset, but in reality I don't even care cause Chicago earned that damn trophy.
Carr0t ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:33:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But not against Miami, sadly.
derxfred ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:33:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is baseball, right?
sijc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:34:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
First: Congrats, Cubs fans. Cherish this. As a Yankees fan, I was really hoping to see history in a big way. Impressive ownership, management, culture and everything right now about that entire organization.
Probably going to get lost in the shuffle, but it took 10 innings and 8 runs for the Cubs to do something NO team in the history of baseball had EVER done (Win a World series Game 7 on the road in extra innings).
10 innings, 8 runs
10(i) 8(r)
10(i)8(r)
108.
108 years. Man, sometimes you just have to love sports, and some odd coincidences in numbers, but mostly sports. What a ride.
My 94 year old Grandpa was moved into my parents house this week. During the 5th inning my Dad conference called my brother and I to let us know my Grandpa wasn't breathing get well and could pass at any moment.
We sat and told him we loved him together on the phone, how proud we were of him, it was okay to go, and that the cubbies were winning the world series. He wasn't very responsive, but I can't imagine what it was like for him to hear at 94 from his boys that the cubbies were winning the world series.
Thankfully, he made it another night. I feared the rain delay could press for time with his condition.
But 94 years later, my blind Grandpa, purple heart receiver, decorated marine and widower to my Grandma last year got to hear the Cubs won the world series on what could be one of his final nights.
This was such a special moment on the phone for all of us as we took a step away from the game.
Go Chicago Go! Love this city.
DSnyd87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:30:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I donยดt know chickenshit about baseball, so does this mean that Bill Murrays goat saw the shadow of its own nose and you will have a bad winter? Or do I mix up things here? ;-) Congrats to the Cubs and all the fans out there.
Hell_Mel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:40:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The # of upvotes is not an accurate representation of actual upvotes. It probably has a hundred thousand. Upvotes are normalized so that the top of /r/all isn't just all recent content due to the growth of reddit's userbase.
Mirai182 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:31:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not against Miami and a year too late.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:42:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a fan of watching history, congrats to the Cubs. As a Brewers fan: go screw shitlords. God Miller Park is going to be an awful place to be when the Cubs come to town. Learn how to drive FIBS
2016 will go down as the year of underdog. Leicester won the league in England , odds of a 1000/1. Cubs win the World Series after 106 years absenteeism, and wrinkled apricot head Trump might become president with nobody giving him a chance 6 months ago. Crazy
TheAC997 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:32:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I still remember Marco from the Animorphs saying that the Cubs never winning the world series is a fact of the universe.
ortund ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:47:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hope somebody bet on them. The odds against them winning must have been astronomical so that would have been an enormous win.
B2sxy4u ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:52:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now what is WWE going to do when they go to Chicago?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:53:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can only imagine the celebrations going on in Chicago right now...
Reddit Admins, How come all these posts weren't put into a single "Mega thread" so they don't clutter up the main page like you've done with other stories? Oh, right...
As a Brit, this means nothing to me, but I imagine it's like Leicester winning the Premier League last year. Anyone who follows football/soccer and baseball confirm please?
It's just...it's really special. Every single time before, something happened to keep the Cubs from even getting that far. And even during the game, it felt like they could lose at any single moment. It was amazing.
Not quite. The Cubs were absolutely the best team in baseball this year, and were favorites to win the World Series, but the fact that they hadn't won since 1908 made them underdogs. Typically the Cubs' season ended in heartbreak, no matter how good the team was.
Cubs are sort of similar to Arsenal. Good players and a big club but the team could still lose WS or im Arsenal's case finish 4th or KO rounds in CL. i said to myself years ago im sure Arsenal will win a CL before Cubs win WS. somehow i feel good this is an omen for Arsenal.
xana452 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:09:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Cubs have not won a championship game in 108 years. The longest drought of almost any sport. The Titanic Was built and sank since the last time the Cubs won. The Ottoman Empire still existed.
slass-y ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:33:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Think of it like Leicester winning the top flight for the first time in 100+ years. But on the way to that first win they came extremely close many times, only to blow it in every way imaginable (look up the Steve Bartman incident). In between those close calls, they had some unbelievably bad seasons. All the while, their city rivals and regional ones too have all had their turn winning the whole thing. As time goes on, this feeling that the club is cursed grows and grows to the point that it becomes folklore almost, and they gain the nickname the "loveable losers" which becomes engrained in the psyche of both the fans and generally just those that live in that part of town. Generations of fans endure this, being born and then dying without seeing their club win a title. And then one day, in as dramatic as fashion as you could imagine, they actually win.
The World Series is championship of baseball in the US. These guys had become really ingrained in baseball folklore because of the fact they hadn't won it in 108 years
slass-y ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:31:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Think of it like Leicester (or any football club) winning the top flight for the first time in 100+ years. But on the way to that first win they came extremely close many times, only to blow their chance in every heartbreaking way imaginable. In between those close calls, they had some unbelievably bad seasons. All the while, their city rivals and regional ones too have all had their turn winning the whole thing. As time goes on, this feeling that the club is cursed grows and grows to the point that it becomes folklore almost, and they gain the nickname the "loveable losers" which becomes engrained in the psyche of both the fans and generally just those that live in that part of town. Generations of fans endure this, being born and then dying without seeing their club win a title. And then one day, in as dramatic as fashion as you could imagine, they actually win.
In reviewing the list of supercentenarians, it is very likely that no one alive has a memory of the last time the cubs won the World Series. The oldest person born the US was only 5 at the time, and every supercentenarian from the US is a woman, which would have been a factor in that day in them being aware of or physically attending the game at such a young age.
Rassl3r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:11:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was watching blacklist last night and it said that "and the cubs win the world series" so it is a big thing? I am from europe and kinda know that this is a big thing but how big is it
That's happened plenty of times. Used to be all you needed to become president was to have been a high ranking military officer or a secretary in the cabinet.
KyuuAA ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:23:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
markpas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:57:38 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The people of Cleveland should not be sad. This an opportunity. In only another 43 years they can beat Chicago's record for most years without winning aWorld Series.
ArrrOne ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Good for them! So how many other countries did they beat in this "world series"?
fordahor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:55:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Many players from all over the world play in Premiership (the English football league), Primera Division (Spanish football league) etc, but nobody is calling them "world" anything.
You know, I actually got into the Cubs spirit this year. I said, "I don't care about sports, but this is a big deal. Good for the city!" And I watched games. And I cheered.
And then we won the World Series and I watched three assholes in Cubs gear run out of the bar on my street, screaming "Cubs win! We're gonna burn this city down!" before jumping onto the windshield of a car parked in front of my building, shattering it into bits.
That's what good vibes are about, apparently. Thanks for reminding me why I don't like sports.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:49:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Two people that don't play sports were stupid. This is why /r/IHateSportsball."
Yep, by all of the cops that AREN'T stationed within 2 blocks of Wrigley.
/s
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:41:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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slass-y ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:28:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Think of it like Leicester winning the top flight for the first time in 100+ years. But on the way to that first win they came extremely close many times, only to blow it in every way imaginable. In between those close calls, they had some unbelievably bad seasons. All the while, their city rivals and regional ones too have all had their turn winning the whole thing. As time goes on, this feeling that the club is cursed grows and grows to the point that it becomes folklore almost, and they gain the nickname the "loveable losers" which becomes engrained in the psyche of both the fans and generally just those that live in that part of town. Generations of fans endure this, being born and then dying without seeing their club win a title. And then one day, in as dramatic as fashion as you could imagine, they actually win.
That's the best I can explain it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:52:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All praise be to the goat
gmsc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Great job, Cubs! Not so close next time, OK?
zac428 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:54:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a time to be alive!
shane_c ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:55:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its because Cleveland Indians are cultural appropriation.
For many who are not baseball fans but tuned in to this game, this will show a lot of people why baseball is such a great game. If they can shorten the season and figure out a good way to make games faster without bastardizing the integrity of the game, we may see a renaissance in baseball viewership.
pibroch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously, if every game was this exciting, I would watch and attend. As it is, this is a historical event that likely will not be matched for awhile.
netseW ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just can't believe it. Game gets tied up in the ninth inning AND there was a fucking rain delay. What an epic game 7
Adama82 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is this why grown men are crying on my TV, and my Facebook hasn't had any political shitposts tonight? If so, there is a God.
America: please for the love of GOD go back to watching sports and insulting each others teams. You sound much more intelligent when you're all armchair quarterbacks vs. armchair political science majors.
https://youtu.be/iPaACIEnQMg?t=43
"But that will come. As sure as God made green apples, someday the Chicago Cubs will be in the World Series."
I still have this old ball I had handed to me by Derek Lee. I have my Kerry Wood shirt from the day he retired. I have an opening day ball from 2004. I have a Beanie Baby Cub from the 90s craze., the tag all worn out I have my thrift store Sosa jersey. My Baez jersey. Pictures from my first baseball game (for guess who). I have my Sammy Sosa corked bat toy. And I have years upon years of memories of walking out onto Wrigley Field.
Everything leading up to the moment was so worth it. Every kind of emotion hit me and probably a lot of Cubs fans. We were probably reminded of family members who never got to see this, of grandparents hoisting us on shoulders to get a view when we were young, of learning how to keep score. The thrill of being in a ballpark or seeing the old scoreboard in the back. Even of the old shitty McDonald's outside the ballpark.
Take everything that happened in the last two months and think about how much it meant to have that 108 year struggle culminate in this. It's a happy time, but also a reflective time, sometimes a sad time. Maybe a little overwhelming at times...it's a lot of emotions rolled into one. Even writing this ramble feels at times like the emotion of it is going to swallow me up, it feels unreal. The chain of events was--at times--unreal. Cubs fans years from now will doubt how heroic the game was--they didn't REALLY give up their lead with one inning left? There wasn't really a rain delay where the Cubs had a pump-up session before their astounding 10th inning? They came back from 3-1?...but we all know it was.
@Cleveland; hold your heads high. Not only is your ballpark one of my top 3, your team was absolutely outstanding. It could have SO EASILY gone the other way. We know that, we salute you and your team. Your time is near, you're too crazy good to NOT have your own success soon. Let's begin our countdown to the next season together.
It was game seven of a tough series. Many people who don't really watch the sport can appreciate a great match-up. Not tough to understand that ,bud..
PhyterNL ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:06:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tonight's win wasn't just a Cubbies win. It wasn't just a Chicago win or an Illinois win. It was an American win!
It was an American win because this win happened during a tumultuous election cycle riddled with divisive rhetoric threatening to rip apart the foundations of the very institutions our nation was founded upon!!
With this win Americans everywhere, Clinton supporters, Trump supporters, that.. other guy.. supporters threw aside their differences and came together for a common cause against a Common Enemy!!!
And yeah, it is a "sport" that has been around for a while and you can thank Daddy England for giving it to you. It is a sport like speed walking is a sport. Nine hours of watching fat blokes hit a ball with a stick, plus another nine hours of adverts a hundred times a season.
Yeah, unfortunately we are responsible for the dearth of excitement that is baseball. I just feel bad for what my ancestors did by bringing this "sport" to the New World.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 08:53:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So the Champions League should be renamed the World cup?
It was named when the sport only existed in the US. I'm guessing they came up with the name for marketing and it stuck. This is a major technicality but there's a team from Canada too
Decado7 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:55:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
sherip22 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 07:44:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why is it called world series if only North American teams play? Is there an actual would championship?
whorunit ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:49:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The best players from all over the world come to play in the MLB. It is far and away the absolute highest tier of baseball competition and talent that exist. If you are good enough to play in the MLB, you do. If you aren't playing in the MLB, it's because you are not good enough. They're the "World Champions" because they're objectively the best baseball team in the world.
sherip22 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:03:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But if you look at say, the English premier league, or the Spanish football league, or the Irish hurling league and so on. All these have the best players of the sport, from around the world, but none of them claim to be a "world" series since its not a world series, but a local series.the world cup for soccer is a world league, since it takes countries from all over the World - you don't see the English claiming their league is the "world league"
Is there a proper world championship in baseball, where countries do compete against each other?
whorunit ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:15:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Baseball isn't like that, though. The best players in the sport are literally all in the MLB (Major League Baseball). I'd say the Nippon Professional Baseball League in Japan is the second best league in the world but it just isn't comparable to the MLB. Any Nippon player good enough to play in the MLB comes to play in the MLB. I don't know much about Soccer but comparing the MLB to the Nippon League would be like saying 'the best players in the world play in the English Premier League and the Ecuador Series B League'. Clearly if a player from the Ecuador Series B League was good enough to play in the EPL they would. Think of MLB = EPL and Nippon (2nd best league in the world) = Ecuador Series B League.
For reference, the average Nippon league salary is a couple hundred thousand dollars and the highest paid player in the Nippon League makes $4.2 Million USD per year. The average MLB salary is about $4.5 million per year and the highest paid player makes $32 million per year. That will likely jump to between $40-$50 million in the next couple years. So, the average MLB player makes more money than the absolute best player in the Nippon League.
Yes - there is the "World Baseball Classic". That's when all of the players in the MLB (and some others) disperse to represent their various native countries in a world championship tournament.
nohmi ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 08:46:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How can it be a 'World Series' if only Americans participate
And thus the Cubs claim to fame has ended, now disappearing into the obscurity that is just another MLB franchise.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:18:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe a little but the Cubs have the largest fan base in the MLB by a lot so they will always be one of the most beloved teams in baseball
juel1979 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:20:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And the second oldest park in the league, second only to Fenway.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:25:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I love the old ball parks!
juel1979 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:47:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same. I went to Wrigley in 1994 and it was probably like some folks walking into church. Picture that Blues Brothers scene in the church. Like that heh
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:52:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Haha. Some day I will retire and my wife and I are going to travel around America. There are two things I want to see - the Grand Canyon and Fenway. If I could watch a Cubs game in Fenway that would be the best day ever.
juel1979 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:03:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fenway was a goal of mine, too. My husband is from just outside of Boston and it took until we had been married seven years and I was six weeks pregnant to get my Fenway tour. It's funny to tell my kid she was there before she was here. Heh
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:08:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I live too far away from Fenway. I need a reason to go to Boston!
As a Cubs fan since 4th grade (I'm 35) I've never wanted anything more than for this "fame" to finally end with a WS win. Happily welcoming the era of being "just another MLB franchise"
Why is it the world series when almost the whole world doesn't play it and doesn't care about it either?
In my country for instance it's played by girls and called rounders.
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 09:58:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
It's not american arrogance or other such nonsense it's that you're assuming too much.
The championship was named after the long defunct New York World. In 1903 the World was a
major American newspaper and they sponsored the event. It's the same thing as a stadium being named by the company that buys the naming rights but in this case the name has outlasted the company. You've take the word world to refer to the earth and that's not correct as the series belongs to the World news paper.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:20:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
no prob mate, unless you're into journalism you probably have never heard of the paper as it's been gone since 1931 but it used to be one of the most influential on the planet. Interestingly the major award in journalism is named after Joseph Pulitzer the publisher of the paper so it's left it's mark.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:33:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:51:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When someone tells you, "I'm getting married!" do you loudly shout, "DON'T FORGET ABOUT TIM WHO GOT ENGAGED TWO MONTHS AGO! AND BILL, WHO WAS MARRIED LAST YEAR!"?
A_T_King ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:46:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ugh, listening to Joe Buck is bad enough, but seven games of John Smooth analyzing every little thing that the pitchers did. I don't dislike Smooth but there was almost entire innings where he said nothing about the offenses or the guys behind the pitcher, unless of course it was about how it effected the pitcher. Great games but Fox and Fox announcers suck.
rillo561 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 13:47:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congratulations to the cubs and their fans.
[deleted] ยท -10 points ยท Posted at 05:07:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Named when the sport only existed in the US...my guess is they came up with it as a marketing tool and it stuck. (p.s technicality but there's a Canadian team in the MLB)
Can we calm the fuck down about this bullshit.. as of right now, we have 3 separate postings on this same news on reddit front page. Im glad this shit is providing white Americans some distraction from the trump apocalypse America is heading into... But we are literally treating this story as if America's apocalypse has begun.
Edit for those PM-ing me: Take a look at some of the analysis out there on the improbabilities of playoff series going to seven (and how like magic they almost always do). I was admittedly sceptical before reading on it and seeing some of the recent NBA, NFL and MLB season outcomes. Follow the money: there's no way the league and sponsors are going to leave the 100s of millions at stake up to chance. For me, it's still fun to watch, but somewhat akin to pro wrestling -- it's not sport, it's entertainment.
Treczoks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:29:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kudos to them that they have not given up. What kind of losing streak was it?
We have a soccer team here in the national league who earned a nickname for being the eternal second (they usually end up in the top five, but not at the very top), and there are teams that are so far down the ladder that even seeing to top from afar is a rare event. For both, a win would be great, but it would also be different.
[deleted] ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 05:17:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Usually I would simply down vote you and after cursing your existence, move on. But in this case asshole, I actually wish to curse you and unfortunately for you I know one. Thanks Bruce Campbell. Take this "Klaatu... verata... n... Necktie. Nectar. Nickel. Noodle." Ha, you are so screwed!
God damnit. I'm from Chicago, but I very much dislike baseball. It's not a sport, by any means. Now the whole fucking city is gonna be covered in baseball shit. God damnit!!!
Cubs vs Sox is a HUGE rivalry, they play each other in a cross town classic every year, this is the Cubs first World Series win in 108 years, most people alive today never saw them win.
Yep. Overservred I'm sure by waitresses like you who would never dare cut anyone off because their check is huge right now and the tip is going to be amazing.
pedone1 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:56:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn, if Cleveland didn't play like a minor league team most of that game we would have won. Play like shit, get beat, the cubs were the better team out there. Well done! And about time ;)
jbliljoe ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 06:25:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't believe in curses that's just silly superstitious fictional nonsense, but I do believe the stars are finally right. Congratulations Chicago you've awoken he who slumbers in Ry'leh, and he's probably going to be really pissed off.
Well then Google would be your friend. You are part of many people who couldn't wait to express to Reddit, that you don't watch sports. You will be downvoted because too many people are doing this. It's silly, because I never ask a question like this on here. The only purpose it serves to not do research yourself, is to let others know you where to lazy to google, and you wanted to express your lack of knowledge. It's very strange
Well lets be honest here. The top of Reddit is usually something that has a huge impact. For example, sad to say but catastrophic events such as the tsunamis hitting Japan in 2011. Personally i thought that something miraculous had happened during the game that must've got all this attention because being honest here. A sports team winning a competition in their own sport that they are set out to do is not that surprising. I mean it's just another sports team beating others. Sure they hadn't done so in 100+ years but its still a common thing that you would expect to happen like about any other team.
You just said that a team winning a championship in the first time in over a hundred years isn't common. It kind of is. If you don't care about sports ,that's fine . To millions of people, this is a big deal.
It was originally the World's Championship Series. Wikipedia says that it might be named after a newspaper, the New York World.
And it isn't just the US, Canada currently has one team in the American League, the Toronto Blue Jays, and there have been others at various points. Presumably no other country has ever cared enough.
Wow, they beat every team in every country in the whole world? Amazing.
Alice_Ex ยท -11 points ยท Posted at 05:27:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
this isn't fucking news, keep it to the sports subreddit so i dont have to see it on my front page
N897 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:29:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
wow someone has sand in their vagina
Alice_Ex ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i don't really care about sports, celebrate all you want but why the fuck are people co-opting unrelated subreddits like /r/news and /r/askreddit
N897 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:34:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Idk about /r/askreddit but this is definitely news-worthy
And also, I'm not celebrating, I was pulling for the Indians
Alice_Ex ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:46:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guess, it's only news-worthy because of how absolutely massive baseball is, meaning unrelated people can't help but be affected by shit like riots from happy and angry fans alike
ZBQ10 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:43:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because it IS news. It's not another world series game like any other year. It's a team that hasn't been in the world series in 108 fucking years. This is crazy ass news and just because you don't like it doesn't mean it isnt.
Alice_Ex ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:48:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
my toilet flushed clockwise today for the first time in 10 years, is that news
ZBQ10 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:52:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe you should call a plumber
Alice_Ex ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
baseball is a self-contained world, like all sports and my toilet, so the news is only relevant to the fans of the sport and me as the owner of my toilet. there's a place that all the fans of baseball congregate, it's called /r/baseball, that would be a great place to post the news
/r/news is for things that aren't artificially created
the only claim it has as news is that it's relevant to stockholders and people trying to avoid riots and traffic
ZBQ10 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:10:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Look, I don't give a shit about baseball typically, but it's part of American history and I'm a Chicago fan. Like I said, just because you don't care doesn't mean it's not newsworthy. I'm saying that as someone who has just watched more baseball in those few hours than I ever have in my life.
Alice_Ex ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:17:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
my toilet is part of american history, being that it exists in america, and i'm a toilet fan. that doesn't mean it's newsworthy
ZBQ10 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:20:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That is literally the worst attempt at a rebuttle that I've ever seen. Are you even trying?
Alice_Ex ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 06:25:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
herp derp muh old american pastime patriot good feelings
nah, everything that needs to be said has already been said
ZBQ10 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:08:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
herp derp sports r dumb and I don't liek them!! Grow up, child. Everything will calm down after a week or two.
Gcookiem ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:44:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So you live in Australia and the water company just installed service to your home. They turned it on today. So fucking what.
The Chicago Cubs winning the World Series is the biggest news story to happen this year.
Alice_Ex ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:58:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
grow up and look out the window. there's fucking wars everywhere, police brutality, global warming, korea's a puppet democracy, and on the flip side there's new science, new gestures of peace, new discoveries. american sports are not important in the same way. they're entertainment.
"The one constant through all the years has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Itโs been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again. Oh people will come. People will most definitely come. -James Earl Jones, Field of Dreams
Alice_Ex ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:47:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what is this quote supposed to accomplish? it's obviously not true in a literal sense.
there are many constants and metrics by which to mark american history. sport is far from the most important or useful.
america is a continuum of what it was in the past, it has never been erased.
the fact that it's part of our past is vacuously tautologically true.
it can certainly remind us of good things. that's called nostalgia.
all that's left is an appeal to emotion. this quote has no place here, it's meant to put stars in the eyes of a baseball lover, not to contest the importance of baseball with a critic.
The WWE World Series lol. Talk about a rig.
I can see the narrative forming now, commissars: The Cubs (Hillary) finally win it after 70 years since their last National League pennant (Hillary is herself going on. -- wait for it -- 70; she's supposedly always hit the glass ceiling for all those years (wow, just like the Cubs watching the World Series from behind a TV screen until now!).
And the Cleveland Indians (Cleveland being the home of the recent GOP convention) are defeated and sent packing.
It must be magic, it must be a miracle, This is Hillary's time, commissars! The Cubs are living proof! Lol. Yeah, and Chicago isn't Obama's home town and most of the MLB team owners aren't Democratic supporters either lol.
P.S. I called the Cubs to "win" a half an hour before the game finished, in a different post. I haven't followed MLB in years. Totally clueless. But suddenly I'm Mr. Vegas lol. Obvious rig is obvious -- a manufactured sports "story" to support a certain Dem lol.
Oh, and to boot, I find later that Hillary is a Chicago area native lol. That's just icing on the cake on all this lol. Could you guys be any more obvious lol?
[deleted] ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 12:15:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can't tell if you are poking a jab but it's baseball. Chicago cubs are one of those endearing teams. Hince the nickname the "lovable losers" they got. It's been 108 years since they won. Last night made a historical moment in sports.
Thrannn ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 14:54:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
wait this is about baseball?
do americans still like baseball? i thought football is the big thing and baseball is just boring
Your trolling is simply a symptom of your intense narcissism.
I sincerely hope you find the help you need. I am not sure what happened to you to make you seek attention from strangers online the way you do but I hope you find answers. Maybe your mommy didn't hug you enough as a child or something.
Good luck to you little troll. Ill put you on ignore with the rest.
Thanks Internet-Hobby-Psychoanalyst! What would I do without diagnosis from strangers based on one post! Phew. You just saved my life. And so sad and sorry that this random stranger with his kitchen-psychology ignores me now. :( May I get an DSM-V or ICD-10 code with that please?
[deleted] ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 12:53:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I still don't understand your obsession with things you enjoy
[deleted] ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 11:57:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait a minute.. Is it called WORLD SERIES? It's just for north america, right? Or is it just USA? Who are competing here? I'm not saying that any european would give a shit about baseball, but are there any european teams competing?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:56:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't understand why this is worthy of celebration from Cubs fans. It is statistically impressive that it took them over a century to win a series. It was basically impossible for them not to win at least one by now
It is absolutely worthy of celebration for the players and coaches themselves. Not so much for the organization and fans. Still just embarrassing that it took this long
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Tommygun15 ยท 4425 points ยท Posted at 04:51:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There goes that fun little sports fact about the Ottoman Empire and the Cubs. 2016. What a year.
fauno15 ยท 3675 points ยท Posted at 04:59:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, the year's not over yet. Erdogan is trying his best.
Tommygun15 ยท 774 points ยท Posted at 05:01:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And then the Ottomans form a baseball team. It'll be perfect.
MangyWendigo ยท 385 points ยท Posted at 05:05:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
nah, they would just pony up the money and have an MLB team relocation
The Constantinople Cubs
FriendsOfFruits ยท 246 points ยท Posted at 05:10:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No the revenge of the losers: The Istanbul Indians
NothingIsTooHard ยท 173 points ยท Posted at 05:13:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Constantinople Cubs vs the Istanbul Indians...that's way too perfect
bvlshewic ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 05:43:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe if they get their league off the ground they can add the Anatolia Astros.
[deleted] ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 05:46:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Byzantine Bears
thestickystickman ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 07:37:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Kebab Kings
RenlyIsTheFury ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 09:56:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They'd be removed pretty quickly
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:54:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
By the Serbian Strongs?
the_Yoodoo_Man ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:45:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Eaten alive.
AdmiralAkbar1 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:43:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Adrianople Angels
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 09:04:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kurdish Kardinals
datssyck ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:51:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Armenian... Wait nevermind
Alienm00se ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 11:20:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Istanbul was Constantinople.
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople.
Been a long time gone, Constantinople.
TooOldForThisShit642 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:52:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Even old New York, was once New Amsterdam.
Why they changed it, I can't say.
People just liked it better that way.
FencerPTS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:22:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So if there's a game in Constantinople they'll be playing in Istanbul.
Galvin_and_Hobbes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:10:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They'll alternate wins. First it's Istanbul, then Constantinople, then it's Istanbul, then Constantinople...
LieutenantHardhat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:10:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So the coup gets a second chance?
smarvin6689 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:12:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Brewers suck, I'm sure Milwaukee doesn't want them anymore.
The Byzantium Brewers
Jay180 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually from India.
naanplussed ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:29:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Will they have an Instanbulpen?
[deleted] ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 05:10:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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sinister_exaggerator ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 05:12:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why they changed it, I can't say
SpoonyGosling ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 05:18:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
People just liked it better that way?
direwolf71 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:47:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why did Constantinople get the works?
HydrationEnthusiast ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:01:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's nobody's business but the Turks...
the_grand_taco ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:47:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Take me back to Constantinople
Fried_Cthulhumari ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:21:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why they changed it I can't say...
eMan117 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:52:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks.
CharlesDickensABox ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:48:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But I have a date in Constantinople!
Ajaxconan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The dead horse is about 2 posts ahead of you.
Monckat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
During Ottoman times it was still known as Constantinople, iirc.
KlingonAdmiral ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:00:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, or rather Konstantiniyye.
Only in the 1920s with the fall of the Ottoman dynasty and the rise of Kemalist Turkey the name was changed to Istanbul. Although the city had been called so in colloquial speech for centuries already.
MangyWendigo ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:15:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's Byzantium!
greenchomp ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:40:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the village of Og and always will be.
Konkweesta ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:18:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Constantine cries
walless ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:10:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If they go for the NBA as well they could have the Istanbuls.
IBrewMyOwnBeer209 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:10:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/Wcze7EGorOk
insamination ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:35:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They'd probably rebrand to the Cubabs.
RenlyIsTheFury ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:56:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's Instanbul
Kang_andor_Kodos ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:13:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So I guess they'd be what? Eastern division?
PaulSandwich ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:40:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And towards the end of their 100+ year drought we'll start calling them the 'nopes.
Myskinisnotmyown ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:05:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can Tom Hanks be in it?!
cassatta ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:33:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have an Ottoman
a0x129 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:26:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have an empire.
We should combine them.
the_Yoodoo_Man ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:56:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone oughta, man.
TA08130813 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:43:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ottomans, longest drought in baseball history.
Psyladine ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:44:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If this was the 1980s there'd be a terribly racially insensitive ottoman baseball movie, starrring steve martin and probably one of the Belushis in spray tan with terribly exaggerated accents. Also a recurring goat joke.
Robert_Abooey ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:46:36 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But they have to hire an Ottoman Umpire too.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:23:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In all the batshit craziness that is this year, I totally forgot about what happened in Turkey last summer.
Ultrume ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:16:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can you explain briefly what happened to someone who's not well versed in world affairs?
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:46:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Turkish military stages coup that gets quickly squashed. Erdogan uses it as pretense to arrest and purge thousands military members, government officials, and educators.
Ultrume ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:18:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, thanks!
Amirix ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Erdoman Empire
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:10:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You don't need to worry Greece will stop them. When they take over, they will take over the debts and the thing won't last ten years
matgopack ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:41:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That'd mean that Erdogan gets adopted by the Osmanlis... Seems a little far-fetched to me :P
-lazybones- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:12:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"TIL the last time the Cubs won the World Series, the Ottoman Empire did not exist."
chowder138 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:18:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can you imagine it? Last time cubs won World Series was right before the Ottoman Empire fell. The next time they win is the year that the Ottoman Empire is recreated. I wouldn't be that surprised.
tswiftfan89 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:44:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And yet we still don't know why Constantinople got the works
itsnickk ยท 300 points ยท Posted at 05:04:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"The last time the Cubs won a world series, Turkey was a country." doesn't have the same ring to it.
Tommygun15 ยท 128 points ยท Posted at 05:07:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, if Turkey collapses spectacularly, it might in a hundred years.
brianlpowers ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:27:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
...Or tomorrow?
CharlesDickensABox ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:52:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The last time the Cubs won a world series, America was a country.
pipsdontsqueak ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:19:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Although we're like three weeks out from Turkey Day.
Whiskey_Nigga ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:45:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are you kidding it's way better. If Turkey collapsed today, 100 years from now it would be hilarious to say "the last time the Cubs won it all, they were apparently still naming countries after deli meats"
[deleted] ยท 243 points ยท Posted at 05:14:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some people have lived an entire life and died without witnessing the Cubs win the World Series.
Tommygun15 ยท 101 points ยท Posted at 05:17:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Absolutely crazy to think about, especially when I realize that my grandfather was one of those people.
Kylynara ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 14:51:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My mom's dad was born in 1913, died at the age of 86, ~16 years ago. I realized that this morning and it really put in to perspective for me how long it has actually been. I'm not really a sports fan, but I am from IL, and I had to tell my 5 year old about it when I woke him up for school.
Brocky70 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:57:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Two of my grandparents. They saw world wars and neil armstrong. Just can't believe it
NextArtemis ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 14:03:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep. Two World Wars, the moon landing and the Internet yet they never saw the cubs win
Storm137 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:00:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Both sets of grandparents over here. They'd be so happy.
Smigg_e ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:46:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Both my grandparents. Damn that's crazy. I knew I was witnessing history. Pretty cool.
Caboose106 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 13:30:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My wife didn't understand why I wanted to watch the whole series so bad. I told her that we were literally watching history being made.
I'll also add, she watched almost the entire game last night. I think she gets it now.
gioraffe32 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:35:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's exactly what I thought. Here I am getting to watch something amazing as a fair weather fan, that people who were true die hands never got to see in their entire lives. Could easily be at least two generations.
aznsk8s87 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:57:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a new fan (moved to Chicago last year, first time I've lived anywhere with a baseball team). I always loved playing baseball and watching it but never had a team. What instantly hooked me on the cubs Was The tradition and loyalty for generations. My friends were crying because they inherited this love for the team from their grandpa's who aren't here anymore. It's beautiful.
unpopularOpinions776 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:36:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Literally every person I've ever met who is dead lived and died without seeing the Cubs win. And most were Cubs fans (I'm from North side chicago)
R3volution327 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:35:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Harry Caray
PunTwoThree ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:28:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
RIP Browns fans
Bagzy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:27:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Most people.
SunDriedOP ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This one actually hit me kind of hard
N0V0w3ls ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Including Harry Caray
Mash_Ketchum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:57:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Right, and not just any life, but a very long one, maybe even living to be 100.
arosiejk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:02:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep. Often those that brought us to our first game at Wrigley.
happyscrappy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:06:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Even more lived an entire life and died without witnessing the Mariners win the World Series.
SlaughterHouze ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:52:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Multiple generations of people have lived and died never witnessing a cubs victory. My father and his father both. I'm not sure when my great grandpa was born but maybe even him..
Hodor42 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:57:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, most people I'd say
DoYouGotDa512s ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:11:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My Grandpa passed last December at 94. I like to think he was up there helping us along.
thorlord16 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:06:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hell, so many Cubs players too. Ernie Banks, aka Mr. Cub was only 14 when the Cubs were in their last world series and he passed away in Jan '15. I only wish he could've seen this
cujoslim ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:04:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't it almost every person? I mean excluding those record holding outliers.
JoeyHoser ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:25:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some people and their children, who all died of natural causes in old age.
_heisenberg__ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:07:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hope HL3 doesn't turn into something like that.
Krathicus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:19:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep. My wife broke down in tears when they won. Came to find out her grandmother was a huge Cubs fan and never got to see them win. This would have been huge for her!
FloobLord ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:04:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A long, full life.
MangyWendigo ยท 694 points ยท Posted at 04:59:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
year 2124:
"did you know little johnny that the last time the cubs won the world series donald trump wasn't undead head-in-a-jar emperor?"
Tommygun15 ยท 304 points ยท Posted at 05:03:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Or that the EU still existed?"
baroqueworks ยท 94 points ยท Posted at 05:22:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
muh thrawn trilogy
diablo_man ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:40:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
X Wing.
SavioVegaGuy ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:54:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
muh jizz music
[deleted] ยท 108 points ยท Posted at 05:06:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh I member
mrsuns10 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:11:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Member Teddy Roosevelt?
DinoDonkeyDoodle ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:13:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh I member.
i_bent_my_wookiee ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 05:23:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We can't bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for m'shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now where were we... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. I didn't have any white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:40:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
no longer a member actually, they're exiting
or "brexiting"
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:19:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
'member no ISIS?
TheNerdyNegro ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:00:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You member!
smarvin6689 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:12:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Member Chewbacca?
TheNerdyNegro ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:02:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Too soon.
Bigmacccc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Member South Park wasnt a soap
SupportstheOP ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:12:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Member when Star Wars wasn't 80 episodes long?
TheNerdyNegro ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:01:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The irony is that Disney has already planned three trilogies plus TV spots and Fett and Solo movies.
Third_Degree_Burgers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:53:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Or that Australia didn't rule over the West side of the Pacific?"
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:02:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
C'mon, it's not 2018
Ragnatronik ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:53:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A historical World Series can't even escape the political talk of 2016..
FatalTragedy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:43:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
*2125
They gotta win two in a row, and then go 108 years without winning one.
pete_topkevinbottom ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:49:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The year is 252525 another cubs world series victory came by surprise.
tonymcd ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:06:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or there was ice on Antarctica?
brokeperson ยท 238 points ยท Posted at 05:07:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2016 has been a weird year.
designer_farts ยท 215 points ยท Posted at 05:15:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And its only going to get weirder.
The election is next week
brokeperson ยท 122 points ยท Posted at 05:18:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
World's going insane, buy gold and store it inside a mattress inside your walls.
straightup920 ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 06:26:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
storing a mattress in my walls?!? You're right, the world is going insane!
___cats___ ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 11:09:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
INSAAAANE MATTRESS PRICES!!! NOW THROUGH BLACK FRIDAY!!! WALL INSTALLATION FREE WITH PURCHASE OF BOX SPRING!!! BRING THE KIDS FOR FREE HOT DOGS AND BALLOONS!!! WE'LL SELL YOU THE WHOLE MATTRESS BUT YOU'LL ONLY NEED THE EEEEDDDddddgggeeeee
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 06:32:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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mrgriffin88 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:18:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Become a gold collector now.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:06:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That really is the safest place. Start building mud brick ovens as well, we got a wall to build. The Trump Taj Mawall.
yolo-swaggot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:57:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Stockpile gold, ammo, guns, water, and antibiotics!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:13:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
and bitcoin
cjhobbes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:05:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
a murphy bed, full of gold!
john1g ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:39:32 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Start hoarding bottlecaps.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 14:12:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Or if you want to be practical, purchase bitcoin.
I remember it being 450ish earlier this year. Just a few months ago, I think around June or so, it shot up to 650ish. Right now it's 737.
which fucker downvoted me? nothing i said was false
Imagine1 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:46:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh god don't remind me
SanguisFluens ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:21:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh God.
CorpseZero ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:52:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hurry up! Ready for the next four years of bitching to end.
TopshelfPeanutButtah ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:15:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
CBS this morning first story was the cubs, then the next story was about next Tuesday. Why do they have to bring me down like that?!?
RexMundi000 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:41:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
After game 4 vegas has the odds of a Cubs win smaller than Trump winning the election.
Tyrann0saurus_Rex ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:58:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well it ain't that weird as we all know the outcome since a long time...
GenesisEra ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 05:14:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That moment when Trump might win.
That moment when South Korea's leadership might be less sane than North Korea's.
That moment when Brexit.
And now this moment.
2016: the year the world went "WTF?"
Smigg_e ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:47:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's a lot more that could be said.
GenesisEra ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:58:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but "WTFITBSIDWTLOTPAMFTSIMOOH" doesn't quite roll off the tongue as well.
Tundur ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:58:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not just that Trump might win, it's that the other candidate is comparable in how despicable she is. In any other year it'd be a joke but now there's a choice between an evil corrupt oligarch who represents the worst of late-stage capitalism or a rambling tit with an outlandish perspective on the world based on conjecture, prejudice, and an actual disbelief in the concept of reality.
What kind of fucking choice is that.
GenesisEra ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:00:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not so much that Trump might win so much as he was considered a presidential candidate in the first place.
Not too long ago we only saw him as a reality star/property mogul.
Has_No_Gimmick ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:44:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This year has sucked so hard because the universe needed all that extra goodwill to make the Cubs win.
pmmemoviestills ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:38:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
At first I thought people were being hyperbolic, but yeah...when telling younger kids about formative cultural years, 2016 will probably be one of if not the tops.
stupid-rando ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:45:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the End of Days. The Cubs have removed all doubt.
spikey_mikey_86 ยท 339 points ยท Posted at 05:09:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
By the time the Cubs won their 2nd world series, Pluto had been discovered and then declassified as a planet though. Edit: time between 2nd and 3rd wins.
Tommygun15 ยท 375 points ยท Posted at 05:12:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Soviet Union also came into existence, became one of two superpowers, then collapsed.
RaiderDamus ยท 433 points ยท Posted at 05:20:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man invented powered flight, went to the moon, and then stopped going to the moon.
Tommygun15 ยท 121 points ยท Posted at 05:21:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That one might just be the craziest to think about.
yolo-swaggot ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 11:56:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
NASA: Hey, you know, we haven't been to the moon in a while.
Congress: They got oil on the moon?
NASA: Why are you so fixated on oil? Can't you just enjoy discovery of the mystery of the universe? Do you even love me any more?
Congress: Babe, that was just pillow talk. Now go make me a spy satellite.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:41:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
we went to mars tho which is cooler than the moon
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:43:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That we stopped?
BigPackHater ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 05:44:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That there's a moon
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:57:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:17:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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Tundur ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 06:51:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why do you think they've been putting so many crackers into space?
1869er ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:48:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What if it were made of barbeque spare ribs, would ya eat it?
tinkerpunk ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 12:51:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a simple question.
B3C745D9 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:58:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They'd be billions of years old
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:36:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And preserved by the vacuum of space
B3C745D9 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:46:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And cooked to a coal by the UV and ionizing radiation
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:08:00 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just a nice baked crust
deflagration83 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:31:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs fans need to be pushing for Mars missions then, because it is still going to be some time after that for their third.
spockspeare ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:40:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Powered flight was 1903.
Edit: But we didn't discover the atomic nucleus until 1911. So try that.
RaiderDamus ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:41:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fair enough. We invented the passenger airliner well after that.
In any case, we went from Kitty Hawk to the Fucking Moon in 66 years, which is pretty staggering.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:44:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never got this. Rocket technology has little to do with powered flight. I mean, the greeks had rocktes thousands of years ago and the chinese used them heavily as well.
Rockets does not use the phenomena of lift.
LaJame ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:39:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except you still need a very in depth understanding of aerodynamics and a very sophisticated atmospheric-flight-capable craft to fly to the moon. That's cool.
bremidon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:29:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Almost. I actually looked this up a little earlier, having the same thought you did. Depending on your criteria, there are two dates that are used for when powered flight was invented, both in 1906.
Close miss, but still amazing to think about.
Oh, and you can add to your list that we built three space stations and decommissioned two of them :)
marzolian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:12:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wright brothers flew in 1903.
meeeeetch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:27:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But powered flight had been going on for five years before their previous win.
nvkylebrown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:36:46 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hell, I think the moon part of that happened between Yankee World Series titles too - we really didn't go to the moon very many times or for very long.
Wrest216 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:32:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thats what NASA and the CIA and Project MK ultra WANT you to think! WAKE UP SHEEPLE!
N0V0w3ls ยท 292 points ยท Posted at 05:24:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Arizona became a state, started their own baseball team, and THAT team won a World Series.
Two World Wars were fought, then made all but obsolete by nuclear weapons.
Man had just learned to fly 5 years prior, then shot themselves into space and landed on the moon. They had since gotten bored of doing that and had stopped going.
The Titanic sank, was lost for decades, found 2 miles under the ocean, then had a blockbuster film made out of the disaster and discovery of the wreckage. That film was 19 years old by the time the Cubs won again.
rvnnt09 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 07:22:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is add that not only did Arizona became a state, there was a battleship named after it that got sunk in an attack that propelled the U.S. into a SECOND World War that left us one of the two superpowers in the world
Isord ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 13:14:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were still alive when the cubs last won the world series, and they had a movie made about them before the cubs would win again.
Oskar Schindler was born the same year, would save thousands of Jews during the Holocaust, die, and then have a movie made about him that would then go on to win numerous awards all before the Cubs would win again.
starpiratedead ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:21:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's believed they died in a shootout in Bolivia in November of 1908. So they were probably around for a month after the first cubs win...Nuts!
missemilyjane42 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:51:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This made me chuckle on the bus to work. :p
GrilledCyan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:40:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Arizona one was my favorite. What jokes am I supposed to use now?
awkwardaudit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:24:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Ford model T had only been available for 13 days the last time the Cubs won a world series.
TheNedsHead ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:11:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm
chillin223 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:49:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We didn't learn to fly just 5 years before the moon landing?
FrogsGoMoo ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:12:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah didn't you know? The Wright Brothers flew their plane in 1964.
chillin223 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:30:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've heard some wildly innacurate reports about ww1 and ww2 then.
Whaddaulookinat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:53:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They weren't they first likely...
Here_and_now_yo ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:19:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit
LotusBlooms ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:38:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, just said this one to my Russian fiancee.
TrumpNurse ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 05:20:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well technically they won in 1907 and 1908 so not much happened between the first and second
Plasticover ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:33:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well banks and politicians were playing games with the livelihood of everyone while raking in money; Some things never change:
October 24 1907 โ A major American financial crisis is averted when J. P. Morgan, E. H. Harriman, James Stillman, Henry Clay Frick, and other Wall Street financiers create a $25,000,000 pool to invest in the shares on the plunging New York Stock Exchange, ending the bank panic of 1907, a move which ultimately leads to establishment of the Federal Reserve System.
November 3 1907 โ President Roosevelt approves the takeover of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company by J. P. Morgan's U.S. Steel company in the wake of the panic of 1907.
Also, the vacuum was invented in 1908 so thats neat.
TrumpNurse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:31:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually that is pretty neat about the vacuum
TheWho22 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:36:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is their 3rd, not 2nd!
MagnaVis ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:44:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Third, I believe. They won back to back in 1907 and 1908.
wildwookie05 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:55:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That last time the Cubs won back to back world series' the ottoman empire was a thing
klamchowder ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:59:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is their third World Series 1907, 1908, 2016
Iswallowedafly ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:04:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually this one was their 3rd that they have won.
ACuteMonkeysUncle ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:07:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Third. They won in '07 too, and when I say '07 I mean 1907.
spikey_mikey_86 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:47:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks for the info. Didn't know that.
laurenbanjo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:21:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man, that's messed up.
cyclicamp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:30:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah but Pluto didn't even complete a single orbit in that time! Hardly any time at all.
jdscarface ยท 77 points ยท Posted at 05:00:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All the celebrity deaths are worth it for this moment.
Razzler1973 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:30:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Gods needed sacrifice
Tommygun15 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:03:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Will Trump be worth it though?
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:07:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Trump will lose. That's the magic.
[deleted] ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 05:09:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-cubs-have-a-smaller-chance-of-winning-than-trump-does/
zap_rowsd0wer ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:15:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Five Thirty Eight'a stories have been stressing me out lately.
Terribletimes ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:30:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There was one today that said 70/30 really means 50/50. My eyes rolled back in my head so far I saw the Cubs win the World Series.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:08:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's why they're called odds not definites :) . the gap will widen by election day in Hillary's favor, the public has a short memory.
MistaRational ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:13:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
People also said Brexit would fail.
GolgiApparatus1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:45:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That doesn't mean the odds of it happening weren't really low.
robodrew ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was a single nationwide vote that was polling within the margin of error for several months, it's not comparable to this election or our state-by-state EV system at all.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:27:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 14:32:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i'm getting more confident he will and i'm happy because politics aside i had made a bet with someone 3.50 that he would beat her. I ended up spending my paypal money to buy myself reddit gold so I only have 2.98 so I really hope he wins so the other person has to pay me.
Unless they pussy out or delete their account or something, which is possible. If they keep their word I'm rich.
MistaRational ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:52:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Correct, but regardless trump will be president regardless: either he wins in an upset or he takes it by force. That's what the NYT said.
ProgrammingPants ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:19:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
That actually makes the odds of Trump winning even smaller.
Think about it, let's say that the Cubs had a 1/5 chance of winning, and Trump has a 1/4 chance of winning.
The chance of the Cubs winning AND Trump winning is 1/4 * 1/5 = 1/20
The chance of the Cubs losing AND Trump winning is 1/4 * 4/5 = 4/20 = 1/5
So because the Cubs won, Trump's chances of winning have decreased by quite a bit. If the Cubs had lost then Trump's chances would be several times greater. Trust me I have a doctorate in statistics.
Meepster23 ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 05:25:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/shittystatistics
sgamer ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:25:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pure science right here
Kered13 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:34:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only if the Cub's winning and Trump's winning are inversely correlated. Which seems pretty unlikely.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:36:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Any Indians fans will be too depressed to show up and vote
Kered13 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:48:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well Ohio is a swing state. Which way do Indians fans lean?
drtoszi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:08:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This might actually be a good thing then...?
BaconHeaven ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:33:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There actually is a difference between odds and chances
GolgiApparatus1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:44:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's not how it works at all. Yes, the probability of both the cubs and trump winning was 1/20, but now that the game is over, the odds of trump winning is still 1/4. The 1/20 probability is only applicable if the two variables are unknown, or if they havent happened yet.
You have to realize that the game already happened, meaning that the odds of the cubs winning are 1/1, since they already won. This means that the odds of trump and the cubs winning would now be 1/4, since only one of the variables is unknown. But even aside from all of that, the two probabilities are completely independent.
A good analogy for how you are wrong is if you consider the scenario of a die roll and a coin flip. Rolling a 6 on the die could represent the cubs winning, making the odds 1/6. And tails from the coin flip could represent a trump victory, making the odds 1/2. Now this means that two victories (rolling a 6 and landing on tails) would have the odds of 1/12. With your logic, you would be saying that if you rolled the die and it came up as a 6, then the odds of the coin landing on heads would be 1/12, when in reality, it's still 1/2.
Here_and_now_yo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:17:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
*rereads title..."heh...wait...oh shit.
SonicFrost ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:25:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The 2016 curse continues
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:28:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's funny, but doesn't actually affect Trump's odds at all, if you want to be statistical about it.
itty53 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:13:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Five Thirty Eight has gone down hill a lot lately
NaughtyLobos ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:17:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well fuck... President Trump...
Drmadanthonywayne ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs win the World Series, Donald Trump is elected president, what next?
PlayMp1 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Princeton has him at 1% with their open source statistical model and Upshot is at 87% Clinton.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The guy who's model predicted every election since the early 1900s (except 1960, because of fraud) has Trump as the likely to win.
Realistically, nobody knows what the hell is going to happen.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:23:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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jbl420 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:02:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nobody knows. Ask him
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:25:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
His model is bullshit as I explain here.
PlayMp1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:23:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's incredibly easy to overfit your models to retroactively predict results without having predictive power for future elections. He's down in polls.
Nufity ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:26:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What the hell are you talking about? Trump is polling higher than ever before.
PlayMp1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Down relative to Clinton, not in general. He is higher than he has been since the first debate, yeah.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He's trending upwards. He gained 15 points in one week in a reputable poll. Every poll shows him trending up. I wouldn't count him out.
PlayMp1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:41:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The ABC News poll is really odd. Tracking polls this year have been odd in general.
jbl420 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:03:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like the matrix is starting to unravel
Kang_andor_Kodos ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:23:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Does this statement even REMOTELY make sense to you?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:22:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes. I didn't say he was the one physically predicting it. He predicted every winner since 1980. The model he used was effective in every election since 1912, with the exception of 1960.
robodrew ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:24:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fun fact: the previous 8 times that a World Series went to game 7 during a Presidential Election year, when the AL team won, the GOP candidate won, and when the NL team won, the Dem candidate won!
Grats Cubbies!!!
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:31:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fascinating. The world is such a weird place.
TGE0 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:33:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How are Cubs fans R vs D wise? Since I imagine they're all just going to be too drunk in celebration for the next month to be able to vote.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:34:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They're in Chicago so Democrats, but Illinois is going to be blue no matter how many drunk Cubs fans there are.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:17:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
538 doubled Trump's chances of winning in the past two weeks, right now he's at 33% chance of winning.
New Hampshire, Colorado, and Pennsylvania are swing states now. Trump is practically tied in Nevada with a few polls having him leading.
A recent poll had Trump one point ahead of Clinton in a four way race in New Hampshire. Looking at the other states that are close calls, those 4 votes from New Hampshire might decide the election, right now Nate has New Hampshire voters having twice as much power per vote in deciding the election compared to voters in most other states.
Trump came out ahead 3 points in a recent Virginia poll which is supposed to be a blue state or at least leaning blue, and he's actually tied in the latest Colorado poll with Clinton. Colorado.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:30:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What's your point? Also, your definition of "swing state" is, uh, unconventional.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:41:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what's my point? trump will win idk what to tell you
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:42:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, he could, but the odds are still stacked against him four days out, so...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:22:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
no point talking just wait
designer_farts ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:14:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Trump aint worth it
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:07:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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faux__mulder ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Incredibly dubious claims of making America great again that has no problem violating Geneva conventions, betraying our NATO allies and has no respect for women or corrupt politician that can handle shitty weather in stride.
Kang_andor_Kodos ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:28:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I gotta say, Clinton isn't great. But people are using their hatred of her to gloss over the absolute insanity of the Trump campaign. That's misleading if intentional.
The guy has no policy, has made ludicrous statements, insulted the grieving parents of a dead solider, bragged about not paying taxes, OPPOSES NET NEUTRALITY, grabs women by the pussy, admitted to not allowing black renters in the past...I mean the list goes on.
People forget ALL of it when Clinton's name comes up.
bumblebritches57 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Absolutely better than the alternative.
midnightrambler108 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:07:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not like the alternative is any better.
tinypeopleinthewoods ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It is though.
midnightrambler108 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah it isn't.
MistaRational ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What about armed revolution? We could forcibly install Elon Musk as president. If he refuses we deport him and give Tesla to a fossil fuel company.
i_bent_my_wookiee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
pity Joe Buck was not among the fallen...
whatarethecontrols ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:04:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, they can finally be promoted to bears. Being cubs for a 100 years should suffice
GolgiApparatus1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:21:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Idk, I think I'd rather have Bowie with us for another 20 years or so.
the_Yoodoo_Man ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:18:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That stat is clearly an eye-catcher, but my favorite was that, the last time the Cubs won the World Series, the lollipop had not yet been invented . . . .
Tommygun15 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:19:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are probably so many things that hadn't been invented yet, like sliced bread for example.
the_Yoodoo_Man ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:26:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I do think that that was among the mentions! . . .
Tommygun15 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I am happy to have started this listing of things that happened between Cub world series wins.
bjacks12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:09:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man, they would have loved lollipop's major UI overhaul.
the_Yoodoo_Man ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:11:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Awww, mayn! I'm a programmer (mostly C; matlab is my most-abstracted) and now I've gotta go look this up....
[ edit: but that does make it double-generational! โ i.e. first the original lollipop, and then decades later something else named after it โ all between Cubs wins! {i'm a Pirates fan, but as a neutral with many Cubbie friends, had to pull for what ended up happening} ]
saliczar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:18:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Betty White hadn't been invented yet.
Flick1981 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:14:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also, Harry Carey lived his whole life and never saw a World Series victory for the Cubs. It's been a long time.
UncleSquamous ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:25:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
See, that's what it was, he was holding them back!
LeSexySexMeister ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 05:11:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Last time the Cubs were even in the World Series, Japan still hasn't officially surrendered in WWII
kcg5 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:28:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They surrendered on September 2nd, the world series was October 3-10.
August 6th and 9th are the dates of the bombs.
Edit-spelling
jacoobz ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:11:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My house was younger by five years. I can't say that anymore.
cdsackett ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait... your house was built in 1903?
MightyMinnesota ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:20:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And the one about how Arizona became a state, got a baseball team, and won the World Series during the Cubs' drought.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:21:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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snoopyda6fuck9dog ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:36:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And Thomas Edison was 61 years old
allodude ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:13:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was a good 108 year run.
youllgetoverit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:29:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red Dead Redemption took place 3 years AFTER they last won.
firearasi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:34:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And There goes China's Qing Dynasty!
Pandaslaper ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:45:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Trump still may win.
iZacAsimov ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:46:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The fun little sports fact about GRR Martin's Winds of Winter and the Cubs still applies.
Unco_Slam ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:51:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can someone elaborate to someone who doesn't keep up-to-date with sports?
Tommygun15 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:53:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The last time that the Cubs won the world series in 1908, the Ottoman Empire was still a functioning nation.
TheDwarvenGuy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:15:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
108 years from now: "Last time the cubs won North Korea still existed and Donald Trump was running for president!"
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:33:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was so last century, It's all about ISIS now!
Hwestice ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:49:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You mean an entire empire based on putting your feet up??
Ivan_Himself ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:52:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What was the fact about the Ottoman Empire?
Tommygun15 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:59:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only that the Ottoman Empire existed the last time the Cubs won the World Series in 1908.
aldenscott ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:50:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In a 100 years people will talk about the cubs being the last professional sports team to win a championship before Trump's American empire falls.
095179005 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:35:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"The last time the Cubs won the World Series, we had a black man as president."
LegacyLemur ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:54:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to irrelevance to you Ottoman Empire!
AnneBancroftsGhost ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:49:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey there's a lot of jokes we can't tell anymore. At least until next season when they start sucking again.
Impeesa_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:32:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Did you know: The second to last time the Cubs won the World Series....
Marenum ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:29:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I maintain that all that fact did was make most people pretend to know what the Ottoman Empire was.
tswiftfan89 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:41:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Indians now have the longest World Series championship drought.
Did you know that last time the Indians won a World Series, Costa Rica still had a standing army?
Tommygun15 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:39:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So it was really quite an important game for both teams.
Lupin_The_Fourth ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:24:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That could be a partial mention.
MyRealNameIsFurry ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is this Thomas from Cottonwood???
Tommygun15 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't believe so.
MyRealNameIsFurry ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:27:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ha, okay. I have a friend named Thomas who loved that anecdote. Saw your username and took a shot.
Tommygun15 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:54:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't you know that all Thomases love that fact? I am putting myself in trouble with the Council of Thomas by telling you that, but I feel it's important that you know.
CanadianAstronaut ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:31:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what was the fact?
tomosponz ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 05:03:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
everything changed when Trump ran for president... Only Bernie Sanders, master of not being evil, crazy or greedy, could save the world, but when we needed him most... fuckin' superdelegates
mrsuns10 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Erdogan wants the Ottoman Empire to return
roomandcoke ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a Sox fan, this is why I'm happy they won. In a few years, once the "Maybe they'll do it again" dies down, they'll just be another team in baseball. And all the suburban moms can stop acting like they actually like the Cubs.
Crowsdower ยท 240 points ยท Posted at 04:55:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Boy, it sure is cold in Hell right now
ihadanamebutforgot ยท 73 points ยท Posted at 05:52:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I knew they would have reddit in Hell.
fib16 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 06:15:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The only sub is the_donald
ihadanamebutforgot ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 06:21:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No! It's not fair! There was time now!
-salt- ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 11:49:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
CROOKED Hillary just deleted an email from her SPAM folder! SAD!
Bed_Post_Detective ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:07:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's one of the main stations in your rotation.
JJfromNJ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:28:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That hell doesn't seem like such a bad place after all.
noonathon ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:55:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think they only get new
darker_phoenix ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:22:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Coincidentally, it's unseasonably warm in Chicago.
1sagas1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:09:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like this past week has been unpleasantly warm all over the Midwest. It was a fucking record high of 85 to start the month here.
eddie3497 ยท 2361 points ยท Posted at 05:08:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So this cements 2016 as the weirdest year of all time, right?
[deleted] ยท 1063 points ยท Posted at 05:34:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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rockidol ยท 367 points ยท Posted at 08:43:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know what fuck it, until I go out to vote I refuse to think about the election. From now till November 8 it's talking about the Cubs or something else pleasant (if I can help it).
Sovonna ยท 189 points ยท Posted at 10:26:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
N7 day is on the 7th, if you like Bioware games. Hope that helps.
observingjackal ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 12:04:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks for the reminder. Long live Shepard and sweet god I want Andromeda so bad!
Blze001 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 12:25:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man, I'm conflicted. On the one hand, everything I've seen looks amazing. On the other hand, it just reminds me that they buggered the ending of ME3 so badly they really can't do another game in our galaxy and have to go to another one. :/
molotovzav ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 13:21:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Me3 ending did suck but Andromeda is a fresh start with no worries or hangover from the old trilogy. The way they've talked they know we don't want an ending like that and we don't want to start out space Jesus. Theyve already rectified the latter.
bilc0 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 15:14:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't want a new galaxy, I want the galaxy I saved from the reapers... the one I nearly died for and the legacy and team that went with it.
Lord-Octohoof ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:19:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My conflict doesn't arise from ME3. I loved that game despite the ending. Rather after seeing what they did to Dragon Age after DA:Origins I can't help but feel like Andromeda is going to be Mass Effects version of DA:Inquisition, which I couldn't stand.
It seriously took all of the best things about Dragon Age Origins and cut them away entirely. Inquisition felt more like a single player MMO.
molotovzav ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 13:25:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They already said people didn't like dai because of its MMO combat (with dumb npc ai evwn micromanaging) and bad MMO zones. Bioware story didn't suffer in Inquisition though, the people who say it did just really hated the PC char and couldn't get past you having to give him/her personality which means the have a problem with most RPGs and probably stick to games with preset chars. Even on that though bioware has made sure to say this ME. ME is a new team too most of the da and ME vets are working on biowares new IP . I'm pumped to see the new blood, but Walters is still the writer :( that's the only neg. He's cancer.
Lord-Octohoof ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 13:37:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Eh. I'm getting tired of the trend of fully voiced RPGs. It works for some games, but most of the time it's a nuisance. For instance it never once bothered me in Mass Effect, that was fine, but in games like Fallout 4 I can't stand the fully voiced dialogue. All it means is less choices and many of the choices you do have being false, all of them leading to the same dialogue regardless of what you pick.
Dragon Age Inquisition was just awful. I'm sure the lore was still great, but a good story / lore can't save awful gameplay.
z3r0Var0c ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:00:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like DA:I, didn't love, but most certainly liked. The voice acting was pretty good, the characters were pretty good, etc. My biggest complait is that playing Inquisition made me feel like it should've been DA2, and Bioware could have done something more impressive for the third installment.
Love how a thread about the Cubs has become about one of my favorite developers, lol
Lord-Octohoof ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:20:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I used to love Bioware, but they've just gotten so sketchy to me lately that I can't help but not care about them.
Mass Effect 3 controversy, quality decline in Dragon Age, no Jade Empire sequels (seriously, what the hell?), turning the Kotor series into an MMO and calling it "Kotor 3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9".
Like to me that's an incredibly disrespectful thing to say. I will grant them that the story for the main class quests in The Old Republic were really good and did almost feel like a Kotor game, but you CANNOT go through the game and just play the core missions. You have to grind and do stereotypical mmo "chore" quests and so you end up with a ratio of like 10 minutes of awesome for every 50 minutes of dull (and that's optimistic).
Dragon Age Origins was great because it was so similar to Kotor. Then they ruined it by trying to make it more "action-y".
They just took everything that I loved them for and ruined it. Hopefully Mass Effect Andromeda is an exception, but I won't get excited about it at all until it proves itself such.
franklyspooking ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 12:31:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have the same feeling about it that I had for No Man's Sky. Just sayin'.
irishninjaa ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 12:34:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is my favorite commit on the citadel
flappity ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:01:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also Blizzcon is in the next couple days! If you're into blizzard games.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:50:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Get rid of Casey Hudson and we'll talk. Until then, fuck them. They burned their bridge.
rfield84 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:25:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks for that positive reminder! Can't wait!
VonBeegs ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:51:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I used to.
Javad0g ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:25:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I want Bio Shock 1 back again. I want to feel like that again about a single player video game.
Too much to ask?
shinywtf ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:55:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't you have early voting in your state?
HappyPants350 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:05:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You could early vote. Rip the bandaid off and get it over with. It feels good.
hometowngypsy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:16:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I did that. We all kind of looked at each other in line with disbelief and then shuffled to our booths with resignation.
EvanHarpell ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:23:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This was the most uninspired vote I have ever been a part of.
Dinkir9 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:16:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He could be in Pennsylvania
zeekaran ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:11:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If your ballot is anything like mine, the president and senator were the least interesting parts of the ballot. For example, I got to vote for my county to have it's own ISP!
LakeBandingo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:45:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You don't have to wait until the last minute to vote you know..
hooch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:14:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is the positivity I needed today
Kang_andor_Kodos ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:40:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've managed to tune it out more recently. I don't usually watch TV, but I did for the world series. I didn't realize just how inundated everyone is by the constant political attack ads. That shit would drive me crazy.
Zfninja91 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:54:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Cubs winning is pleasant?! You must either be a Cubs fan or never met one.
eddiesaid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:55:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nov. 12th will probably be the biggest fighting event in History- UFC 205. You can become a fan and learn about all the fighters over the next 10 days and the election will just come and go with any notice.
BobSmash ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:07:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe the election is the main thing BTtF got wrong and Biff is just running for president...
SalAtWork ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:01:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What about all the other ballot issues? I've found they're a lot more interesting than the Dumb and Dumber race.
rockidol ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:31:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm going to do research for those before I vote but I've already made up my mind for the presidential election and I am so sick of hearing about it.
UCWH-WSRS76 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 13:16:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pleasant like a pink dildo at the patriots game?
pupuusas ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 12:07:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Next week, A Tribe Called Quest releases an album.
yrddog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:24:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thank god I already voted
racc8290 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:26:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Part of me can't help but feel this was a little too perfectly timed, getting the people's spirits up just before a major election with the underdoggest story ever (and I ain't talkin bout Bernie, neither!)
What with every media organization working together for Abuela and all
No_stop_signs ยท -31 points ยท Posted at 10:49:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh god... Crooked hillary might steal the election. How horrible.
snidleewhiplash ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 11:08:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
whichever one steals the election will be horrible...there is no good outcome.
nashkara ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 11:32:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is so true it's sad. My diehard Hillary supporter friend voted the green party candidate instead. I think hell is trying to freeze over.
No_stop_signs ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 11:51:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like how this is the new talking point now it's come out how terrible criminal hillary is. "B-b-b-but Drumpf"
Uther-Lightbringer ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 12:15:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You do realize Trump is literally under investigation for raping a 13 year old girl right?
Dinkir9 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:17:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He also had a revolving door of other rape accusers who turned out to be nothing...
Actually let's not get into this. The Cubs just fucking won a world series for the first time in over a century! By the skin of their teeth!
HelpfulToAll ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:32:09 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not so fast, buddy. There's another candidate who's had a revolving door of accusations that turn out to be nothing. And she also didn't own a fraudulent university, bribe a Florida attorney general, and tweet porn at 3 am.
False equivalency is a real problem in this country.
No_stop_signs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:39:27 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, who is investigating Trump for that? You must have forgotten to answer me.
No_stop_signs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:40:28 on November 5, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No answer for me? Just going to make up some hateful lies and then crawl back under your rock like a coward? Golly gee, that sure is tolerant and progressive and based in reality, isn't it?
No_stop_signs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:18:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Who is investigating that?
Whatiredditlike ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 14:36:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man and the so called accuser cancelled her press meeting even though she was anonymous.
She's a fake. A delusion conjured up by establishment NeoCons to try and stop Trump.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 11:29:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Do you really think she's more crooked than the last 44 Presidents? I mean, on average? Trump isn't some clean alternative - I think you'd have to go back to at least Kennedy to find another candidate with such obvious Mafia ties. Plus there's the whole reality TV racist dipshit angle. When the Klan and Neo-nazis endorse a candidate it may be time to look elsewhere. Yes, Hillary is a corrupt career politician. Like everyone else in Washington. I can live with that given the alternative being a man who thinks climate change is a Chinese conspiracy.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 11:47:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:59:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For voting? Yes. For President? Not really, not if you're being realistic. Chomsky said it far better than I can but simply put the 3rd party vote is a vote for patting yourself on the back vs. accepting the realistic outcome of your actions.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/8/14/1560003/-Noam-Chomsky-Hillary-Clinton-is-the-Smartest-Choice-For-President
No_stop_signs ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 11:48:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think she's far more crooked than the next president, which is the only thing that matters. I don't like her, or any of corrupt corporate warmongers like her. Not Obama, not Bush, not Clinton, not other Bush, not her.
The racist angle is just that. An angle that has been invented and pushed by corporations and corrupt politicians.
I don't let the actions of KKK or neo-nazis affect my actions in the slightest, certainly not my political views. I pity those who are influenced by them.
The corporate crony who is bought by the regressive theocratic Saudi petroleum dictatorship is going to solve climate change? Wait, hasn't Obama solved it already? No, I take climate change seriously, but to think crooked hillary would do anything about it is hilarious.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 11:57:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No_stop_signs ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:59:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Please rephrase the question.
You heard.
I said they don't influence my political decisions. If you want to see who they influence, look no further than Robert Byrd.
She thinks her crimes being exposed are some commie Russian plot. Lol.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:09:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No_stop_signs ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 12:12:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't know or care, but she's corrupt as fuck, and she's exactly the same type of corrupt warmonger as they are.
What are the words he says that trigger you so much?
Clintons loved Byrd. Trump never worshiped and endorsed and evil psychopath prolific klansman. Hillary is the piece of shit. And Bill, for that matter, the disgusting rapist.
No you shouldn't.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:40:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No_stop_signs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:42:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Okay. She's a corrupt criminal and a warmonger.
So, nothing? Okay.
No I don't want to, because I'm not a rape apologist like crooked hillary.
No.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:55:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No_stop_signs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:03:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This doesn't make Hillary not a warmonger. I wonder if Trump's words hurt your feefees as much as Hillary's bombs blowing innocent Libyan children to pieces?
Is there actual evidence for the first two, or just somebody's claims? There are a lot of unsubstantiated claims about Hillary saying racist things too. How much weight do we put in these? For the last one, "Mexican" is not a race, lol.
Neither, which is one of the big reasons I hate Rapin' and Crooked.
Yep. Might want to rethink the "commie conspiracy" line.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:10:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No_stop_signs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:35:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The fact that Hillary starts wars at the behest of her unelected cronies makes Trump a warmonger?
So, nothing. Okay, glad we got that all cleared up.
The Clintons have far more evidence against them, and it has been proven that Rapin' is a sexual predator who abuses his positions of power to extract sexual gratification.
Oh yeah it's pretty dumb. It just that it's hilarious when you try to bring it up to defend Hillary. Everywhere she looks she sees commies.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:00:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
No_stop_signs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:19:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No it doesn't. I'm talking about people who actually start wars for power and profit and actually have the blood of thousands of innocent people on their hands. That is being a warmonger. Trump saying "I love war" does not make him a warmonger.
Anytime you're ready to come up with something.
Yes, her husband. She just attacked his victims.
I was talking about when you were defending Hillary. Just a few posts ago, actually. It's right there for everyone to read.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:33:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No_stop_signs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:48:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are many differences, including that he is not a warmonger who has started wars for profit at the behest of his unelected crony buddies.
So, nothing.
There is plenty of hard evidence of Rapin' being a sexual predator who has preyed on those he was in a position of power over. You were right about no evidence of Trump's supposed crimes though.
I can read what you wrote.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:33:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Robert Byrd has renounced his past. Stop getting your talking points from may-mays.
No_stop_signs ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 12:40:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So? You can be a hateful psychopathic prolific leader of a group dedicated to hate, and then one day just "renounce" it and everything is fine? Hahaha, yeah right.
At the very best, he's a nasty, flawed person with horrible judgement and a lack of empathy. Even in that case, there are thousands of people including many black people who have never been part of a hate group and would have been far more deserving of political endorsement than racist Byrd was.
More likely in my opinion, he's a psychopath who saw what way the wind was blowing and decided to "repent" and avoid any consequences for his actions and continue hating black people.
Use your brain for a minute and stop getting your talking points from the crooked politicians who were in bed with him. It's a travesty that they put him into political office after what he did.
Lowbrow ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 06:22:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Leicester already did it sportswise. So add this, Brexit and Trump. I'd say yeah.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 08:21:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Never forget the warriors blowing a 3-1 lead in the NBA finals
nolan1971 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 09:17:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Trump's not going to win though... it'll be weirder than that. Meltdown on election night, or some shit. Who knows!
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:51:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe he'll try to stage a coup
luger718 ยท 50 points ยท Posted at 05:27:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Imagine if trump wins the presidency.
[deleted] ยท 152 points ยท Posted at 05:43:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No. I still need to sleep tonight.
[deleted] ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 06:23:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know right?! I can only get so hard.
frayeb ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 10:32:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Call your doctor if your erection lasts more than 4 hours
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 15:03:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You mean 4 years
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 10:42:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Careful now, he might be a rigger. Make sure you bring a friend along who's into the second amendment stuff, in case things go bad.
werelock ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:20:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait...this could be a good thing for America...how long can we all go without sleep and be productive? I mean...someone has to keep an eye on Trump at all times to keep his fingers off the button.
happysmash27 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:12:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
โฆWhy not just have multiple people at different times?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:02:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
you know the button isn't an actual physical thing, right? that doesn't exist, it's like the red phone, it's not real.
werelock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:33:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Real or not, the boost to our GDP from remaining awake 24/7 is going to be
huuuge.bigly.Yuli-Ban ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:21:22 on April 24, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Hello, denizen of the Past! I come from 5 months in the Future!
Yeah, shit's fuc't.
luger718 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:23:32 on April 24, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Fuckity fucked
jumpbreak5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:11:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, the world is supposed to end now...
scotchirish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:55:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So you know how our calendar is based around when Christ was born, but there's like a 4-year margin of error? Maybe we set it 4 years too early, and when he came to America, to do the Mormon stuff, he told the Mayan's the correct date, and so this should actually be the year 2012...
iekiko89 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:50:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No to mention that yearbook quote that said called it. 0_o freaky ass shit.
mrgriffin88 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:05:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And Back to the Future.
Supermunch2000 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:58:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/Fuck2016 but an epic year for sports.
boundbylife ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:19:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jeez, that's a depressing sub. 90% of submissions are "this person you've never heard of but likely had at least a passing impact on your popular culture? Yeah, they died in 2016."
Maxpowr9 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:49:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Depends if Trump gets elected.
ethanleep ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:35:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can you believe that he last time the cubs won the world series Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were running for president?
kilala1312 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'd say so.
Eureka_sevenfold ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:46:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
until tomorrow
PM_YOUR_SOURCECODE ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:59:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, and the election is next week...
Terarri ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:46:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
First LeBron lifts the Finals for Cleveland, then Leicester, and now the fucking Cubs win...
drawde214 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:50:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dallas Cowboys 2016-2017 champions.
alerionfire ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:35:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wish i had a time machine to go back and put some money on the cubbies!
molotovzav ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:20:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Confirmed that the world is ending yet propel are celebrating.
happysmash27 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:10:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Besides this, what has been so weird about it?
aheedthegreat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:32:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
LeBron ended Clevelands curse this year too, wild stuff.
kodemage ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:16:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No... No, not even close. Do you remember 2000? That was a weird year.
galenwolf ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:25:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm English and know nothing of baseball and even I went "wat".
I thought the cubs had no chance of winning anything?
fuck-dat-shit-up ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:32:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think it would be more fitting for 2016 to have a racist depiction of native Americans as the World Series champs.
The cubs winning gives me hope.
Dontrunfromthepopo ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:38:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
im still waiting for hillary to get arrested and for trump to be president
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 07:04:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lock them both up! Bernie vs Gary 2016!
Geter_Pabriel ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:15:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah crazier version is Hillary wins then gets impeached before officially entering office.
the_knights_watch ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:21:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait until she's elected, then we have Kaine as president. Disaster avoided, considering he's probably the most moderate of the presidents and VP.
evilkarebear11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:02:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're on to something...do you know a spoiler though, I'm getting kind of nervous...
willonthephone ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:03:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't watch baseball, but this is as unlikely as Leicester city winning the English premier league in football right? If so, I'm well pleased for cubs fans!
Gbcue ยท 3870 points ยท Posted at 04:50:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, that game was down to the wire. Rain delay, bottom of the 10th, two outs, runner on base.
Yearbook guy was right!
-___-___-__-___-___- ยท 1990 points ยท Posted at 05:24:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Iโm so glad that we got the game that everyone was hoping for.
It had everything:
Congratulations to the Cubs for finally ending their drought! And thank you to both teams for putting on a show like no other. This is easily the best game of baseball that I've ever seen and will be a game remembered for decades to come.
EDIT: Added a few more things
[deleted] ยท 1066 points ยท Posted at 05:26:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The 108 year drought ended by a DOWNPOUR. This is a god dream.
mzdoja ยท 1039 points ยท Posted at 05:38:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
when it started, my girlfriend said that the downpour was the universe washing away the cubs curse so they could win.
rosefirefire ยท 307 points ยท Posted at 06:12:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Indeed. In the interviews afterwards, many Cubs player commented that the team meeting they had during the downpour help them get their spirit back up to win the game.
SilenceOfTheSun ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 08:48:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah thats incredible. I had a bad feeling when they pulled the tarp but holy shit the city is still going crazy and its 4am
Daniilvb ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 14:48:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I go to school at Loyola University Chicago. I'm gonna go to class today and ask people "So who won that game last night?"
its_alaska ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:50:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish I was there!! I remember a couple years back when the Blackhawks won the Stanley cup, we happened to be visiting Chicago days after and the city was still going crazy. It made me fall in love with it more. Everywhere I went I would randomly hear people yell "GO BLACKHAWKS!" and now with this...I can only imagine what it's going to be like!
SilenceOfTheSun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:58:58 on November 8, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
4 days later its still all people talk about. Honestly, its been a nice break from all the politics going on. The Cubs gave us October off from the election, they are pretty awesome for that as well lol
-salt- ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 11:38:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
jay hey called the team meeting. glad he did something because he was pretty much worthless at the plate
Caboose106 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 13:28:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I still believe that is what really helped them win. Once Cleveland tied it back up they lost focus. I think that ~20 minute breather to regain themselves really helped. I honestly don't know if they would have pulled it off without it.
fitnerd21 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:23:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You could see it in the way Schwarber walked to the plate after the delay. Most determined look I've seen.
mrgriffin88 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:12:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The new superstition. Downpours bring GOOD LUCK!!!
sgman3322 ยท 182 points ยท Posted at 05:48:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
that's probably the most true thing anyone has ever said
regoapps ยท 74 points ยท Posted at 07:19:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or could have been because of low atmospheric temperatures and high relative humidity which resulted in a mass of water droplets gathering around cloud condensation nuclei to saturate the atmosphere and allow condensation and precipitation to take place.
Just kidding. The universe washing away a Cubs curse makes more sense.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 16:34:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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rdtTocher96 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:56:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No no, I think you might be on to something there.
seacrestfan85 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:49:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The ole 108 year goat curse.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:17:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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jekyl42 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:09:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't believe in curses, yet I completely agree.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:04:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Right there next to "plate is hot".
tophusurvivor ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:03:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That isn't how facts work.
[deleted] ยท -19 points ยท Posted at 06:13:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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mzdoja ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 06:33:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
haha, true. She said it kind of jokingly, but it does fit the narrative quite well
ScorpHalio ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 06:32:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The best kind of insanity.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:15:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
your girlfriend may be a profit
pyrowolf8 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:35:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I hope he doesn't take her for granite.
Tuckessee ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:33:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
or maybe even a prophet
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:08:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
fucking whoosh huh
WaitTilUSeeMyDick ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:33:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like a hooker?
Omgjenny ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:59:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tears of joy from God.
smacbeats ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:27:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
thats so cute aw
-doob- ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 07:12:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is everythaaang
The gods have spoken! (Aka LeBron shoudn't have done that dance after Davis tied it up with that 2 run homer)
HeliNinja ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:14:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was Harry Caray's doing.
Bonanza86 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:59:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
autotunes This is everythiiiiiing.
NiggaRemus ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:02:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This just means that enough cubs fans died waiting for this moment, they were able to overrun God and interrupt Cleveland's freight train.
PM_ME_UR_REDDIT_GOLD ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:02:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
but now Cleveland has a rain curse.
InertiaInMyPants ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:59:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
r/notclickbait
seropus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:08:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"this is a God dream" I like extreme sayings and this is gonna be used in my lexicon FOR SURE!
ACC_DREW ยท 144 points ยท Posted at 05:56:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not 100% sure of this, but I think "best game I have ever watched" is not a stretch. That shit was lit from the first fucking batter and never let up.
ColsonIRL ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:37:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I posted on Facebook during the game that it was the most exciting sports game I have ever watched. Now that it's over, I stand by that. It only got better.
EvanHarpell ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:26:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's definitely up there. I mean shit just 6 months ago I thought I witnessed the best game ever (game 7 Cleveland vs GSW) and now this happens. C'mon NFL and Men's College BBall. Ya'll got some showing up to do.
Rambles_Off_Topics ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:17:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your reply shook me to the core - you are exactly right that was the best game I have ever watched. It almost had everything!
37214 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:17:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Agreed and I've watched, and played, a ton of ball. Thrilling and the ratings proved it (40m)
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 06:12:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget: 10 innings... 8 runs.. 108 years.
awayfromhome436 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:32:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks, I was wondering why this was relevant in American society. You explained it very well.
crawls back under rock
killer_pancake ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:32:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget: David Ross' is now the oldest player to hit a home run in Game 7 of the World Series, and Kyle Hendricks (I believe) has the record for longest scoreless inning streak in the Postseason.
CovertLogic ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:30:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Sounds like Stefon from SNL
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:31:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
don't forget that the cubbies came back from 3-1 in the series!!!!
TheBeardedBeerMan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:33:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well said. Good job capturing and summing it up. I felt the same excitement reading this as I did watching.
ILikeFluffyThings ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:10:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What if this was all a ploy to revive nterest in baseball...
Phifty2 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 13:11:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Good. People should be more interested in Baseball. Especially with the NFL becoming a classless circus.
It worked.
Zsuth ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:19:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would add that terrible ball 3 call for the Indians when it was clearly a strike, and therefore what should have been strike 3, out number 3, and the end of the 5th inning. Cleveland got two runs in right after that. If the ball 3 call was made correctly, the game doesn't turn into the nail biter that it was.
Still, it was a hell of a game, and a hell of a series. I tip my hat to Cleveland. They're going to be good for a long time. But so are the Cubs, and I look forward to more classic matchups in the future!
artemus_gordon ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:31:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If Maddon doesn't panic, it doesn't turn into a nail biter. Hendricks pulled for a walk that wasn't his fault, when he was cruising?! That's not unconventional. That's stupid.
vawlk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:19:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I agree. He pulled both Hendricks and Lester too early and left Chapman out way too long.
Zsuth ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:37:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Panic is debateable. He knows those guys better than we ever will. A ball vs a strike isn't debateable, and that call wasn't even close.
NINJAM7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:46:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also, the Cubs made it to the 7th game after climbing back from a 3-1 deficit. This whole series was amazing.
oh, and don't forget about the Dick bumps
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:37:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
artemus_gordon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:02:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He contributed something?? 0 for 5, without advancing a single runner. Every other position player had a run or an RBI for the Cubs, except Schwarber, who was 3-5 and had a pinch runner score his run. Heyward hit .150 for the series and .104 for the post season. At least he's good at speeches.
TokemonMaster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:52:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If someone doesn't make a movie out of this; baseball is a dead sport.
Kevin-W ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:18:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I agree. That was the best baseball games I've ever watched.
Can_I_Read ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:06:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a great summary! Thank you so much.
PanamaMoe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:13:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like they actually managed to make one of the most boring games to watch into something that would have even non fans on the edge of their seats.
KyloRad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:37:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
when did the game end?
woundedbadger2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:43:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Spoiler alert!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:02:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Goddammit Baez use your glove
JimmyLegs50 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:27:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Let's not forget the human interest angle. The last game of Ross's career is the one that breaks the drought, and in it he becomes the oldest player ever to hit a home run in the World Series.
PokemonWizard ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:42:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Davis home run was apparently the first ever game tying home run in the 7th inning or later in a World Series game 7 or something along those lines
UncleUgbee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:47:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ah, the obligatory Ottoman Empire fact!
tswiftfan89 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:08:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We can't use the Ottoman line anymore.
...did you know that the last time the Indians won the World Series, the Russians didn't even have a working hydrogen bomb?
PM_UR_ITTIE_BITTIES ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:14:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
5/7 no streakers
RemingtonSnatch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:16:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You forgot:
Chapman being sent out the NEXT inning after blowing it in the 8th, and retiring the side in order...wasted arm and all.
The clutchness of that has thus far been woefully overlooked.
bansDontWork1 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:18:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Let's not forget: 2 weeks with back-to-back ties in the NFL heralds a loss in game 7 for the Cards (again).
wastesHisTime ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:44:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Very beneficial to the marketers that it turned out this way.
Fishtails ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:41:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's like in LOST when Jack is in the jail cell for dolphins and they show him the tv. Which is how I feel often to be honest.
GA_Thrawn ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:28:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Indians had a curse? I thought they won less than twenty years ago
-___-___-__-___-___- ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:12:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They haven't won since 1948, twenty years ago they lost to the marlins in the world series.
devongulati ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:12:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forgot another mistake we made was taking hendrix out. I don't think the Indians would have scored those 2 cheap points if we didn't switch. But all in all good ass game ! I got to watch from wrigley , it was lit !
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:14:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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devongulati ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:22:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm uploading a pic right now , & fucking thousands
YeaItsOle ยท 236 points ยท Posted at 04:59:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yea! Where's our prophet?
Right_9 ยท 105 points ยท Posted at 05:08:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I came here for this. Where is our hero?
Magneticitist ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:14:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
splain please
h0rheyd ยท 50 points ยท Posted at 05:16:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some guys senior quote from '93 said "cubs World Series champs 2016"
WindyPickle ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 05:26:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not only that but he had the confidence to say "You heard it here first." What a legend
Magneticitist ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:18:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ahhh but is that legit?
whale52 ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 05:19:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Somebody else down in the comments claimed to be from the same school, and posted a photo from their yearbook. So either they were conspiring or it was legit.
TheLizardQueen14 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 05:26:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Ah I saw it in person. It's real, alright. Mission Viejo yearbook.
cfox109 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:25:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are lots of people confirming it was legit from the same school.
LumpyShitstring ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:21:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I want to shake his hand.
cfox109 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:25:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You might get time warped to another dimension.
StrayMoggie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:45:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do they have real Coke?
itwasquiteawhileago ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:14:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If Mexico is another dimension, then yes.
imGnarly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:53:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think there's more coke in the US than here in Mexico though, we're more of a marihuana producer.
OccamsRifle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:52:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's just a jump to the left
SerNapalm ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:31:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pete rose is usually in vegas
MaveFilms ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:24:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
his name is theo.
sewa97 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:27:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hopefully drinking a beer for us all.
aparabola ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:35:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Watch him as he goes..."
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:37:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey its me ur hero
bigpandas ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:59:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm picking mine up from my bookie tomorrow
Yatta99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:56:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whoa! This is heavy.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:52:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry, I'm lazy this time, next time I come around ill try to be a bit more motivated.
Blarg0117 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:19:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You mean Bill Murray?
Blarg0117 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:19:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You mean Bill Murray?
bumblebritches57 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
pepe's on 4chan like always.
DosAngeles ยท 95 points ยท Posted at 05:19:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Does anyone have a link to the original thread?!
Edit: Nevermind, found it https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/59a0e2/this_was_predicted_by_a_guy_at_mission_viejo_high/
curtdammit ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:36:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Picture's been taken down on that threat tho.
DosAngeles ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:42:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
here's a thread w/ a pic. https://www.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/59c0u9/this_guy_called_the_cubs_winning_the_2016_world/
_Apophis ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:08:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well with a name like that it shouldn't be too hard to find him
SelfDERPecating ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:36:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This guy's prediction maybe freaked me out more: https://twitter.com/RaysFanGio/status/529685338894372864
imAvlasicMan ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:23:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sure 50 other yearbook guys were wrong.
parabox1 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:53:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never understood why people got all hyped up about yearbook guy.
Wow you screwed up a back to the future quote or added 1 year to it just to be clever.
I am more impressed with back to the future being off by one year.
JesusSama ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:12:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yearbook guy needs a ring.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:09:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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earthtm ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:13:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
10th as in the 10th inning / round. Every inning each team gets a chance to bat, the beginning of the inning is the "top" and when the second team is up to bat, that's the "bottom."
OctavianX ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:14:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Each inning has a top and bottom. Top is the first half (because the away team's score is listed on top) and the second half is the bottom.
Aquetas ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:17:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A baseball game typically only goes 9 innings. Because it was tied, it goes into extra innings (10th inning.) Extra innings is not super common in the regular season, let alone game 7 of the World Series.
TrumpNurse ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:22:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Extra innings are surprisingly common in regular season play, every week you can expect 2-5 games go into extra innings. Then again there's around 70-80 different games in any given week
Aquetas ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:46:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Common is not the word I would choose to describe the frequency. When every team plays 162 games, you are going to see some every week. I can't find all the statistics on, but since 1903, this is only the 38th time a World Series has gone to game 7, let alone extra innings.
buell_ersdayoff ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:15:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bottom of the tenth inning. The first team that bats does so at the "top" or beginning of the inning, so the team that follows bats at the "bottom" of the inning.
bubble_bobble_dragon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:17:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Each inning has two parts: the top of the inning (first half) where the away team goes to bat, and the bottom of the inning (last half) for the home team to go to bat.
Nickyjha ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:19:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Indians got close to tying the game in their last turn up, but were only able to score 1 run.
bubble_bobble_dragon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:19:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When it's the bottom of the tenth, there's extra drama because there's usually only nine innings. So, each inning beyond that is like it's own mini game, where the winner of the inning takes it all.
happyscrappy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
He's saying the game was up in the air until the last moments. The team that was behind could have won the game with a single swing of the bat up until the moment it was over.
Look at it this way, the game is at a standstill a lot. The position of the game was such that the team who ended up losing could have won the game less than 2 seconds from a period when the game was at a standstill. All it would take is the pitcher pitching, the ball taking 1 second to get to the plate and the batter hitting it out of the park scoring two runs and winning the game.
Despite the reputation of baseball as sedate there we very few moments in this game that were not tense.
edit: just to add some stats (because it's baseball)
http://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?date=2016-11-02&team=Indians&dh=0&season=2016
Looking at the win expectation, the Indians had a 9.6% (or maybe 9.4%, the chart contradicts itself) chance of winning up until the last at-bat of the game. And just one inning earlier in the 9th the Indians had an over 50% chance of winning.
thecodedgamer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We should give that guy gold!
SkyPork ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Real gold, or that Reddit stuff?
thecodedgamer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can't it be both?
NigeySaid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One hell of a series !
kbjhon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:16:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This guy was closer...
mjsully ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:27:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Somehwere in his basement before the game, Steve Bartman put on his headset once more. This time he called up to God himself for a rain delay to freeze the Indians pitchers arm and secure the series for the Cubs. Bartman finally walks out of his hideout and casually walks through the streets, now unrecognizable, while everyone is partying the night away.
spockspeare ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:55:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, the season ended in a tie, and they had to play an overtime inning to figure out who gets the trophy.
thewebsiteguy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:35:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I fucking HATE watching baseball on TV. I have never been into it (watching a game in person is different though). But even I tuned into game 7 and damn. What a game. For someone who really doesn't care about baseball, my heart was pounding. Congrats to the Cubs. Those guys played one hell of a game. Baseball fan or not, THAT is what sports entertainment should be.
gmdski117 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:33:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This was the most exciting, emotional, nerve wrecking, and most enjoyable series I have ever watched. I'm not just saying this because I'm a cubs fan, but because it was two great teams...two great bullpens going head to head and played with incredible heart. Great game Indians! But Go Cubs!!! Fly the W!!!!!
lakecityransom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:28:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When that pop fly and foul ball looked like walk off homeruns in the 9th I about died. Balls were going out way too easily that game so it was really, really scary.
Diiiiirty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:38:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That rain delay is the reason the Cubs won. All momentum coming from the Tribe was brought to an abrupt halt in that 17 minutes that seemed like an eternity. I am sad, but losing to the Cubs, a team and fan base starved for a championship, is far better than losing to the Yankees, Red Sox, Tigers, Dodgers, or Giants who seem to win it every other year. I find solace in the fact that the Indians are returning 95% of the team next year. I think if they all stay healthy, the Indians will be right back in the Fall Classic next year too.
InfectedP0tato ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:43:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yearbook guy used to go to my school!
drogean2 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:51:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
and nate silver was right
hillary is a week away from being indicted
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/11/02/fbi_sources_tell_fox_news_indictment_likely_in_clinton_foundation_case.html
TheNedsHead ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:08:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Zzxsa is the
t33m3r ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was a hoax. Original pic does not say 2016
GoodDog2620 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:22:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Let me have this damnit
zeroGamer ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That gives me hope that this is, in fact, the brightest timeline and Trump loses the election.
SSDN ยท 5473 points ยท Posted at 04:50:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn I don't even watch baseball and that shit was ridiculous
UkeTheNukes16 ยท 1925 points ยท Posted at 04:58:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was one of the wildest games I've ever seen!
epulsars ยท 1837 points ยท Posted at 05:02:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a European I never thought I'd actually enjoy watching a baseball game, but this was off the charts in terms of drama and emotion. I'm very happy for Cubs fans!
3sIIck ยท 351 points ยท Posted at 05:06:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have never really watched more than a couple minutes of a game before this series and got hooked game 4 when I was out at a bar. I've been confusingly emotionally invested since. It's been a trip!
epulsars ยท 263 points ยท Posted at 05:12:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah there's something almost mystical about the Cubs story that makes impartial people really connect with it. I for sure was rooting for the Cubs even though I've never been to Chicago nor Cleveland.
Helloyoudontknowme ยท 51 points ยท Posted at 05:25:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I loved them just watching on WGN and I live in Los Angeles. Fans are everywhere
[deleted] ยท 102 points ยท Posted at 05:29:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
WGN is one of the reasons why the Cubs have fans literally everywhere in the US.
StephenshouldbeKing ยท 84 points ยท Posted at 06:26:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
THE reason. That and almost everyone loves an underdog story. Yes, even though they were expected to compete for and possibly win the Series on paper pre-season, they have blown it for so long that they were perennial underdogs no matter their record until they actually one a WS. I just think its amazing that the Earth has seen 2 and 1/2 World Wars since the last one was won: The Great War, World War II, and Monty Python Vs Censorship. Seriously tho, as a die hard White Sox fan..... congratufuckinglations Cubbies! You have a great group of guys and the kids on your team grew up fast to give our great town something to celebrate during these rough times. Congrats boys and congrats to the most loyal fans in sports (I hate saying it but it's the truth). Enjoy!!!
Chitownsly ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:02:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I dunno I was pretty excited when the WS won it a few years ago. After the Black Sox curse I was ok with seeing it die too.
bantha121 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:14:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
11 years ago; I'm still bitter because y'all beat my team.
Chitownsly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:06:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I still have a 'stros hat from my rec league team.
derf82 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:47:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nope. Cleveland was the underdog. Yet no one cared for Cleveland. Chicago has a $117M payroll, Cleveland has a $58M payroll, just under half. Even though Cleveland now takes over as the longest drought, if Cleveland goes back, even as the underdog again, only Cleveland winds up rooting for Cleveland.
PaleIdiot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:59:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was rooting for Cleveland and I've never been to Cleveland.
ul2006kevinb ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:58:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're forgetting about the little-known rule that if you go over a hundred years without a championship, you're ALWAYS the underdog.
browsewhilepooping ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 13:34:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
4-1 odds cubs would win preseason. I dunno how much of an underdog story that qualifies as
ul2006kevinb ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:59:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So you're saying that if they had played, say, the Yankees in the Series the YANKEES would be the underdog? Seriously?
browsewhilepooping ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:22:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm saying that the cubs were good going into the season mate. Nothing more.
egalyk ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:34:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're a fucking idiot if you think the Cubs were the underdog.
Good_Rain ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:59:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Heck, even when I went to Mexico one of my cabbies asked where we were from and we said Chicago, he was like...Ahhh, Chicago! WGN, the Cubs!
AnneBancroftsGhost ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:51:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait is there WGN outside Chicago? I thought it was a local channel.
glory_holelujah ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:29:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a local channel that is broadcast all over the country for some reason. Not that I'm complaining, it's not a channel.
vawlk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:41:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, WGN was/is a superstation like TBS in Atlanta. This is why the Cubs and Braves have some of the biggest fan bases across the country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstation#Early_superstations
AnneBancroftsGhost ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:32:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
TIL, so you get some Sox games, too, huh? Can o' corn!
vawlk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:48:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Naa, as a Die Hard Cub Fan, I don't recognize the team from Gary Indiana.
AnneBancroftsGhost ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:12:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
O no u didn't.
vawlk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:18:02 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
:)
I was happy for them in 2005 even though I didn't watch. More recently, I have watched a few Sox games here and there, but mostly because you stole the best analyst in baseball from us, Steve Stone.
AnotherPint ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:57:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was in Australia up through Game 6. At a beachside beer bar in Byron Bay Sunday afternoon, on a beautiful sunny day with waves crashing outside, hundreds of Aussies -- surfer dudes, old folks, little kids -- were inside cheering for the Cubs; the bar was carrying Saturday night's game live. On the second leg of our flight back home Tuesday, a Hong Kong-Chicago nonstop, Game 6 was wrapping as we boarded and got ready to go, and more than half the cabin was following the play-by-play on smartphones; even the Asian cabin staff kept asking if the Cubs were still holding the Indians off. Cubs love really is a global thing.
nuevakl ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:47:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Being a Maple Leafs fan I was rooting for the Cubs only to get a small taste of that "finally, after all these years" feeling. Was not disappointed.
epulsars ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:56:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man, how long has it been for you guys?
Pyralblitzzz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:44:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Last time was 1967, the last year before the NHL expanded from 6 to 12 teams. Tied for the longest in the NHL with the St. Louis Blues, who came into existence that year.
nuevakl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:42:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
1967.. 22 years before I was born :(
DigBickJace ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:04:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kinda funny because both teams had that
nicholt ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:35:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a remote fan cause my team was called the cubs in little league.
TheFaithfulStone ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:40:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mine too. The b-string team for the local league. Unfortunately, we were just about as good as the late 80's Cubs as well.
The-Guy-on-the-Couch ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:25:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man, I cried my eyes out tonight, and saw too many grown men also ball their eyes out. I've also never given as my high fives as I did tonight. At this point I'm feeling too much tequila, weed, and beer. But hey, parade this friday, LETS FUCKIN GO BABY!!!!! HEY CHICAGO, WHADDYA SAY, CUBS ARE GONNA WIN TODAY!!!!! GO CUBS GO, GO CUBS GO!!!!!!
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:37:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baseball is mystical, not just the Cubs.
TheChance ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:35:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I moved from Long Island to Seattle just in time to witness the Mets lose to the Yankees, followed by the Yankees ending a record-setting Mariners season in the ALCS, followed by a Seahawks Super Bowl defeat. I finally got mine three years ago.
I was pulling for Chicago because I can't even imagine. I mean, my teams are historical laughing stocks, and now lookitemgoddamngo, and there's the good ol' Mississippi Cubs and thank God for 'em, year in and year out.
So, yeah. About damn time. That was a helluva year and a well-earned win. I feel worse for the Nats than the Indians. The Indians got to play a 7-game series and make memorable history.
Anomalyzero ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:13:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Come out to Chicago! It's one of the greatest cities in the world!
skraptastic ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:32:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My biological father is from Cleveland, but my dad is from Chicago so we are pretty happy in my family.
PanamaMoe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:17:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone loves the underdogs, they always hope that the underdogs will somehow come out on top through pure grit and determination. (And maybe a little friendship)
flappity ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:04:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a Cards fan and I was still rooting for the Cubs.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:08:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also seems like a break from what we usually can expect from baseball. People wouldn't be talking about yet another fucking Yankees win like this.
maya0nothere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:09:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The world was rooting for the Cubs to win, and most probally never have watched a full game of baseball.
Chaabar ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 06:20:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's nothing mystical about it. They just sucked for 108 years.
stuffguy1 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 09:32:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep. And all the fans talk about what a great team they are cause they suck so much. Act like wrigleysbeen sold out with such great fans. Look at attendance records not impressive.
Mijder ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:30:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That sentence structure...Mr. Trump...is that you?
RicaRicaRemix ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:22:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's what happened with me when the Red Sox won the world series in 2004
DoingItWrongly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:26:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well I was unaware completely that this even was happening until moments before posting this comment. Imagine my 11 second trip...like when you almost get a big enough hit of salvia, but it fades before you feel heavy and like your feet are on a conveyor belt.
Zeight_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:42:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That sums up everyone trying to watch baseball for the first time in the playoffs
MiltownKBs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:54:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Are you old enough to remember the other dragon that Epstein slayed in 2004? The curse of the bambino. Boston had not won a WS since 1918 when they beat none other than the Cubs. Epstein entered the picture in 2001 and became GM in 2002. Inheriting a team that had decent players, he made some key moves, restructured the front office a bit, brought in different coaches at all levels, and changed the culture in Boston. Two years later, his team killed one of the two most famous curses in baseball history in historic fashion. Coming back from down 3-0 in the ALCS to the rival NY Yankees (Who's your daddy?). Boston rode that high and went on to beat the St Louis Cardinals 4-0 in a WS route.
In 2011, Epstein went to the lowly Cubs. Over 100 years of losing and terrible ownership that took its fan base for granted had left the Cubs and their fans in ruins. They were a franchise that was saddled with over-priced contracts, poor coaches, terrible culture, and an ownership group that did not seem to care. Until now. Epstein literally ripped the Cubs apart and started over. At all levels. Coaches, managers, scouts, front office, and so on. He traded people and acquired prospects in return. They scouted well at the MLB level and the miner league level. They scouted and drafted well. But they still had to develop these players. And they did. Epstein changed the culture with the Cubs. The WS was always his plan and he constantly reminded people to be patient. The prospects were now legit MLB talent and Epstein went to work by putting the finishing touches on the roster of the team that slayed the other most famous baseball curse. The curse of the Goat. Some people call it the Murphey curse. No matter what you call it, Epstein and his team slayed it with this WS win. The Cubs are no longer the punch line to jokes. They are WS Champions!
So Epstein killed the two most famous curses in baseball history. Incredible.
I am so happy for baseball fans everywhere. We just witnessed one of the best WS ever. It is a shame that there had to be a loser because that Cleveland team was a fun team too. Cleveland, you helped deliver a great WS to baseball fans everywhere. We all have nothing but respect for what you accomplished this year. Your team was fun to watch and your fans were great. Nothing to hang your head about. I also learned in this WS that Lindor might be the best SS I have ever seen in my life. I mean wow, just wow.
Despite me being from Milwaukee, I am particularly happy for Cubs fans. You all deserve this title. For all your fans who have lived and died having never seen the Cubs win anything. For all the great players who have worn a Cubs uniform. You all deserve this. You have a great team and seem poised to have a good run here. The players celebrating on the field and with the fans singing 'go cubs, go' after Game 5 was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Aside from you winning the series being down 1-3, this moment will be what I tell my grandkids about. What will you tell your grandkids about this series? What stands out to you most?
Not sure if my post did all of this justice. These are truly special things for a baseball fan.
I hope my Brewers can do something similar and can win a WS before I die. I jumped on your bandwagon this year. Thank you for making room for me. All the Cubs fans I have spoken to this year in Milwaukee have been very welcoming. Which, quite frankly, was a big change from the dark years. If my Brewers ever get this good, I will save you a beer and a seat on my wagon if you want it. So cheers from Milwaukee! Enjoy this moment. See you all at Wrigley North next year. Sorry for the long post. I am just pumped up as a baseball fan. What a time to be alive!!!!
Fuck the Cardinals!
cheesus_riced ยท 941 points ยท Posted at 05:10:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
If you watch baseball expecting an action movie, you'll be disappointed. You have to watch it like a suspense thriller. Lots of anticipation with spikes of intense emotion.
Edit: to put it another way, think of a chess match. Would you really say that in the time between moves "nothing is happening?" No, that's the most important part. Of course the results of physical execution of those moves are more of an unknown and require more dexterity and physical prowess than in chess (you can know what pitch is coming and still miss, while you can't really "miss" the piece you're trying to move or the square you're trying to move it to in chess) but games are won and lost in the time when uninitiated viewers would say "nothing is happening." Once you've watched enough, part of the fun is trying to guess what pitch is coming or what positioning the fielders will be in for example. "Downtime" is a gross misnomer.
pipsdontsqueak ยท 327 points ยท Posted at 05:16:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baseball is the Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy of sports.
gotovoatasshole ยท 347 points ยท Posted at 05:26:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, except I understood the ending of a baseball game.
Dob-is-Hella-Rad ยท 51 points ยท Posted at 05:40:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are enough weird rules in baseball that that's rarely a guarantee
ul2006kevinb ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:57:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yesterday I Learned you can foul out on a bunt.
RsonW ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:49:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep, and it counts as a strike even if there are two strikes already. That's why you generally don't bunt on a two strike count.
ul2006kevinb ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:10:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Yeah I'm not exactly sure what his goal there was. I mean i know he was going for the squeeze, but why wait until 2 strikes?
AdahanFall ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:57:18 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because you forget, Heyward was at first base when the at bat started. He didn't get to third until after the 2nd strike. There was no squeeze play until then.
Once Heyward got to third, I actually think the squeeze was an acceptable call.
lord_mayor_of_reddit ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:48:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You obviously missed the 2002 All-Star Game.
3lephant ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:49:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
'Wait, so the pitcher was a CIA double agent the whole time? And the short stop was in on it, too?'
scoofy ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:58:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Watch it again... it's the best spy movie I've seen even though I had to look up whether I'd understood it afterwards...
Turns out I did understand it
Hammedatha ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:26:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tinker Tailor does not have an ambiguous or vague ending. You learn absolutely everything about the principle characters that's relevant, and their motives are pretty clear by the end. Both in the movie (which is really good) and the book. It's a dense web of characters and relationships, but LeCarre's espionage stories tend to be like murder mysteries: everything carefully falls into place in the end. It's just instead of a killer being caught, LeCarre novels usually end with some destroying of faith in humanity and a horrifying look at the amoral realities of the cold war.
People talk up George R.R. Martin for being able to blow your mind off with a sickening turn of events, and he certainly left me agog several times (even when I'd been spoiled beforehand sometimes). But nothing matches the vicious, gut twisting dizziness at the end of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. And the "getting the band back together" scenes from Smiley's People is goddamn amazing. I really hoped the Tinker Tailor film would result in movies being made of the whole Karla trilogy with Oldman as Smiley, but alas.
Heimdall2061 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:19:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Tinker Tailor movie, though, is definitely not the best way to see it for the first time. There's just too much going on in terms of interpersonal relationships to crush down into two hours. I love John Lecarre, and I love each adaptation of Tinker Tailor, but it's absolutely not unreasonable for a person to be unclear on what the fuck is going on in the case of the film, given that a shitload of information, supposed to be taking place over months, is fed to you in a short time frame. Lecarre's novels are great, like James Ellison, but they depend on the buildup. Without that, they just become boring.
Hammedatha ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:52:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I understood it fine the first time through. I saw the movie then devoured the books very quickly.
Zedress ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:33:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I highly recommend that you watch the BBC television series made in the late 80's. It stars a very badass Alec Guinness.
Zedress ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:31:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Watch the BBC television series made in the late 80's. It stars a very badass Alec Guinness.
[deleted] ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 05:25:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This description is pure perfection.
StephenshouldbeKing ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:33:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For some of us its more like Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Cry but yes, your metaphor is pretty spot on.
cowsareverywhere ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:39:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
God I love that movie. I need to rewatch it again on Netflix.
kryost ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:32:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I found that movie...confusing.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:35:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To this day it's the only movie I fell asleep in the theatre during. I don't remember a single thing about it.
601error ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:03:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So did I, but it made more sense after the book and got me into John Le Carrรฉ books.
hebsevenfour ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:04:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That would be cricket. Five days of suspense, and it often ends in a draw.
happyscrappy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:45:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
More like the Tinker to Evers to Chance of sports.
(Note they were actually Cubs players who played for the Cubs when they last won the series in 1908!)
GoldenArmada ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:56:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's like Slow TV with intermissions of Spike TV.
Gonzzzo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:10:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I heard Larry King describe/defend baseball as "the chess of athletic sports" once. I've never been a baseball fan, but hearing that really changed my outlook on it
bwoods43 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:45:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think you mean Tinker to Evers to Chance.
valeyard89 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:58:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's no spying in baseball!
[deleted] ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 05:13:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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old_gold_mountain ยท 291 points ยท Posted at 05:19:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hell no, that's what sets it apart from other sports. With the NBA, NFL, etc...the teams that go into the season the best usually win. In baseball, you have all summer to scrape your way into a small, short playoff bracket, and then it's a total clusterfuck until the end.
FirePowerCR ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 05:23:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Anyone that makes it to the playoffs in baseball can win it feels and you're never done until the last out. It's amazing. I love the short playoffs. The 162 season is so long to decide who really belongs.
Mattdr46 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:30:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Plus even after 162 games, the last game can decide who goes in to the postseason
philly_fan_in_chi ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:23:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or out! Suck it, Mets 2007.
Tubbles242 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:21:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My counter-argument would be that it's somewhat more fun when a team gets hot at the right moment leading up to and into the playoffs. The 2011 NY Giants were ridiculously fun to watch even though they probably shouldn't have made the playoffs that year. They still beat all the other actually "playoff-caliber" teams up to the Superbowl and then won that game too, so I get being absolutely positive who exactly the best teams are but I like a little variety come playoffs i.e. Wildcard teams and mediocre division champs. It also makes the regular season mean a whole lot more when your team loses a single game. I remember calming my roommate down all year after a loss by saying "Isn't the season like 160 plus games?".
Then again, I always get sad when football's over and wish that there were more games so what do I know I'm drunk.
FirePowerCR ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:52:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, there's no real "perfect" way to get the best teams in the playoffs and I think they have made it even harder with the wild card game, but I still think baseball has the best playoffs setup. I actually like how few games the NFL season is though.
littlebrwnrobot ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:29:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What? I thought the whole point in having a 162 game season is to make absolutely sure that the statistically best teams emerge as champions. Same as the best of 7 series
old_gold_mountain ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 05:30:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a group of 10 teams out of 30 in the playoffs, and any of those can have a decent shot at being champions. So you have to be good, in the top third. You can't fluke your way into the playoffs, but being dominant doesn't actually guarantee much.
littlebrwnrobot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well then I'd argue that the same could be said of any major sports' playoffs.
old_gold_mountain ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:48:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, baseball has the longest season with the most games, and the smallest playoff bracket with I'd argue the most unpredictable playoffs.
littlebrwnrobot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:54:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We'll just have to agree to disagree I guess. The playoffs are pretty much wide open in any major sport imo
TehChid ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:24:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, except in baseball
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:58:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except skipping a bunch of shit if you aren't caught up in the wildcard, so you need to be better than just the top 3rd
old_gold_mountain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:26:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wild card teams only play one extra game
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 14:44:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A one game elimination round while everyone else rests, I'd call that some shit
old_gold_mountain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:13:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's literally the shortest rest possible without eliminating the wild card playoff altogether. One game in baseball is nothing like one game in other sports. Remember there are 162 of them in a season.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:19:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you realize the effect of a single game elimination round on a team's bullpen? Are you honestly suggesting it is not an advantage to try to avoid wildcard?
old_gold_mountain ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:20:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Of course it's an advantage to avoid the wild-card. That's by design. What I'm saying is it's not as much of an advantage as it would be if the round was longer.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:25:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are you Joe Buck?
Hatewrecked ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:07:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a huge baseball fan, but what sets it apart from other sports is also probably why the viewership is so poor. The viewership is especially bad considering 50% of fans are age 55+, which means the MLB will need to change its format in order to stay profitable in the coming years. You can't be a 21st century sport if a sizable chunk of your fans will die in the next 2 decades and be replaced at half the rate.
I'm not in favor of longer playoffs, but yes we can cut season length without losing out on too much. It doesn't need to run from April to November. It doesn't need so many 3-hour-long games that missing a single game means missing out on less than 1% of the season. Hell, missing an entire series means you missed only about 2% of the season.
The other tricky part about baseball is that innings end before things can really get exciting. So many runners are left on base, so many innings go scoreless. This can change. It won't kill the sport.
StephenshouldbeKing ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:43:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, yes it will kill the sport. I understand (I believe) where you are coming from but are you truly asking for more outs per inning? That's not baseball. You can call it the AMLB. The Almost Major League Baseball. Yes, perhaps Baseball as we know is in an overall slow decline (I'm not saying it is, I'm using your stated statistic as I have yet to research it) but the fastest way to completely kill the sport is to change the sport. It's a great game and as I drive to work or out for a cold drink during summertime, seeing field after field filled with kids ages 8-18 playing ball, I know deep down that this game is a great one and going nowhere too fast.
Clovis69 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:33:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep. The long season also allows players to come back from injuries that would be season ending in other sports. Like Kyle Schwarber - played in two games, got injured, came back for the World Series and got 2 runs and 2 RBIs
BASEDME7O ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:14:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The NFL is even more like that though because playoffs is only one game
Dvdrcjydvuewcj ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:38:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's not true at all for the NFL. With single elimination games it's even more about who's hot at the right time.
BushidoBrowne ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:54:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Right...so basically, it's just tire everyone the fuck out.
soapinthepeehole ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:22:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Agreed. I loathe how watered down the NBA playoffs are. Getting to the post season should mean something, and be difficult to do. Baseball has problems, but the playoffs aren't one of them. The only thing I'd like to see is that five game division series extended out to a proper best of seven.
fasda ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 05:23:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
NBA, NFL are very good about not having dynasties, well at least compared to Soccer.
johnnybdinar ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 05:25:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Bulls, Celtics, Lakers, and Patriots would like a word with you.
dyslexda ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:34:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The fact that the Pats have been as dominant as they have been speaks more to BB and Brady than to the state of parity in the sport.
Manning119 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:21:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The NFL is all about parity. Parity in the league has had its effect on pretty much every team in recent years but the Pats have remained untouched. They've been a true dominant dynasty for 15 years now.
fasda ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Compare that to English premier league or other soccer leagues and those teams barely have a win streak let alone a dynasty.
translunar_injection ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:46:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
The EPL is a far less equal competition than the NFL. When he says the Patriots have been a dynasty, they've won the Super Bowl 4 times in 16 years. There have also been 11 other SB winners in that period.
Now how many titles Man U and Chelsea win each from 2000-2016? How many different teams won the league?
There's a reason the EPL is known for having the Big 4.
andrewmacneil ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:27:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But there are still eras like brett farve or to brady eras or like the michael jordan or lebron era badeball not as much
_BobPaulson_ ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:39:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah yes, how can anyone forget the great Green Bay Packers dynasty of 1996-1996
andrewmacneil ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:45:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Nfl isnt my expertise born in '97.....media relishes him like a god.
Edit shouldve used 80s joe montana 4 superbowl wins and 3 mvps..... 49ers were a dynatsy but it was the player era of montana
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:37:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would argue that the late 90's early 2000's Yankees were a Dynasty and to a lesser extent the current 2010+ Giants can be counted
andrewmacneil ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Shouldve clarified i preceived an era as like a time where noone can stop that player like the leauge/media REVOLVED around THAT player (i.e connor mcdavid in the ohl) where i precieve dynasties as teams lime the recent giants or blackhawks..... The line can and is blurred lime the early 2000s yankees with jeter
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:55:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
True, a dominant pitcher is really only good for one win a series.
-WISCONSIN- ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:25:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Summer baseball is more relaxed and community/family fun-based, befitting the number of games and warm weather.
But October-November playoff baseball like what we just witnessed is intense!
_demetri_ ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 05:19:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This guy...
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:21:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nobody who's a baseball fan wants this. No.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:51:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I watched the entirety of every game, yes. I also watched many of the organization's minor league games through MiLB.tv along with plenty of other MLB games and NPB when Shohei Otani was on the mound. I watched MSU (my alma mater) baseball games too. People who love baseball want it how it is now, every day, and if anything fewer teams making the postseason seeing as the regular season really does bare out the best teams because of how many games there are. I'm happy with the postseason format as it stands now.
brodhi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:36:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The point of a 162 game season is it becomes easy to have family outings at any moment for a relatively cheap price. In a smaller season, say 16 games, tickets become very expensive.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:39:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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brodhi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:44:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sure but any option immediately raises ticket prices--which the Commisioner's Office does not want.
color_thine_fate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cowboys season ticket holder, here.
10 games not counting playoffs = $1580 a year (total, not each) for my two 4th level seats on the 20 yard line. Oh, and $2500 per seat over 25 years for the PSL. I have a fucking mortgage on my seats. And I don't even own them.
I'm a fucking idiot. haha. This is what sports do to me.
brodhi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:49:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's 1000 USD to get a 162 game season ticket for the Brewers, or 250 for 20 games. You also enjoy 25% off all food, merchandise, etc. as well as exclusive content (like bobbleheads)
Just overall a better deal if you just want to watch some sports more than a few times a year.
They also offer a ton of 6/12 game packs throughout the season for cheap.
color_thine_fate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:57:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, with Rangers games, I really just make it a point to get out to the games that have a bobblehead at the gate. I ended up with 4 or 5 this year. I got the tickets on Stubhub for about $10-$15 a pop, not bad at all.
Good thing about holding season tickets to the Cowboys, is they have insane resale value. Any game I can't go to sells for double what I paid for it. If we sold 4 of our 8 regular season games a year, the other games are pretty much rendered free. But I'm a die-hard, so missing the games is difficult. haha.
Baseball is the best option for a family night out, though. Go on like a $1 hotdog night, get 3-4 tickets on StubHub, and you can easily get away with only spending about $50-$60 bucks. Insane value, there. There is 0% chance of doing that in the NFL.
MiltOnTilt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Expand the playoffs? Get out of here with that nonsense.
JanitorOfSanDiego ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:26:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Woah there buddy... you want the DH in the NL too, don't you?
ATribeCalledGreg ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:24:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Stop posting.
color_thine_fate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly, I'm fine with it being 162 games. They don't have to shrink the season to appease me. If it works for them, cool.
However, I care deeply for the teams I support. I don't have the emotional capacity to go through that shit 162 times plus however many Rangers losses it takes for them to be knocked out.
I have 16 (hopefully more) Cowboys games to watch, around 50ish Liverpool games to watch, around the same amount of FC Dallas games to watch. Not even fucking touching the Dallas Stars and Mavericks.
If you have more than like 50 games in your season (Hockey & Basketball at 82+, baseball at 162+), I don't watch your games until about 3-4 weeks before postseason. I will read box scores, stats, articles, power rankings, etc. while taking a shit or pretending to do my job at work throughout the regular season, but I'm not watching that many games a year. I invest a lot into my teams, emotionally, and I seriously think I'd have grey hair by now if I watched all the Dallas teams' games I've missed throughout the years.
I will watch the playoff push and the postseason in all the long-season sports. With the sub-50 games seasons, I will book time to do that. I want to watch games that mean something.
So yeah, if there are a load of fans who want to see the Rangers play 162 times, that's great. I will come in around game 140 and get pumped with you for the playoffs!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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color_thine_fate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:39:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah. I just can't do it, man. I will read the stats, I listen to sports radio in Dallas frequently. I'm definitely abreast of the goings on. Not like I come into October asking "Okay, so are the Rangers doing alright or what?" But yeah, 3 hours that many times a week, I would literally die. Those who do it, I salute you. It's hard enough fighting work, my family, and GF for the 8 or so hours a week I need for Cowboys/Liverpool/FC Dallas games I watch. I gotta make cuts, and at the end of the day, the most important factors are 1) How important is each game? and 2) How much fun is it watching your sport. Football and soccer handily kick baseball/basketball/hockey's ass in those two factors (my opinion, of course).
Docster87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a big basketball fan and not much a baseball fan, the super small baseball postseason has always puzzled me. With college's March Madness the door is ajar for sixty teams to have hope and dozens to have a real possibility. With NBA, sixteen teams get a crack in post season.
But this past year I have considered that by having such a small postseason that more pressure is placed on the season itself. But there are just soooo many games per season, I would never be able to really follow a team and watch most of their games until I retire. My mom watches most of the local team's games, but she's retired and loathes west coast trips since the games start so late and she can rarely stay awake to finish those games.
But the strangest thing to me about baseball, compared to most other sports is a tie between absolutely no clock to consider and how it is impossible to score if your team is playing defense. No stealing of the ball. No interceptions. Nothing less than three outs will change defense to offense. No we need three points to tie and only five seconds on the clock type pressure.
To me baseball is a strange sport. On defense there is teamwork, like the double or triple play requires such. But on offense it is so individualistic... no passing the ball or setting screens or much even with running set plays. But baseball is so loaded with stats, perhaps more than other sports.
Glad the Cubs won. Their coach is freaking great. What he did with the limited payroll of the Ray's was nothing short of wizardry.
vawlk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:40:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You just described why baseball is so great. The untimed and asymmetrical nature of the game make it very unique. All of the other major sports are a variation of the same theme, get a thing to a place before time runs out.
With baseball, there are an infinite number of situations where being in the right place and knowing what to do is every bit as important and executing the play. It is a game of chess.
Unfortunately, TV doesn't do the game justice. You miss most of the subtleties in the close up views. Sure a diving play to the right is awesome to see, but when you see the player moving a step or two to their right before the pitch based on experience and statistical analysis which allowed them to reach the ball they dove for, that is was makes the game fantastic.
Docster87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:01:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've never been able to watch a whole baseball game on TV but the few times I've been to the ball park for a game I found it very fantastic and was really into the game, as long as the team I was rooting for had a chance.
I still recall long ago when in high school I would often wake on a Saturday and hear one of my good friends talking baseball and baseball stats on the porch with my dad. Always amazed me but I've just never really been won over toward it. Sometimes after getting up and ready I would still have to wait until they were finished talking baseball.
Soccer, hockey, basketball - they are practically the same sport just in different fields. Football has some strange stuff going on... but baseball is a whole different level than other team sports. Not saying it's bad or good, just very different - as you already know.
happyscrappy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:00:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't really like that. The idea that the regular season is just an appetizer for an extended playoffs is one thing I don't like about organizations like the NBA or NHL.
The long regular season gives every team a lot of guaranteed games. And besides, those games are much easier to get tickets to. So you can take your whole family to some games instead of "well honey, you don't mind if I don't take you and the kids, right, because these things are so expensive it doesn't make sense to take people who wouldn't really appreciate it".
Death_Star_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:08:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All sorts of heresy in that comment.
Baseball is huge on traditions btw.
spectre3724 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:20:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would be fine if they just limited the stepping out of the batter's box to once per at bat.
TehChid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:23:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
HA. No. The number 162, the 2 wild card games, the 4 best-of-5 division series, the 2 best-of-7 league championship series, and the 1 best-of-7 World Series sets baseball apart from all other sports. And with all the games, you really do find the best teams out of all, instead of one team that gets lucky and wins one playoff fame as a 16 seed.
Nothing beats a game 7 with extra innings
PolyNecropolis ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:31:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So, NHL hockey model basically.
Podo13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:11:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
People shit on the NHL for it's playoff structure. I doubt the MLB would want that.
vawlk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:56:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The length of the season is what makes the playoffs what they are. A baseball season is a grind that puts value in to the post season. There is a lot at stake (162 games of effort).
Though, they could go to 152 to keep games out of November. They got lucky this year with unseasonably warm weather. It very possibly could have snowed during this series.
Thereddeathpasses ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And cut the season in half? So it'd end in July?
Nah I'm good, thanks.
pyronius ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Half? Hell. Cut it into a quarter or less. 162 games is more of ANY sport than I can bear, let alone one as slow as baseball.
Then again, im not really the audience in the first place, so what do I know. Maybe baseball fans like spending half their nights watching games.
ochc98 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:23:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There is not a soul on earth that is a fan of baseball that agrees with any of this
neubourn ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:27:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The 162 games are fine. No, youre not going to watch EVERY game, but you dont have to. When you know whats going on, you can pick the series and matchups you actually want to watch, and which ones you are willing to pass on and not watch.
But the 162 game season is the strength of baseball: it basically eliminates fluke seasons, pure luck (good or bad), or long slumps or hot streaks. Its an equalizer, meaning the team that make the playoffs at the end actually ARE the best teams that year.
desmondhasabarrow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a baseball fan I'd prefer to watch as much baseball as I possibly can, so I'm very happy with 162 games + playoffs.
LouBerryManCakes ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:22:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think it works for baseball, but I echo your statement if applied to the NBA. Cut the games played in half and you have a completely different product. MLB is all about numbers and averages, for the lack of a better term it's a mathematician's sport.
invalid_dictorian ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:24:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cut it in half with two playoffs for each half. The champions of each half play each other in the Universe Series.
thefumesmakeithappen ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:11:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you for that perfect analogy, I'm using that next time someone whines about it being boring
_depression ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:15:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Joe Posnanski once said:
It's incredibly true. There were moments in this game where the game was starting to feel, maybe, boring. And then from the 8th inning until the end, it wasn't.
spockspeare ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:36:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you haven't checked-out mentally, everything that happens in a baseball game is exciting.
acornSTEALER ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Watch Korean baseball. Much more exciting.
Razzler1973 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Basically, Cricket for us Brits!
frozenlasagnafiend ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Awesome analogy!
TheAxis1985 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:52:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
same with soccer. Except baseball players don't over react to the smallest of collisions.
BravoFoxtrotDelta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:54:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Even then only in close games where the odds are consistently intense.
UkeTheNukes16 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:28:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's a really good way of putting it. This game was the epitome of instant classic.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:42:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They're going to make a movie about this movie.
rawker86 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:03:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
so it's basically cricket then. makes sense.
NoBeerNoHappy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:15:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well said. As a crazy cricket fan, people don't understand how I can break into a cold sweat watching a close game of cricket.
jlange94 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:00:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Good description for those that don't usually watch or care to. Baseball is definitely a game of suspense and strategy, especially in the NL. The thrills are when it's an important game, home runs, or fantastic pitching performances. This series had all of that and more.
thesweetestpunch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:49:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think the other part of the fun IS the downtime. Much like bait fishing it's just about having an excuse to sit in a nice stadium, eat some hot dogs, and drink some beer and hang out with friends and family while still being able to say you did something.
It's harder to do that with a more intense and fast-paced (or injury-prone) game.
birchstreet37 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just like soccer, the beauty of the game becomes apparent when you learn to appreciate the subtleties rather than bitch about the lack of scoring.
Septembers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:39:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same with American Football. There's a LOT of audibles and counter-audibles, formation shifts, and matchup exploiting that goes on before the snap, but is seen as boring to a lot of foreign viewers because it's just "a bunch of fat men standing around." Sports become so much more enjoyable to watch when you can understand the subtleties of the game
[deleted] ยท 87 points ยท Posted at 05:04:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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traviton ยท 407 points ยท Posted at 05:09:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
no, just 2-3 TVs, but they huddled up a lot.
[deleted] ยท 167 points ยท Posted at 05:15:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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labortooth ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 05:17:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can't fault them really
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:31:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know what they call a World Series in Paris? Royale Series
kvachon ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:57:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Royale with Series*
Coregame3 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Islamic Baseball
JesseBricks ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:25:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nobody told us it was black and white and only broadcast Channel 5 :/
dogsledonice ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:24:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Still have to pay the TV licence.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:15:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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soccertown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fans of Guilit if you know your soccer history.
HansBrixOhNo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's called a scrum ye bloody Yank!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not 3-1?
epulsars ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 05:08:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah on cable TV. But I actually streamed it.
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epulsars ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 05:09:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's what I don't understand why the regular seasons are so long when all that really matters is the playoffs.
Yearbookthrowaway1 ยท 174 points ยท Posted at 05:11:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To get a large sample size
There's such variance in baseball that the best way to determine the best teams is hella games.
Combined with the fact that it's not nearly as physically taxing on the body on a day to day basis (unless you're a pitcher) that there's no reason not to play as many games as they do.
epulsars ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:15:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Right that makes sense. There must also be an economic factor to it. I'm sure that the more games are broadcast the more money both the teams, the league and all the other parties involves make.
Yearbookthrowaway1 ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 05:18:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
MLB TV deals make stupid money, leading to MLB players making stupid money.
There's also a strong incentive to be good that goes along with it. In European soccer leagues the incentive is to avoid relegation, but even with no relegation in MLB, the teams still have to be good because if they're bad they won't sell enough tickets to turn a profit. There's 162 games and fans aren't gonna wanna buy tickets to watch their team lose 81 times.
Also it means that regular season games take on a very laid back attitude, especially in the summer. Baseball spectating is unique in that it's more of a picnic atmosphere. You go with some buddies and drink beer and eat hot dogs on a nice day, and hey maybe your team will win while you're at it.
lafolieisgood ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:24:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you think of it in terms of people that play professional baseball (all minor leagues included) and will never make good money while putting themselves behind the curve regarding their career prospects, the incentive has to be very high to encourage the farm system to work in the way it does. It is much higher risk vs reward than most people realize. The amount of people that devote their lives to the game and don't "make it" justifies the amount that the people who do make it get paid.
epulsars ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:27:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
America's pastime, right?
Nickyjha ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:17:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not sure that explains it. The NFL has the greatest revenue of any North American sports league, and there's only a 16 game regular season.
Dear_God_No ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:35:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The difference is the NFL makes the majority of its money from TV deals, which are national. Baseball TV deals are regional, and way smaller, especially for smaller market teams, so they make a much bigger portion of their revenue off the gate at games. More games = more money.
epulsars ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That indeed is a good counterexample. Well if anything, long regular seasons do help with ticket sales.
vawlk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:47:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And it takes 3 hours to watch a game with a 60 minute time clock that runs when nothing is happening, resulting in ~12 minutes of actual action.
The NFL is the world's 2nd most clever commercial.
happyscrappy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:50:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think a lot of it comes from a long time ago, baseball is quite old. The owners were notorious tightwads long ago and the players not paid that well. The owners surely didn't see any point to paying the players if they weren't playing. Heck, they'd put them out there to play two games in a day! There was no Spring Training either.
So I think the owners wanted the players to play more and the players wanted to get paid to play more so they played a lot more. And there weren't a lot of sports to compete with. It would have been the only pro sport in the US at the time so there was a market to sell tickets to more games.
AnneBancroftsGhost ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:54:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a Sox fan, what is this "making money" of which you speak?
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:15:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
those poor pitchers get their arms more fucked up than tennis players
Nickyjha ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:27:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a Mets fan, you know this is true when the healthiest starting pitcher on the team for a little bit was the 43 year old, overweight Bartolo Colon.
brainmoney ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:25:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Deion Sanders always said that baseball was more physically demanding. He might have been talking more about that combined with mental fatigue. You can't get amped up for a 160+ game season the same way you can once a week for football.
SanguisFluens ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:18:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's physically demanding too because the season is six months long and there are only like 20 days off. Even if each game is nowhere near as intense as a football game, they're still doing the workload of professional athlete in competition day in and day out.
murphymc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:28:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also, let's be honest, $$$
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:18:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They could cut the season in half and have a good enough sample size.
sveitthrone ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 05:12:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The whole season is one giant marathon to see who gets to the playoffs. Half the league doesn't even make it.
hardcorr ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 05:15:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
way more than half, only the top 10 teams of 30 get to play, and 2 of those are guaranteed to be eliminated after one game
JohnEKaye ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:03:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes they are :/ (Mets fan here)
hardcorr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:20:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ha, I feel you my friend, I am an Orioles fan
behindtimes ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:17:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This. In other major sports in this country, half the teams do make it. You can be a mediocre team and still make the playoffs in the NBA or NHL. In MLB, only 10 of 30 teams make the playoffs (it use to only be the pennant winners), and you're at a disadvantage if you don't win your division (the whole one game wild card). The season really does reward the best teams in baseball (though there was a short time where the wild card was a bit easier to win it all).
sveitthrone ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's also forgetting about odd situations like Game 162, where multiple teams are racing to win their way into the playoffs - effectively a Wild Card game before the Wild Card game.
ImLurking_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baseball is a really weird game, the best team doesn't always win. In a 162 regular season every team is guaranteed to win and lose 60 or so games, and the other 42 separate the good and bad teams.
As others have said, the game isn't physically taxing, so there isn't a reason not to play a ton of games.
Nightdocks ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:10:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Too many teams and the only players that really get exhausted are starting pitchers so that allows more games
MagicInOrlando ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:11:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Totally. The season can be such a drag, but I don't think there's anything in sports like playoffs baseball.
philly_fan_in_chi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:24:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Playoff hockey is the best, but playoff baseball is very close.
ajsmitty ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:11:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I watch baseball all the time, and this was one of the most exciting games I've ever watched.
epulsars ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:16:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Haha then I'm very lucky for having picked that one as my first!
tooclosetocall82 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:29:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But the next one's going to be such a let down. You'll always be chasing that baseball dragon.
nmyi ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:41:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Apparently, Aroldis Chapman broke down & cried when the rain delay started. He really put a lot of pressure on himself after he blew the save.
But during the rain delay, Jason Heyward was "Preacher/Ivory" from the movie "Friday Night Lights" halftime locker room scene and rallied the Cubs back emotionally. What a drama indeed.
PKSTEAD ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:22:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, Iโm European and Iโve been a Cubs fan for well over a decade. I learned early on, that what happened today would never ever happen. Only now it did. I donโt remember the last time I was this happy.
epulsars ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:24:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't even begin to imagine the happiness that you Cubs fans are feeling right now. Enjoy it, drink it in!
CLU_Three ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:01:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Map of part of Europe from the last time the Cubs won the World Series. Women couldn't vote and radio wasn't invented yet. This was also the first World Series in which the Cubs had an African American participate.
AndIHaveMilesToGo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:43:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you! We are all very happy and very drunk
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:08:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a huge Cubs fan, hearing you describe this gives me chills. I cried when we won tonight. I have been a fan since I knew what sports were. My dad was a huge fan and put me in my first Cubs uniform at the age or 1. Him and I both experienced the win as neither him or or had seen them in the World Series before let alone win one. It was the best bonding moment ever. How often do you get to witness something with your dad that neither him or you have ever witnessed.
I am a huge soccer fan as well and compare the win to the Man City game against Sunderland a few years back to win it all. The drama and excitement is unmatched.
Granadafan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:05:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Cubs are the Leicester City of baseball
DOWDKR01 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:58:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baseball is made to have high drama situations, not be action all the time! I love it. I hope you enjoyed watching it! :)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:04:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is there a way to rewatch it online somewhere?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:04:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is there a way to rewatch it online somewhere?
thinkscotty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:59:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We are happy too! Video of my wife and I in Wrigleyville in Chicago as the game was won and the INSANE celebration afterwards!
moonsout_goonsout ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:04:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit. That's how you know it's crazy. When a European loves him some baseball.
Podo13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:11:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2011 World Series; Game 6. Have fun.
GlockgirLCR21 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:30:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As an American I love your European whore houses!
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:31:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm an American and I watch a lot of sports, however the only time I'm reminded that baseball is still a thing is this game or 7 that they play at the end.
epulsars ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:33:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So it's true that Baseball is in decline?
drpantalones ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baseball is boring. And then all of a sudden, it isn't.
rab_ ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:14:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Grandma w/ Champaign Shower after Cubs win!
Aero_ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:27:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's adorable.
UkeTheNukes16 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:09:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Haha that's awesome! She reminds me of my grandmother when the Giants won the super bowl. I miss that woman.
TheresA_LobsterLoose ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Speaking of wild... Can we get Chevy regional manager Rikk Wilde back on the postgame show? "Technology and stuff"... The guy knew how to put asses in the seats
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:25:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously we witnessed a history that will long be remembered and talked about.
UkeTheNukes16 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:02:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Definitely! It's literally been generations since that last championship. That's really cool to think about
P00ksickle ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:35:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The crowd was so tense. Both sides. That was a rollercoaster.
pedone1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They both took turns pitching and fielding like a minor league team, Jesus Christ.
AnotherPint ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:50:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was perhaps the most exciting post-season game I've ever watched. Game 7 of the '91 Twins-Braves series, which went scoreless into the 10th, comes pretty close on the tension scale. But there were no tears in my eyes when the Twins pulled that one out in the 10th. This time, when Montgomery got Martinez to ground out, I just fucking dissolved. It was everything baseball should be, with the right ending to boot.
SSDN ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:08:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Was really happy to watch it. I used to live nearish to Chicago so I think of all the old Polish dudes that got to see history before their time was up. Sports never really meant much to me but it's nice to see this as a moment where generations can come together.
IamTheUniverse_AMA ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:18:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure that was the only baseball game I've ever watched start to finish, and it was captivating. I wish baseball had that much emotion all season. I can go to a game and enjoy it, but on tv it's so slow. This game, and the history, and the emotion. That was incredible.
UkeTheNukes16 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:06:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Absolutely. That was one of the most exciting games I've seen in awhile, and the added drama of game 7 made it that much more enjoyable.
Boats_of_Gold ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:31:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I haven't flexed like that since I fucked OP's mom.
iemploreyou ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:36:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A guy hit a ball with a stick!
VortexLine ยท 331 points ยท Posted at 05:05:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously. I almost never watch baseball, but I couldn't take my eyes away. Riveting. Both teams played spectacularly.
[deleted] ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 05:11:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 05:17:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't watch baseball because of the commercials. If I could watch the whole game without commercial interruption, similar to soccer, I'd love it. I'm not saying more action, I just mean no commercials. Pan around the stands a bit, zoom in on some players, whatever. Just let me keep watching baseball, even if nothing is happening.
But I can't handle 30-90 seconds of commercials every 30-90 seconds.
this-one-is-mine ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 05:22:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As someone who mostly just watches football and basketball I felt like there were actually very few commercials. I'm wondering if my perception is wrong or what.
[deleted] ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 05:29:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, your experience was correct. I usually watch football but can't stand it anymore. 3 second play, time out, cut to commercial, back for another 3 second play, challenge the ruling / time out, commercial...
It kills the flow of the game and really sucks the enjoyment out of watching.
This World Series has been wonderful in terms of advertising. Plus I think I only saw a couple Mcounaghy ads and none for trucks and viagara/cialis. There were even a couple "t mobile no break commercials" or something where the tv stayed on the game while the announcer read the ad while waiting for something to happen on the field. So much nicer.
TheAxis1985 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:54:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When they postponed due to the rain delay I was expecting 15 minutes of commercials. Instead I think they're were 30 seconds. The MLB doesn't seem to be as badly in the pockets of advertising like the NFL does.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:53:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Great point! We got game analysis instead. That would've been half full of ads if it was football.
dbill13 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:46:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i only watch redzone now
itsnotnews92 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:16:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As much as I love football, there's actually very little action during games. I can't remember where I saw it, but I either saw a video or read an article saying that the ball is only in play for like 15 total minutes during an NFL game. The rest is just dead time and commercials.
regionrat03 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:49:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The internet says NFL players play around 11 minutes of actual play
elcapitan520 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:56:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
3 hour broadcast minimum
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:51:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This doesn't surprise me at all. 11 minutes of action isn't with several hours of TV time for me anymore.
behindtimes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:52:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Football is really built around television, and it shows with all the commercials. Baseball has commercials too, but the difference is you know when they're coming. Third out and it's a commercial. You don't have to worry about some random commercial at some random time, or a TV timeout.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:46:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, you're right. It might have just been the World Series but I didn't even notice the commercials and my favorite sporst (NFL 1, NBA 2) they become a great hindrance in the enjoyment and pace of the sport. that is what makes watching the games live so special..you're in the action the entire time. You arn't taken out to see a truck or cell phone commercial that you could give a shit less about. The flow of the game was steady and (the word I'm looking for is snowball effect..like it gets bigger and bigger) and I loved it.
It is a shame this sport only has this atmosphere 1-2 weeks a year because that was a truly special moment and a truly special set a games that unfolded before us. I enjoyed it tremendously and will never forget it. What a game.
Curly4Jefferson ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:30:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
With how bad commercials in football have gotten, I don't think your perspective is off. I don't watch much NFL but college football has gotten bad. When games are regularly over four hours, something's got to change
TheWho22 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The NFL is exactly the same as college when it comes to that
BustaPosey ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
NFL started it College has adopted it
AtomicFreeze ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a fan of both, college is way worse in terms of commercials.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm speaking relative to soccer, which has two uninterrupted 45 minute portions, with commercials between them.
Obviously that's not a viable strategy for broadcast baseball, though.
lord_mayor_of_reddit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:52:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, most of what you miss during a baseball game in the commercials are the players switching sides and tossing the ball around, so there's not really much to say.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:10:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I'm saying if that was shown instead of commercials, I'd probably be a huge baseball fan.
I just can't handle the frequent breaks, which is why I watch soccer.
yetiite ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah there were fuck all ads, on ESPN anyway.
legin2010 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:24:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baseball in person is fabulous
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:37:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've been, it is wonderful.
There's also no commercials haha. Lulls in action are fine, but I can't stand being thrust from commercial to game to commercial so often.
legin2010 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:08:41 on November 5, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, you have a great point there. I get tired of hitting the mute button.
SebastianDoyle ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:27:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Go to some live games. Even MLB isn't nearly as insane a rip-off as NFL or NBA games. But minor league games are good too, tickets are cheap, and last I heard they don't hassle you about bringing your own beer. (Maybe they do now).
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've been to live games, and they're great. Because there's no commercials.
ShartyMcPeePants ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:37:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly the commercials are nothing like the NBA or NFL. I don't think it's that bad to be honest.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:44:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't watch NBA or NFL either.
ReservoirGods ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:37:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's why I set up games to record, wait about a half hour after they start and then skip through commercials.
08mms ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is a good point. I love live games and can get very invested in a close game, but you lose the continuity on tv with commercials.
notatext ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:49:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/MLBStreams/
Had to watch through that tonight because the wind is turning my TV reception to shit. Their livestream just goes to a blank screen during commercial breaks and then jumps right back in when coverage resumes. I may switch to streaming next season for that reason alone :)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:09:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I use that to find streams for my step-dad, and it's what I used to watch the game.
It's not the fact that there are commercials, specifically. It's the breaks. It feels like I spend more time switching attention to or away from the game, than I do actually watching it.
happyscrappy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:03:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It might be great if the game were altered so there was only 60 seconds between innings instead of a bit over 120. But if instead you just didn't see the ads while the teams changed sides I don't think it would improve things much for you. There's nothing happening at those times, you might as well just space on the ads because you'll be spacing on something else anyway.
itsnotnews92 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:15:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly, the commercial breaks in MLB games are few and far between in comparison to the NFL. Yeah, you've got breaks in between half-innings and for pitching changes, but football has breaks after scores, after kickoffs, after punts, during play reviews, at the 2-minute warning, at the end of the quarter, at halftime, during timeouts, and during injuries. I'd bet that if you totalled up the time spent in commercial for the average MLB game vs. the average NFL game, the NFL would be noticeably higher.
nicholt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:38:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, I find the playoffs entertaining but regular season games have zero stakes so I'm not interested.
Eureka_sevenfold ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
and a part of the American culture there's so much strategy involved in baseball more than people think
ThumYorky ยท 390 points ยท Posted at 05:10:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well except the one team that
blew a 3-1 lead
newnameuser ยท 208 points ยท Posted at 05:14:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, damn it Warriors!
TexasWithADollarsign ยท 272 points ยท Posted at 05:22:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cleveland 2016: Live by the 3-1 series deficit, die by the 3-1 series deficit.
jekpopulous2 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 06:08:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think that given a one or the other type vote Cleveland would have taken that Cavs win because of the entire Lebron leaving and coming back ordeal. Seriously though, as a Mets fan just making it to the Series last year felt amazing. I know that loss must have hurt but the Indians played some great baseball...
RenlyIsTheFury ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:53:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Been an Indians fan my whole life, but the last season I truly paid attention until this year was back in '07 when we blew our 3-1 lead over the Sox in the ALCS.
I think I chose the most bitter-sweet year to start watching again :/
But hey, there's always next year. Our guys' contracts aren't up yet, so they won't be bought out by the big name teams, and hopefully everyone will be bounced back from those injuries before next season. Cubs vs Indians 2017.
But this time, the Tribe won't blow an early lead!
I hope
TexasWithADollarsign ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:44:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh for sure. It's still an interesting stat for sportball in Cleveland 2016.
BC10_for_pizza ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:49:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cavs still undefeated. Theres always this season?
DudeWheresMyCarito ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:24:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bulls looking alright atm so hopefully chicago and cleveland have a good series again.
tsantaines49er ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:19:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a Dubs fan... This hurts...
xenokilla ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They didn't come.out to play?
mugdays ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They ain't safe anywhere
RaiderDamus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cleveland knows how it feels now.
Pyroblivious ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:44:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Implying Cleveland doesn't know sports heartbreak. You merely adopted it. We were born in it. Raised in it.
RaiderDamus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:54:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, specifically, the 3-1 blown lead.
Why did you have to lose to Elway of all people??
Pyroblivious ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:08:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, the Browns have been like Oprah lately. You get a win, and you get a win, and you get a win! And honestly, this really isn't nearly as bad as some of the other ones we've suffered.
BlacktasticMcFine ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How about a 0-8, do you know how that feels?
RaiderDamus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:43:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We started 0-10 in 2014. So, yeah. It feels bad, but then you get Amari Cooper.
mr_chub ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:43:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
People don't forget
Karthinator ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:37:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As soon as it ended, we knew. The memes are coming. I hope we're ready. Not sure if Cleveland can handle it.
a_fish_out_of_water ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Insert crying jordan meme #flythew
ApocHouseR ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:25:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Karma, man. Cleveland can't have all the good luck.
yzlautum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah so crazy. Tonight was an international crisis.
Chaabar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:19:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except for Cleveland's bumbling outfielders.
Randy_____Marsh ยท 475 points ยท Posted at 05:12:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Huge props to Rajai Davis for that bottom of the 8th dinger to tie the game.
That was stupid levels of clutch.
iamamountaingoat ยท 264 points ยท Posted at 05:16:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And then an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th to pull within one run
sewa97 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 06:26:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He honestly seemed calm as fuck. I was shocked at his level of emotional control.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:49:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Best player on the field from my observations. MVP if they pull that out.
EvanHarpell ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:29:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or he was just too overwhelmed to be flustered and was operating on pure instinct alone.
C_F_D ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:45:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I felt so bad for him. He gets the game tying home run, then gets another huge clutch RBI to keep them alive. He couldn't do any more, but will still be left with a whole bunch of "what ifs"
Stosstruppe ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 07:09:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That Kipnis foul ball was the biggest tease....christ, it looked like it was it, it was over, but foul ball.
NCbeans ยท 69 points ยท Posted at 05:19:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously, and followed it up with an RBI in the 10th. Dude was on fire.
lYossarian ยท 56 points ยท Posted at 05:20:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Almost more than anyone else he made this a game to remember (grandpa Ross' home run was amazing though).
kornkid42 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:20:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The fact he hit that hr right after the error that scored 2 runs was like a movie script.
Nipple_Copter ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 06:50:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Error? That slider bounced 15 feet in front of the plate. Very little Ross could have done. The real error was Joe Maddon removing his red hot starter after 4 2/3 to bring a starter cold out of the bullpen.
Fnhatic ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 07:38:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It honestly seemed like the Cubs won in spite of Maddon more than anything.
dipping_sauce ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:51:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maddon nearly blew the game with that bonehead move.
adam_bear ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:51:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hendricks was on fire- I was kind of surprised Cleveland didn't rally more than 2 points...
We would've missed out on Ross' homer in the 6th though (storybook ending to his career), and everything turned out ok in the end.
-CharlesHardinHolley ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:44:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He's only thirty-nine...
airoderinde ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 06:29:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
78 in sports years
IAmNotNathaniel ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:21:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was thrilled to see someone in a major sports championship that was still older than me!
(You 20-somethings won't get what that feels like, but wait until you're pushing 40...)
darkflash26 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:23:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i hope grandpa comes back next year. i heard rumors he might, and i really hope he does.
IAmNotNathaniel ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 12:25:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I dunno man, his last at bat was a home run in the world series, which they won a couple hours later.
Seems like a good note to go out on.
TobiasFunkeFresh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:32:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No way he does as a player
elbenji ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:02:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He hit a home run his last at bat to win it for the cubs. He is done
Chitownsly ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:30:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There was a shit load of clutch in that whole series. Cubs being down 3-1 and storm back. It's incredibly hard to win 3 games in a row in any series.
7echArtist ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:18:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That guy can hit. When he hit that home run I nearly lost my shit and to see him pull of that hit in the 10th scared the shit out of me.
TheWho22 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:33:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah of all the people on that club, he was not the guy that I thought would pull the homer, 3 RBIs. He can spank a fast ball when he gets it where he wants it though
-CharlesHardinHolley ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:44:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I almost feel bad that Cleveland didn't win after such a "stupid level of clutch."
Almost.
yetiite ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:49:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Added 100% to the drama. Was a bit predictable until that moment.
irishrock1987 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:28:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty sure he's going to go to trial for murder. Giving TONS of Cubs fans heart attacks!
stillusesAOL ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:46:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Simply stoopid.
wiggly_poof ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:56:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Absolutely - was a bit of redemption for him after the extremely minor misplays (delayed high throw, misread of that long double off the wall). Loved him when he was here in Detroit.
Jibjab777 ยท 223 points ยท Posted at 05:15:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Probably one of the best, if not the best. My 90 year old aunt died 6 days ago and she was a lifelong devoted fan. The nursing home even made her a schedule of all their games so she would know when to watch. I hope she knows about tonight.
Convergecult15 ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 06:06:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey man, I'm sure she does. She was the angel in the outfield.
NicolasMage69 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 06:08:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dont compare that sweet old lady to that movie
Convergecult15 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 06:09:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean I was going for a feel good baseball movie and couldn't swing a field of dreams or rookie of the year reference.
Edit: upon further intoxicated reflection, literally either of those movies would have been a better reference.
chillin223 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:46:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Field of dreams sucks balls.
DefinitelyNotLucifer ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:14:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I stopped on a road trip to Canada to play catch & hit some balls at the Field of Dreams field without ever having seen the movie. I saw the movie 3 weeks later upon returning from my deep wilderness excursion & thought, "That sucked. Field of Dreams is bad. I can't believe I played there..." Then I got sad.
Fnhatic ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:39:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sports movies in general are pretty fuckin' terrible. There's a reason they stopped making them.
RenlyIsTheFury ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:55:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Creed.
Moneyball.
Bleed For This.
Concussion.
That's actually all I can come up with right now...
Maybe you're right. But I honestly liked Field of Dreams.
I also enjoyed Rubber) though, so...
b_digital ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:21:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, there are some great sports movies, but there are a lot of terrible ones too.
elbenji ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:03:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Major League
chillin223 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:46:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That movie is great!
rockstaraimz ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:14:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude, my grandmother was a life-long White Sox fan and saw them win the World Series in 2005 when she was 93. We got her a world champions T-shirt for Christmas and she thought it was the best thing ever! She passed away two years later at age 95. Your aunt knows.
Chitownsly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:00:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man I hope you put that shirt in her casket. We are going to my grandfathers grave this weekend and putting the W flag up.
ciroc__obama ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:59:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
She knows.
Weinburglar ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:03:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
man I'm sorry to hear about your aunt. I'm not a spiritual person, but she definitely knows somehow. My grandma is 95 and a lifelong fan. her health has been deteriorating for the past year or so, so a Cubs World Series could not have come at a better time. she just got to see her youngest grandchild graduate high school and now this. It's late, so I haven't talked to her yet, but I'm sure she's thrilled (or will be when she hears about it tomorrow), as I'm sure your aunt is.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:12:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
She does, I bet she helped make it happen!
Chitownsly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:56:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My grandfather passed 4 years ago. Every Sunday him, my dad and I watched the Cubs on a couch my grandfather bought. We haven't sat in his spot from the time he passed but my dad said last night something told him to sit in his spot. Not 2 mins later the rains came and he stayed in that spot. Last night the torch was passed on as my son sat in my spot that I've had for years. As I moved to my dad's spot. Was my sons first time sitting in that spot by himself as he's usually on the floor watching for whatever reason. Now my dad is in his fathers spot as I took my dad's spot and now my son has my spot. The couch was bought in 1973. Yea we all cried a little and lots of jumping around.
maya0nothere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:19:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Id like to think all the energy of Cubs fans who have died recently, went to the Cubs to help them get to the World Series and win it.
I lost a brother 16 months ago, he was only 58 an ex-marine, ex boy scout, who was a life long monster Cubs fan, and a pretty good ball player himself.
This win is for you Albert, and every other Cubs fan who have gone to that great Wrigley Field in the sky.
[deleted] ยท -39 points ยท Posted at 05:36:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 06:03:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dickhead..... I'm over here about to cry and you come up with this shit
caulfieldrunner ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:42:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel shitty for laughing but the bluntness makes this hilarious.
Jibjab777 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:47:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It just made me feel shitty.
That_Effin_Guy ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:54:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the internet...never, ever allow the internet to make you feel shitty.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:02:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Think about it this way, she contributed some of the magic needed to break the curse.
lala989 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:06:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Aww, don't let the internet do that to you just shake it off it's black humor. Sorry for your loss.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:04:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sorry.
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mugdays ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:13:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you really believe she's in heaven, then it shouldn't matter.
Akuzed ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 06:09:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude. Uncalled for.
Daikiyou ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 06:46:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your messed up. Take your negativity somewhere else.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 17:59:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
*you're
RubyliciousLOL ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 10:47:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
how could she possibly know if she's dead?
its_alaska ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:54:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I bet she knows. She was probably even watching, and from a way cooler angle.
CasuConsuIto ยท 53 points ยท Posted at 05:08:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Neither do I and I had a 45 minute long heart attack
SSDN ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:09:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If I had been studying instead of watching I could help more sorry mate :p
CasuConsuIto ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:41:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh thanks a lot! Remind me to stay away from your hospital!
shabazzseoulja ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:15:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
After this election season we all deserved this
derstherower ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 05:05:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the end of an era.
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:11:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Fiendiana_Jones ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:20:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For someone living in iowa, im loving this shit
sportsfannf ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:12:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a fun adjustment to make. As a Giants fan we went from the gutsy nobodies that people rooted for to the "damn they're here again" team.
new_account_5009 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:09:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They had 6 players on their starting lineup under the age of 24. They're a really young team, so they're in a great position for 2017, 2018, etc. It's entirely possible we're watching the birth of a Cubs dynasty.
apostrophesensation ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:21:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
David Ross was my man.
TheWho22 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:34:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But also the beginning of one. That is a young, young team (besides Ross.) They're loading up and probably making another NL Central run next year... and I say this as a Reds fan
no-relation ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A long, dark era.
VanceFerguson ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:17:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Going into the rain delay, things looked bad. But I have it on good authority that someone, and I'm not naming names, Zobrist, went back into the locker room to sacrifice a goat.
After that, the Cubs went gang busters.
rrr598 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:17:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This game was absolutely amazing... over 100 years. Damn.
Butthole--pleasures ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:12:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I dont watch baseball or basketball. Im definitely getting spoiled getting to see the cavs win and now the cubs?? Id say that I would start watching baseball now but the world is surely ending this year. Thanks Obama.
Zebramouse ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:17:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're going to watch it now, right? It's a beautiful sport, slow in spots, but always worth the wait.
SSDN ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I might give it a try. I liked going to minor league games growing up and sitting in the grassy backfield (?) parts hoping I'd get a home run ball.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:33:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We just watched Major League Baseball's Greatest Game Ever Played.
PMmeTurtles ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:14:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs deserve it
zbbrox ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:15:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same here. Fuck, man.
caboggles ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:18:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never cared for baseball but with all the history featured in this game I believe I have been baptized as a cubs fan. Bandwagon here we come!
dubman42 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:22:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I do watch baseball and that shit was defiantly ridiculous!
danielej2k ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:26:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was the most gripping sports game I've ever watched
EmergentBehavior ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This was an amazing game. One of the best in modern history.
Can't wait for the 30 for 30.
StinkinFinger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I do, and that was maybe the best series ever!
tacofop ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is the kind of game that brings thousands and thousands of new fans into the fold. The more the merrier; baseball is such a beautiful game. There's nothing that so perfectly embodies americana quite like baseball.
cassatta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The only think you should know is that Cleveland lost after leading 3 games to 1
NikolaeCeausescu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:38:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That rain delay was so damn tense!
elyasafmunk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was the best game I have ever seen besides game 6 of 2011 world series(and I am probably a bit biased)
monkeysthrowpoop ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:49:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not only ridiculous, but every underdogs wetdream. I mean, you're the last at bat, your saying there's a chance, nope. Loss. Great victory for the cubs
sonybajor12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:50:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This has the problem for me as a non-baseball fan because I know nothing can ever be as intense and close as this so I shouldn't even bother watching. I've peaked my fan experience in one game
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:53:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, it's something, huh? Who would've thought? 100 to 1 shot! I wish I could go back to the beginning of the season, put some money on the Cubs.
sAlander4 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:55:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same here. I figured if watch it since it was a historic game so I gotta see it to remember the moment Also been seeing cubs posts all Over reddit and assumed they were an underdog team which I like.
I have a question though, so the Indians were up 3 games to 1 like the warriors were and blew it? Lmao you can't write that
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:03:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
check out game 6 2011 world series. game was crazy
eNaRDe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:05:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Then who is watching these games cause I see everyone saying this in social media lol.
MidnightCalico- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:11:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey dont i know you... :p
omni_wisdumb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:18:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This was my first time watching a game, and it was quite exciting.
Sunscreen4what ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:27:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only baseball game I've ever been able to watch all the way through. It was genuinely exciting.
saigon13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:49:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The only baseball games i watch are the World Series and this was the best one I watched in the last few years. Unbelievable.
all_or_nothing ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:51:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a life long Cubs fan, I cried a nice deep manly cry. Thank you Indians and thank you Cubs for the greatest series I've ever watched.
DonRobeo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:21:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just wish Harry Caray could have seen it.
Cheesemacher ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:14:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I barely know what's going on and I'm getting excited.
Schnabeltierchen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:57:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All I know of baseball was that the Cubs is a team who haven't won the world series (or at least for like 100 years)
carbikebacon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Started watching at the bottom of the 8th and THAT was INSANE! I don't even like sports but THAT is what baseball should be!!!
Jooshwa ยท 691 points ยท Posted at 04:56:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ross hitting a homerun and being a world champ in his last mlb game is great
juel1979 ยท 176 points ยท Posted at 05:15:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
After getting whacked in the face with a wild pitch and still recovering to try to make a play at all. Always had the most respect for catchers.
simjanes2k ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 07:03:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
that shit was seriously rough, i wasnt sure he would get back up
and we all know Lester wasnt gonna run that far to get a damned baseball
jinx1500 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:56:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's got to be a good gif of that. In hindsight, hilarious....
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:42:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i thought he got knocked out. If his foot had not gone that inch, we wouldnt have had extra innings!
ChupacabrajDS ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:29:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wasn't even mad when he hit a solo homer cuz he seems like such a good guy, and I'm a Cleveland fan
TopshelfPeanutButtah ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 13:04:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Reporter: When you hit that homerun, you looked almost stunned. What was it like going around the bases?
Ross: You would be stunned too if you had my swing.
Love him.
NotSoSiniSter ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 08:11:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To me his performance this game is a story in himself. Fucking up twice in a row like that...I almost thought he was going to be pulled out and that would be his legacy. But then coming back and hitting that homerun?! Dude's 39...speechless.
icouldntdecide ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:35:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The mark of a true professional... we all make mistakes, but can you rectify them when everything is on the line? This game was undoubtedly an insane display of that principle. One for the ages.
Hipposapien ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:13:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Loved all the cupbumps in the dugout!
lebaumer ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:33:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was my favorite part about the series
Max_Quordlepleen ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 07:19:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Honest question: why does the article go on about being "world champions" when the only teams involved are American?
If Indonesia were to theoretically put together a baseball team, would they be allowed to compete?
Sincerely, a bemused person from a part of the world where nobody gives two shits about baseball.
Edit: relevant
artemus_gordon ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 10:12:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because the Champions League winner doesn't have to play the MLS champion to be recognized as the best team. There is not a comparable baseball league to MLB.
Max_Quordlepleen ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:08:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
And yet the Champions League winner isn't referred to as the "world champion"...
vincentwallbanger ยท -13 points ยท Posted at 07:30:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"world" champ isn't really accurate, more like US champ, but cant argue with why you guys wanna call it that way
devilsadvocate09 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 13:00:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Considering that there are players from all over the world, and Major League Baseball is considered the best baseball league in the world, it is considered a "world championship"
But I get it, you want to be pedantic in time of celebration and happiness, guess there has to be a douche in every thread.
Profesor_Caos ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 14:48:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Plus, MLB has a Canadian team, making it at least slightly international in that regard.
ajwhite98 ยท 1459 points ยท Posted at 04:53:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was easily the best game I've ever seen in my life. That was completely fucking incredible.
KershawTheCloser ยท 307 points ยท Posted at 05:08:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know how many times I slumped into my seat thinking the Cubs blew it...
english-23 ยท 62 points ยท Posted at 05:24:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"oh, they total have this" then "WTF guys" "sweet, back in it "wait, wtf" was basically on repeat
[deleted] ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 05:28:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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KershawTheCloser ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:34:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well congrats man. that was the best game of Baseball I've ever watched.
SanguisFluens ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:26:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Get off reddit and celebrate.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 11:19:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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philly_fan_in_chi ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:45:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pull Hendricks, runs score, pull Lester, more runs score. I think Hendricks finishes that inning in anything other than a game 7, he SHOULD have finished it last night.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:41:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
my roommate and I were hoping they'd lose for sweet schadenfreude. But we agreed it couldn't be a normal loss, they had to go up like 4-1, and lose to a walk off grand slam in the bottom of the 9th.
So when it tied up in the 8th and it was tied in the bottom of the 9th we were like HOLY SHIT THE CURSE IS REAL WTF.
Stupid goat
KershawTheCloser ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:45:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not at all superstitious and actually started to believe in the curse. No way one of the best closers in baseball blows the lead and comes back to win in extra innings. Welp
KokiriEmerald ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 12:41:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everybody knew that was coming. He was overused.
Granadafan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:15:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The effigies of Joe Maddon were already made with the torches lit. That was some of the worst over managing I've seen in a big game
MrMcSpanky94 ยท 151 points ยท Posted at 05:09:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yup! And I don't even watch baseball. Best game I've seen out of any sport in a really long time
hogcalling2015 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:10:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't even like baseball and that was so fucking intense.
BonnaroovianCode ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:01:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Game 6 2011 would like to have a word with you
Nachoslim109 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:21:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I don't wanna be a buzzkill, and this WAS an incredible game. But you can't beat Freese's heroics.
leglessman ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 05:07:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As good as that was, only one team could've won a championship that night. This had the drama on both sides of knowing any play could win the World Series.
itsjustchad ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:24:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That, and being a Cubbies fan, knowing there was just no way they even could win.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:16:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If the indians would have walked off this game it would top 2011 game 6. Dont let recency bias get in the way of remembering that the rangers were 1 strike away from a championship, twice. And the hometown kid david freese hit not only the game saving double, but also the walk off home run to seal the comeback. It literally cannot be written any better.
leglessman ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 05:38:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except two teams who haven't won championships in a combined 176 years in a back and forth game 7 that needed a 10th inning. It's not recency bias at all.
KokiriEmerald ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:42:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not really back and forth if one team never takes a lead and there was only one tie.
Antithesys ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:15:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
1991 was a better game, pretty much objectively. But this one obviously had a lot more weight behind it.
Novo_Scotia ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:14:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, at the time whoever won game 6 in 2011 was winning the series. Rangers would have won that night, but by winning that game, the Cardinals carried so much momentum into game 7 that the Rangers looked like a shell of a team.
bmfdan ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 05:12:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Rangers fan here. Kindly fuck the fuck off.
ajwhite98 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:14:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And as a Yankee fan, that guy saying 2004 can also fuck off.
tertzfertz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was great for Yankee hating, but Arizona winning it was lame.
shwoople ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:26:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2004? Arizona won it in 2001... And it was so so beautiful. Love you gonzo.
ajwhite98 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:27:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wrong year. I can live with the D-Backs walking us off in 2001. We'd just won three straight, we lived. But the Red Sox winning in 2004? Man, fuck that.
itsjustchad ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:15:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go1raoqHZkU
rad_platypus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:50:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Still get chills every time I watch that.
theseyeahthese ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:25:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fact. Freeeeese
Padreschargers7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:27:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2014 ALWC as well
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:17:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
nope. this was game 7 with a combined championship drought of 176 years.
KokiriEmerald ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:47:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The drought doesn't make the game any better.
rad_platypus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:58:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The drought has nothing to do with how the actual game was played. It adds to the circumstance sure, but in Game 6 2011 the Rangers were 1 strike away from winning the world series twice. They blew a 2 run lead in the bottom of the 9th and a 1 run lead in the bottom of the 10th. Both leads were blown with 2 outs and 2 strikes. Then the Cardinals won the game with a walk off homerun in the bottom of the 11th. Absolute madness.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:07:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
baseball is all about context. a single baseball game almost never lives in a vacuum. there was more on the line this year than 2011. also fuck tony la russa haha
rad_platypus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:16:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't disagree with the context part, but on a purely technical level based on what took place in the game, game 6 was crazier. It may be the salty cards fan in me, but I don't think anything will come close to that game for a long time.
sir____man ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:11:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So would the whole 2004 serious
TopshelfPeanutButtah ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:53:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I was younger I could tell you every stat of every player on the Red Sox. Now? I am a terrible baseball fan. This game just made me excited for pitchers and catchers in February. Baseball needed a game like this.
OnceButNeverAgain ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:19:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So glad someone could take the title of best/worst game ever form the A's vs Royals wildcard game in 2014.
EDIT: As an A's fan.
StickyDaydreams ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Best game I've ever seen.
Cobaltplasma ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It had everything, everything!... Cubs up, tied up, bottom of the 9th, saved it, into extra innings, GD RAIN DELAY!?!?...and man... what a rush! What a rush...
Haryape ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:27:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I agree, glad I got day drunk and fell asleep so I could stay up an watch it at a local chain resturaunt screaming with my fellow illinois citizens!
Lancaster2124 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Even as a White Sox fan, I agree. That was the best damn game of baseball I've ever watched.
scottvicious ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It will take SO MUCH for this series to be beat as one of the greatest of all time...
TheWho22 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly, we probably all just witnessed at least one of the 10 best games ever played in a sport that is 100+ years old
JJDude ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:47:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it really feel a bit scripted.. all the drama and even rain delay. It's incredibly entertaining!
Luap_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:16:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was fucking bonkers man. What a storybook ending for the Cubs!
WorkSucks135 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:22:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only better game was 2003 ALCS. Yankees redsox, the entire series was amazing and full of tension, and was finally brought to climax with a 70 year old Yankees coach charging the mound, alone, and Pedro Martinez throwing him to the ground by his fat, bald head.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:16:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I stopped watching MLB after the Cleveland Indians loss in the 97 World Series. Figured I wouldn't watch baseball again, especially after joining the military. I can say- I'm reconsidering my life choices.
SilenceOfTheSun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:50:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2004 Game 4 ALCS
Red Sox vs Yankess
Still the greatest game I've ever watched
_ChaoticNeutral_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:44:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What about the game where Montero pinch-hit a grand slam out of nowhere to break a 3-3 tie inย Game 1ย of the NLCS for the Cubs? That was absolutely nuts.
RedBullWings17 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:10:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Red Sox Yankees 2004 ALCS still tops it in my mind but im a sox fan and it wasn't the WS so I can see how many will call this the best series ever.
Constant_Gardner11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
why hello there... Weird seeing you out of our little circle.
ajwhite98 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:36:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gotta get that karma somehow.
What a fucking game, man.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:31:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not really at all
demoux ยท 854 points ยท Posted at 04:56:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Drinking. Yelling. Profanity. My FitBit recording an insane heartrate.
And I'm a Twins fan.
What a game.
I'm going to need a lot of coffee tomorrow.
Connortbh ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 05:19:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The only baseball game I went to this year was at target field and the twins beat the Indians.
Alpha-Trion ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 05:35:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And lost every other game.
GeneralChaz9 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:53:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
White Sox fan. Only game I went to was in Cleveland when Santana walked off in extra innings against us.
Still have nightmares.
TheMatMaster ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:30:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes I needed this. I think the Twins ruined baseball for me this year
Alpha-Trion ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 05:34:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't admit to being a Twins fan right now. You're just embarrassing us.
BlastCapSoldier ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:00:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm at University of Illinois, where probably a third of us are from Chicago, and I highly doubt that most early classes will have a ton of attendance.
artemis_floyd ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:45:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I-L-L!
I can only imagine what Green St was like last night...hoo boy.
BlastCapSoldier ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:00:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was fucking ridiculous. The street was packed with people singing Go Cubs Go. Also, every bar was packed after the game ended. The line at Joes was the longest I've ever seen it.
tumescentpie ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 11:48:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Minnesota hype train!
a0x129 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:28:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
With the season the Twins had this year, I'm pretty sure everyone claimed to be Cubbies fans. At least in my office all Twins signs were sneakily replaced with Cubs stuff as the year dragged on.
And here I am at my desk flying a solitary Sounders FC flag.
Caboose106 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:33:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same here man, sitting here at the office, on my 2nd cup of many more for the day.
I love that the commentators even made the comment during the rain delay to all bosses to go easy on their employees tomorrow.
AndIHaveMilesToGo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:45:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Imagine how us Chicago guys felt. That was so amazing.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:42:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm still drinking in california ahha
alabamaman2021 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:14:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
At work checking in. Coffee confirmed.
Omgjenny ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:02:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty sure 10 years of my life is taken away from me during that game. What a roller coaster of emotions I went through!
typeswithgenitals ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:52:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sox fan here, that was amazing
BABYCAKESxUNKILLABLE ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:42:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Copied and pasted from the other thread.
xBastiann ยท 636 points ยท Posted at 04:53:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bryant smiles the moment the ball came off the bat to him for the final out. That's confidence in your craft. Cubs win, cubs win!
Toad32 ยท 305 points ยท Posted at 05:08:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Full on cheesin smile before he caught and threw it. He has rehearshed that exact movement 10000 times and knew it was golden .
Don_Julio_Acolyte ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 07:33:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought it was funny that he slipped as he was throwing it because you knew he was all giddy inside and was so excited when he fielded that ball.
poeticpoet ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:42:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was the curse but it didn't have enough strength because Theo Epstein is a baseball god.....
And so is shwarber
EvanHarpell ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:37:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The scary part is that this team is YOUNG. If they can keep that youth core, they will be good for a LONG time.
deesmutts88 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:38:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I agree, Mr Connery.
nmyi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:54:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Huehuehue oh you~ :)
unpronouncedable ยท 192 points ยท Posted at 06:23:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm gettin' some tonight! http://imgur.com/VXUyOBT
TakeAMichigander ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 08:02:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And the guy on the receiving end is your best friend :)
redshores ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 08:24:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
deleted What is this?
TakeAMichigander ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 08:52:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's Bryzzo fanfiction I'm sure of it
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:59:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Rule 34
Zenothink ยท 67 points ยท Posted at 05:17:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I saw that too in the replay. That was amazing!
Firien ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:51:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Does anyone have a video of that when they zoom in on his face? I don't think I've ever seen someone as happy as Bryant during that play
_Three_Of_Swords_ ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 06:26:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://gfycat.com/DistortedHospitableAmericanwirehair
metamet ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:25:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Video of smiling: https://mobile.twitter.com/MikeColeNESN/status/794039565229105152/video/1
nmyi ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:57:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And all of the female Cubbies fans swooned in unison. Including the lesbians.
P_bryant562 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:22:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm.
gillyhappy1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:56:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And it made it even more awesome that he made the final out with his best friend:)
playblu ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 06:03:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And then his foot slipped
nmyi ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:55:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And it was still accurate :D
buggy65 ยท 879 points ยท Posted at 05:28:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fun fact: the last time the Chicago Cubs won a World Series was 2016. WWIII hadn't happened yet, cars ran on fossil fuels, and robots couldn't vote. 2124 is OUR year.
PM_ME_YOUR_6-PACK ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 07:33:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We hadn't discovered life on other planets yet, we hadn't colonized Mars yet, teleportation hadn't been invented yet. Cubs World Series Champions 2124!
Skid_Luxury ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 06:52:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I want this to be the top comment. Yes I know it's all very stoic and serious and was a tantric end to a world series, much less a 100+ year drought. But this shit is still top comment material
ThatguyfromMichigan ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 07:03:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Vote it up! It's ever too laaaaate.
This-Above-All ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:43:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You heard it here first.
mrgriffin88 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:25:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, I'm betting the Cubs win another one in the next two or three years. They're quite hot and solid.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:21:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
...religions were still a thing.
chowder138 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:21:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you think religions are going to be abolished within 110 years, you'll be disappointed.
powercorruption ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:35:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We'll still have religions, were already applying what we know about technology to a great creator (simulation theory). Existence is fucking bizarre.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 14:43:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what? no.
powercorruption ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:03:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What part are you disagreeing with?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:08:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As long a they are following the scientific method it is not religion, it is science. big difference.
powercorruption ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:12:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
https://www.reddit.com/r/philosophy/comments/5a8dsk/were_all_living_in_a_video_game/
Just read or watch physicists discuss concepts of reality and multi-verses, shit gets pretty deep and is sometimes indistinguishable from spiritual beliefs.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:41:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
it is very distinguishable from religion. and it is a very simple concept that religions have: Faith. Religious beliefs exist without any proof or evidence at all, it is part of the definition of religion.
What you linked there uses , for the most part, evidence. Sure, theoretical physics has many hypotheses many are almost impossible to proof, however they "should" use the scientific method. As long as they follow that it is not religion or anything close to that. Does it have philosophical implication? absolutely, but again, it is nothing close to what religion is.
Btw, I'm open to the idea that the universe was created in seven days and that there was a great flood. However all the evidence points to that not being even remotely true. So I dont waist time thinking about it. IS it possible of the universe being a multiverse or a digital simulation? Sure I'm open to those ideas, show me the evidence.
powercorruption ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:58:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The problem with religion is that it's entirely faith based, that's riddled in ambiguity and open to interpretation, and their followers seem to have no desire to prove their beliefs.
However, beliefs are important in science. You need to believe that something exists or doesn't exist, in order to prove it's existence. There are known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns. You have to believe everything you know isn't wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFPtjXFfczM
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:03:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
kinda, faith based means that it is made up. The ambiguity and open to interpretation comes after from apologist trying to explain that made up information.
It's not clear to me what you mean by "beliefs" in that sentence.
powercorruption ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:28:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not that hard to understand.
"I believe that the escalation of climate change is man-made"
"Prove it."
"Okay, I'm going to compile evidence to support my theory".
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 16:50:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was correct in not assuming what you meant by that word. So according to you a scientist should have a conviction before performing scientific an investigation? Usually a scientist doesnt care one way or the other, he is just interested in finding the truth and removing as much as possible human bias, t belief gets in the way of that.
[deleted] ยท 252 points ยท Posted at 05:40:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chicago is going to have a baby boom in 9 months
[deleted] ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 14:52:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm - wife is a cubs fan. Last night ended more than one drought.
19mad95 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 16:56:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYt0WbDjJ4E
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 10:41:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Remind me in 10 months
TheRedEminence ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 13:39:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm repeated attempts
bigfan_ofpretzels ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 07:51:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i wonder if a study has ever been done on this meme
Hamlet1305 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 12:07:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dunno, but I can vouch for it.
Source: I was born 9 months after the 85 Bears won the Super Bowl.
Norse_of_60 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:39:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Bears ran a train on your mom?
BallFaceMcDickButt ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 14:11:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's true. Also happens in the winning city of the team that won the Superbowl. They're called Super Bowl Babies.
elbenji ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:11:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Slight up ticks, at least in the names of boys
Stephalopolis ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:29:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's gonna be so many Wrigleys and Clark's in 9-10 months.
Chitownsly ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:02:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey I have a dog named Wrigley and a cat named Clark.
WaterStoryMark ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:01:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Probably a lot of babies named after the players, too. I, personally, will name my first son Bryzzo.
santisus ยท 926 points ยท Posted at 04:49:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And I have no nails left
cyanocittaetprocyon ยท 1147 points ยท Posted at 05:00:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Congrats you guys! From a lifelong Indians fan, if it couldn't be us, I'm glad that its you! Wear it proudy, you guys deserve it!!
Edit 1: Just thought you guys should see this.
Edit 2: Thanks so much for the gold!!
GlowingBall ยท 211 points ยท Posted at 05:02:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Either way that was an amazing game of baseball played by both sides.
Rabid-Ginger ยท 254 points ยท Posted at 05:07:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Clevelander here, I'm upset at the loss but i'm amazed by the game. Extra innings, rain delays, incredible plays, who could ask for more out of the series?
loveslut ยท 247 points ยท Posted at 05:09:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was one of those games that, if it were to happen in a movie, it would look cheesy and unrealistic. That was the best game in any sport I can remember seeing.
Figur3z ยท 80 points ยท Posted at 05:21:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just came to the US from the UK. A small part of me thinks this has to be staged. 108 years. The Homer until straight out of the gate, an early lead, the claw back, delay into an extra inning..?
kornkid42 ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 06:25:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The retiring catcher hitting a hr after a 2 run error (pitcher's fault, but still).
tGryffin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:02:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The cubs have 3 great catchers, all of them played. Ross only catches for Lester. If this was a regular season game, they'd have done the exact same thing.
white_butterfly1 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 07:14:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As someone from the UK, I only understood a handful of those words.
chadderbox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:22:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Less than a week before the election too.
hoytmandoo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:30:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you've ever seen the buffalo wildwings commercials, that would be a good representation of how Americans play their sports
Figur3z ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:24:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've not seen the commercials but while we're on the subject, I fucking love buffalo wildwings. That place is the best.
Elturiel ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:18:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I said the same damn thing. You couldn't make up the better final world series game. Absolutely perfect game.
Fnhatic ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:40:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The only thing this game didn't have was a dinger making stadium lights explode.
cheesyguy278 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:19:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't even watch sports in general and I was on the verge of biting my own fingers off
narwhalyurok ยท 72 points ยท Posted at 05:18:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your Indians did their best. There was no screw ups or anything. Just the luck of the ball rolling the Cubs way. You should be very proud to be a Cleveland fan.
SuckwithLuck2016 ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 05:34:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Proud of the Indians, thrilled for the Cubs. But wow. Those 4 sentences have literally never been uttered before 2016.
featherfooted ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 05:38:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Cavs win takes the sting away. If the Cavs and Indians lost, in the same year, I would be a fucking wreck right now.
BelievelandOHIO ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:43:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I probably would of already been bleeding out in a lukewarm bath somewhere.
ApocHouseR ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:04:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They also had a UFC Heavyweight Champion crowned this year. Cleveland had a great year for sports. They should be very proud of their monumental accomplishments.
featherfooted ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:28:50 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know if I buy the UFC one. I totally get that he's from Parma, lives in Independence, and went to school at Cleveland State. He's definitely a "Cleveland guy". But did people say that Minneapolis won a championship when Brock Lesnar was heavyweight champ? What about San Jose both times that Cain won?
A fighter may be from a city, he might be billed from a city, but that doesn't mean he "represents" the city or enjoys the same amount of support from local residents. I've always seen the fighters as fighting for their own glory and just merely training/preparing in their home towns. The trophy is presented to them alone, and isn't in the care of the team like it is in the major sports leagues. Maybe that's the big difference.
I will tell you that there was way more excitement when the Lake Erie Monsters won the AHL than when Stipe won UFC Heavyweight. That might have been some percentage of mockery because Dan Gilbert (owner of the Cavs) is owner of the Monsters too and many people on my Facebook were saying things like "Dan Gilbert finally makes good on his promise to bring a championship to Cleveland!" kind of preparing for the crushing reality of Cleveland pro sports.
If anything I think we lucked out with the NBA Finals and the World Series. Two game 7's in one year. We easily could have gone 0-for-2 and still be in the middle of the drought.
MrDrProfesorPatrick ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:30:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I definitely think our outfield made a number of costly mistakes this series.
cyanocittaetprocyon ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:21:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yo fam! Amazing game, and unfortunately the guys couldn't pull it out. We'll get'em next year!!
Gitavadhara ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:38:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
as a fellow cleveland fan, in the spirit of "There's always next year," remember, in 2015 we lost to Golden State without injuries, this year we won when healthy. We made it to the world series without Carrasco, Brantley, and Salazar... When were healthy... Even battered and broken we make it known we know how to play.
Manning119 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:49:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm excited for some good young teams to have great seasons next year, especially because it's the teams that don't usually make it to the World Series all the time. With the Indians and Mets healthy, the Cubs looking really strong, The Nats...
HaveaManhattan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:44:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm amazed sports championships had two 3-1 comebacks involving Cleveland this year.
-CharlesHardinHolley ยท 94 points ยท Posted at 05:19:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This kind of civility from a sports fan is basically a miracle.
cyanocittaetprocyon ยท 54 points ยท Posted at 05:26:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Naw. My parents raised a good son! :-)
But really, both teams played lights-out ball, and it was a great Series all the way around. Can't get mad about that, even if you come up on the wrong side of the score.
-CharlesHardinHolley ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:31:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
God bless you, sir. Your reply actually brought a tear to my eye.
cp710 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:35:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No one (except Cubs fans) knows better than Cleveland fans what it's like to have a long sports drought. Any other season, I would have been rooting for the Cubs, but not against my Indians.
Chaabar ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:30:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
White Sox and Red Sox fans? The Indians still have another 20 years to go until they catch up with those droughts.
cp710 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:04:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Until very recently, the city of Cleveland had a 147 seasons long championship drought in the major sports, that is what I was referencing. I rooted for both Sox teams when their turns came too.
truth__bomb ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:42:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not from Clevelanders. We're used to so much heartbreak, this was an honor. Congrats, Cubs and all your fans.
Rublex ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 05:07:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You are wonderful. I hope good things come your way.
Worthyness ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:16:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now you guys have the longest world series drought in baseball! Congratulations!
scottyLogJobs ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:13:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was explaining to my girlfriend... "well okay so TECHNICALLY they deserve way more but we still deserve it a lot, God damn it."
Islandplans ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:21:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now there's a true sports fan. Still raw but wishing others well.
neubourn ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:30:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Indians fans have been very classy during this series, and this was a very emotional and tense series. Sorry it had to be the Indians, but they have nothing to feel ashamed about, they pushed the Cubs to the brink, and fought tooth and nail during this series. This was an all-time classic World Series, but unfortunately only one team could claim the victory in the end.
i_bent_my_wookiee ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:25:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks for keeping the competition strong!
Supah_Andy ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:34:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a Cubs fan I'm super happy but the game could have gone either way and it would have been an honor to lose to such a good team.
skynerd ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:24:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy fuck. That was the greatest baseball game I've ever seen in my life. The Cleveland Indians were tough as nails. Congrats to you guys for a helluva season, and an unbelievable October.
peanutsfan1995 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:29:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit, that video gives me insane chills.
sarbanharble ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:27:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Major hugs.
analweapon ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:08:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, I prefer not to be proudy.
FourSpeedBlender ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:09:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a lifelong, third generation Cubs fan, thanks. That brought another tear to my eye. Hell of a series.
StaglBagl ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:21:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That crowd going nuts makes me feel so damn good. They're almost as loud as my old man got haha Good game to both sides, this was definitely the most exciting series I've seen in my time.
brainmoney ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:27:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Either team deserved to win and could have. Cleveland was never out of it.
oreryan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:29:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a gentleman sir
bender927 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:30:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's really big of you. Great attitude to have.
scarypandas ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:43:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm an A's fan, can i have gold too?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:22:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That video was intense. I could feel the energy, like I was there. You could see the wave of people as news trickled to the back of the crowd. Similar to sound waves traveling.
Fnhatic ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:43:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I usually don't care about sports championships, because it's almost always between one team who doesn't deserve it and will probably win, vs. a team who maybe does deserve it but probably won't. Patriots are the reason I stopped giving any kind of shit about football.
Not this game. The two biggest underdog teams in US sports history... the best matchup you could imagine for this World Series. No matter who won, it was guaranteed to be well-deserved.
snoogins355 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:29:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Video reminds me of the end of jedi. That would be a good mashup!
srhlzbth731 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:31:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Another lifelong Indians fan. I was saying, if the Indians weren't playing, I would have 100% been rooting for Chicago. Even with the way the game ended, there couldn't have been a better 7th game or a more deserving team to give up the game to.
mwishosimba ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:14:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hope you guys win next year! Such a close game, any sensible Cubs fan has to have mad respect for your team.
mariofasolo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:28:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cleveland native, and wow that video gave me chills.
OrpheusV ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:38:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/instantbarbarians
MrWheeler4520 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:20:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now that the Cubs got theirs hopefully the Indians can pull it off next year.
ImWithUS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:46:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hopefully it gives you hope, shouldn't be more than another 50 years for ya.
Sonofnel17 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:56:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're a fucking moron, now we have the longest losing streak in all of baseball. Cleveland hasn't changed one it.
[deleted] ยท 105 points ยท Posted at 04:53:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'll just have to learn how to live without all of my fingertips.
[deleted] ยท 53 points ยท Posted at 04:55:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 04:56:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ho.... how are you typing?
[deleted] ยท 84 points ยท Posted at 04:59:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:00:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Show me.
The_Romantic ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 05:05:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
can't take pictures, mate, no hands.
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:06:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Got any foots?
IranianGenius ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:07:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Official live footage of /u/couchst
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:09:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't nose he could do that
Vani11aGori11a7 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 05:00:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well if he's anything like me it's because he's rock hard right now
AynRandPaulAtreides ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:08:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
talk to text welcome to the 21st century dude
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is like magic?
AynRandPaulAtreides ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
kind of!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes or no?
Smurfboy82 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:56:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is the best way to go
wuhkay ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I am literally a pair of feet at this point...
SuperfluousTrousers ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 04:56:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had a couple strokes and an aneurysm or two towards the end but it was worth it to stick it out for that ending.
vanish619 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:02:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think I need some hair transplant now :(. /Worthit
Khiva ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:02:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I couldn't have been the only one waiting for Steve Bartman to pop out at the last second to foil the victory.
GlowingBall ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have no voice after all this screaming. No regrets.
wuhkay ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Me either. FACK
vonarchimboldi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My Indians friend kept texting me saying he was going to shit himself. I have to wonder if he did.
VAPING_ASSHOLE ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He did.
the_Yoodoo_Man ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have 2 or 3 left on my right hand; have been budgeting them.
Not much atall left on the left, though . . .
WA-HOOOOOOOO!
sighbloodyhell ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was too much for my heart.
crabmix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats from a lifetime Red Sox fan. If it couldn't be us fuck you!
UnconfirmedCat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:42:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Both my hands and thighs still hurt from all of the slapping, like my palms are actually tingling
Jmaloney79 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:47:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I kept clenching my teeth. I have a headache from it.
[deleted] ยท 2027 points ยท Posted at 04:55:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus, first Leo wins his Oscar and now the Cubs win the world series. It really is the end of the world.
Derp43 ยท 728 points ยท Posted at 05:12:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All of the plot lines are wrapping up.
imjusta_bill ยท 823 points ยท Posted at 05:27:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh god, we're getting canceled
KingGorilla ยท 198 points ยท Posted at 06:08:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The writers know its getting canceled so theyve been fucking around this season.
kornkid42 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 06:21:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nope, Trump will be elected and ratings will soar! They'll have to keep us on air.
EditorialComplex ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 06:45:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I really hope not.
Raven_Skyhawk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:33:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This makes too much sense. SHIT.
TubbyCustard ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:11:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Awwwww
bullevard ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:42:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
5 seasons and a movie!
RomeoDelight ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:37:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh good, we're getting cancelled
ANUS_IN_MY_POTATO_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:09:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Worse than the ending to Lost
Illpontification ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Suck on my jagon!
melgarologist ยท 152 points ยท Posted at 05:27:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Earth's series finale? I can't wait!
tahlyn ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 11:25:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hope it's better than what happened with the Dinosaurs's finale. Killing everyone off in a single explosion was such a cheap and unsatisfying ending.
jdemmett ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:13:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was accurate.
MrSenorSan ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:35:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
also according to some Aztec calendar expert the predictions of 2012 were out by 4 years as they did not take into account the leap years. So I guess 2016 is it.
TOEMEIST ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:48:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If they didn't take leap years into account the world would have ended before 2012 ya dingus.
MrSenorSan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:45:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do I really need to put a /s on this?
If leap years were a factor the difference would be around 500~ years over 2000 years
Connor4Wilson ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 06:35:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The world was supposed to end in 2012 but they left out 4 leap years. If you add those 4 leap years back in you get 2016. This is basic math.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:35:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i cant tell if you are being serious or not.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:56:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Umm that means the world would have ended BEFORE December 21 2012
sryan1983 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:28:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just wait for Game of Thrones.
D0D ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:25:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Perfect storm
sithknight1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:23:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hilary is Azor Ahai confirmed!
MrDrProfMoonman ยท 1545 points ยท Posted at 05:08:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait til Tuesday...
AShinyNinjask ยท 1251 points ยท Posted at 05:14:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Haha! Ha ha. Ha.. Ha... (swallows nervously)
NewVegasGod ยท 571 points ยท Posted at 05:21:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Buckle up, buckaroos.
Jimmy_ya_dumb_bum ยท 146 points ยท Posted at 06:03:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh geeeeeez
WaterStoryMark ยท 76 points ยท Posted at 06:32:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My opponent is a liar and cannot be trusted.
Zsoist ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 12:10:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Im literary giving this to you lady! Fuck fuck, why it got to be her.. Im so fucked
the_bob_of_marley ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 07:07:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tune in to the season finale of America...
Alltheothersweretook ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:45:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, at least we got to see the end. It didn't go firefly and end with the war of 1812, that would have been just terrible.
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:46:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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drtoszi ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:56:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Literally going in with a bang and a sequel cliffhanger huh?
Hope the director doesn't drop out.
DoktorSoviet ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:30:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, so long as it makes enough money, the series will continue to be produced.
jayrandez ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:45:48 on November 11, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm keeping an eye on my prediction here...
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:33:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wanna get off 2016's wild ride.
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:28:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://sli.mg/FbZsKH ( :
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:54:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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frayeb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:36:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nate Plastic
NamedomRan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:27:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It gets worse.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:05:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's higher now, about 1/3 chance of him winning, and that'll increase because it's been on the rise lately.
but god I wish you would use imgur or sl.mg like a normal person. that took forever to load and i'm on a computer.
loquacious ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 05:27:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, seriously... do we know where all the giant meteors are?
This is one of those biblical seals or signs, right? I'm pretty sure I heard that the Cubs winning the World Series is written in Revelations, and that shit's about to get totally real.
rocker5743 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:59:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
NASA knows one is on a collision course with Earth, but decided to let us all have the sweet release of death instead of trying to stop it
AnneBancroftsGhost ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:58:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cats and dogs! Living together!
hothotsauce ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:18:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Welllll...
http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016/11/02/world-series-game-7-chicago-cubs-cleveland-indians-election
Dinkir9 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:11:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So 2016 is the year where the unthinkable becomes the common...
He's gonna win just to finish out this insane year. Thank god we had this game though.
AShinyNinjask ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:37:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away
wyvernx02 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:26:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We're screwed either way.
stuckinthepow ยท 160 points ยท Posted at 05:22:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
HAHAHA oh fuck...
jinx1500 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:54:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are elections coming up? I couldn't tell in between EVERY single commercial break.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:07:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what are these commercials you speak of?
does internet streaming with adblock not exist? do you use a "television"?
[deleted] ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 05:32:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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raknor88 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 10:21:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Or ended it. Depending on your point of view.
Edit: grammar
herefromyoutube ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:34:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lol. So a game 7 and something that happens once every 4 years. That's very specific.
I have a feeling this has happened maybe like twice.
There's been 9 game 7 on election years. And 3 NL teams.
1912 - red sox/Wilson (D) 1924 - senators/Coolidge (R) *1940 - reds/Roosevelt (D) 1952 - Yankees/Esienhower (R) 1956 - Yankees/Esienhower (R) *1960 - Pirates/JFK (D) *1964 - Cardinals/johnson (D) 1968 - Tigers/Nixon (R) 1972 - Athletics/ Nixon (R)
Edit: AL winning only happened once. 72'
onlyforthisair ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 05:33:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://twitter.com/natesilver538/status/730251094614528000
abieyuwa ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:44:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
please dont even joke like that
tokingontrees ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:49:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't turn around. Kek's behind you
RaiderDamus ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:24:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
those two teams made baseball great again.
apocalypse31 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:20:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Regardless of victor. Gotta and the world somehow.
deflagration83 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:18:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We are clearly in the opposite timeline.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:27:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Good one...
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:41:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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bjacks12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:13:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Skynet goes live from Hillary's private server
DoctorRobert420 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:29:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hillary Clinton will win her first Grammy?
akim1026 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:26:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
First woman president.... Right???
jzarob ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:13:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You win reddit
Stee19 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:43:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When we all lose
bvcady ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:52:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, Siri told me WW3 would start today.
RenlyIsTheFury ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:00:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Shit, back to the real world...
jermleeds ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:45:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
shhhhhhhh...voices carry
issiautng ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:22:06 on November 11, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hate you.
YELLING_NAME ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:32:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A woman will finally be the president! (A happy interpretation)
Catacomb82 ยท 217 points ยท Posted at 05:14:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not over til we get Half-Life 3
TheMainStream ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:32:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not over until they release Sombra
CJ_Guns ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 12:07:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
> It's Blizzcon 2018, and Blizzard is finally ready to unveil Sombra
> The lights go out in the theater, save for a dim backlit glow from the stage
> A silhouetted figure appears at the side, and slowly moves toward the center
> A spotlight lifts and shines onto the mysterious being
> It's Gaben
SunDriedOP ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:33:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Haha wouldn't it be funny if they had a joke about sending it out when the Cubs won the world Series?
Wazula42 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:15:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Most people don't know this, but Half-Life 3 was technically confirmed this year. Some art assets leaked.
LkMMoDC ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 09:13:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This has happened every year for the past >2 years.
orosoros ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:11:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Those were probably just for the film in planning... :(
Haryape ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:36:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the profecy...
GregTheMad ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:28:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sure Valve has a meeting right now about what they should do. The game is fully developed and ready to be released on Steam, but they don't want to world to end either.
SanguisFluens ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:24:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, an announcement which can be made right at the start of holiday season.
Wulfkat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:24:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But that means Valve will have learned how to count to 3...
bigsie ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:49:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
maybe next year
Connor4Wilson ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:37:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Half Life 3 announced to release January 1st but the world ends in 2016.
DracoOculus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:34:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And" the all nation Pokรฉmon game.
hpstrprgmr ยท 190 points ยท Posted at 05:20:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2016 has been eating celebrities. Screwing with elections. Fucking with the European Union. Destroying Venezuela's economy. Breaking a 108 year old baseball curse. And the only relevant oddity you have is regarding Leo winning an Oscar? I think you are a Redditor my son.
EternalGaijin ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 07:20:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Leicester fuckin City win the English Premier League!
IAMBollock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:42:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Easily the nuttiest thing that's happened this year. This Cubs lark is nothing.
Storm137 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 06:21:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Marvel's making better movie's then DC could fucking DREAM of.
ColsonIRL ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 13:43:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's been happening for 8 years.
Connor4Wilson ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:39:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget Cleveland's curse also ended
Zelaphas ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 06:30:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All the things you listed are negative. 2016 has been an awful, awful, shitty year. Leo winning the Oscar is great. Cubs breaking the curse is great. It's these little things keeping hope alight through 2016.
I mean, jeez, you didn't even include the Pulse night club massacre to your list.
HeisenSpurs ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:34:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tim Duncan retired :(
Anomalyzero ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:17:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You forgot Syria.
[deleted] ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 05:10:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Every end is a beginning, brother.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:24:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
These violent delights have violent ends.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:32:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And who brings the violence?
OhThatsHowYouFeel ยท 52 points ยท Posted at 05:14:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
...and Trump is running for president.
JustJoeWiard ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 05:17:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And now Bernie wins on write-ins.
MWiatrak2077 ยท 50 points ยท Posted at 05:22:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And somehow in a thread literally not at all relating to American politics still somehow manages to rope in politics!
Meepster23 ยท 60 points ยท Posted at 05:28:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bickering about politics is as much s national pass time as baseball so it makes sense
madmelonxtra ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:04:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I get that both candidates are bad, but how can you honestly pick candidate A over candidate B after reasons 1, 2, and 3.
^ How every discussion about the presidential race has gone recently.
ReservoirGods ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:40:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
rabble rabble rabble
MWiatrak2077 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:27:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ahh... Fuckin' humanity sometimes...
cookster123 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:35:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Probably going to win too with how the FBI is shaping up.
Fudge89 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:46:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the future was close enough with the Cubs winning last year so I'm going to assume it's close enough with a Biff like guy who owns casinos taking power and letting a town (country) go to shit.
dannywatchout ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:20:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget Cavaliers getting Cleveland's first championship in over 50 years as well.
JurassicBasset ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:10:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Western Bulldogs first premiership in 62 years.
Ashkir ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:17:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And all the greats we lost this year. :( Alan Rickman, David Bowie, and a handful of others :(
Samazonison ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:32:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think it was more than a handful. It was like a wheelbarrowful.
andersonle09 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:22:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And Prince... don't forget about Prince.
Mausar ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:18:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can we make a longer list of the things that have happened in 2016 that we never thought would happen?
Steavee ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:25:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is how Trump wins...Chicago is going to party itself into a coma for a week and miss Election Day completely. Without those millions of votes Illinois tips Republican and it's enough to swing the electoral college to Trump. The cubs won the series, but at what cost? They have doomed us all.
jakovichontwitch ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:15:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget about AJ Styles winning the WWE Championship!
BoyWithHorns ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:51:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And women headlining a WWE PPV.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:23:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was the true fucking blindside
widermind ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
hold on...there is still the US presidential election.
Venecowrestler ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:18:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait. When did Leo win an Oscar?
drtoszi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:41:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
February I believe. For The Revenant.
remag293 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:19:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Rip End of america 2016
LumpyShitstring ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:22:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait. Leo finally won an Oscar?!?
Samazonison ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:31:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's just karma bouncing back from all the bad shit at the beginning of the year.
diba_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:54:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow I honestly completely forgot that happened. Just got happy for him all over again
Yossi25 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not to mention the Cavilers.
TheresA_LobsterLoose ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe GRRM will announce a book release this year?
CommanderPaprika ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Haha... haha... yeeeeeeaaaaaaaah...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:15:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cavs win NBA and Leister Wins the premieres also
Max2tehPower ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:43:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Leicester City winning the Premier League for the first time in its history
Throwawayjust_incase ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:02:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
...Fuck, you're right.
Psykoala ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:02:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
and Leo rhymes with Theo....
Sleeper256 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:09:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh Leo won his Oscar?
Those things are really going to start piling up now once he starts on The Captain Planet Live Action Movie.
xxpussyslayer98 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:25:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cleveland winning the NBA championship
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:18:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh damn. I forgot about Leo.
The end times are neigh!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:15:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It is indeed End Times
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:26:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ok everyone, the world will be ending in just a minute! Please put your seat belts on and tray tables up as we give everyone their due.
need_cake ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:44:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also had Brexit earlier this year...
andersonle09 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:20:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now the Vikings just need to end their curse!
313miker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:58:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You forgot the cavs won their title!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:09:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The cubs at least deserved theirs.
happysmash27 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:21:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Next Half Life 3 will probably come out :O
sarcasticmsem ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:28:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've had the REM song on repeat for months
fappaderp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:18:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://giphy.com/gifs/shrek-gaben-gabe-newell-x6wzvcDqPRTO0
Omega_slayer2025 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kill the memes
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:23:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No the Eagles will be just about to win a super bowl but we will experience the heat death of the universe moments before.
cynicalbreton ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:28:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This shit has been running through my mind this whole time after they won... the worlds fucking ending guys
Game over man, too much shit is just outwrite bizarre this year and im also high as shit...
So yea prophesy and such
Imjusthereformemes ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:34:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not until the Lions win a superbowl. And that's probably not happening this season so we have at least a year left.
BookerDeWittsCarbine ยท 501 points ยท Posted at 04:51:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Truly this is the end times.
behindtimes ยท 121 points ยท Posted at 04:55:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, at least you saw them win before the world ends.
chikoTroll ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:10:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was definitely a post-death experience
N0V0w3ls ยท 90 points ยท Posted at 04:59:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Next you know, Trump will be President. Then who knows.
chikoTroll ยท 52 points ยท Posted at 05:11:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chooses Hillary as VP. /r/conspiracy converts to pure energy and entire solar system is destroyed.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:07:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If the vote goes to the house (possible tie or Evan McMullin) then the president and vice president are voted on separately, one candidate may end up with another's running mate
BookerDeWittsCarbine ยท 132 points ยท Posted at 05:01:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Cubs win the World Series. Leonardo DiCaprio won an Oscar. Who the fuck knows what other impossible things 2016 will bring us?
N0V0w3ls ยท 107 points ยท Posted at 05:04:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Blizzard will give Priest a tier 1 deck?
spacecowboy067 ยท 79 points ยท Posted at 05:09:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Half Life 3 announced and shows gameplay?
BookerDeWittsCarbine ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 05:17:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Firefly season 2?
spacecowboy067 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:34:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tupac emerges from his hibernation on the moon?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:56:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Okay let's be reasonable here.
The moon is the first place people would look, he's obviously hibernating on Mars.
Draymond_Purple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:38:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes this please
V3N3N0 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Vikings win Super Bowl 51?
N0V0w3ls ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:10:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hello Games reveals that they were just punking us the whole time?
Stackhouse_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:38:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Experience No Mans Sky the way it was always meant to be released complete with other players in a completely procedurally generated universe! Cubs Anniversary DLC $59.95...
KCE6688 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't play video games, but I'm on Reddit enough to see the half life 3 joke a bit. Does the developer of that game still claim to be working on that game or is it just a big joke at this point?
moonsammy ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:24:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They've never claimed to be working on it. Valve is notoriously tight-lipped.
Everyone sort of assumes / hopes they're working on it though, as the last segment they did release (Half-Life 2 Episode 2) ended on an intense cliffhanger.
Stackhouse_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:42:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They won't finish creating/release it because it may not live up to the hype, so they've got to wait for everyone to forget about it.
Everytime someone mentions it, it pushes the release date further. So 500 years at least
KCE6688 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:06:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ohh ok, cool. So like Duke Nukem.
Also, I also see everyone now just piling on the hate for no mans sky game, which is funny to watch how these things progress as an outside observer. I distinctly remember the post that went almost to number 1 on here when the team announced they finished it and everyone was just beside themselves with excitement, and I'd never really seen a game being completed going to the top, and then how quickly everyone just turned on the game and now it's everyone's whipping boy
Eureka_sevenfold ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:37:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
if this ever happens literally the world is ending
Jherden ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:08:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, it get's released on Christmas. Only a few people complete the game before the world ends on New Years.
Camulus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:48:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If any news about Half Life 3 surfaces this year then I will drink an entire pound of candy blended up into a smoothie.
Hatewrecked ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:08:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't get carried away now.
BookerDeWittsCarbine ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:06:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And while they're at it, they'll finally release Sombra in Overwatch.
Anything could happen.
scottyLogJobs ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:15:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whoa my other subreddits are leaking
CarbonCreed ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:52:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
League gets repla... FUCK GET IN THE BUNKER.
tanksareforcowards ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:07:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The light shall burn you!
carbikebacon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Half Life 3?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't handle all these memes!
esposimi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:30:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sombra will be a playable character?
3sIIck ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:07:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can we do a cool space thing? If anyone is taking requests...that's my formal request.
BookerDeWittsCarbine ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:09:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Instructions unclear, giant meteor crashes into the earth.
1fapadaythrowaway ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:13:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually Hillary winning would be more akin to the other things you mentioned. Leo was due it was his time. The cubs had the best record in baseball this season and came close last. Hillary winning would be in line, the first woman president goes nicely with the cubs won the World Series and Leo won best actor. An old rich white dude winning doesn't fit the narrative.
BookerDeWittsCarbine ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:16:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like the way you think.
elbenji ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Leicester won the PL
cogneuro ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:07:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Half Life 3 confirmed
greyraven75 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Half Life 3 confirmed!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Half Life 3 confirmed
RaiderDamus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:25:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Raiders win the AFC West and earn a playoff bye
behindtimes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Be careful now. Aren't these signs of the apocalypse? I'm no Bible scholar, but aren't there only like 7 before the end of the world?
cregister ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:25:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A woman president.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:33:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Frank Ocean dropped his album
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Trump becoming president is too far-fetched. Maybe Hillary though.
SupremeToast ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:30:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My roommates and I were discussing this. Trump is probably the Antichrist if we are following scripture closely, which means that we are shy about seven seals, a handful of trumpets, and maybe even a few bowls/vials. Any takers on what those may be?
Storm_Sire ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:54:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We already have the Trumpettes covered, and the 7 seals could be the 7-game World Series.
SupremeToast ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:55:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I totally overlooked the blatant fact that the World Series has seven games.
onlyforthisair ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:34:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://twitter.com/natesilver538/status/730251094614528000
prancingElephant ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Either that or our first woman President.
babaloogie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:06:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://m.ocregister.com/articles/cubs-734099-series-world.html
Eschirhart ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would be ok with that...
iamsethmeyers ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:20:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean really. God's gotta be wrapping things up. Just throwing in plot twists before he shuts the whole thing down.
"Ehhh, let the Cubs win, it's their last chance before I torch this place."
mrsuns10 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:12:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Troubled times you know I cannot lie
togro20 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:21:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is the darkest timeline-wait no
BookerDeWittsCarbine ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:22:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We don't find that out until next week.
CapnSammich ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:06:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Guess the buffalo bills are winning the super bowl this year and the sabres are winning the stanley cup.
.... please?
Eureka_sevenfold ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
so 2012 was off by 4 years
bjacks12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:16:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
These are end times for Dewey Crowe
BigPorch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:14:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I made a bet with a friend that the Cubs will never win the world series because the world would end first. Just my luck, missed it by 5 days
chadderbox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:36:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wouldn't it be crazy if nukes destroyed Wrigley stadium and the world less than a week after they won?
confounded_norseman ยท 899 points ยท Posted at 04:58:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is like an orgasm after 108 years of foreplay.
scottvicious ยท 73 points ยท Posted at 05:35:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My yell of release can confirm
chadderbox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:26:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're old.
scottvicious ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:56:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Didn't know 22 was old D:
chadderbox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:39:13 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your foreplay started when you were -86 years old?
nmyi ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:47:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, some of those years was just sleeping alone, getting fat, & losing your job.
HypeAndLetdown ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:54:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
jesus christ sports fans are weird.
fib16 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 06:03:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You should see the soccer fans.
greenchomp ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:46:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or 108 years of shooting pool with a rope. (George Burns comedy there).
Deathsuxdontdie ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:01:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except the orgasm is being broadcast on Chicago police scanner twitter accounts.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:08:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So chafed
staypuft1985 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:34:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'd say the got clue balled a couple times, but for the other 105 years got no action.
Edit: words
osas_on_top ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:31:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeaaa-Yeah
TellMeWhyYouLoveMe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:51:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's what happened to Loud Nigra.
mhaydar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:01:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You need to be close enough to win every year for 108 years before you can call it 108 years of foreplay.
That's like calling the first 18 years f my life foreplay, when I was nowhere near getting laid.
valeyard89 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:06:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
39420 days of /r/nofap
[deleted] ยท 2025 points ยท Posted at 04:52:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Does this mean they've completed their rite of manhood and will be known as the Chicago Bears next season?
Edit: I bit your gold byte, and it tastes like elitism. Thanks, kind stranger.
Toad_Sage_Jiraiya ยท 487 points ยท Posted at 05:13:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cutler confirmed Starting pitcher next year. 11.75 ERA 2-17 W/L
roomandcoke ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:30:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He definitely has that gunslinger mentality.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:15:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whichever team has the best season should claim the bear title. Not sure what to do about the hockey team.
obmulap113 ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 06:30:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chicago Bearkhawks
Kbrander7 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 09:14:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ha! This reads as Chicago Bear Cocks!
RenlyIsTheFury ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 10:07:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"And in a controversial move to increase the team's budget, Chicago Bears owner Virginia Halas McCaskey has decided to open a live-stream of the Bears post-game locker room and showers. The Commissioner's office has so far not issued a response to the move. Although Browns owner Jimmy Haslam did initially express an interest in taking part in this new fad, he wasn't sure how to market the term 'Brown Cocks' to the audience, while distinguishing itself from the other 25,560,851 other search results for that term on search engines."
Ps: No, I didn't look up the owners' names, I just totally knew them, off the top of my head.
heisenberg149 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:17:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm just imagining the old woman who got rid of the HoneyBears starting a cam-site for the Bears locker room haha
Kbrander7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:49:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm more worried about how you knew the amount of search results
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:06:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The honeypot cam.
jaxspider ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:23:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You have now signed up to /r/Hybridanimals
ACC_DREW ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:58:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Does Theo know anything about football?
Honestly, who gives a shit whether or not he does. Just give him the Bears.
TexasCoconut ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:43:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cutler with a record setting 98 wild pitches in 2017.
theFromm ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:36:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Please no.
R3volution327 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:38:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not bad, better sign him for a few more years.
spockspeare ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:41:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Has a habit of throwing the ball to the batter.
ParkwayDriven ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:08:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Smoking a Jay Cutler
Seananonatron ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:24:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nobody wants to be known as the Chicago Bears with the way they're playing!
bigwheelin4213 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 06:04:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe the Vikings do :)
Sw00ty ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:02:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ohhhhh SHIT!
VelourFogg ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:32:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of this quote from Return of the Pink Panther:
Inspector Clouseau: How long have you been a bellboy?
Bellboy: Oh, too long, Monsieur.
Clouseau: Keep up the good work, and I shall see to it you become a bell-MAN.
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:07:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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bilgeathresh ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:17:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Best review here
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:59:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What kind of bear is the best? Well taking several things into account FALSE Chicago Bear Thats...thats not even a real bear Fact: Bears win games. Bears Beats Cleveland Indians
BeeksElectric ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:55:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Chicago Boy Scouts
CPell ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:18:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
With how this year is looking, the current Chicago Bears can likely get demoted to being the Cubs for a quick century...
HansBrixOhNo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Memphis Grizzlies :(
geogle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:22:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Better chance at a super bowl this way
Ekshtashish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:35:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Young Cubs, from now on you will be known as.. Cubs.
Esqurel ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:36:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are they bear cubs? I've never been certain which kind of baby animal they're supposed to be. (Mostly because I can't be arsed to actually try to find out.)
MadDongTannen ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:00:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You tell me
icancountto987654321 ยท 585 points ยท Posted at 04:50:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's the most baseball I've watched all year and damn it was entertaining. Congrats Cubs and Cubs fans.
ridger5 ยท 110 points ยท Posted at 04:55:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I haven't watched a baseball game since the 90s. When it went into the 10th inning, I went and hunted down the game on TV and it was kinda fun!
thephoenixx ยท 80 points ยท Posted at 05:09:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Shoulda watched the entire 2001 world series. Half the games went into extra innings, series ended game 7 bottom of the 9th against the greatest closer in baseball history.
ivancaceres ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 05:17:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mariano Rivera is forever.
jet45papa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:34:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man, I remember that series. Mo' was the only player who ANYONE would have chosen to pitch. I mean, can you recall who did hit him? No you don't, you remember #42 on the pin stripes uniform.
Thugzz_Bunny ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 11:39:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
It was Gonzalez. That kind of made him famous
apostrophesensation ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:24:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kenny Fuckin' Powers?
suds5000 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:36:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My dad sold his game seven tickets to buy season tickets for the next two years. I got to see two games of that but I was really young. That was the only year where you have to feel kinda bad about beating the Yankees
thephoenixx ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:43:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I get it, I really do. But being a born and raised Phoenician, we got shit on so much at all times, and we've never won anything. So while I heavily empathized, I looked at it as a changing of the guard, a new leaf. I dunno, I wasn't going to sit there and let our finest moment get dulled.
ExtraAnchovies ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My friend worked the turnstiles and let a bunch of us in for three games. I was literally keeled over in the 9th inning in game 7 thinking it was all over before the euphoria of our win took over. One of the best nights of my life.
spursss ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:40:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Luis Castillo
waltdewalt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:53:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't geddit
bingram ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:31:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Does this one top that one?
thephoenixx ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 05:40:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tough to say. 2001 was clouded for a shitload of reasons:
1) The series was delayed because of 9/11
2) The New York Yankees were in it
3) The Arizona Diamondbacks were new (began in 97) but had loveable veterans
4) The entire country was pulling for the Yankees because of 9/11
5) I wasn't pulling for the Yankees because I was born and raised in Phoenix, and...
6) Phoenix is a beautiful and dope city that has continually been shit on by the popular media, and our sports teams have never amounted to anything - not one professional championship here, ever.
7) Seriously though, aside from game 7 (here in Phoenix), each game in NY was a nail-biting show of insanity including blown saves, extra innings, Mariano Rivera, and Jeter being a god.
8). Each game in PHX (again, not counting game 7) was a masterclass in baseball execution - Dbacks destroyed them in PHX each time. Amazing pitching, great hitting , stellar closer...it was nuts, the home field differences.
9) Game 7. Bottom of the ninth. Greatest closer ever. Power hitting hero. Crazy plays. Holy shit. ...oh, and also when Enter Sandman played and you-know-who walked out.
Basically, I'm biased. This Cubs one will probably go down as a better overall one, but the drama and amazing plays of 2001, plus my obvious hometown connection, means I'll always hold it far more dear.
derubino ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:46:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2001 Series as a whole was better, but this was the Game 7 to top them all, even with the walkoff. Tonight was insane.
Nevek117 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:01:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow fantastic comment . I'm from Arizona and causal baseball fan because of your comment I watched some highlights from that game and the final run, beautiful. Thank you
booooogers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:36:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You can't even imagine walking through downtown Phoenix bottom of the 9th with Yankees fans running through the streets prematurely celebrating. I will never forget watching that last play. Gonzo 4eva.
frozetoze ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:52:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I remember watching each and every one of those games when I was a young teenager. I wish I had watched more of this series, but glad I saw the last two outs.
SanguisFluens ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:30:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And it was involved three games in New York less than two months after 9/11.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:17:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Reasonable_TSM_fan ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:17:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was the most Cubs like way of winning the World Series I'd imagine.
Agastopia ยท 539 points ยท Posted at 04:51:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Here's a video of the last play of the game and the celebrations. One of the greatest games I've ever watched.
Reflexic ยท 412 points ยท Posted at 05:04:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pockets the ball so fast.
[deleted] ยท 207 points ยท Posted at 05:09:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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tvtb ยท 96 points ยท Posted at 05:15:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Smart move, keistering it on live TV would just add to the value.
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:33:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or at least been part of the legend told to his son in a Tarantino movie.
Looooooooooch ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:15:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But the MLB will most likely put it in some museum.
RaVNzCRoFT ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 05:20:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Some museum"
It is 100% most definitely going to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Mushroomer ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 06:14:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm no expert, but I believe legally that ball is now the mayor of Chicago.
littlestminish ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:41:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That honor belongs to Joe Maddon. I want to ask him what it feels like for his money to no longer be good anywhere.
I mean, Jesus, that man will never buy a beer in his life.
Sloppy_Twat ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:29:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or a plane ticket.
Sox2417 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Rizzo pocketed it after the out
JebBartlet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's still early in the night, give Rizzo time.
errorsniper ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:19:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Unless you sell the ball that second and put it in the box on live how do they know that he doesnt just switch it out for a different ball if he ever sold it.
ThreeHourRiverMan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:34:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I could easily see someone paying millions for that ball.
mozilla2012 ยท 123 points ยท Posted at 05:09:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That ball is probably already worth tens of thousands of dollars, if not more
brentsopel5 ยท 152 points ยท Posted at 05:16:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That ball is going straight to the hall of fame.
spockspeare ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:45:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If he gives it to them. He doesn't have to.
Reflexic ยท 42 points ยท Posted at 05:15:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not like he doesn't make millions a year.
PunTwoThree ยท 118 points ยท Posted at 05:17:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He's after the 5-star rating on eBay
RaiderDamus ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 05:27:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A++++ would win World Series again
weeglos ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:44:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait 'til next year!
SanguisFluens ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:34:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually Rizzo is at the beginning of his career so I'm fairly sure he only makes a few hundred thousand in salary. That ball is worth a lot to him in cost, but it doesn't matter. There's no way he's selling it to some rich dude who wants a piece of history. It's going to be enshrined in Wrigley Field.
theraja92 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:48:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is not something you sell. I'm sure that ball means so much more than just the monetary value. That ball is being passed to his grandkids with one hell of a story.
apostrophesensation ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Rizzo made five million this year.
chadderbox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:57:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's easily a $1+ million dollar ball if it gets sold somewhere like Christie's.
Youreprobablygay ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:51:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Doesn't matter it's going to the hall
dakboy ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:23:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He did the same in the NLCS final game.
ThumYorky ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:12:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lol he's just happy he got the game winning ball. Not even happy about the win
jumbotron9000 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:33:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That ball is already on an airplane to Cooperstown.
PepeSylvia11 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:14:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Exact thing I thought too. You can tell where his head space is at.
ktwarda ยท 86 points ยท Posted at 05:00:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That look on their faces as they realize it...shit man
CRAB_WHORE_SLAYER ยท 125 points ยท Posted at 05:22:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bryant already smiling while making the play.
ReservoirGods ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 05:41:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This makes me so happy
[deleted] ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 06:01:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. So poetic and beautiful to see the pure joy while completing the play. Just all practiced instinct on auto pilot and being able to smile while doing it because you just know the play is being made.
Bill_buttlicker69 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is there a mirror for that up yet? It won't load for me.
1_EYED_MONSTER ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 11:23:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Here ya go.
http://imgur.com/VXUyOBT
dontsniffglue ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:24:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Goddamnit I'm crying at work
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:33:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He looks like a little kid. I mentioned this on another post, seeing him express such joy makes me feel good.
NotSoSiniSter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:48:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"heheheheh...hehehe"
IranianGenius ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:08:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/Frisson hit me...
QueeferDelNoche ยท 131 points ยท Posted at 05:05:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Interesting the frame of mind of Rizzo to immediately put the ball straight in his back pocket. That is going to be one valuable piece of memorabilia.
VoteAnimal2012 ยท 79 points ยท Posted at 05:18:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He did the exact same thing when he caught the pennant winning out in the NLCS.
rytis ยท 80 points ยท Posted at 05:29:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now he has two very valuable balls. What a great pickup line. Hey babe, wanna see my championship balls?
PM_Trophies ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:32:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He already has a hell of a pickup line. "im a baseball player"
LeVampirate ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:40:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think you have to mention that you're a professional baseball player, that's how it works.
nmyi ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:01:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"And I'm good at being a professional baseball player. Please cuddle with me."
_Chalupa_Batman_ ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:20:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He did it when they clinched the NL pennant as well.
TheWho22 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:44:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If anyone deserves it, it's him. He was playing for the Cubs when they were getting beaten senseless to the bottom of the division
NaturalContradiction ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:50:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude's got his priorities straight; his glove goes flying way off but the ball is placed straight into his pocket. Just out of curiosity, how much do you think a ball like that would go for? Not being a baseball fan I have no idea, but I imagine its somewhere between a fortune and a fuckton.
SerCiddy ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 05:03:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a time to be a live, I can't imagine what long time fans must be feeling.
tripletaco ยท 129 points ยท Posted at 05:08:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have a ball that I had probably half the Cubs team sign in 1989 outside of Wrigley field when I was 8 years old. For pretty much my whole life the team has been the laughing stock of baseball.
The feeling now? Impossible to describe. I won't sleep much tonight.
censorized ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:22:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Us lifelong Red Sox fans get it. Enjoy! Man, what a ride!
tripletaco ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:26:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was rooting for you as well in 2004!
corruptjedi ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:26:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel the same. I transplanted to the south, the land of college football, nobody understood why I skipped football games and parties recently. They fucking get it now.
First thing I did: busted open the nicest whiskey I own (Jack Daniels Sinatra select)
First thing I said that was not random grunts and screaming: "I don't even know how to react."
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:25:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My father had a ball signed by the great '69 roster and he is going crazy! He cannot stop talking about the game.
Maenara ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Might wanna ask about how much that baseball is worth, mate.
littlebrwnrobot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because of the furious masturbation? Enjoy it buddy, you earned it
dumbolddoor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:11:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm so happy for true Cubs fans. I'm barely a baseball fan but I can appreciate the story, the history, and the exciting moment like this. I hope I can join in on the party brigade.
SeaSquirrel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
longtime Cubs fans have probably only been alive for half of the drought.
itsjustchad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm still waiting for the hammer to drop, some reason that we didn't actually win, or something that tarnishes it, maybe after rewatching we find out someone didn't actually touch a base, or some shit like that. LOL but I'm going to try my best to enjoy this.
MrDrProfesorPatrick ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:32:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Indians fan here, I don't either.
PoliticalMadman ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:05:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks for that. I hadn't been watching the game and I really wanted to see the reaction. Chicago is going fucking nuts right now.
rab_ ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:20:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And heres a video of the happiest grandma celebrating one of the greatest games she's ever watched.
smellsofelderberry ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:05:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How much is that ball in Rizzo's back pocket going to be worth?
how_do_i_land ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:06:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the greatest game seven I've ever seen.
scheibs14 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:07:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I absolutely love how he stuffs the ball into his back pocket before joining the celebration
bryce_w ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He looked like he was trying to cartwheel but couldn't figure out how to, so decided to just wave his arms around. Fair play.
lafolieisgood ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In the replay focusing on the 3rd baseman, Bryant started smiling as soon as it was hit to him
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never noticed during the game how he pocketed the ball.
DavidGuyon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:59:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My god, I can watch that over and over a thousand times and it still wouldn't feel real! It's 2am and I'm still in shock!
L____TheShogun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:05:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hearing Cleveland chant go Cubs go is absolutely chilling (Chicagoan here). We've all witnessed what will probably be one of the greatest pieces of American sports history. Enjoy it.
TheSkinnyVinny ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My favorite part of this clip is when it shows the Indians moping around.
Rawtashk ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:18:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You didn't watch the world series last year, did you?
[deleted] ยท 377 points ยท Posted at 04:58:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just moved to Chicago - there are fireworks blasting off everywhere right now. Horns honking. People screaming. Insane atmosphere!
schoogy ยท 79 points ยท Posted at 05:17:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Enjoy it! I lived there in the late nineties, man do I wish I was there
Maharajison ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 06:20:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I don't think you've experienced the pandemonium he's currently going through. You were just in loud Chicago, this is different, the international space station is telling Chicago to shut the hell up down there so they can get some sleep.
[deleted] ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 08:03:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
bulls won 6 championships in the 90s
threadofhope ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 07:24:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Me too. Lived in Chicago in the late 90s, the Bulls years. I'm texting friends who are losing their shit right now.
Venlafaxine_And_Cats ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:26:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Listening to the police scanners online is quite amusing!
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:30:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit - just tuned in - helicopters down, also just heard "3 deceased and 1 shot"... it's getting nuts!
AND transgender prostitutes on the beat plus fires in the allies! Crazy
TeaWrex ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:27:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm in the far west suburbs, fireworks all over, people honking their horns, sbd the national guard guys up the street are firing off their howitzers, this town is lit tonight
BulbasaurRex ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:32:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah same! Just moved here this year. It's incredible, I've never seen a whole city actually come together and come to life like this. People running down streets and biking down roads hollering, and cars are honking everywhere. So glad to be here!
Lancaster2124 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:32:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I live real close to Wrigley as an RA for a univ.
Stay safe tonight, friend.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:32:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same to you - this is way crazier than I was expecting
Lancaster2124 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:33:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know. Luckily my residents are all outside the res hall partying. I don't have to deal with it.
Sunscreen4what ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:39:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chicago is a city full of people who love & support their city and their fellow chicagoans. Regardless of whether or not we even like baseball, we are all celebrating together tonight. Living here is truly amazing. Welcome to the team, friend!
aggie1391 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:21:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time for a new game! Fireworks or gunshots?
mister_bmwilliams ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Come on, we know that one all too well. We're already champions.
ineedscissors ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:36:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now you're gonna have to move to Chicago every year
ForlornHousefrau ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:52:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We had the same reaction in Cleveland after the Cavs win... It would have been nice to see another parade, but I'm thrilled for all the Cubs fans out there. This was long overdue for them!!
mister_bmwilliams ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's like a war zone of happiness. So many screaming people. The sky is on fire. It's amazing.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:25:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ha! Goodluck!
jsantanna ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Enjoy the moment. Wish I was there!
spockspeare ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:46:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Good luck. Used to be they'd light cars on fire and stuff.
kepaa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:04:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah.....those aren't fireworks
FormerlyGruntled ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:27:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
and people ripping down power poles and running through the street.
Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:39:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's the city my relatives live in. They're gonna be rejoicing tonight.
Gansito10 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:40:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You should see the videos I took of tonight, I was honking the horn, blasting "Go Cubs Go!", and It was truly a Night I will never forget
BlastCapSoldier ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:04:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You lucky motherfucker. I'm at college right now and some friends and I were seriously considering driving back immediately after they won, but I have actual shit to do.
NoHope2016 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:11:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I live two hours outside of Chicago. Immediately after they won, more fireworks went off than on the fourth of July.
TheresA_LobsterLoose ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Way to hop on the bandwagon, poser!
Vulgrr_Display ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:32:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's just people shooting each other. Happens literally every night in Chiraq
Zoronii ยท 863 points ยท Posted at 04:50:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm just scrolling through /new trying to figure out who's going to win the "Cubs win the World Series" karma lottery.
Idrinkmopwater ยท 325 points ยท Posted at 04:53:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My bet is on this thread
cupcakessuck ยท 107 points ยท Posted at 04:57:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Alright now big money big money no whammy no whammyy
allisslothed ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 05:00:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And STOP!
hammertime
goblue10 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:09:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Go with the flow in a spin if you can't move to this
Then you probably are dead
So wave your hands in the air
Bust through the moves run your fingers through your hair
This is it for a winner
Dance to this and you're gonna get thinner
Move slide your rump
Just for a minute let's all do the bump
Bump bump bump yeah
lpaladindromel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Go with the flow!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Best rain delay of all time!
wambamthankyumam ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
you are welcome, ma'am!
IWatchGifsForWayToo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:01:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was the first so it gets the points!
BJJJake10 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:06:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm going all in. Last game of the year Brent, can't hold anything back now.
Trees_Advocate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In for a penny, in for a pound!
am_i_on_reddit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's good to be a betting man
togro20 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You lost kinda
AndIHaveMilesToGo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:45:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You win!
tomathy96 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:46:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No way man. The r/baseball one is at 27k already
MortalRecoil ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:47:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Looks like you win. Now all we need is a richer Cubs fan than I to give gold to all of us. ~waits impatiently
fib16 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:01:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whoa you predicted it. Are you in any yearbooks?
THE_GR8_MIKE ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:51:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah fam, the one in /r/baseball hit all in five minutes.
[deleted] ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 04:59:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Here I am just trying to pick up scraps.
Jaylee9000 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 05:06:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I got my magnum condoms, I got my wad of hundreds, I'm ready to plow!
Karmago ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:18:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hello Dr. Toboggan.
SeanStormEh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:36:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm demonstrating my value with this comment...
ToS63 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same, I'm trying to break my 71 year curse of low karma...
icecreammmmm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:08:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Any leftovers?
BlueGumball ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:29:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Goddamnit, Frank! Wait your turn!
N0V0w3ls ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:57:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I actually had this one downvoted because some other guy got in before him. This had a slightly catchier title I guess.
RevivingJuliet ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:08:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is Reddit. It's all about the titles.
candl2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Probably you!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I did!
barakabear ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We did it! We've chosen the golden /new post!
terribly_uncreative ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm just trying to think of something clever to say other than Cleveland ironically blew a 3-1 series lead.
dvidsilva ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Crazy how this got to the frontpage in just 20 mins, they must have fixed stuff with their algorithms. For sometime breaking would take hours to reach the fp
apostrophesensation ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
can i win it, or will that require more capital letters?
PleaseBeAvailible ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This guy won the Red Dead lottery too. Basically all of his karma is from these two posts.
paranoidalchemist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
who wins, who cares, it's all the same! what count is how you- how you- how you play the game!
El_Genitalissimo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:18:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
you did
you won
you're free
Wookie301 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:11:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I won the money lottery. I bet on them because Back To The Future predicted it. I'm up $200 now.
Stackhouse_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:43:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The comments on r/hockey for sure
Stardustchaser ยท 293 points ยท Posted at 05:16:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Last time the Cubs won- roads were dirt.
Last time the Cubs won- the Titanic was just an idea.
Last time the Cubs won- horse and buggy was the luxury car.
OddDirective ยท 215 points ยท Posted at 05:29:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Last time the Cubs won- Bread didn't come in sliced bags.
Last time the Cubs won- Radio was a farfetched idea
Last time the Cubs won- Harry Caray had not been born.
I have a list in my saved folder, give me a second.
Edit: Here we go
Radio was invented; Cub fans got to hear their team lose.
TV was invented; Cub fans got to see their team lose.
Baseball added 14 teams; Cub fans got to see AND hear their team lose to more teams.
George Burns celebrated his 10th, 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 80th, 90th and 100th birthdays.
Haleyโs Comet passed Earthโฆ twice.
Harry Caray was bornโฆ and died. Incredible, but true.
The NBA, NHL and NFL were formed, and Chicago teams won championships in each league.
Man landed on the moon, as have several home runs given up by Cubs pitchers.
Sixteen US presidents were elected.
There were 11 amendments added to the Constitution.
Prohibition was created, and repealed.
The Titanic was built, set sail, sank, was discovered, and became the subject of major motion picturesโฆ the latter giving Cub fans hope that something that finishes on the bottom can come out on top.
Wrigley Field was built and becomes the oldest park in the National League.
A combination of 40 summer & winter Olympics have been held.
Thirteen baseball players have won the Triple Crown; several thanked Cubs pitchers.
Bell bottoms came in style, went out of style, and came back in style.
The Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Florida Marlins have ALL won the World Series.
The Cubs played 14,153 regular-season games; they lost the majority of them.
Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Oklahoma, and New Mexico were added to the Union.
[deleted] ยท 202 points ยท Posted at 05:39:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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spockspeare ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:51:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Miguel Montero, who got the RBI that gave them the run they needed to win, used to play for Arizona.
(Twilight Zone music)
lazdiaz ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:37:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He hit it off Brian Shaw, who also used to play for Arizona...
spockspeare ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:01:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But nobody remembers that.
chazith ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:58:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've never had bread come in sliced bags! I must still be living in the past. /s
thenameofmynextalbum ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:29:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Joe Buck had yet to be born, therefore had yet to latch on to the phallus of every American Leauge pitcher/ team to face the Cubs.
OknowTheInane ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:34:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oklahoma became a state in 1907.
GrandTyromancer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:38:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And people who were conceived while their parents watched Titanic on VHS are juuuust too young to vote.
Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:39:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's COOOOLD.
thehalfwit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:47:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Last time the Cubs won my dad's dad was a randy 19-year-old.
SmashBusters ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:09:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Probably should have stayed that way.
TheSecondAccountYeah ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:09:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
deleted What is this?
mynameisevan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:46:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not true! The first production Ford Model T was built 13 days before the Cubs won in 1908.
p4177y ยท 366 points ยท Posted at 04:50:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Looks like that guy in the 1993 yearbook was right, haha. In all seriousness, congrats to the Cubs! 108 years is a long enough drought for any franchise...
frisbeemaniac95 ยท 338 points ยท Posted at 05:03:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Reference: http://imgur.com/JkaFTCC
[deleted] ยท 117 points ยท Posted at 05:11:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Burn the witch.
dull-youth ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:28:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
we know where you live
Ignitus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:42:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I saw Lizzie Proctor speaking with the devil!
Skywhatever ยท 50 points ยท Posted at 05:09:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm new here, to the whole internet thing... is this real?
goldpeaktea314 ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 05:13:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, and it was also on the front page of /r/pics about a week ago
wildmansam ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:16:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Of course it is. You can tell because the pixels.
Sirrockyqo ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:16:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everything you see around here, the long chains of comments, the vast white space, the shitposts, it's all real.
MistaRational ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:17:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've been using the Internet for a few weeks, so I'm practically an expert. If it's the yearbook photo of some dude who says they will win in 2016, it existed before they won. I can not say if it is legit or MS Paintshopped.
Mattabeedeez ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Of course it's real. It's on the internet.
TheLastZergling ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it is
FTL1061 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Please watch "The Invention of Lying" and get back to us with your thoughts.
ms4 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:33:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What you don't see are the thousands of other yearbook predictions that have not come to fruition.
thecodedgamer ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:12:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Where's Michael Lee now? Somebody give him a medal!
p4177y ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:09:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, that's the one I was thinking of. Thanks for pulling it up!
Aerowulf9 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:27:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time traveler identified.
[deleted] ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 05:09:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And BTTF: Part II was only a year off!
slefob ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:09:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is that photo real? That needs some sort of medal or trophy.
p4177y ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:11:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Here's an article about that yearbook.
tripbin ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:23:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Has this guy been found? He should do an AMA
NerdyMomToBe ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:10:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
AMA request: Michael Lee
cocobandicoot ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:52:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also what is crazy is this guy on Twitter.
Posted in 2014. Eerily accurate.
Baconnocabbacon ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:03:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sure was!
p4177y ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:09:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep, that's the guy!
thecodedgamer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:12:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Where's Michael Lee now? Somebody give him a medal!
PM_YOUR_SOURCECODE ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:58:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time for an AMA with this guy.
[deleted] ยท 741 points ยท Posted at 04:54:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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jacoobz ยท 212 points ยท Posted at 05:13:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Blackhawks will lose a 3-1 lead in the series to the Sharks to complete the cycle.
San Francisco Bay Area/Cleveland/Chicago.
adjuventor ยท 96 points ยท Posted at 05:34:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You shut up that isn't funny.
OneLeggedPigeon ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:57:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You shut your whore mouth
AndIHaveMilesToGo ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:51:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Stop that right now
feeltheillinoiseboys ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:05:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Blackhawks and sharks can't play in the finals though...they're in the same conference.
mugdays ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:14:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He never said finals
jacoobz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:38:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
True. I was employing the playoffs.
SanguisFluens ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:28:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Western Conference Finals if that counts.
JustAnothrAeroEnginr ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:08:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
how dare you.
frzferdinand72 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:10:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You heard it here, folks.
RemindMe! 1 Jul 2017
furryass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:17:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ok. We will see
redbluegreenyellow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:36:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Shut upppp. Make it be the Bulls.
_ChaoticNeutral_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:47:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or the Bears.
Epogen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:36:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
plz no
jacoobz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:16:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Plz yes
casualassassin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:38:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But...the Blackhawks and the Sharks can't meet in the Stanley Cup Final...
jacoobz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:38:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I HAVE SPOKEN!
I meant the Western conference
Skid_Luxury ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:47:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If, by Sharks, you mean Detroit Red Wings in the playoffs, then yes.
Pyralblitzzz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:49:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except they're both west teams, so it can't be in the final. We have one more team yet to add to the cycle!
cold_ass_honkee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:50:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'd have sold my whole family for that trade!
Thats_absrd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:00:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Let's make it the Blues and call it a deal.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:07:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The cycle started with OKC losing a 3-1 lead to Golden State
Gen_Jack_Ripper ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:59:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We can hope that isn't true...I hope the Blackhawks don't even make the playoffs.
jacoobz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:15:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I do, so I can see them blowing a 3-1 lead.
reddRad ยท 231 points ยท Posted at 05:11:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Poetic justice." - Everyone in the Bay Area
mr_chub ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 05:44:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Justice has been served
frzferdinand72 ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 05:20:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As someone from the Bay Area, you damn right.
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:22:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And Chicago. Fuck Lebron
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:20:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Fuck KD" - Everyone else
oracle9999 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:46:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
as someone from a Bay Area but probably not your Bay area.... we all need to start naming our bays.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:58:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In the thunder and rain no less
[deleted] ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 05:09:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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TeeJ_P ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:11:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Someone is upset
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:14:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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PepeSylvia11 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:16:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Still don't understand why any Warriors fan would use 3-1 against Cleveland. Like that's how you lost. You still look bad using it.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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FunnyHunnyBunny ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:26:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He's not even really an Indians fan. He grew up watching the Yankees. I doubt he cares that much. Just supporting them because they're the local team.
I_can_breathe_AMA ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:00:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh come on, those cookies are as harmless as Draymond "Sacktap" Green screaming about how the Cavs suck after the Warriors won last year. It's banter between the two best teams in basketball, get over it.
SHOUTING ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:11:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You get really hung up on Lebron, huh?
Kingbuji ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:42:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cavs fans were straight up harassing warriors fans til today...I mean if you were to /r/warriors almost half of the comments would be "3-1 3-1 3-1 3-1 3-1!!!11!!!" It's really just karma and maybe there won't be people harassing the sub now.
hip2clip ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:47:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
your team lost with the greatest regular season record ever and the first ever unanimous mvp, please be quiet.
Anarchistnation ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 08:10:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know what Lebron's hung up on? Jordan's legacy. He will never be like Mike.
pototochef ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:24:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
except the warriors were the greatest basketball team of all time, 4 all-nba players, greatest 3pt shooter of all time, unanimous mvp, coach of the year. meanwhile the indians were the under dogs missing 2 of their best rotation pitchers. lmao warriors who
splashgods ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:44:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Uhh I think your missing the fact that Cleveland just blew a 3-1 lead
FunnyHunnyBunny ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 05:24:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a completely different sport and very different. Most NBA fans aren't MLB fans. I doubt most Cleveland Cavaliers fans really care that much about the Indians losing. You just come across sounding still incredibly salty from your historically embarrassing upset since you both had the best record of all time and a 3-1 lead yet choked. Winning next year won't suddenly change this forever part of NBA history.
splashgods ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:46:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes it will welcome to the 21st century where the only thing that matters is the last thing that happened 5 minutes ago...it's ok you dont have to stand up for Cleveland, they're tired right now from just blowing a 3-1 lead in the world series
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That doesn't really work when they're openly embracing their bitterness lol
scottyLogJobs ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You had yours, and I guess Cleveland had ours. Thanks for reminding me to be a gracious loser to Chicago.
splashgods ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:47:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe ask LeBron to learn how to be a gracious winner. Cleveland just blew a 3-1 lead in the WORLD SERIES LMFAO
scottyLogJobs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:13:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What, is this thread in a feedback loop?
Curry seems like a super nice guy, and Lebron can be a tough guy on the court sometimes, but I legitimately looked and tried to find Lebron talking shit after game 7 and all I found was "This is for you Cleveland", "we've gotta keep working to build up this city", etc.
That and Klay Thompson refusing to shake the Cavs hands after the game.
Spartancoolcody ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:56:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh yeah? Fuck you, golden state! Especially steph curry
Sincerely,
Bitter blazers fan
meatSaW97 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:31:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Stipe bathes in your tears.
truth__bomb ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:45:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nothing but smiles in Cleveland tonight. Smiles because a near miraculous win of the World Series and because there's still plenty of Bay Area salt to go around.
WillTheGreat ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:19:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If the Indians were paying Lebron's debt then what has the Browns been paying for?
strictfactor ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only losses may pay for wins. The Red God demands three games.
KCE6688 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:23:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Who? The red god?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:19:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can't wait for the Hawks to blow a 3-1 lead in the SCF next year
grumpy_youngMan ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:19:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget LeBron trolled the warriors over blowing the 3-1 lead just 3 days ago.
Antithesys ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Continuing the cycle, the Bears must now lose the Super Bowl by a score of 3-1.
Leftovertaters ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:37:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And Indian always pays his debts
michiruwater ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:46:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Draymond Green immediately posted a status about this after the WS ended. I like to think he was sitting there just waiting for the moment.
mariofasolo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:29:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've thought about this. I've ruled Cleveland could only have one title per year, anything else was pushing it. I'm glad it was this way and not Indians win Cavs lose, because the drama and redemption of the LeBron return was like, a lot of historical and emotional than having the Indians win. (not saying it wouldn't have been awesome though, lol)
ParkwayDriven ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:14:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Should have let Charlie Sheen throw out the first pitch. Instead they let some 100 year old fossil do it.
Vargolol ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Small price to pay considering the context of the two. I feel like the NBA equivalent of this would be the Raptors making the finals last year vs the Warriors w/a hurt Valanciunas, going up 3-1 and then losing it. Heavily overachieved this postseason
splashgods ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your thinking too hard, Cleveland + losing any type of 3-1 lead where 3 and 1 and - are involved = LMFAO
Godloseslaw ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:33:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"It's rigged" -Donald Trump.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:27:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck LeBron!
wetsocks27 ยท 444 points ยท Posted at 05:16:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
10 innings. 8 runs. 108 years. 108.
EDIT: Wow! Gold! Thank you! It's my first one ever. I'll be sure to pass it along. :)
TinaBelcher4Prez ยท 161 points ยท Posted at 05:25:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
108 stitches in a baseball
wetsocks27 ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 05:32:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
DAAAAMNN SON. Gets better. Edit: Thats actually crazy.
[deleted] ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 05:36:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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wetsocks27 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:40:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's so weird how common place it seems these sort of things are. I feel like things that "line up" and are meant to happen, happen all the time. Really cool!
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:54:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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omega0678 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:02:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now where'd I put that tin foil hat? I haven't really needed it since those 9/11 number coincidences.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:30:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
9*11=99
but wait
The 9/11 originally meant to strike on 9/12 and ejaculated prematurely
9/11 ----> 9/12
9*12=108
Half life 3 confirmed
DigBickJace ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:12:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Clevelands area code is 216. Cabs won their championship in 2016. Scripted or not, you decide.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:11:42 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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DigBickJace ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:47:42 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
...seriously?
It's 0. It equals nothing, therefore it's not actually there.
Skid_Luxury ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:50:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Google "Carl Jung Synchronicity" that's what this world series is number coincidences and all.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:45:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Had to look that up because I assumed you were kidding. Nope, it is true. Crazy.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 07:17:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is the Cubs 108th postseason game.
-salt- ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 11:54:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
108 keys on a XL piano
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:08:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
108 numbers between 0 and 109
chadderbox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:39:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are infinite numbers between 0 and 109. There are 108 integers between 0 and 109, excluding the bounds.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:45:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If someone asks me to think of a number between 1 and 10 I could say 4.32235234 if I feel like being a pedantic asshole, but some things are just assumed because there's a thing called context.
But you are technically correct mr textbook, thank you for sharing this fabulous info. Are you a cheese or a person that talks a lot? No! Your name is Chad! Right?
Am I right?
was I right
or am i wrong again?
tell me how i'm wrong
chadderbox? more like... here, let me correct your--uh, incorrect statement.........box
dick
chadderbox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:38:42 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Settle down, it's just a message board. I'm not even real.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:53:13 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i am jesting friend
now i have to get pedantic
this is very real, what makes you say it isn't? It's funny a person can call themselves fake, i mean you're speaking to me so obviously you're real. you tryna drive me mad? i'm question my own sanity. wait no
you should be questioning yours
holy shit just saw your account age, beautiful. can i purchase your account? i want to be old
chadderbox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:01:11 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not looking to sell it, thanks though. On a more serious note, for a moment at least, I find Reddit to be a silly place in the world and I think people who take it too seriously will indeed drive themselves bonkers. The only people being paid to be here have no interest in unfiltered truth, the people who want that are here for free. I may as well laugh at people who don't get that yet, you know?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:05:19 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's all good friend, we are stronger together and love is the most important thing in the end, don't forget that. i wish you and your loved ones a safe and happy holidays coming up, cherish these moments because they are precious and remember the important things in life, tell a loved one that you appreciate them or do a kind deed for a stranger, a small act of kindness can make a person's day and small deeds can make all the difference, pass the love forward. things can get bad but together, little by little, we can all make a difference and the little things can make things better and worth it. when life gets you down remember the moments you cherished, they didn't make up a big chunk of time but they made the biggest impact, those moments are the ones you live for.
chadderbox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:56:46 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks for the pep talk. :)
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:07:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
illuminati confirmed
TinaBelcher4Prez ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:52:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
108 is a significant number in Buddhism as well.
PsyAyeAyeDuck ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:04:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Add all together the Lost lotto numbers and you get 108. It is getting to voodoo territory.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:46:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Obviously that means Hillary Clinton is going to win 108% of the popular vote in all 108 states.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:56:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or up by 10 points and 8 states.
Samazonison ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:43:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/108_(number)
wetsocks27 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:44:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Should have been included with the numbers in LOST lol
wetsocks27 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:24:53 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So remember how I said the thing about the LOST numbers? Well....... the LOST numbers add up to 108. OF COURSE THEY DO
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:30:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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hungryasabear ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:18:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Those memes must have 108 ghost peppers in them because they are by far the spiciest
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:34:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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wetsocks27 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:38:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dang, maybe I should try too hahaha!
Joal0503 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:42:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
this math is awesome
anomalyx ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:15:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!?!? These little 108 facts are BLOWING MY MIND.
Any-sao ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:25:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Half-Life 3 confirmed.
โฆ
What? I'd say that's about as likely as a World Series win for the Cubs.
derek_ui ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
108
RumLovingPirate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:49:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All the games started at 7:08 which is 19:08 on a 24hr clock
sayitlikeyoumemeit ยท 116 points ยท Posted at 04:58:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Theo Epstein. Mastermind.
[deleted] ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 05:18:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red Sox 86 years, Cubs 108 years. Incredible!
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:18:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
he's going to Vanderbilt next to end their football conference championship drought.... then onto Uruguay, who haven't won a World Cup since 1950.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:40:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He needs to come to Cleveland before Uruguay. The Indians haven't won a world series since 1948.
ernzo ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:26:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He's a curse breaker!
likne ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:27:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Like where does he rank among baseball minds? Just destroyed the two of the three longest droughts in all of baseball! This has been the most incredible year. He needs a new challenge. I'm thinking Cleveland Browns maybe?
Eddiejordansnose ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:00:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tom Ricketts needs to give him a 40 year contract and a blank check, tomorrow.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:45:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Serious. Brings chips to the Red Sox and Cubs.... he's a the destroyer of curses, bringer of victory!
Lukerpooker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:30:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That man deserves a 15 million dollar contract .
frogma ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:15:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He currently has a ~50 million dollar contract over the next 5 years. And is likely getting a big bonus for this.
pjsol ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:26:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Epstein the Savior.
The Cubs will not longer be the Lovable Losers, and that was amazing to see. Pretty cool to watch a long standing baseball tradition and the identity of an organization be removed.
IVEMIND ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:23:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And I'm like "fuck you"
Fnhatic ยท 642 points ยท Posted at 05:01:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I feel bad for anyone who didn't watch. Even if you're not a baseball fan, this was literally the best game ever played. This was history. The entire game could not have been better. That fucking dinger right out the gate saved the game. That massive comeback halfway, extra inning, comes down to one out, man on base, one run away. Holy fuck. Not to mention the heritage of the teams involved.
Literally the only thing this game didn't have was someone hitting a home run into the stadium lights causing them all to explode.
Honestly, props to the Indians. It seems like most championship games, there's one team that doesn't "need" to win. That wasn't the case tonight. They played fucking phenomenally and deserved a win just as much as the Cubs did.
PS: If you live in Chicago, hide yo kids, hide yo wife, the city is gonna burn tonight.
[deleted] ยท 149 points ยท Posted at 05:25:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Davis hit one into a TV camera.
AirplaneGuy737 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 06:20:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's the video I really wanna see
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 07:01:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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Fnhatic ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 07:20:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Oh wow it did hit the camera. It's hard to see but you can see it ricochet wildly towards the right. I saw the camera POV during the game and it looked like it missed it by inches.
Also, it looks like the guy in red is shoving the cameraman down.
EDIT: Stills from the camera itself: http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2016/11/2/13506178/rajai-daviss-game-tying-world-series-home-run-knocked-down-a-camera-man
Fnhatic ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:41:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
It was inches away. I think the camera is right at the foul post and he scraped it right psat.
EDIT: Holy shit it did hit the camera.
Bystronicman08 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:27:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Na, it was going toward the camera but it missed it and went by.
Fnhatic ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:46:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought so too, but: https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/5auvbc/cubs_win_world_series/d9jo635/
Bystronicman08 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:45:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, it does appear that I was wrong. It did hit the camera and bounce of wildly.
fil42skidoo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:41:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And it exploded.
Supah_Andy ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 06:40:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Shout out to Cubs catcher David Ross, hit a home run in the last game of his career and he gets to retire a champion.
Fnhatic ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 06:45:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Shout out to Aroldis Chapman for faking a choke just so we could get a more exciting game.
No really, if Cubs lost, he'd probably be on suicide watch right now.
Supah_Andy ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 07:00:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chapman pitched some great innings this post season, dude was just pushed too hard this series.
Fnhatic ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 07:02:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Playing every single game, his arm was probably ready to rip off.
DreamBrother1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:36:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Going back out and pitching the 9th was insane
carbikebacon ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:24:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
THAT was nuts! First game I've ever watched on TV.
peanutsfan1995 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:32:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Glad you loved it! Come join us over in /r/baseball (and hopefully /r/chicubs) next season! If you swing by in the offseason, I'm sure there will be some great compilations of other historic games to check out.
It really is a fantastic sport. The pace takes a bit of getting used to, but it's absolutely brilliant and there really is a magic feeling to going to a live game.
carbikebacon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:59:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks but I really don't get into sports at all. I just watched because I'm from the SW side of Chicago and I was just hoping they would win so we wouldn't be hearing much more about it. If they lost, it would have been chaos around this area. My late grandma would have been pissed as she was a die-hard White Sox fan. :)
ScyllaGeek ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:34:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I might challenge you on literally but it was real fuckin up there
mrshampoo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:05:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I unfortunately didn't know about it and I feel horrible for missing it.
not-just-yet ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:22:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How badly I wish to be in Chicago tonight! I was there this summer for the Copa America and even then the city was AMAZING just with the US winning our game. I can't imagine how it must be with the fucking CUBS winning THE WORLD SERIES.
CONGRATS CUBBIES!!!!
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:33:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only gonna disagree cause you said literally and in bold. It's certainly a top game but I'm not ready to call it best ever (and I'm a Cubs fan btw)
One simple thing that could've made the game more easily the best ever would be if it were at wrigley.
In recent years, 04 Red Sox comes to mind to contend for best game.
omnilynx ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 06:11:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not necessarily the best ever but it's objectively the biggest ever. The next time we'll have an opportunity to see a game--in any major sport--with this much at stake is at least forty years away.
AnsikteBanana ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:32:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, Detroit Lions v. Cleveland Browns superbowl won't happen that soon. Maybe give it 200 more years. And neither will have individually gone before that game.
_depression ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:57:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Which '04 Red Sox game? ALCS Game 4? It was huge in retrospect, but at the time it really just seemed like it was delaying the inevitable. Game 7? It was a huge win, but the Red Sox just stole the game in the first 2 innings - the rest was just kind of watching the Yankees die slowly.
Fnhatic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:22:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I don't know man... If someone asked you for a montage of what makes baseball exciting, all you need is this game. It had everything except the Indians hitting a dinger for a two-run comeback at the bottom of the 10th on that second out... and that's only great if you aren't a Cubs fan.
The series being on the line 3-3, leading with a home run on the fourth pitch and first at-bat (poetically forecasting the Cubs victory), the curmudgeonly old baseball player ready to retire getting a home run and winning such an important game, the massive comeback in the 8th, hitting that extra inning, the rain delay letting the Cubs rally in the locker room...
It had every single thing that makes this game what it is. You'd think it was god damn choreographed, honestly.
I'm not familiar with what particular game you're talking about, but looking at the scoreboard for Game 7... what was so great? The Red Sox blasted the ass off of New York two innings in and the Yankees couldn't get any runs.
LeVampirate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:47:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've been able to catch almost every game at work, except for game 6 since I wasn't at home either (missed that grand slam!)
I've literally never been so invested in baseball, but the fact that I saw history being made, I couldn't take my eyes off the games. So great, so intense, so crazy. I loved every moment of it.
Also, shout out to my dad who had money on the Indians.
eskimorris ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:17:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, someone probably recorded that shit...
BigPorch ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:22:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Without the expressed written consent of Major League Baseball
Ccaccord07 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:35:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks for the laugh brother
Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:38:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't watch baseball but my parents did play back the winning moment for me and damn... That was pure chance and it was amazing.
stealthcircling ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:18:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sliced bags?
NMEChachi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:10:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can agree this is the best game when you're bringing the historic circumstances and implications into it. If we're talking about the single best game based purely on the game itself with no external forces, I'd still have to go with 2011 Game 6.
Amieisrad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:41:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well...the city won't burn considering that you can't go near the stadium. http://i.imgur.com/VwLvslu.jpg
ben1204 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:34:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a huge baseball fan but am traveling and the time zone just didn't work :( guess I'll watch the rewind
DexterVane ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:24:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So is it worth streaming somewhere for someone who has only ever seen 10 minutes of actual game, The Fan and Field of Dreams?
submittedanonymously ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hadn't been able to follow the series due to work but I was lucky enough to be off tomorrow and got to stay up and watch all the way through. I thought the Royals being in 2 series in a row was amazing. Then Zobrist goes to Cubs and so I wanted to see Zobrist help bring that KC Magic to the Cubs and get a second WS championship in a row but my god...
This game was the best game of baseball I've ever seen!! When they inevti Sky make the movie titled 108, it won't be half as good as this game was! So tense, so many errors, so many amazing moments, and the Indians played like fucking champs the entire time too. But the Cubs... that was pure magic. I'm already looking for preorders for the blu Ray to own that game!
What a night for baseball!
Congrats to the Cubs and all their fans! You fucking earned it so hard tonight!
Also that rain delay... that was be washing away if the curse!
eric_saites ยท 793 points ยท Posted at 05:01:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats to all the kids in Africa that are about to score some Cleveland Indians 2016 World Series Champions gear.
kabirakhtar ยท 109 points ยท Posted at 05:17:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
context: they print up the "Champions!" hats/shirts for both teams, but ship the losing team's gear to Africa:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/sports/football/04gear.html
and
http://mentalfloss.com/article/29884/what-happens-losing-teams-championship-shirts
Misaniovent ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 07:02:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's from the NYT article you linked.
kabirakhtar ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 07:35:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
yes it's an older article from 2007; the other link shows MLB runner-up gear from 2008 being distributed.
trainmaster611 ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:34:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh wow I thought that was just a trope. Didn't realize they actually did that.
pileatedloon ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 05:37:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Someone in Africa thinks the Bills are the greatest football team ever.
TheWickedGoose ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 06:15:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Four years in a row! wow!
SanguisFluens ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 06:31:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And the Patriots had an undefeated season? Holy shit!
Mr-Ultimate ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:56:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Africa is the alternate universe.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:40:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That sucks. I would totally buy a cleveland indians world series 2016 champions hat.
AnsikteBanana ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 06:36:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Better get to know someone from Africa!
truth__bomb ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:46:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Context: this is the oldest joke in the book that doesn't involve a chicken and a road.
Taucoon23 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 11:26:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://i.reddituploads.com/44849f629b2848c7aac1b1082f2f62cb?fit=max&h=1536&w=1536&s=d77bcf48ff3dc55700ba52c506d77ffc
jrossoriginal ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 05:18:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm glad they started donating them. They used to incinerate them.
WhimsyUU ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 05:41:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Eh, it's good for refugee camps and situations like that, but otherwise it just hurts the local economy by killing the demand for textiles.
evil95 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:41:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Africans??
The-poeteer ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:16:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just learned that this is what they do with those. I always wondered..
missoctober12 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:42:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's nice of them. But also hilarious to think that somewhere in the world is an alternate universe of World Series outcomes
mrsuns10 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:12:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I bless the rain in Africa
Jive-Turkies ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:26:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I member
Flappy7415 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:49:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They destroy them now
jory26 ยท 379 points ยท Posted at 05:17:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a die hard Cubs fan since October of 2016 I cannot tell you all how much this means to me.
stevelord8 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:41:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like half of my Facebook.
paranoidalchemist ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:38:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Please, oldtimer alert- I've been rooting for them since June.
KingTulu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:34:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Alley oop to the op my good sir.
weeglos ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:49:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, 40 year fan here. All are welcome - have an Old Style.
Baron_ass ยท 98 points ยท Posted at 05:06:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So Back to the Future II was only off by a year. I'm okay with this.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:27:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
nike mags are now a reality and now this <3
eternally-curious ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:28:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm hoping it's the same case with the hoverboards.
xanatos451 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 11:21:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Close enough?
cuddly_cuttlefish ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:36:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The future is now!
Ymir24 ยท 121 points ยท Posted at 04:56:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
IT'S REAL
attemptedactor ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:18:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I gotta imagine thats whats its actually like there tonight. Crazy
bisonburgers ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:58:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The guy finally cutting his beard is hilarious.
Antithesys ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:18:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks, I was just about to seek this out.
DOWDKR01 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:23:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My favorite commercial ever, and I'm a Red Sox fan.
Fnhatic ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:48:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
God if only this game had been at Wrigley...
thenameofmynextalbum ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:26:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If the game had gone the exact same way, but in the friendly confines... The thunderous din that would come from that park would be heard as far out as freakin DeKalb...
wysiwyg23 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:22:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Someday is today!
anyburger ยท 367 points ยท Posted at 04:50:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A hundred to one shot! I wish I could go back to the beginning of the season, and put some money on the Cubbies!
[deleted] ยท 180 points ยท Posted at 04:53:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
What'd you say?
http://i.imgur.com/zS09Yn9.jpg
[deleted] ยท 136 points ยท Posted at 05:02:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man, just 1 year off. They were so accurate. Wait, where's my fucking hoverboard?
[deleted] ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 05:03:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
At the pawnshop getting cleaned.
GlowingBall ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 05:05:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One year and a team that doesn't exist but hey.. Close enough?
GeorgeAmberson63 ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 05:08:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey. I know no one cares about the Marlins, but Miami does have a team.
lostprudence ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:21:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But they're a National League team...
DiggingNoMore ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:41:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But still technically a team.
Not_Pablo_Sanchez ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but the Dolphins just aren't that good this year
ProJoe ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:16:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the MIAMI marlins absolutely exist. they are awful, but they're there.
GlowingBall ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:22:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They played the Miami Gators in BttF 2.
B0BX ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:24:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
That team also exists. They're terrible
Edit: he said Dolphins. I'm drunk, but not that drunk
MistaRational ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They got them playing baseball still, right. It's practically a home run prediction!
Worthyness ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And the world series no longer goes 9 games
funksolebrotha ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not only do the Miami Marlins exist, they've won the world series twice since becoming a team (as the Florida Marlins).
GlowingBall ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:28:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They didn't play the Marlins. They played the Miami Gators. It had the little alligator mascot and everything.
Goonz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:33:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I dunno but Biff Tanner is on the Republican ticket
xGwiZ96x ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:18:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was a typo in the script
juel1979 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:07:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Catching fire. They weren't perfected on schedule.
camsterc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
not wrong til next year ;)
NotAllTeemos ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, at least we got the Air Mags
read_it_r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They forgot to account for the leap year.
Megaman1981 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
at that shitty kiosk in the mall.
resorcinarene ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It burned down, remember? Also, it's not a hoverboard. It fucking has wheels.
JCiLee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:55:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The final season of Parks and Rec has the Cubs winning the World Series. Considering the final season takes place in 2017, and the Cubs winning the Series is mentioned in passing as something that had recently happened in the show's universe, it can be interpreted that Parks predicted the Cubs winning in 2016. Depending on when in 2017's calendar that said episode takes place.
XtremeAero426 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:24:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, where does it show the year?
Brixenivy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:41:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There wasn't a World Series in 1994 so I think the space time continuum got shifted ahead one year
AltSpRkBunny ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:57:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
See, my theory is that Marty failed when he went back to 1955 the second time, and now we're stuck in the alternate timeline. Biff Tannen's running for President now. So their predictions are going to be a little bit off.
Yourponydied ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:34:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, remember Marty changed the future by not getting in the accident breaking his hand.
revanchisto ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 05:02:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I said, I wish I could go back in time and put some money on the Cubs.
Mastima ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:10:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No....about maimi...
Mobile_Profile ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Miami Ohio is an American university, the Cleveland Indians play in.....Ohio.....Boom
goldbricker83 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:16:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait...how is that possible with a fucking JPG, man? What wizardry is going on here? What year is this? I'm a little drunk and this is messing with both sides of my brain right now.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sober up. Call me in the am. I'll show you the world.
Fnhatic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:47:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I love how it's like noon and the game is already over though.
catapolana ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:11:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Really? I feel like a lot of people had the cubs as contenders. (I really hope this isn't some inside joke)
snipawolf ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:36:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the future II
roomandcoke ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:37:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I keep seeing people say this. It really wasn't much of a long shot. Last year seemed like it could've been the year. It didn't end up being that, but it was mostly the same team, so they had a strong shot coming into this season.
DuIstalri ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:46:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a movie reference.
toofantastic ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:18:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just hope Biff Tannen doesn't become president...
PalmBeacham ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:16:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
control+f never fails
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:20:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is a good quote from Back to the future but this doesn't work well for this season because they were a favorite the whole year.
Breloomer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:17:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, that's better than 108 to 1
PocketSandInc ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:18:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually the Cubs were favored to win the World Series before the season started. I think they were around 4-1.
Bystronicman08 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:26:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's from Back to The Future.
caldera15 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:41:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well Cubs were the favorite in the beginning of the year so they would of been the least lucrative of the possible winners.
BustaPosey ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was actually 5 to 1
FromBayToBurg ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:35:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A guy at my work did that. Odds were 3:1 when he bought in, so nothing fantastic. But he turned $100 into $300 so that's better than nothing.
nocontroll ยท 117 points ยท Posted at 04:59:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't even watch baseball but I understand the fundamentals of the game.
This was an incredible game to watch on so many levels, I can't even begin to imagine how a true baseball fan feels, let alone a Cubs fan.
This is going to be one of those historic moments that people will talk about for years, they'll remember where they were when it happened.
Truly incredible.
KrispyWaffle ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:23:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was right in front of wrigley field when they won. I'll never forget.
PM_ME_YOUR_6-PACK ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:35:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was at a hockey game, Pittsburgh Penguins at Anaheim Ducks. They paused play so we could watch the end of the baseball game and the whole stadium erupted in cheers! It was pretty amazing :D
Meatpuppy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:29:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know it's a big deal when they pause another major sport to watch the end.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I slept through the whole thing because of my 4 week old baby. Ya know, sleep when the baby sleeps? I've made a huge mistake.
TheWho22 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah this was one of the greatest baseball games in history, given the situations and all that was on the line and how amazing the actual game itself was
pukesickle ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 05:21:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought the level of professionalism and respect and just general fun really added to this World Series. It was like everyone was in it together.
Rosebunse ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:44:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2016 has been a real shitty year, I think America needed this.
Siggy778 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:22:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baez and Lindor's antics were hilarious.
Tydez ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:04:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I noticed this too ! I was talking to my dad about how opposing teams were joking with each other the entire time. The only people that seemed aggressive were the coaches. Besides that pure sportsmanship !
Gnarledhalo ยท 153 points ยท Posted at 04:52:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time to send Marty McFly back in time to get his parents back together.
GloverAB ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:27:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to 19...5...6...just...like the movie!!
StrayMoggie ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:47:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He might mistype the numbers
lord_mayor_of_reddit ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:01:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And Biff becomes President! Oh no...
Wrest216 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:33:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Substitute Biff for trump and BINGO
qdp ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:56:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Biff 2016!
LemonstealinwhoreNo2 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:53:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean really he and Trump look and act no different
12121212l ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:25:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everything is skewed one year for some reason
darthvalium ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:42:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy...
AltSpRkBunny ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:00:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We already know that's not happening, because Biff Tannen's running for President.
Eureka_sevenfold ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:38:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Morty lick my balls
Reflexic ยท 297 points ยท Posted at 04:56:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
U S A
It's like the other countries aren't even trying.
MattHoppe1 ยท 150 points ยท Posted at 05:12:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Canada gave it a shot
Fried_Cthulhumari ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:25:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
twitch...twitch
Fuck Joe Carter.
kzgrzaz ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:17:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's okay, we still have Ice Cappuccinos
truth__bomb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:50:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"You're welcome." - The Indians and the Cavs
neonegg ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:14:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
:( RIP Jays
InMyBrokenChair ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:25:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
111/113 World Series
WTDFHF ยท 180 points ยท Posted at 04:51:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
These players fought for 108 years to finally win this!
SenorKerry ยท 146 points ยท Posted at 04:54:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well they probably would have had better odds if they employed players who were younger
IranianGenius ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:09:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Too expensive.
jumbotron9000 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:38:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sabermetrics is really complicated.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:42:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Never tell Chicago the odds.
SalvaPot ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 05:01:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
108 is an important number, after all: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/108_(number)
juel1979 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:10:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well the baseball stitches one amused me.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:12:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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kylekize ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:24:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That Wiki article was edited too fast...
heimdahl81 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:28:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yikes. The page has already been updated to include the 108 being the years between Cubs World Series wins. That was fast.
soccertown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Real time wiki.
jsantanna ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:32:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Won in 10th inning with 8 points.
Axis_of_Weasels ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
108 cards in Uno??
Sevy0719 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:25:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's pretty neat
rough_bread ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:20:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm way to drunk to comprehend
Deranged40 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:04:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was amazed at how young they look
NLP19 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:28:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
OK KenM
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:04:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah the same ones
Walrus_Fighter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They seemed pretty young to me... What's their secret?
soccertown ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:43:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This remind me Kelly Daglish, TV journalist and daughter of soccer player Kenny Daglish when my team Liverpool won champions league after 21 year wait. She was saying European cup winning players were old and mates of my dad and now I see these players and they look so young.
mrsuns10 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Harambe died for this
[deleted] ยท 80 points ยท Posted at 04:57:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's interesting to think how much their names are now worth. The players on that team will be talked everyday by somebody for the next 100 years.
Mmmmmmmgurl ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 05:16:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Zoberist X2 since he won with the Royals last year too on top of this one
jld2k6 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:26:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He also was named world series MVP!
spockspeare ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:54:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There isn't enough money printed to pay Theo Epstein what his new asking price should be. If he comes knocking on your team's door, just hand him half the stock.
Thorsaurus ยท 77 points ยท Posted at 05:30:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wearing my mom's cubs jersey watching the Cubs win. She lived her entire life dreaming of this. I wish she was here, and in a way I know she is. Such a beautiful end to the beautiful game. I'm so proud of the whole Cubs organization.
Ccaccord07 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:46:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats to you and your mom, live the moment :)
[deleted] ยท 89 points ยท Posted at 05:01:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As an Indians fan I gotta congratulate the Cubbies. It was a hell of a series and game 7. Of course I'm disappointed with the outcome but fuck, if the Indians were to lose to anyone it should've been the Cubs. Y'all waited a long time for this, more than I have for sure. See you next season, hopefully in the WS.
afforkable ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:03:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks man! The Indians played a fucking incredible series and both teams really fought for it tonight. Hope you guys get your victory soon too
runanddrinkbeer ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:19:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's what I've been thinking this whole time...Like, hell, it would suck to lose in the World Series, but you can't feel TOO too bad losing to the Cubs. Definitely not the worst situation.
adjuventor ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:42:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A rematch would be awesome.
LambChops1909 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:05:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
From Chicago... much love. What a fuckin series.
Smarkysmarkwahlberg ยท 91 points ยท Posted at 05:12:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In between the Chicago Cubs last World Series victory, and tonight there have been two World Wars, 18 different presidents have assumed office, man walked on the moon, the Titanic sunk, the NHL, NFL, and NBA, were all founded, television was invented, women were given the right to vote, penicillin discovered, rock n roll began, the Civil rights act was passed, and African-Americans were allowed to play in MLB.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:55:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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Smarkysmarkwahlberg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:07:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That Caray one made me sad.
idevxy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:59:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget the part where Arizona became a state, then they got a baseball team, and then that team won the World Series.
spockspeare ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:53:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And Chicago failed to field a competent baseball team 107 times. So there's a causal relationship to all of this.
[deleted] ยท 84 points ยท Posted at 04:53:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
next cubs win 2124 confirmed
logicallyinsane ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 04:55:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
against Miami?
DarkHand ยท 57 points ยท Posted at 05:16:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There won't be a Miami in 2124!
TheAlmightyRedditor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:15:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How about New Miami?
HitlerHistorian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:35:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Too soon...
presswanders ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:19:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Miami will be under water in 2124 - so The Miami Merman
chaosof99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:34:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The current team is already named after a fish.
DrEvil007 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:24:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nope, it'll probably be against Mars when they will travel between planets in a best of 15.
Nipple_Copter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:34:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I heard the ball carries farther on Mars. It'll be a high scoring series.
Fnhatic ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:48:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
TIL: The last time the Cubs won a world series, the EU still existed.
NemWan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:10:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not only that, the USA still existed!
Supah_Andy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:50:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No see the Cubs won back to back in 1907 and 1908, so they'll win again next year, make an appearance in the 2054 World Series and finally win again in 2125.
IsLifeSimpleYet ยท 66 points ยท Posted at 05:16:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was an amazing game. I hope this series brings Baseball back to the fore front of American Sports. Its had low ratings for awhile now, but the Series was watched more than any in a while, and with NFL ratings dropping, maybe Baseball could be on the verge of a comeback. It's almost like people don't want to watch a football game full of Flags and Commercials.
doitforvalhalla ยท 89 points ยท Posted at 05:07:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My grandfather was at their last world series appearance with his father. I was watching the game and quietly chanting "win it for grandpa before he dies"
professorpokeman ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 05:20:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For all you know, they could have been winning it for you before you die.
doitforvalhalla ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 05:24:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Grandpa and I can both say that they won a world series during our lifetimes.
memw85 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:52:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats on that. I honestly doubt there's more than a handful of people who can say that besides yourself. Not very many 108+ year old Cub fans around ya know. Did your grandfather watch the game? And have u spoken with him since they won last night?
doitforvalhalla ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:44:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's pretty exciting. I know he took a nap to try and watch it but I don't think he made it to the end. Midnight is a little late for someone used to going to bed at 7:30, even with a nap. I haven't talked to him since the end of the game but I'm 99% certain there's an email in my inbox talking about all the cool things that happened.
Skid_Luxury ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:53:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
+1 underrated
cyborgdonkey3000 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:22:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
did he died??
doitforvalhalla ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:25:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No no, he's doing alright. He took a nap today so he could stay up to watch the game.
[deleted] ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 05:39:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Samazonison ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:44:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I called my dad after the game to make sure he was alright.
doitforvalhalla ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:44:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Simply biding their time, stretching things out with the hope of seeing the famous curse lifted.
fib16 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:13:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait you're telling me you have a grandfather over the age of 108?
anotherblue ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:17:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Last Cubs apprearance in world series was in 1945...
fib16 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:18:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah gotcha.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:35:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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doitforvalhalla ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:43:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm so sorry to hear that. Hopefully the game was able to bring good memories of him to you.
Samazonison ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:44:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was doing the same thing, but for my dad.
doitforvalhalla ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:45:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nerve wracking isn't it. I wouldn't even let myself imagine them losing despite it being a real possibility just because I was worried my grandpa wouldn't make it to the next chance they got. I'm glad your dad got to see it.
kickd16 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My grandpa didn't make it. Died last year. I hope he was watching tonight.
LambChops1909 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:11:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guarantee he was knocking back a few cold ones with Ron Santo and Harry Caray tonight. He may have been the one that hooked us up with that rain delay.
LambChops1909 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:09:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Called my grandpa during the game. He couldn't believe he would be alive to see it! Go Cubs!
doitforvalhalla ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:47:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hearing all the people with family members who just missed it makes me extremely greatful that my grandpa is here to experience it.
zexoventer69 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:19:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My grandpa, a lifelong fan, passed away last night. It's too bad he missed this game, but at least he got to watch Addison Russell hit that grand slam.
doitforvalhalla ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:45:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm so sorry. I think the cubs won it for all the grandpas, even the ones who didn't get to watch.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:25:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For a moment, my reaction was "how young is your grandfather?" I completely forgot about their World Series appearance something like 70 years ago.
doitforvalhalla ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:40:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yea it was back in the 40s haha
modernDayKing ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 05:12:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The rain delay was the real MVP
spockspeare ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:00:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Cubs came back out looking liked they'd all just got baked in the clubhouse. That rain was serendipity.
SmashBusters ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:10:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
God has chosen!
Nipple_Copter ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:39:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/u/hehestreams was the real MVP
OrpheusV ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:01:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's the gods washing away their curse so they can finally win it for once.
dabisnit ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 10:42:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I regret turning it off at that point and going to bed
TheFrozenSlime ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 05:22:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey Chicago, what do you say,
the Cubs have won it all today
herbhancock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:36:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My girl is a diehard cubs fan, so I was cheering for them. But goddamn is that song the worst 90's elevator rock song. It's so bad. And it doesn't even make sense to sing it after they win.
FunkSiren ยท 56 points ยท Posted at 04:56:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hope Bartman is happy they won.
leroywhat ยท 85 points ยท Posted at 05:11:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bartman should throw out the first pitch opening day next year... After slaughtering a fucking goat on the mound.
IVIushroom ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:21:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He doesn't want anything to do with anything like that, he's stated.
Sad, honestly
spockspeare ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:52:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He may have changed his mind an hour ago.
omnilynx ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:14:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, he's an Indians fan now.
gringo_buenoparanada ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:35:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I am not familiar with this breed of goat
Dob-is-Hella-Rad ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:44:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's all breeds of goat that haven't gone extinct
spockspeare ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:52:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He and the goat should both throw first pitches.
boringdude00 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:41:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why would you want him to kill Kris Bryant like that?
Siggy778 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:23:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He should be given lifelong tickets
mrsuns10 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:13:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I dont think anyone will hate him anymore
Siggy778 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:23:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Never should have been hated in the first place, but you're right.
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 05:26:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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spockspeare ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:52:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except you. Goes without saying.
nrbartman ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:47:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can buy a beer in Chicago without the bartender giving me a dirty look!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:14:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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BugcatcherJay ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:20:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Prolly because his city turned on him in an instant and drove him into hiding for 13 years.
Nismo_Z ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:54:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He's not really hiding since he still lives in Chicago.
evil95 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:55:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is the perfect opportunity for him to turn his image around. I hope he takes advantage of it.
TexasCoconut ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:49:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He wasn't the problem. It's not his image that needs to be fixed.
evil95 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:45:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well I think his life could be more 'liveable'. But hey, it doesn't bother me either way!
JitGoinHam ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 04:52:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, it's something, huh? Who would've thought? 100 to 1 shot!
I wish I could go back to the beginning of the season and put some money on the Cubs.
lic4ru5 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:28:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What did you say?
JitGoinHam ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:31:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I said I wish I could back to the beginning of the season--put some money on the Cubbies!
PM_YOUR_SOURCECODE ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:03:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't invent the time machine for gambling.
montecarlo1 ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 05:07:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Many bothans died to bring the Cubs a WS.
PM_YOUR_SOURCECODE ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:02:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Will there be a standalone film made about the buildup to the World Series?
balvoll ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:50:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i'd watch it
darthjoey91 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:07:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
At some point, probably sooner than you'd expect, we're getting this as an underdog story.
DeeNajjEeOh ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 05:15:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"I'M IN A GLASS CASE OF EMOTION!" - Anthony Rizzo and everyone watching that game
Rambles_Off_Topics ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:41:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was an amazing moment. Ross "Get used to it... just wait till we're 3 up in the 9th..."
Kopyyy ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:51:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
David Ross had the greatest retirement game in baseball history. So cool to see a vet go out like that
KingTulu ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:32:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had no dog in this fight and still manage to somehow shit myself.
flamingboard ยท 57 points ยท Posted at 04:49:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It fucking happened! It actually happened! Wooooooooooooooo!
Libertyreign ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:55:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
With a mighty exciting series and especially final game! 10th inning, a close comeback, and a rain delay!
flamingboard ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:59:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I told my friend that if they were going to win it was going to be Cubs style. Hopeful dread.
It was amazing!
Whaddaulookinat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:06:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To be the team ya gotta beat the team wooo.
Seriously though I'm a Mets fan, I was glad we went last year but honestly the Cubs wouldn't have been the worst team to get beat by that late in the season. It's amazing, we're seeing a new golden era of Baseball recently.
CuCl2 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:39:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just got into baseball a couple of weeks ago as something to do with my father in law. I've watched all but the first game in the World Series, and I have to say, the cubs have made a fan for life out of me. I've never enjoyed a sporting event this much in my life. I look forward to many years of watching baseball now.
Zsuth ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 06:00:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a grown man. I have a pretty good poker face. I've been crying (sobbing?) tears of joy since the game ended, and I don't care who knows it. I haven't cried in so long that I forgot what it felt like.
That was the greatest game I've ever seen, in any sport. A cubs loss wouldn't even have changed that, I would just have to acknowledge it more begrudgingly.
Hats off Cleveland, that was a HELL of a series.
captain_jim2 ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 04:49:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Over... Miami?
Metashock ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:40:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hold on, in the movie Major league the Indians were supposed to move to Miami. And back to the future 2 takes place in the Major League timeline where Cleveland did move to miami, which would therefore make the prediction correct.
iWriteYourMusic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Five game sweep!
EndsWithJusSayin ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 04:51:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cleveland Indians (Ohio Team)
orangeinsight ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 04:58:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He's referencing Back to the Future
Cliff_kent ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 05:21:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Indians fan here, was downtown at the watch party, win or lose, it was a wild game and it was truly a roller coaster of emotions. I'm not mad, but the Cubs deserved it and the better team won. Congrats Cubs!! We will see you guys back next year.
Rosebunse ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:43:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs fan here; it was a grand game. Possibly the greatest game of baseball ever played. We should all feel proud tonight.
Cliff_kent ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:48:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can agree to that, it was the definition of a thriller. Both teams played with extreme heart.
pangysmerf ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:27:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm CUBS fan and you're a class act! Thanks dude!
Cliff_kent ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:35:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Two great coaches!! Gonna be great once our teams healthy and your team keeps the swagger!
brokenbarrow ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:16:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chicago is about to consume half the world's supply of alcohol
designer_farts ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:17:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I used to be able to say
"The last time the Cubs won the world series, i wasnt even born"
Now I cant say that
JazzWords ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:09:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i mean... you COULD.
fandangorising ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 12:34:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Somewhere Harry Carey is yelling CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN! Miss you, old man. Wish you lived to see this.
HoldMaahDick ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 05:07:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That game was one for the books. Top 5 MLB WS ever.
PM_YOUR_SOURCECODE ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:05:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I first read this as "Top 5 MLB Worst ever"
id_kai ยท 56 points ยท Posted at 04:55:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So, I'm guessing this is a huge deal. Are there going to be massive celebrations in Chicago that lead to things getting destroyed?
shiftshapercat ยท 75 points ยท Posted at 05:00:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see a plethora of illegal fireworks people screaming in the streets and cop cars and ambulances doing their thing.... this is going to be a crazy crazy night.
Reeekris ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 05:11:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So basically, a Wednesday?
AH_BareGarrett ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:21:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is going to be so much bigger than a Wednesday.
Nufity ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 05:31:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah its gonna be a fucking Thursday.
spockspeare ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wednesday is always climbing up on Thursday's ass.
DreadandButter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:52:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except it's celebratory
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:07:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How often is the world series
MrMulligan ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:10:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
once a year. The cubs have not won it in 108 years.
Doom_Slayer ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:13:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Never thought I'd see the goat curse broke.
GlowingBall ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:10:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Every year.
thephoenixx ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:10:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs haven't won in 108 years.
thehalfwit ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:45:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe they can steer the rioters away from Wrigleyville down toward the river to do some signage editing on a certain tower.
BrianCash95 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:39:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just got to work, name is still the same
Nismo_Z ยท -14 points ยท Posted at 05:58:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is why people are voting for Trump. Tolerant liberals always advocating violence and destructing property when they don't agree with someone.
thehalfwit ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:01:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This isn't about Trump. It's about the god-awful ugly signage. Go Cubs Go!
steveotheguide ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:16:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
God i hope so.
They deserve it after this long a wait.
emptied_cache_oops ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:17:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Most def.
thesilvertongue ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:24:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its been nonstop fireworks, noise, and screaming. You have no idea
Jopocalypse_N0W ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
most likely yes
The-poeteer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Win or lose, massive gatherings leading to destruction was inevitable
LambChops1909 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:14:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes. Lots of beer. Lots of happiness. Lots of looting. Wrigleyville and the entire Northside may not exist by sunrise.
_il_mostro_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:18:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah not destroyed. There was approx 1 million cops, but it's basically been a big block party. The true crime is the surge pricing on uber that has continued today lol
aggie1391 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just remember, if its white people they're "enthusiastic fans". If its black people, its "riots".
[deleted] ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 04:53:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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BonnaroovianCode ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:03:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Checks out. If you had said 6 years I would have had words with you. #Game62011
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:27:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You cannot too a game 7 in the World Series with extra innings, a rain delay, 2 comebacks, a home run off an unhittable pitcher, a wild pitch for 2 runs, a 2 run top of the 10th, etc etc etc.
You will have a hard time convincing me that with what was on the line that this was not the best game of baseball ever played.
Nipple_Copter ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:46:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One of the worst games ever managed. Maddon kept pulling his pitchers when they were absolutely owning the Indians. Game should have been a 6-1 final, Hendricks pitches the first 6, Lester does the final 3.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:33:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That just adds to it. It was terribly managed by Maddon
BonnaroovianCode ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bottom of the inning, 2 outs, 2 strikes, need a run to score to stay alive...happened twice in extra innings. Agree to disagree.
shurafna ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No thread is safe :(
oldmankyle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
High five!
bumblebritches57 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:37:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2011 was 5 years ago bruh...
Nipple_Copter ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:47:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If it wasn't in the last 108 years, nobody cares.
RapsFan420 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 12:35:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was the best baseball game I've ever watched. What a way to end the drought.
Wile-E-Coyote ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:31:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not really a fan of any sport, I just went out to the bar with coworkers but I still was on the edge of my seat. You could feel the energy of everyone there (all cubs fans) when the entire bar went silent from the top of the 8th on, then get to ear ringingly high levels at the bottom of the 10th.
XillaKato ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:08:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I cried a bit. Just a bit. Then called my mom even though it's past her bed time. I think I'm more emotional over the fact that my grandma passed away two years ago and was an avid baseball fan and watched every game with my mom. This would have made her entire year.
MenShouldntHaveCats ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:04:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Love reading stuff like this. I know it's just a game but sports just bring people together like nothing else.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:39:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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XillaKato ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:46:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I've been crying over the most random shit lately. Almost that time of the month and I'm sick. But for once its a weird mix of tears of joy too. Like my night got better along side this win and not just because of the win. A baseball game gave me hope for myself too...how strange haha.
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:28:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That will go down as one of the great World Series of all time.
Rosebunse ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:29:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dear God...I mean, they could have fucking lost! They came back from looking like they were going to lose! To win this game! This sort of thing only happens in the movies!
Nipple_Copter ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 06:42:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Uh, I'm guessing you're a Cubs fan. You realize there was another team on the field who also have fans, right?
intothemidwest ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:05:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cobra Kai also had fans.
Rosebunse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:11:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, and they played a damn fine game.
spockspeare ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:59:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Top 5 without even analyzing. Would have to do some studying to figure if it's #1 or just top 3.
[deleted] ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 05:50:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Nonosedrunkcaretaker ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 05:57:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well....
That took a strange turn...
Maharajison ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:55:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I choked on my beer, you fuck. Thanks for that, have an upvote.
Jimmy_ya_dumb_bum ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:14:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/jesuschristreddit
Smorlock ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:32:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was a really funny ending, lighten up.
Jimmy_ya_dumb_bum ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:38:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought that was a punchline. It was funny
cb2378 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 05:11:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The city is literally disintegrating right now. Every care everywhere is blowing its horn at top volumes and a guy literally came leaping down the street at me as I was walking home from the Walgreens and high fived me while screaming "FUCKING CUBS!!!" Chicago is feelin' good.
benhemp ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 04:51:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a crazy game! Congrats to the Cubs!
gmsc ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 04:55:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Free tomorrow in Venezuela: "Cleveland Indians 2016 World Series Champions" t-shirts!
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:58:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They won the Africa Cup super hard.
spockspeare ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:56:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Venezuela is a big baseball country. Miguel Montero is Venezuelan. They know exactly who won this series.
Chile, however...
letsgobluuuuuuuuuues ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:57:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Miami Gators lose World Series a year late.
-917- ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:07:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Watched one baseball game this year. Picked the right one.
Roembowski ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:10:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Did you see the Half-Life 3 commercial???
Mastima ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:32:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To soon.
DOGE_in_the_dungeon ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:11:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never wanted the Cubs to win more when they showed Lebron celebrating
SlaughterHouze ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:12:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't watch baseball but I had to watch this game... that was nuts... Cubs first World Series in 108 years... congrats cubs fans
Early_Grace ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:18:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Breaking news: After 13 years, Steve Bartman finally emerges from his doom cave.
kreusch1 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:32:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Theo will forever be the Cursebreaker
OriginalCharlieBrown ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:38:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Theo for president
thedrew ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:54:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Most exciting game ever broadcast and Joe Buck calls the whole game like he's half paying attention while checking e-mails.
6squareddabsmaf ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:15:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can't go to sleep in the loop right now. Too drunk and soooo much screaming and honking. GO CUBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Slazman999 ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 05:02:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the future was only off by one year.
pulispangkalawakan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:10:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Seems like they always are.
PM_ME_UR_REDDIT_GOLD ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:24:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's amazing to think, BttF was made 31 years ago and the Cubs' championship drought was already long enough to make jokes about (and had been for while).
Nipple_Copter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:33:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
OMG, what are the odds!
thedetox ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:14:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My great grandmother cried the day Harry Carey because they were almost the same age (she was born in 1901, he in 1914) and she had been listening or watching him on TV forever. Tonight she is cheering from the great beyond "Cubs win! Cubs win! Cubs win!"
7echArtist ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:16:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I usually don't watch Baseball. Never reallly was into sports in the traditional sense but this game I felt obligated to watch. Not even so much because I live in Chicago land but because I felt like this team deserved to win given their troubled past. I wanted to be apart of history.
This last game was one of the most intense, edge of your seat, events I've ever witnessed. That rain delay was brutal and watching a potential repeat of the 8th inning was nail biting but it finally all come to fruition when they won with a 2nd beautiful out in the 10th inning.
Congratulations Cubs. You guys deserve this historic win and the curse is finally broken and done with.
DoktorSoviet ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:30:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I posted about this when they won the spot from LA, but I feel like I should say it again.
My grandfather turned 80 this year. The last time the Cubs were in the World Series, he was only 9 years old.
Today, for the first time in his life, he witnessed them win. A fan for 70 years (according to him), and they finally won.
I am so glad he got to see this, especially at his age. I don't know if he would've made it to see another World Series with the Cubbies.
And to all the Cleveland fans out there; sorry, but we needed this. However, next season, Chicago will support you all the way (unless you guys happen to face us again) because now you have the longest drought in baseball.
But for the rest of the Cubs fans, let's enjoy the victory and try not to burn Chicago to the ground with the partying.
Lukerpooker ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:34:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same dude ๐ข
Lobotamite ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 04:59:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Welp, Cleveland can no longer make 3-1 lead jokes against the Warriors. FeelsBadMan
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:11:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
nah i still will
mr_chub ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:45:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
People in Cleveland like...
ChupacabrajDS ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:54:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Laughed my ass off, I'll still talk shit to warriors fans though. Congrats Chicago - Cleveland Fan
zerocoolforschool ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:56:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The NBA is staged theater, so.......
TheAftermath1413 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:15:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm happy for the Cubs but you can't compare the two 3-1 leads. The Cubs were nowhere near as hyped up as the Warriors. Also, the fact the Warriors and Cavs played the year before made the 2016 Finals that much more intense.
This was a great baseball game though and as a Cleveland fan I am proud of how the Indians played. Congrats to the Cubs.
uoco ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:14:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
they can if their not baseball fans
integralfallacy ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:04:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
welp, see you guys in 100 years!
JustJarvis ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:09:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now I want to see every single one of Back To The Future 2's references to 2015 photoshoped to 2016 just to make the Cubs win more exciting
Mastima ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:11:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are 108 stitches on a Baseball.
Cubs took 108 years to win another world series.
TerrorTanuki ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
108 is also big in Buddhism and Hinduism apparently. Good number to finish up on.
nukedukem92 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:15:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This has got to be the best baseball game I've ever seen.
ChainChompsky ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:22:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Reporting from the north side: car horns. So many car horns.
Rosebunse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:39:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You, um, you have fun with that.
WurtzelTrumpetMaster ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:23:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
History will be made on the grandest stage.
Over a hundred years their fans desired
To break a curse and turn the page
In baseball's book where it is stored.
Their team built on hallowed ground,
Decades in which the game has been played,
As they were known the world around
The Lovable Losers was the name that stayed.
"Go Cubs Go!" their fans did cry,
For this magical year was finally the time
Their W flag would surely fly
In a run that would truly be sublime.
The opponent took a startling lead
That left their fanbase reeling;
Every game was the one they'd need
To keep that excited feeling.
Game 5 and 6 then 7 that followed,
The Cubbies dreams remained alive;
The Indians 3-1 lead had been swallowed
And their rally cry did survive.
As the pen was put down on the final page,
The tormenting curse the team did stop.
History was made on the grandest stage;
The Cubs were finally on top.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:39:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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EpicDude24 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:38:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lifelong Cubs & Mariners fan here. Right when the game ended, I thought: "Seattle needs Theo now!"
cold_ass_honkee ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:02:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm writing him in on Tuesday
[deleted] ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 04:51:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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GhostOfAChance ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:10:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait didn't the city win in 2005?
Marrouge ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pistons won in 04, Red Wings won in 08
They lost in 06 to the Cardinals tho
mrpoops ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:26:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He's talking about the 2005 White Sox
cumfarts ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:06:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Never heard of em
spyd3rweb ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:02:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Detroit wins Stanley Cups, that's better than a world series.
dorothy_zbornak_esq ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:07:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So does (did) Chicago
Jay_of_Blue ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 05:08:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chicago also wins them too.
eucadiantendy39 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:10:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Detroit's last cup was in 2008.
giant_fish ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:31:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
At least you have one... - Sabres fan
eucadiantendy39 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We have 2. - Kings fan.
Sp3ctre7 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:34:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chicago has 3 of those since detroit last got one.
indianindisguise ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:15:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We want that Lombardi Trophy man :(
Ethiconjnj ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chicago has a few of those as well ;)
B0BX ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:28:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lions win the Super Bowl
ethanlan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:22:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We won it in 05 bro
notevaluatedbyFDA ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:58:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Before today, Chicago already had as many MLB championships in the last 11 years as Cleveland has championships in any sport in the last 50 years. Chicago has had the 90s Bulls, the Blackhawks, the Bears...as a Cleveland fan who's only really a baseball fan, I'm glad for any Cubs fans who are only really baseball fans that they got to see their team win. Cubs fans deserve to get to see that. But it's not like Chicago fans on the whole have exactly been suffering.
jacoobz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I heard Boston wants to win a few more.
In all seriousness, I think D.C. Needs to win one.
DeadAnimalParts ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 04:55:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Look, I saw The Revenant and never had any doubt that bears, even cubs, could beat a bunch of Indians. It's just science!
Venlafaxine_And_Cats ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Leo won an Oscar, the Cubs win the World Series... Next Tuesday is going to make this year even more interesting!
sevillista ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I dont think you saw the movie...
Reality_Facade ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 11:43:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For fucks sake, so many people getting bent out of shape over the fucking name of the event. It's called World Series because the vest baseball players in the world are on American baseball teams. Not because we think the US is the entire world. Get over yourselves you semantic twats.
[deleted] ยท -13 points ยท Posted at 11:54:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty sure there equal if not better players on Japanese teams. Baseball is huge where it's big over there.
desmondhasabarrow ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 13:48:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The NPB is like the minor leagues compared to the MLB. The best players in Japan will wind up in the MLB: Ichiro, Yu Darvish, Hideo Nomo, etc.
Jock_fortune_sandals ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:36:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We get a lot of good players from over there, but the quality of the league doesn't match up. A middle-of-the-pack MLB team would roll just about any team from Japan
krannabis ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 04:56:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I haven't enjoyed baseball like this since the Braves in the 90's. member?
fflando ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:15:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
oooooooh 'member Jeff Blauser?
muffdiver75 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:29:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
oh yeah i member. member david justice?
fireh0use ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:33:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Member Mark Lemke? I member
muffdiver75 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:40:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ohh member marquis grissom?
fflando ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:40:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
oooooh i 'member Dave Justice....member Steve Avery?
leroywhat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:12:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I transitioned to pitcher from outfield I bought a Tom Glavine branded glove.
ash2102 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:58:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can I get a Link to the live stream of the Chicago Riots happening?
Agento420 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:05:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This one will probably show something at some point tonight
Acute_Procrastinosis ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:08:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://www.earthcam.com/usa/illinois/chicago/wrigleyfield/?cam=wrigleyfield_hd
boredatworkorhome ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There won't be riots.
baconmosh ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:22:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
things that died in Ohio:
coincidence?
xonthemark ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:37:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
3.Kasich's penis after going up against Trump.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:27:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm so happy for you Cubs fans. 108 years. This has to be so satisfying. I rarely watch any sport but hockey and I found myself wanting the Cubs to win so badly.
Rosebunse ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:34:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It feels unreal, for sure. My Grandpa was a huge Cubs fan, he died last May. It really hurts not to have him hear, but it feels so good to know that he's somewhere watching this
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:54:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
:) Just think, whole generations of fans have lived and died since the last time they won. Makes me feel guilty about being pissy the Wings have lost their last 3 games, honestly.
bonked_or_maybe_not ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://m.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/5at9kg/comment/d9jkn70
kaodneb ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:32:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Indians fan here. Hard pill to swallow but congratulations Chicago.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:51:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Fiendiana_Jones ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No shit im pretty sure I had a stroke like 5 times tonight
C_Me ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:01:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I moved to Chicago 8 years ago, never really a fan of any team and not really following. But my 6-year-old has gotten into it (and he was born in Chicago), so between the history and his enthusiasm, I've grown excited and happy for this.
forbid89 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:17:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because 6 year olds really know what is going on in the world. 1st graders usually come right home to watch the games and/or CNN depending on the time of the year.
downvote4pedro ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:05:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The shot of a smiling Bryant (I think) as he hurls that ball to first was my favourite moment of that entire game. What a series.
Congrats to you Cubs fans. What a roller coaster.
Hobbes402 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:10:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't believe this isn't an Onion article.
doan916 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:12:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was a legendary game!
redditeyedoc ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:15:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lebron tempted karma and karma has responded.
_illogical_ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:15:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow. Cleveland has been on both sides of a 3-1, come from behind championship rally this year.
jeihkeih ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:16:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yearbook guy should create a GoFund Me. Cubs fans would give millions.
jam198 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:18:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
From Chicago, go to school across the nation and had nobody to celebrate with. Came here to celebrate with all y'all. FlyTheW.
sarcastroll ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chicagoan here- we're celebrating with you in spirit!
jam198 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Much appreciated! :)
cwmitzel ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:35:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Indians blew a 3-1 series lead.
-AestheticsOfHate- ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:36:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I talk shit on baseball 24/7, but man, that game was spectacular. Actually makes me want to watch more baseball
tstein2398 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:37:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Stupid Sexy Kris Bryant getting the last out. I hate you and your beautiful eyes.
ZBQ10 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:44:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've never had so many emotions and so much panic for a sport I typically don't give two shits about ever.
nuknoe ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 12:20:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So the boy from the yearbook is a confirmed time traveler?
BarbellsandBurritos ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 05:07:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Did you know the Cleveland Indians blew a 3-1 lead to lose the World Series?
MaineSoxGuy93 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:08:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And now, the memes begin.
MrDrProfesorPatrick ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:34:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It sucks for those of us who didn't participate in the memeing.
read_it_r ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:09:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This has been the greatest world series in baseball history.
CiD7707 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:58:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now we can stop hearing about the damn curse.
KingTulu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You would think that...
fuck251 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:17:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
First baseball game I ever watched. What a game damn!
joy4874 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:18:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
It's all downhill from here
Edit: So i'm wrong? Because OP saw an extra inning, game 7 World Series championship win for a team that hasn't won in 108 years? Lol right. That's not a slight on baseball as much as it is a tribute to what happened last night. Nothing will ever come close to that.
kickd16 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:11:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously. You may never see another game this good.
joy4874 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:27:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
But I get downvoted though somehow. By a baseball "fan" who didn't understand the magnitude of the game last night lol.
Edit:Speeling
kickd16 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:07:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't downvote you... Not sure why others are
joy4874 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:13:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No worries, I wasn't directing that at you.
NickIAm2 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:58:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The greatest game in history
Not__sam ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only game 6 2011 might beat it.
spawnsage ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:01:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not a baseball fan in the slightest, but I gotta say, that was amazing
AnomalyDefected ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:04:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish I could go back to the beginning of the season, put some money on the cubbies!
https://youtu.be/ADXs2C4Vmho
BigbyWolf343 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:07:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I normally don't watch baseball (love playing, hate watching), but I'm really glad I tuned into this. Really compelling and suspenseful and I get to say I watched history being made. After 104 years, it seems like the Cubs deserved it and I hope the Indians get theirs soon too.
That being said - the superstitious part of me is convinced that this, right before Election Day, is somehow an omen that we're all about to go through massive change that will kill at least half of us.
So - ya know, conflicting emotions here.
Regis_Ivan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:13:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never got the appeal of baseball until this game. Most sports always have action constantly on: soccer, basketball, hockey, football (to an extent), etc. Baseball, among other non-contact sports, felt like 80% of the time the players are just standing idle. However, for this game, there was so much tension and pressure, that I felt it even though I'm not a baseball fan. This game have me a while new appreciation for baseball.
doubletwist ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:35:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, most games are not this intense or exciting. This was one of the best games in MLB history (certainly one of the best I've ever seen and I'm not even a Cubs fan) and the really long championship droughts of both teams, plus the Cubs comeback from a 3-1 series deficit to force a game seven really added to the drama.
gusmoreno15 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:14:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats to all the real Fans
rounder55 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:15:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This game was just about the worst thing for the hearts of any senior citizen Chicago Cub superfans until the end when winning the World Series became the best thing for their hearts.
hoochiscrazy123 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:15:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guess we're getting hoverboards this year instead
scigs6 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:16:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I waited and waited for Bill Murray's reaction and finally got it.
xana1994 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:17:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The End is Extremely Fucking Nigh
Cobaltplasma ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:19:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never really got into baseball but something about the Cubs popping up in Back to the Future 2 struck a chord with me for some reason. And ever since I always hoped that they'd win, you know, someday, just because. And the days went on and on and on and now I'm a grown man with my own children and I'm trying not to cry too hard because for some reason this resonates with me so much...
But man, what an amazing time, an amazing moment in sports history.
Now to make sure Biff doesn't become President...
RisingBlackStar ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:21:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All I will say right now is that Michael Lee deserves his own Chicago Cubs uniform and a signed baseball bat at this time.
SoloMurph ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:21:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One of the best games of baseball I've ever seen.
Rosebunse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It will truly go down as the greatest game ever played. Like, seriously, that goes for all sports.
mag42 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:27:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That game was EXHAUSTING to watch.
...And I'm not even a fan of either team
Rosebunse ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:32:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs fan here, but I'm not a religious follower of the sport. That being said, this was seriously the most stressful game of baseball I have ever seen.
jennthemermaid ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:29:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bill Murray is overcome with emotion!
Ginger-Pubes ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:32:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Unbelievable game. The drama was intense.
The Indians have choked a 3-1 lead after the Cleveland Cavaliers come back from a 3-1 deficit to win the NBA championship in the same year.
And the Cubs haven't won in a century! Since before sliced bread!
TomCruiseDildo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:32:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The whole city has lost it's mind. People yelling and cars honking for the last half hour downtown, miles away from the game. Saint Louis won a few years back while I lived there, and people were in the streets, but to a much lesser extent. Chicago is pumped.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:32:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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OriginalCharlieBrown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:39:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Me too!
lynsea ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:33:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
VIP of the night: Chicago Dispatcher
Starsy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:33:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't give a flying fuck about baseball, but fuck it. I stayed up to watch this. This isn't baseball, this is history.
spryreeky ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:38:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2016: Cubs win the World Series, Leicester City win the Premier league... what else
iwouldrun500miles ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:43:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Biased Twins fan here, but that game might have been better than game 7 in '91. I still think '91 was a better series, but damn...this game had it all. Clutch hits, good pitching, errors, a rain delay, drama, extra innings...sheesh. I was nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs, y'all Cubs,/Indians fans must have damn near died!
TrebeckStache ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:46:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
so let me get this straight. This year Cleveland won a championship, Leicester City won the Premier League and the Cubs won the Series.
Northerly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:58:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Does this mean Minnesota will finally get a Stanley Cup?
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:04:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
(Harry Caray voice) CUBS WIN, CUBS WIN!
Grand0ptimista ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:14:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They ought to make a movie about this game. It was so surreal visiting with a friend in the hospital in downtown Chicago and you could FEEL the energy on the whole floor in the cancer unit. When they finally won there were nurses running through the halls and patients riding their IV poles and screaming. Truly magical, I'll never forget that moment.
youPCbruh ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:17:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So very excited for the win. I do feel kind of bad for Montero though. Since the Indians scored one in the 10th Montero's RBI was technically the winning run right? But all the reporters kept saying Zobrist had the winning hit and no one interviewed Montero.
ReallyFool ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:39:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I noticed that too. Also, Rizzo deserved MVP.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:32:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had a gut feeling. I didn't doubt them for a second, even when they were down 3-1. I'm not a Cubs fan (nor am I a Cleveland fan), but seeing them win put a smile on my face.
vze3f372 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:51:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is Steve Bartman finally off the hook?
TitanicJedi ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:33:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mcfly was off by 1 year.
MCFFLLLLYYYYYY
seocurious13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:51:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a slacker!
KnifeUrSelf ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:55:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know I'm late to this.... but as a Chicago native, lifetime Sox fan, bartender in west town (just outside of the loop)..... holy fucking shit that was fucking amazing. Even if no one reads this I'm so happy for my friends and family that are lifetime diehard Cubbie fans. Thats how it's done. Now i go to bed.
thinkscotty ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:00:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If anyone's interested in what Wrigleyville in Chicago was like last night here's a video we took down there!
SometimesLifeIsGood ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:20:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Chicago Hospitals will be very busy delivering all the new born Babies in 9 month.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:02:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm most happy for Steve Bartman. He can finally sleep in peace.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:22:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish I could go back to the beginning of the season, put some money on the Cubbies!
Retter42 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:53:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They were the heavy favorites to win this year. Not worth betting on
Skandranen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:31:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
By the time the playoffs rolled around, a $175 bet earned $100.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:57:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, I was making a dumb reference to Back to the Future II
Suckydog ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:50:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously.....now what? They're just a regular team now.
Duke_McAwesome ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:22:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Major disappointment that they were a year late.
zeroone ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:45:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the Future II called it.
djtj1297 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:54:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only a year off.
BarnDoor_ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:11:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm so happy for Bill Murray.
BRAINSPAM ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:51:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He's the best mascot the cubs could have asked for
Rapunzel1029 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:23:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a Lifelong Chicagoan, this is the best. My grandmother, who turns 103 this year, can say she saw the Cubs win the World Series. Fly the W!!!
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:04:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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iNEEDcrazypills ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:23:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But the election is in 6 days #loopholes
Muffinabus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:24:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Shit, Trump is going to be elected 2 days after election day? What the fuck is going to go down Tuesday - Thursday?
InMyBrokenChair ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:27:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thank god it's only six days
bumblebritches57 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:33:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Let's Make America Great Again!
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:54:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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4inthefunkingmorning ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:23:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How so?
fflando ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was thinking the same thing during the entire game.
supamon ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:58:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So the Cleveland Indians have a rain curse now, right?
Tbkiah ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:15:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Guess they danced too much up 3-1
Macktheknife9 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Curse of the gorilla.
cp710 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:44:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was Cincinnati.
CrispyHexagon ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:59:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish I was back home celebrating in Wrigleyville.
schoogy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Me too, used to live a block from the field.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:01:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Remind_me ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, hope the dude who fell from the light pole is ok
thechertel ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:26:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hope I'm not the only man with tears of joy in my eyes right now.
Rosebunse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're not ;')
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:47:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's no crying in baseball!
Fnhatic ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 08:19:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
People complain that baseball isn't "America's pasttime" anymore, but I have to say, I don't think I've ever seen anyone give remotely as big a shit about the Superbowl or the Stanley Cup or fucking anything else as they did this game. This shit is on the front page of Reddit like nine god damn times. This fucking thread had five-digit upvotes in the first twenty minutes. The /r/baseball game thread is in the top-10 most-commented Reddit threads of all time. The city of Chicago is in fucking flames.
Baseball's back baby.
logicallyinsane ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:56:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wish I could go back to the beginning of the season and put some money on the cubs.
lovely_spaam ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I just meant Clevelan-... What did you just say?
rollos10 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:16:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All the Cleveland fans regret making jokes about Golden State blowing a 3-1 lead
Faded-Maestro ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:26:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lmao I said this when it was 3-1 and ppl saying its over. It literally just happened in basketball, granted a different sport and times it happened in each sport.
Baseball is a beautiful sport with no clock just outs
jarredshere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I regret nothing!
BrovaloneCheese ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:04:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you Cubs for defeating the Indians.
Sincerely,
A Blue Jays fan.
Redarmy1917 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:15:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wouldn't you want us to win? I mean, this means you guys also lost to the Cubs.
StephenshouldbeKing ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:32:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always wished for whatever team that beat my team to win it all (in any sport). If you are going to lose, lose to the best.
Redarmy1917 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:28:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's what I'm getting at here. So not only did your team lose, but your team isn't even like 2nd best now, it's closer to 3rd or 4th best.
BrovaloneCheese ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Nope, I would much rather the Cubs defeat whomever defeated the Jays.
thefatrabitt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:44:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yup I'm a tigers fan and I'll never cheer for a division rival.
MattHoppe1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck off gaylord
-Baltimore fan
ragincajun32 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Both of your shut up.
cheese_puff_diva ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:52:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Glad I watched the last 5 seconds of the game
GBtuba ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:55:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jobu didn't get his rum.
juel1979 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They didn't have Charlie Sheen throw out a first pitch. That's their burden now.
PedoPaul ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:00:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Billy goats everywhere celebrate the fact they no longer have to be mercilessly sacrificed to the baseball gods.
DarkHand ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:19:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Curse vs curse. It took a strong curse to defeat the Cubs' stubborn goat! Both curses doing their darndest to lose it for their team. In the end, our curse was just too old and tired. He sure went down fighting though!
Harry Caray is up in heaven having a roast goat dinner right now!
N897 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:25:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It all came down to either the Cubs cubbing or the Cleveland Indians clevelanding.
And the clevelanding out clevelanded the cubbing.
cp710 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:50:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Clevelanding always wins out in the end.
radiglo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:43:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is my cousin's tribute to my dad and grandma, both of whom passed away a few years ago:
Before I left town, I had to take a walk a couple blocks up to Waveland/Sheffield to honor two of the biggest Cubs fans in my life on the bleacher's wall at Wrigley. My Grandma Choi and Uncle GB Han. They are the reasons why I am a Cubs fan. My Grandma stayed at home with me with my Grandpa as a kid. In the summer, we would watch every game together on WGN. Her favorite players throughout the years were Sandberg, Dawson, Maddux, Salazar, Dunston, Sutcliffe, Grace, Sosa, Gaetti, Beck, Lee, Wood, Aramis to name a few. She disliked Alou. My Uncle took me to my first Cubs game and ended up taking me to many day games in the summer. He was a CTA bus driver so his schedule allowed for him to catch a game at Wrigley with his son and nephew. He was the guy that would stand up and scream advise for the players from the top of his lungs. Embarrassing as a kid and legendary as an adult. For me and many others, this ball club on the north side is more than just that. There's a deeper connection that goes past 9 innings. For my Grandma it was being an American and most importantly a Chicagoan. She also tied many life lessons and dynamics of family to the diamond. Saying that she was the pitcher of our family, with my dad behind the plate and me at first. I still don't know what that means but it sounds comforting. While I wish they both could be here on earth to have experienced this past season, I know they've been watching and enjoying. I know my Grandma still doesn't like Alou. I know my Uncle is probably screaming advise at players. I know that win or lose tonight, I'm grateful for the Cubs for allowing me to share this moment with the two biggest Cubs fans I know. #flythew #magicnumber1
Related image: http://imgur.com/a/hAx9z
4Blu ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:12:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some guy predicted this in 2014:
https://twitter.com/RaysFanGio/status/529685338894372864
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OddDirective ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:27:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry to ruin it, but the guy has over 216.3K tweets.
A million monkeys, as they say...
Flick1981 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
... holy shit.
djKaktus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What the fuuuuuck.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:09:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats to the real winners. The African children who will be getting Cleveland Indians t-shirts and hats!
Radi0ActivSquid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:56:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Really happy I stayed up and watched this to the end.
Autokrat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:58:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was a great game seven.
too_random ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:59:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Anyone have a gif of the final play? My direcTV package doesn't have the channel and just about every live stream was broken... by the time I loaded a working stream, the game was already over. Didn't see a single second of it.
hyperfoxeye ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:00:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Say what you want about the curse of the goat, but at least it was a good scapegoat the last few decades
juel1979 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I remember one particularly bad season they lead a goat around the field before a game. To date this, Harry was still alive.
_TheNSA_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:02:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some good news to help soften the blow of next week's election.
seedster5 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:02:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm documenting this to show my great great great grandkids in 100 something years
admon_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yea, im not showing anyone my reddit account
WEARETHEGOODGUYS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:06:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The poop meter was way up tonight
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:15:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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WEARETHEGOODGUYS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:47:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Suicidal Big Cat came out so many times tonight
ScowlEasy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:06:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2016 has been a hell of a year. what a time to be alive
ILoveTabascoSauce ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:07:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was by far one of the best games I've ever seen in any sport. And I usually think baseball is boring.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:07:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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Tormunch_Giantlabe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:09:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No. I have a television.
McFeely_Smackup ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:14:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
why would I do that?
TRG_V0rt3x ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:11:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think the yearbook guy needs a prize now.
theBackground13 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:12:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Those pajama parties ended up working out for them I guess
GovernorOfReddit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:12:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This was a great game, for sure! Probably the best baseball game I've witnessed in my life.
The rain delay sorta killed the mood but overall a classic!
Taroso ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:12:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've never liked baseball and probably never will. But having watched Wait Till Next Year on HBO years ago, I realize this is way bigger than sports. A game like this comes around once every 100 108 years. Congratulations, Cubs fans!
DrubiusMaximus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:13:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Aaaaaaaand there goes my identity as a Cubs fan
sarcastroll ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:14:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy. Freaking. Crap.
As a lifelong Chicagoan I was literally able to watch the Cubbies win the World Series with my baby son.
The fireworks, people running out into the street screaming for joy. This has been a great year.
Dhoman84 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:15:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would watch a lot more baseball if games were even 1/10 as exciting as this one
thatshortguy26 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:15:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a cardinals fan I'm happy for the cubs, it was one hell of a game
danchesterunited ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:15:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The irony of Cleveland losing a 3-1 lead...
hfclfe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:15:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All hail Theo Epstein! Breaker of curses!
TheOnlyDbry ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:15:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My heart was racing the entire game... Definitely one of the best games I've ever seen in any sport
J-4-W ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Last team to beat the Cubs in a series? The Milwaukee Brewers. #BREWLIEVE2017
kickd16 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:14:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except the cubs lost to the tigers in '45...
forthescienceyo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a historic series and honestly the best baseball game I have ever witnessed. Amazing. So happy for the Cubs!
Madangles ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well someone's working 14 hour work days now
hombre_del_queso ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The goat is no longer the GOAT of curses.
dub9juice ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man, I'm not a fan of either team but I would've sucked the fart out of Bill Murrays ass just to be there for tonight's game.
Shadark18 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:17:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wanna see something crazy? Go and refresh the page and look at the upvotes and downvotes change by the hundreds.
This may be the most voted but nobody knows post of the year.
stanhouse ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:17:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is simply an Amazing year! First the cavaliers win the NBA championship. now the cubs win the world series. Whats next are the Vikings going to win the Super Bowl?
Also who would have thought that Hillary and trump would be our "best" choices for president.
CLARENCE_ASSLER ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:17:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
First time I've ever cried real tears of joy!!
rushmid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:17:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
WOW. Comebacks from both sides. Such an amazing game.
msgkar03 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:17:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red Sox fan here. Congrats to Chicago that was a hell of a win. We know exactly what you've been going through!
AttilaTheFun818 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:17:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back To The Future was only a year off!
zombieRide210 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:18:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hands down best come back in World Series history !
3xtheredcomet ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:18:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Expect to see increased traffic in the neonatal units of hospitals in the Chicagoland area 9 months from now...
cyanocittaetprocyon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:18:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats to Cubs fans, from an Indians fan. You guys deserved it!
Hope to see you in the Series next year!!
sarcastroll ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Amazing Series- The Indians were fierce, what a fun series. You guys knocked a good 5 years off my life expectancy with the stress you put us under. =)
cyanocittaetprocyon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:29:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude, between the 1997 world series (Tribe loses game 7 in the bottom of the 11th), and this one, I'm already in the grave!
Rmplch6 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:18:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks Cubs/Indians. You reignited my love for the sport.
SJFree ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Cubs won in the 10th with 8 runs after not winning for 108 years. I'd say that's some sort of sign.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you would have told me ten years ago that Pete Rose would have been co-analysis on FOX Sports during a Chicago Cubs World series winning game seven, I would have been like... no way that guy is banned from baseball.
bowenoutofstyle ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've been up for going on 30 hours straight, I desperately needed to go to sleep like four hours ago. [Squeaks out:] worth it.. dies
Readdot ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What an amazing game to watch and a night to remember! GO CUBS GO!
noitcelesdab ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Chevy Camaro parked right in the middle of the field... 'murica!
aDrunkLlama ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:20:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
3-1 lead. RIP Cleveland memes.
yuurei ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Having spent the first 14 years of my live in Chicago, I'm all too familiar with the with the "curse". I was never a fan, but I could always feel the frustration of Cubs fans when they came close to anything resembling a chance at a series.
That being said, I'm am beyond elated to hear this and am happy for both the team and their fans. Congrats!
bluemoe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What an amazing game. Best I've seen.
Bigz11 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As someone who has played baseball for all my life, I think I would be safe to say that this game 7 was what every kid dreams of to play in one day.
Rosebunse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:44:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It felt like something out of a movie.
nemos_nightmare ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That game was an absolute rollercoaster of emotion, and I have no ties to either team. What a difference a rain delay can have on momentum in a tight ball game! This is why I love pro baseball in October, anything can happen.
NeutralCobalt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This almost evens out the whole "potential Trump presidency" thing! Go Cubs!
Rosebunse ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:42:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, it's like the Cubs just won the World Series! It feels like everything is ok and right with the world.
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Unable_Request ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:26:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Literally threw the ball with a giggle and fell to his knees in tears before it was caught
TeaWrex ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The guys at the national guard building up the street from me have been firing off their howitzers to celebrate the win!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:22:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The World Series was happening? Huh...
nippycrisp ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:22:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I live just down the street from the ballpark. Wrigley/Clark St. are going crazy right now. Across the street, I count at least six couples making unabashed love in the living room, most with the postgame show still on. One appears to be singing 'Go Cubs Go' as he ravished his partner.
Rosebunse ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:38:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Enjoy the baby boom.
misterjackman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:23:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was one of the most nail biting, nerve inducing games, and I am a Dodgers fan! It was a fantastic display of baseball and good on the Cubs, getting rid of that 108 year bad streak.
HZVBMB ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:23:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats Chicago. As the city I first landed in America, I consider Chicago my home. This has brought me tears. What a game!
threadofhope ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:23:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The stress of rooting for the Cubs in this topsy-turvy series gave my heart a beating. Totally worth it.
amusedjarhead ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:23:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The day I enlisted the Cubs won the World Series.. coincidence? I think not.
fillsee ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:23:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://twitter.com/BSElOsoBlanco/status/794040867019431936 Cubs third basemen smiling, almost in tears, as he makes the final play
ANONTXFAN ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:23:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a time to be alive.
essej1233 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:24:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One of the best games of baseball in history no doubt. And it's the game that wins the Cubs the World Series. Damn.
Rosebunse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This was! It could have gone either way the whole game! It feels like something out of a movie!
squatchhunter15 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:24:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I saw my father, a die hard cubs fan of 52 years, cry tears of joy today. Thank you Cubbies #flythew
tha_based_god ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:24:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lebron watching the ending of the world series http://imgur.com/0h96OVB
Fearofmicrowave ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:24:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Clevelands main export is crippling depression.
jkcoollike ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:25:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus, my dad got to see the Cubs win the World Series. This is just unreal. I love you all.
Zee-J ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:25:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Someone needs to track down This guy
RickTheHamster ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:25:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish I could go back in time and put some money on the Cubbies!
RogerMcRogerson ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:27:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've never been this erect. Well, probably not as erect as Steve Bartman, but still, I got a good lil chubby workin here.
baygullchest ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:27:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Was sad, my grandfather was born in 1908 and died 2 years ago. He would have loved to see this day!! โพ๏ธ
Rosebunse ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:31:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My grandpa was a longtime Cubs fan and he died last May. There's a party up in Heaven tonight!
TheWino ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:27:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a fucking game! World Series classic for sure.
Rosebunse ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:30:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Truly the greatest game of baseball ever.
slam900 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:27:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
1908: 1+9+0+8=18, 1+8=9
108 years later: 1+0+8=9
2016: 2+0+1+6=9
9 innings
โ9=3
O.o
Dcoil1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:39:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Breakin' 3 confirmed!
asmdemon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:28:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So basically, back to the future was off by 1 year.
PMFreePoems ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:28:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't even watch baseball and I enjoyed every minute of it. I'm happy that they won for the first time after 108 years
Haryape ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:29:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Got day drunk, woke up at 9, went to local chain restaurant and had a blast while drinking water, that rarely happens when I go out alone. (The water part that is)
smp4111 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:29:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Someone get Bartman out of the basement.
TheOrangeAngle ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:29:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Cubs at Clark and Addison
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:30:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
My friend and I were at a SPORTS bar that asked us to leave in the middle of the 10th. We weren't rowdy or anything. And it wasn't even an employee who asked. It was the bartender's boyfriend. THE MIDDLE OF THE TENTH OF GAME 7 WITH THE FUCKING CUBS.
We made it to another bar to see the final out, but Jesus fuck. I'm never going to that place again.
Edit: To be clear, we were the last people there. It was 12:40. They just wanted to leave.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:32:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking Applebee's
philk12 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:31:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We basically pulled a LeBron on Cleveland, coming back from 3-1 down lmao
duncanispro ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:32:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kris Bryant smiled as he fielded and threw the final out. So great.
Outofthewild ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:33:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Couldn't be happier for the cubs. The Indian's season attendance was pathetic this season. As a fan base they didn't deserve it.
GIGA255 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:33:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
The curse is broken after 108 years of losses.
How dharmically poetic.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:33:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Absolutely amazing. Tear jerking. So happy and I'm not even a Cubs fan. You guys deserved it. So much pain for so long. Great game and congrats Cubbies!!!
TrollTideTroll33 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:34:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Roses are red, violets are blue. The warriors blew a 3-1 lead and the Indians did too. #WorldSeries
-ThatGuyHere ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:35:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Today, I became a fan oh both teams. What a game!
dalmax1109 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:35:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just proud I was able to witness this defining moment in all of sports history .... unbelievable
Denkiri_the_Catalyst ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:35:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
News just in, hospital ER rooms across the country bulge at the seems with patients with ruptured and fissured anuses. Reports of flying pigs skyrocket worldwide.
zenatintin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:36:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Election Day, here we come!
Women_Logic ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:37:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
now to wait till 2124 for that next cubs win!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Quick, someone find a goat.
Lord_Halowind ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:38:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god. If I didn't have to work I would have been at my favorite bar. I missed history!!
PutmeinKoch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:39:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We've (all sports fans) have been there.
Enjoy the W.
classenmindy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:39:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
something something Cleveland blows 3-1 lead something something
thehalfwit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:39:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never thought I'd live to see this day.
Now I'm afraid I'm going to die.
RevolPeej ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:39:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wonder how many murders will happen in Chicago as a result of such good news.
SlappaDaBassMahn ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:39:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know what to do. I am an Australian, I haven't watch an American Baseball match in 10 years (since I had a Fox Sports channel).
When I found out this year that the Cubs haven't won in 108 years I decided they were my team. Still didn't watch any games.
Now that they have won I don't know if they should be my team anymore...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:46:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's always Cleveland.
MrBellsprout ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:40:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't watch sports at all but that was a sweaty game. Congrats Cubs.
Arthursut ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:42:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's games like this that makes baseball my favourite sport. Even without it being game 7 of the World Series it's the excitement that comes with it all. You can go inning after inning and "nothing happen" but then Wam! Everything changes and you're on the edge of your seat. The slow times make the exciting times that much better. Hockey, football, soccer they all are basically go go go from minute one so I don't get the sudden long lasting rush of adrenaline and fear and excitement that baseball gives me.
RakuWilliams ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:43:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Best game since the 90s
Youreprobablygay ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:43:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One of the better games I've ever watched in 20years. I can't fuckin sleep I'm so pumped from this and I had no stake in the game with either team! Ahhhh
DelugingTribulations ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:43:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn, that got my heart pounding! Definitely going to miss movies poking fun at the Cubbies. Good games! That one one certainly one of the most entertaining ones I've ever seen.
mitcheda ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:44:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
If years ago, someone told me that in 2016, Cubs win the World Series, and Trump and Hillary would be up for presidency, I'd laugh heartily....
BlindWally ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:45:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
People will talk about the game for eons.
NegativeBinomialM136 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:46:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gotta give Kyle Schwarber credit for getting the leadoff hit in the 10th. Also the tag from first by Almora. Great play!
Vallarta21 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:47:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That high school dude from 1993 went back to the future and stole the almanac from Biff. Im convinced
plaguedmind ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:47:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have had to work during every single world series game this year, and I worked during this one too, but right when the 10th inning started I got home to watch them win it! Freaking awesome, go Cubs!
SlyRy7146 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:49:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I am currently in Chicago. Taking a train to Wrigleyville to witness the pandemonium. Wish me luck!
Rosebunse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:53:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Stop! You fool!
Randomosaur ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:49:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
TIL about the Cubs. Never thought anything about Baseball would interest me, but it does.
xXThaumaturgeXx ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:50:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy crap, parks and recreation was right.
AGnawedBone ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:50:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man, what a fantastic game. I wish I could reach out to both teams and thank them for such a wonderful and entertaining performance.
DUBBZZ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:50:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish I could go back to the beginning of the season and put some money on the Cubbies
Bigmacccc ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:50:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do bad baseball teams get sent to the minors and the double minors?
If so this was almost just as incredible of a sports moment as soccers Leciester City this year
fatclouds69 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:52:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One of the best series and game sevens I've ever seen. Congrats to the Cubs.
ItsallBeenFolly ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:52:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bill Murray doing interviews in the club house is my favorite thing ever
Travelbybones ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:54:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't watch much baseball, but those last couple of innings were insanity. Also Joe Buck is the ideal baseball commentator.
StoryLineOne ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:56:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Most likely the best game i've ever seen. It couldn't have happened any other way.
As a Red Sox fan, FLY THE W.
Mamitroid3 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:00:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was easily the most tension-filled game I've ever watched. Starting about game 4 it has been a constant build up. It's crazy to think that 4-5 run leads vanished so quickly. Extra innings. Rain delay. Instant classic.
LambChops1909 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:02:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Called my family from Chicago. My brother and his friends have trashed his apartment. My grandpa is in disbelief that he survived to see this. My dad and I busted into his finest bottle of scotch he was saving for the right occasion.
It's a fucking great day to be a Cubs fan. Go Cubs go.
Zelda_Fitz_00 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:03:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Redsox fan, That was fucking awesome. I cried a little
momoman46 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:05:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
God damn, this truly is a monumental day. I'm not even American, but I've consumed enough American media to know how slim the odds were - It seemed near impossible. Bill Murray must be jumping up and down in joy today.
fib16 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:06:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just want to be in this thread in the Reddit history books. Congrats cubs!!
DreamWeaver714 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:06:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If they remake good will hunting, that scene where Robin Williams talks about missing the greatest baseball game ever is going to be changed to this game
anti_zero ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:12:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Weird to think that that (given historical significance as well as dramatic play) is the best game of baseball I will have ever seen.
RepublicOfTexsa ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:14:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I heard it was a good game. Hearing everyone talking about how amazing it was kind of makes me wish I actually cared somewhat about baseball. Congrats on the W though bears!
youlovejoeDesign ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:14:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"If I could just go back in time and put some.money in the cubbies!"
ahitchen ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:15:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was at Wrigley Field: https://youtu.be/72FK_CMWhgY https://youtu.be/rBFe2pDuPug https://youtu.be/WgEG-WwwH4U (walking back home) https://youtu.be/PNPz2QDT9lE
Things were starting to get a little pushy, so I headed home after the win.
whothefuckisG ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:17:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No one keeps the Cubs from winning the World Series 109 years in a row!
mrshampoo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:19:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Highlights
IamLionelRitchie ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:23:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn Chicago probably ain't never been this lit since Al Capone tried to burn the motherfucker.
_Morbidly_Obese ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:29:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Seems fitting that the 108 year drought is ended (arguably) due to a rain delay.
Jmath616 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:30:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Did I really see a guy in a Milton Bradley jersey?
RTCsFinest ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:36:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't imagine what the energy is like right now in Chicago. Probably partying like it's 1908!
davidmanedoe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:41:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
CUBS ARE THE GREATEST TEAM IN BASEBALL. Never thought I would get to say that as a Chicago fan. What a great time for baseball.
chanceofdrizzy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:43:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If the Indians would've won this year would've been the craziest year for Cleveland since they became a state...all that would've been left would be a Browns win. Still Congrats Cubs!!
rdnckctyboy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:54:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Listening to the Chicago police scanner is amazing right now.
ArchNemesisNoir ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:04:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In other news, man buys winning lottery ticket. Struck by lightning immediately after drawing. Pigs have been found evolving the begins of wings. And Hillary Clinton asked an honest question that Trump clearly and directly answered.
Gcookiem ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:07:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pigs fly just fine given sufficient thrust. The difficulty lies in getting them to hold still long enough to affix the rocket motor properly.
ArchNemesisNoir ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:29:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The sustained lift part is where i have trouble. Also, do you know a good lawyer? Blah, blah, little class action from a couple property owners and the fda.
salkhan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:19:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well I guess 'back to the future' got the prediction right from within a year:
RallyFTW ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:19:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Long time Cubs fan. Just commenting so that my future self has a way to remember that my past self was here on Reddit at 2:18am CST, making this post in a college dorm room.
It was an amazing time to be alive, future me. 2016 was shit everywhere else, but this was definitely a shining moment.
dustractor ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:28:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"When the Cubs win the World Series..."
I wonder how many other supposedly far-fetched things are going to start coming true.
BcuzImBatman8 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:30:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My friends, what I just saw is the best game of baseball you will see for the next 100 years. If you get a chance to watch a replay, take it. Just commenting to add my tiny little presence to this moment in history. You did it Cubs. Fly the W.
NOITSDELISSIO ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:31:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Cleveland Indians now have the longest world series drought and are essentially the new cubs
lifeonbroadway ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:03:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So many people asking why is it called the world series, have you never seen a fucking MLB championship before? You didn't hear anything when the red Sox finally made it and everyone got excited? Goddamn trolls and idiots
MightyMaxyPad ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:07:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs win the world series, Trump is leading in the polls...Time to invest in a fallout shelter, people! The end is near!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:13:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I die and go to Heaven, and my grandfather is there. He asks me about how much better my world was than his. I tell him about computers, and he doesn't care. Cell phones seem a ridiculous and annoying waste of time. Our medical technology still doesn't enable most people to live longer than his 88 years. Our cars are smaller but no faster. Our jobs are less hard work, but the average income is lower. We spend less time outside. We eat food that's less healthy. We're more connected to more people through social media, but feel more isolated than ever. We spend less time just talking with our families.
"Damn! Your world was just not very good!" he says, jokingly but with some pity. "I saw us go from riding horses to driving cars. I saw the invention of flight, and the first men on the moon!"
I think for a minute. Then, I tell him I saw something that beat all that...I lived to see the Red Sox AND the Cubs win World Series. He smiles that huge smile of his, and we get some Heinekens.
Furyuri ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:15:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Took them long enough.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:16:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well. Goodbye all. Seeing as how the world is ending.
Now excuse me while I find that girl that said she'd sleep with me when the Cubs win the world series. It's time to cash in.
Wrest216 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:36:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What happens next.
Marty McFly buys a sports almanac.
Donald TrumpBiff steals the Almanac.Goes back in time to give to his younger self so he can become Billionaire.
Wins Election, all hail President
TrumpBiff[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:58:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So Back To The Future 2 was right... well kinda. I mean they was only one year out.
Also...
Hoverboards don't work on water, unless you got power!
Dave37 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:08:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is so sick, just one year of from the back to the future prediction.
gazzort ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:20:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Leicester wins the Premier League, Cubs win the World Series...
Fuck it. I'm entering the Iditarod.
dmanfan100 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:46:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the Future, one year off. Well at least it was only 1 not 20.
hollenjj ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:15:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can you go an check if yearbook guy had anything to say about the 2016 election?
idperezzz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:31:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Something a buddy at work came up with or discovered that I thought I'd share. Cubs haven't won in 108 years. 10+10=20 8+8=16. 2016 World Champions. .....no he wasn't even high.
IHv2RtrnSumVdeotapes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:39:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Well, a lot of things happened today, and they were all great. And they were all thrilling. And they were all dramatic. Too bad we couldn't have had a victory that meant a pennant. But that will come. Sure as God made green apples, someday the Chicago Cubs will be in the World Series."
MyAnacondaDoess ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:49:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guess Back to the Future was only off by one year.
Dodgeymon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:56:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Quick someone tell Mark Watney!
AmazonExplorer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:15:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Cubs have a smaller chance of winning than Donald Trump
GeekFurious ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:19:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My cousin's 8-year old has been waiting his "whole life for this!"
Laughin_bat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:19:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the Future was so close on it's prediction!
audiowriter ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:20:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think I live in alternative universe. What kind of God would let this happen.
Tendalus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:22:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, yeah, sure sure. But let's get to the important stuff. How did Bill Murray react?
HLef ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:30:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was beautiful to see. Almost crying.
oliwilton ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:24:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is this like Leicester winning the Premier league?
danielsuarez369 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:30:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
At least back to the future got it a year late!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:35:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow that was a hell of a game. Movie worthy
Polo423 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:43:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Against Miami??
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:45:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
There have been 4 Jurassic Park movies released between the Cubs last championship and their win last night.
Edit: people arent picking up on my sarcasm. I'm making a light poke at all the "last time chicago won thr world series" posts :)
bill2401 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:56:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nearly all of film history has occurred between their last two wins
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:24:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
3 transformers movies
Allieareyouokay ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:05:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For so long, I'd questioned how people got into this sport. I figured it was nostalgia from games their parents took them to, or having played the sport themselves. I had to have this game on during work, and no kidding, this game is the reason people watch this sport. It was something else.
pyr666 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:14:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
in other news, hell is experiencing all time low temperatures
gSpider ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:16:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have been a Red Sox fan my whole life, and this is giving me major flashbacks to 2004. It is making me so happy to watch the Cubs celebrate this win. Congrats!
-_WANDERER_- ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:17:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I should've bought that sports almanac
whowantscake ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:17:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So the sports almanac was off by one year?
compoundbreak791 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:26:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This feeling is all too familiar to me. I can only just hope that I can see the Indians win the world series just once in my lifetime.
Halome ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:01:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I'm gonna guess Cleveland fans were in full force this morning, down voting the shit out of this for it to go from 15,000 back to below 6,000.
Sirwombraider ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:49:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus.. next i'm going to hear the leafs win the stanley cup
hdhale ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:59:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Next up...the Cleveland Browns win the Super Bowl. Not this year, but some day soon.
deciusthemadlaugher ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:09:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't believe this isn't posted in r/nottheonion
Suckydog ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:19:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Moment they won, I love the delay between fans
http://youtu.be/XYs8cnrEUe4
TheSavageDonut ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:46:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congratulations to the Cubs and the people of Chicago!
It was the best game 7 I've ever seen, and Cleveland, you should hold your heads high after the gutsy performance you gave, too!
I think it must be said that Theo Epstein has broken the baseball code. He has cured the sports world of the 2 greatest curses, and whatever formula or stat shit he's using -- he can use and turn any franchise into a winner.
The only thing left for him to do is start his own franchise from scratch and turn them into WS winners.
pm_your_netflix_Queu ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:08:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Another sign of the end of days.
Repent sinners the end is nie!
WhoActuallyCares_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:37:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wish I put some money on the cubbies... (please understand this reference)
MarcoPolpo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:38:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If only if it was against Miami...
BernadetteSanderson ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:37:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish I could go back to the beginning of the season, put some money on the cubbies.
fungoid_sorceror ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 16:39:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They were pretty much the favorites all year.
I think the best odds you'd have gotten were ~8:1.
BernadetteSanderson ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:43:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
not 100:1?
Too-Far-Frame ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:44:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Reddit's algorithm is so weird. When I went to bed last night this had over 10k up votes. Now it's down to 5k. Did 5000 people suddenly decide they hated the Cubs?
R_Davidson ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:45:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the future just about had it right. In the movie the cubs won in 2015
KyuuAA ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:31:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe the Delorean's clock missed Yearlight Savings Time.
KyuuAA ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:32:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was fun driving through downtown Chicago last night.
Sorospaidrioter ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:15:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nate silver just shit himself
BakerofHumanPies ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:02:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This does not bode well for the events of Nov. 8.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
cregister ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:32:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hillary is about to break a 240-year curse.
BakerofHumanPies ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:08:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fingers crossed
PlayMp1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs were the favorite going in.
ShadowStone ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:04:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
ELI5 for someone who doesn't follow sports in the least: Why is this so huge?
Edit: Thank you!
beesinmybeard ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:08:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Chicago Cubs haven't won a World Series since 1908. This was the longest championship drought in any American sport. There was also a supposed curse on the team, because a man and his billy goat were kicked out of a game during the 1945 World Series. The man claimed that the Cubs would never win again.
Also, it was an intense game that went ten innings.
Derp43 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:16:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Showed that guy huh
beesinmybeard ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:34:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except I'm sure he's been dead for a while now. Take that, dead guy.
ShadowStone ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:17:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, 10, cool! Thank you for the informative reply :3
Ra_In ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:36:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
On top of the 108 year drought making the win a big deal, this game was big because the Cubs came back from a 1-3 deficit in the series (4 wins to take the series), so this game was winner-take all. AND THEN it went into extra innings (after a rain delay) and was quite the ride all the way to the end.
Not only was it a huge win but it was about as dramatic as you can get.
ShadowStone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:37:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, I didn't know there was a rain delay, that must've added a lot of tension to the already intense game. Thank you!
WhatUpMyNinjas ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:06:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
108 years since last win.
sleepwalkcapsules ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:07:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs last time as World Series Champions was in 1908.
RedColossus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Cubs haven't won a world title in 108 years before this.
TheresA_LobsterLoose ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Cubs haven't won a world series in 45 minutes
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 05:25:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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ShadowStone ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:32:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This post is #1 on reddit and I was curious.
_Cotton_Teeth ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:15:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red Sox fan checking in. My sincerest congratulations to the Cubs and their fans, I know how it feels
bangtango ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:54:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Couldn't have scripted it any better!! What a great World Series!! Congratulations Cubs!
knight_who_says_knee ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:01:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't believe we live in a world where the Cubs are champions. There is probably nobody alive today who has ever experienced this before.
DuMaOne ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:17:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Go Cubs! Congratulations! You have passed the curse to Cleveland. I couldnt think of a better team to not win for the next 39 years. Yay!
Crazy_Pyromaniac ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:17:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
CUBS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CUBS HAVE WON THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOAT CAN CHOKE!!!!! Holy shit I need to go to sleep now.
somedude456 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:21:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm from Illinois. I live in Florida. I flew up for game 5 and haven't left. Now I have parades to attend. Fuck work, this is history!
Calamity_Jay ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:26:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a third generation Chicagoan, I'm feeling kind of aefiojasldkfwae9f8uijaewfasdflkjAAAAAAAAAH right now! Just... we really did it! W
PanzerKitten94 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:27:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know it wouldn't be very 'politically correct' and all but they really should've slaughtered a goat on the pitcher's mound when they won.. It's been 108 years, after all. xD
cassatta ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:28:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Meanwhile perpetually pissed off Europe and Australia have awoken and renewed questions on why it's the "World Series" and why the Cubs are "world Champions"
Rosebunse ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:29:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because fuck it, the Cubs just won the World Series.
varskavalov ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:30:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think the Cubs would crush any baseball team from Europe or Australia, so yeah, they are the best in the world. That includes you too, Japan.
cassatta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But Japan/Asia is not perpetually pissed off at the US
xonthemark ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:35:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But if the MLB opened their franchise to Cuba.................
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:32:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy fuck I just witnessed history
Reddit_Novice ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:38:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its really nice to see so many people collectively just happy about something for once. We get to put all the outside bullshit to the side for just a second at least, Thanks Cubs and congrats.
Unless youre an Indians fan.
Xenjael ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm linking this everywhere because of just how awesome I think the video is. I wish I could have been there. I'm not even a Cubs fan and this makes me happy to see.
Incredible moment at Wrigley Field as win is announced.
Halflife77 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:02:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
108 stitches on every baseball, 108 years of drought. Rather poetic now that it's said and done, ain't it
MyNameIsErns ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:58:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It wasn't rain, it was the tears from all the dead Cubs fans that are in heaven.
NotherLevel ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:12:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm from India and I've never seen a game of baseball and still know what a big deal this is.
StephenshouldbeKing ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:40:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well as a man born and raised in Chicago and a huge baseball fan, (though a fan of the Sox, I'm still extremely happy for the Cubs win) I thank you for posting from India about this turn of events. I hope whichever sports you follow, if any, bring you much joy in the years ahead my friend!
malevolentt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:19:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've now lived through: Red Sox curse breaking, Cubs curse breaking, a black man becoming POTUS, and now either the rise of fascism in the United States or the first woman POTUS. What a time to be alive.
hdhale ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 13:57:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"the rise of fascism in the United States or the first woman POTUS"
No, those are actually the same thing. Do keep up.
This is a sports thread.
Anomalous_Creation ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:51:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'll be waiting for memes about blowing a 3-1 lead.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:58:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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uncovered-history ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:13:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You'd think that fans in Cleveland would have learned that if the Cavs could come back from being down 3-1 in June, then the Cubs could do the exact same thing to them!
GermanPretzel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:10:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
TFW
ChicagoCleveland blows a 3-1 lead in the world series after making fun of the warriors all summer for doing the same thing in the finalsEdit: typed the wrong city because they both start with C and I'm dumb
Inmate002 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:12:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think you mean Cleveland
33matt ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:46:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"world" series... Americans... xD
Saskyle ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:11:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Another win for the United States! 103 world series wins in a row?
Causeway7 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:26:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Toronto won 2 in a row in the early 90's wiseass
Saskyle ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:48:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The point is that it's called the World Series and only the U.S and apparently one other country take part. So you are technically not wrong, but you're an asshole.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 08:32:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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TattoosAreUgly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:05:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That happens every few years, but the USA never show up.
PalaceShopBoys ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:10:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Next will be the indictments, then a Trump Victory. Going to be a rough week in Chicago !
Kaiosama ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:32:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hillary was actually born in Chicago, and the actual drought is never having a woman president for 200 years.
That will likely be coming to an end next week.
ThePurge010 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:10:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How is the World Series and only 1 country plays lol?
McFeely_Smackup ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:12:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you know how I know you don't know much about baseball?
Inmate002 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:19:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because the players are the best of the best drom the whole world? Baseball is incredibly diverse as far as nationality is concerned
ProbablyNotASloth ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:14:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well two if Canada ever felt like making it all the way
humma__kavula ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:35:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you want to contest it please send your countries best baseball team over.
GoodGood34 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:16:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's actually two countries, but yeah. Your point still stands.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:33:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 08:52:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
nah his point stands, it's because the US thinks it IS the world. The best football players in the world play in Europe, yet the Champions League isn't called the world cup.
Reality_Facade ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 11:38:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The US doesn't think it's the entire world it's just what it's called you fucking twat.
Mac_ucf ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:01:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't let these guys rile you up man, they don't even watch or follow the sport they're just trying to Troll. The fact of the matter is in 1903 when the first 'World' s Series' took place we were the only ones playing baseball and the name stuck. Not really controversial or overtly nationalist at all. But hey, haters gonna hate.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:22:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You guys sure get triggered faster than a feminist in front of Hugh Mongus. It's funny you won't even acknowledge that calling the Cubs the world champions when other countries didn't have a chance to participate (even with shitty teams) is a little bit overly nationalist. But hey, good on Chicago
Mac_ucf ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:56:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you say so, but I think you'll find that the majority of the world doesn't care. If it means so much to you, than I recommend a petition. I would be willing to bet there is already one for your cause. Or, alternatively, you can go outside, get some friends together, and play a pickup game of baseball, don't sweat the small stuff and have some fun? I don't know, it's up to you. I know what I would choose.
Reality_Facade ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:25:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They aren't called the "world champions" they're called the "World Series Champions". Enormous difference. You know, because it's fucking called the World Series.
Testiclese ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:39:50 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're being a complete nimrod. There's no fucking conspiracy to keep other countries out of baseball in order to stroke America's ego in this sport that even most Americans stopped caring about sometime in the 1940's, for fuck's sake. It's called the World Series because of tradition and nothing else.
Ghalnan ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 08:57:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try to assemble a team of non-major leaguers from anywhere in the world that can beat any MLB team. I'll tell you right now that it can't be done, the best team in the MLB is the best team in the world, therefore it's called the World Series. You have a point when talking about soccer, but when talking about baseball you're off base.
petersutcliff ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:15:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
That's because no one in the world gives a shit about baseball other than I'm guessing USA and Canada. I get how it's technically true that Americans are the world champions at baseball.
But if I invented a sport that no one in the entire planet but me plays and called myself world champion people would laugh assuming I'm taking the piss and they'd be right.
It's taking the piss to call it the world series even if it's technically true.
Ghalnan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:18:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baseball is huge in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, parts of South America, the Caribbean Islands, as well as the rest of Central America. But I'm forgetting that Europe and Australia are the only two places that really count, my bad.
petersutcliff ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:23:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah your right it is the world series then! I forgot that the world consists of south America north America and 3 Asian countries.
Ghalnan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:47:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But come on, that's essentially just the U.S. and Canada, exactly like you said. No need to move the goal posts, you were only off by a continent.
dverbern ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
hehe. Eddie Izzard makes some good laughs out of that little gem.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:48:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just confirming by "World" Americans mean "USA".
AdrianBeltresHead ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:08:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Players are from all over the world. And there's a team in Canada as well.
Ghalnan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:37:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The best players, from all around the world, play in the MLB. Assemble a team of non-MLBers who can win a game against any Major League team and we'll stop calling it the World Series.
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 10:02:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Haha. That response sums up why we non-Americans think it's so funny. You guys think cos players are from all over the world it's a "world" series. Ahhhhhh America. Mate every big league national sport around the world has players from all over the world. In Australia we have a Rugby Union league called the Super Rugby, comprised of nations Australia, Argentina, South Africa, Japan & New Zealand. We don't call it the World Cup. Lol. Same as the premier league Football in UK players from literally dozens of countries around the world, they don't call it the World Cup either. I sound like I am hating, but I just think it's funny. Anyway all the best, good win if your a Cubs fan!
Ghalnan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:12:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
It's not just that players from outside the U.S. play baseball in America, it's that the best players from all around the world play in America. The MLB is far and away the pinnacle of baseball competition, no other league compares. The team that wins the World Series is without any question the best team in the World, so frankly it's a fitting name. I don't think many people who know baseball, even in places like Japan or Korea, would disagree with that.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:20:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ughh yeah but how is that different to the AFL, NRL, NHL, NBA, Premier League, Bundesliga etc?
Ghalnan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:27:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, outside the NBA and the NFL, I don't know how different it is. If it's not than I'd have zero issue with them calling their championship the World whatever, if it's a competition that decides the best team in the World at something I think it'should ok to call it that.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:30:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No but thats my point. The NBA has players from all over the world, so does the NHL they dont call themselves the world basketball whatever or the world hockey league. Anyway I can tell you as a kid none of us got it here in Australia. Lol.
Ghalnan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:41:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Look, all I'm trying to say here is that World Champions, as in the best team in the World, is an accurate statement when referring to the winner of the World Series. How other leagues handle it or what it says about Americans, I honestly don't care, only trying to get that first point across, which I'd say 99% of the " World Series, hur hur, only America, hur hur" crowd don't grasp.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 10:50:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The definition of world is the earth, together with all of its countries and peoples. Countries is key here. Hence World Cup soccer, World Cup Rugby, World Swimming Championships, Cricket World Cup, World Wrestling Championships etc. World to me says a competition consisting of national teams from around the world not club teams from the American continent which is what this is. Anyway, lets agree to disagree. It's not a world series OK. Night im off to play WoW.
ultimahwhat ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 06:49:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
North American Series is just too cumbersome
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:59:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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scottyLogJobs ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:20:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You'd think you woulda peed out all that salt by now
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:22:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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scottyLogJobs ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:33:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
1) TBH I've seen more people shitting on cavs fans in this threads than I saw cavs fans shitting on golden state.
2) Yeah, it really sucks when poorer cities are proud of their small victories. I can see why you'd hate them.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:56:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit. The crime we could see tonight.
TheHalfDaedricPrince ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:56:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The game the MLB needed
spacegurl07 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:05:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, I guess Back to the Future part 2 was just a year off in 'predicting' the Cubbies winning the World Series.
Let's just hope that movie doesn't predict anything else, given who Biff was modeled after...
Though, in all serious, well done Cubbies. As a native Ohioan, I salute you; congrats on destroying your 108 year curse.
sanzard ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:12:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Man Joe Maddon tried his hardest to lose this game. He was not at his best.
Take out Hendricks after only 64 pitches? Put Lester in with a runner on base? Put Chapman in to pitch more than an inning in back to back nights and 3 straight games? Baez bunted with 2 strikes in there too.
Hell of a game though. We may never see another one like it.
sarcastroll ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wrigleyville erupting.
Pandemonium!
Dogs and cats, living together, mass hysteria!
Kierik ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:17:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congratulations Chicago. Cleveland good luck next year.
sjchoking ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:18:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My grandpa just passed away gracefully. He got to see the Cubs win back in 1908 and he swore that he won't leave this Earth until the Cubs win again. RIP Grandpa.
Ghalnan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:13:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Making up stories about a dying grandpa is pretty low. The oldest man in the United States was two when the 1908 world series happened, which also happened to be the least attended world series in history.
Levarski ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:30:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
THE CURSE IS OVER. My grandfather use to tell me stories of how he grew up listening to the Cubbies win games on WGN 9. He never got to see them win though. I love you Grandpa Bud, this is for you and all of the Cubs fans who have been waiting their entire lives. Go Cubs go!!
Hellos117 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:37:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a Chicagoan, I am proud to have my cubbies face against a Cleveland team that has played their hearts off. Streaks are meant to end. I hope to see that one day Indian fans will experience this indescribable feeling too.
farrenkm ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:42:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Hell froze over today, And I made good on several debts I never thought I'd have to pay . . ."
Congratulations Cubs!! Chicago!! Illinois!! Cubs deserved to win this year, pure and simple. Excellent ball playing, 100+ wins . . . It IS your year! #FlyTheW
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:44:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Rosebunse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:47:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My Grandpa was a huge Cubs fan. He died last May. This game would have meant so much to him. Heaven is rocking tonight!
Odetoravens ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:06:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the Future finally came true
bossyman15 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:29:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's year 2015 not 2016. Close but nope.
jtl909 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:43:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So glad this is on the front page and not some stupid Donald Trump bullshit!
ryan30z ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:41:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a non American can someone give me a it would be like "x" winning the Premier League/Champions League Equivalent
BenisonBT101 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:52:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure that would be an equivalent. Cubs haven't won in 108 years and it's a league that has ranged from 16 to 30 teams during that time frame. No promotion/relegation style system. Still, one of the most beloved teams and largest fan bases regardless.
Jock_fortune_sandals ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:41:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Imagine if a well-respected team with history (say, Everton) was able to stay in the Premier league but didn't win it for 108 years.
Jock_fortune_sandals ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:43:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Imagine if a well-respected team with history (say, Everton) was able to stay in the Premier league but didn't win it for 108 years.
egotistical_cynic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:05:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's like Canada getting the World Cup or... Leister getting the premier league
ryan30z ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:16:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus Christ......
Pretty sure Leicester City winning the Premiership was just a glitch in physics.
PsychoticMessiah ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:55:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I've been a Cubs fan since I was a kid and I'm now in my mid 40's. I'm a blubbering mess of emotions and standing in a puddle of my own tears. "Next year" is here!
dsound ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:57:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This. I too am 40.
Bigmacccc ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:22:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
First Leciester
Then Cavs
Then Portugal
Then Cubs
All in the same year?!
Talk about 1 in 100,000,000,000,000 odds
Whats next....Trump?
egalroc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hillary will be the first woman President. Donald would've been just another dick.
newgatsbyfitness ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:13:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Alright back to football..
StephenshouldbeKing ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:29:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You totally misplleded hockey. Really though, great season of baseball with a truly epic ending.
becoruthia ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 06:07:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So, when USA national teams play, it's "World Series"? Am I missing something here?
Ghalnan ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:43:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"National teams," do you think all the players on the Cubs are from Chicago or something? 25% of the players in the MLB are not from the U.S, the best players in the entire world play in the MLB, therefore it's the world series.
AaronQ94 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:17:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
There's a MLB team in Canada, and most of the players are from outside of the US and Canada.
becoruthia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:57:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ok, thanks for clarifying.
karl4319 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:52:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh god. The end is nigh. Everyone head to the bunkers!!!
seansnake ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:54:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus Christ what a ride
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:56:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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cassatta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
... and the ghost of Klay
House66 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:57:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats Cub fans, enjoy this moment.
Tsquare43 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:59:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was a game that will be remembered for eons
botchman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:00:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What. A. Game.
Congratulations to all you Cubs fans out there!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:00:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The first World Series in Chicago for 108! Years!
burstaneurysm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:00:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was such an incredible game.
kittyciara ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:00:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So that's what a good baseball game looks like, I like it!
FattyCorpuscle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:01:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
See ya in another 108 years!
CashMoneyK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:01:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I rarely watch baseball but that game was insane. Ridiculously intense
TheNeverending ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:01:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We finally get to revise the mantra: Maybe next year, too.
Randy_____Marsh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:01:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hope no one forgets the dong tapping from the Dongfather David Ross after his "hey I'm in this fucking shit" dinger
tylerconlee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:02:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fantastic game (and series) from start to finish. This was exactly why I love baseball.
Let's just hope we don't have to wait until 2124 until their next one
dave_890 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Didn't "Back to the Future, Part 2" predict this???
berzolio ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the Future was one year off with their prediction. They had the Cubs winning in 2015. Granted, the Cubs made a decent run in 2015, getting to the NLCS where they were swept by the Mets.
price1869 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs love to almost let the inning go every time they get 2 outs. Incredible!
Dab_Lab ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Grown man tears have never felt so good. GO CUBS GO!
humanoidtyph ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This thread has been chosen.
Post and be remembered.
usurper7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats Cubs. Too bad the Tribe couldn't pull it off, but it was quite an exciting game.
kugelsteiger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was the climax of baseball, forever
Username0089 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hell of a game, Congrats Cubs!
smh_master ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Get Bartman out of hiding to party, he deserves it
vonarchimboldi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was the best game of baseball I have seen in ages. Absolutely nerve wracking even as a neutral. What a game by both teams. Jesus.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
FUCK YEAH! I can hear fireworks all around from my suburban home.
The_Straight_Setter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was not good in any way, shape or form for my cardiac health
ShesJustAGlitch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My neighbourhood is exploding with fireworks, car alarms, people on the streets, etc.
I'm not even a baseball fan really, but I couldn't be happier for my fellow Chicagoans.
BadMofeelius ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty crazy to win 3 games in a row to close out the World Series, while simultaneously breaking a 108 year drought. Congrats, Cubbies.
GeneralSarbina ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
C'mon Chicago! You couldn't have waited just one more year?
aliaswyvernspur ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm just so happy for all those kids in Africa getting those Indians WS Championship t-shirts and hats.
philosophia508 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I HATE baseball...but what a fucking game!!!!
kneeyawnlight ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I really hope Steve Bartman is somewhere getting absolutely plastered
WhoDat504 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This was one of the best baseball games I've ever seen in my life! My wife who hates baseball was hooked the whole way through, and at the end she told me she understands why I love this sport. Congrats Cubs!
Imjusthereformemes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a fucking game. Baseball will never be this good again.
Arsekicker49 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats be to the Chicago Cubs. History was well and truly made tonight.
bettercallsaul3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Cubs won a World Series before GRRM finished Winds of Winter.
Makkymc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a giants fan, grats Cubs!
WhatUpMyNinjas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For all you Chicagoans actually trying to get some sleep tonight, I wish you the best of luck lol
windsweptlooks ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:28:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
white noise machine ftw
The_Golden_Goat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a great game all the way to the end. It will be something everyone will talk about for years to come. Being able to witness sports history in the making is amazing. Congrats to the Chicago Cubs and their fans world wide you guys/gals earned it!
CWCNYC ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Theo Epstein is the GOAT.
Curse breaker
IvanTheCreator ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
WE FUCKING WON, BABY!!! All of Chicago is in literal tears of happiness right now!!
barisaxxy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All it took was a rain delay to end a 108 year drought.
Balancethewinter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This has to be if not the the only good thing that's happened in 2016
NarcolepticMan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the future was only off by a year.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the future was so close!
fyberoptyk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty sure that's at least 2 signs of the apocalypse. Maybe more.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Most of the text messages between me and one of my friends watching the game consisted of "ugh" and "fuck"
So glad I could have seen this happen, was an intense game.
Walrus_Fighter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was rooting for both teams so I won and I lost. Fuck yeah!
tengo_un_gato ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hell is frozen over, but we can't feel it cause if climate change.
circleofrape ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:18:09 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
good one
HELPMEIMGONADIE ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What an insane game 7
NeuroticWombat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I picked a hell of a time to watch my first baseball game.
ballarak ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whelp. This is either a really good omen, or an apocalyptically bad omen.
Eloykwik ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm happy they won. I'm more happy that everyone can go back to not caring about baseball for another 108 years.
errday ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What, did you think that the Cubs breaking the curse wasn't going to be the greatest game of all time?
BobSagetvCharlemagne ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The last time the Cubs won the World Series, the Ottoman Empire had been dissolved 94 years earlier.
Mmmmmmmgurl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back To The Future was only a year off, crazy stuff
ADanishMan2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, Cleveland winning two championships in the same year was waaaaay less likely than the Cubs bucking The Curse.
ChupacabrajDS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had a great time watching this series, hats off to the city of Chicago. What a game. Also, skew you guys.
caninuswhitus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And the goat curse is now dead!
VKilledTInternet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This was the best baseball game I've ever seen. Kudos to the Cubbies
AAAAAAAAAAAAA13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a game! If baseball was like this more often I will really start following.
Hudbus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
See, now I'm wondering how the writers of Back to the Future Part II got this close to the actual date.
...where's that almanac?!?!
Unease_Bison ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit man i heard screaming in my neighborhood
TheBrianJ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So when do we get to ritualistically slaughter a goat for symbolic purposes?
That's what I'm really here for.
terribly_uncreative ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What's the over under on how many people die in Chicago tonight?
foolhardy1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One of the best games of baseball I have ever seen. Cheers Chicago!
Diggs4President ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That game was amazing! Go Cubbies!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Stress Eating and drinking all night...
fflando ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The best baseball game I've ever seen. They deserve it.
MKG24 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bigly win for the cubs!
logicallyinsane ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why is everybody wearing ski goggles? Is it snowing in Cleveland?
Top_Chef ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
First Harambe, now this?
stark_resilient ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
real winner: Steve Bartman
TheLoganSullivan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to The Future Part II was off by a year. That kinda bugs me.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The cubs are the best man upvote this and shit
K-LAWN ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The mystique of the Cubs is gone.
BearHero ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Harambe died for this.
Fuuucck ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We are witnessing history! Congrats Cubs!!
phale18 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, Robert zemekis was only off by a year.
typowilliams ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wish grandma was here to see it. You were with the team in spirit! I cant believe we are champions now!!!
forbid89 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Old Terry: I said I wish I could go back to the beginning of the season, put some money on the Cubbies!" - Back to the Future Part II
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Coming from a (Red) Sox fan, congratulations to the Cubs and their fans. Watched the entire game and what a game it was! It was great to see former Sox on both sides and was rooting for Cubs to win and what a great comeback as well. Now, we need Theo and Jon back. Cheers!
Dwights_Bobblehead ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn. One year earlier and Back to the Future 2 would have literally blown my mind.
bboosie11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
22 years old, never seen my dad cry. The man bleeds blue. This team is young!
t33m3r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the Future was only 1 year/1 team off....
My_Wehner ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why was there 2 dots and not 3 displayed for outs?
berzolio ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The 3rd dot would be kind of unnecessary since the broadcast cuts to commercials when the inning ends anyway. So, they just use 2 instead.
JDeltaWhiskey ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not even a Cubs fan and I was on the edge of my seat. What a ride. Congrats on the wins cubs fans! Well deserved.
Super_Saiyan_Carl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Theo Epstein deserved that MVP trophy.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I didnt even know it started yet
TheDudeWeapon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can't say I'm a Cubs fan, but I'm very happy for them and proud of them, they earned this.
AmyXBlue ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only a year off, thanks Back to the Future.
mrsuns10 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In other news Hell has frozen over
Joseph2854 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can hear yelling and honking coming from every direction
Zogamizer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congratulations, Cubs!
arcanition ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My friend bet $2100 in Vegas on the Cubs winning the world series a few months ago, long enough ago when the odds were something like 6 to 1. He was feeling pretty bad when it was 1-3, but I'm sure he's feelings alright now with a cool $12000 in his pockets.
Captain_Cthulhu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well fuck. I didn't see that happening. I guess....woooo
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs win World Series, Bills win Super Bowl?!
FanOfGoodMovies ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That feeling when the Chicago Cubs finally win another World Series trophy after 108 years.
njibbz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This game was great. The rain delay was just a cardiac waiting to happen too. Great plays all around. IS LIFE A LIE? THE CUBS JUST WON THE WORLD SERIES?!?
SevensSea ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So that one guy from the yearbook really was a prophet?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs are goin to win today!
JebsEngineer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One of the best baseball game in history. So proud of my team!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The rain delay just meant the drought is over. Hey, Chicago, whaddya say?
ctkatz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ZOBRIST MVP
i called that
Seripithus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Definitely was rooting for the Cubs, it was their Cinderella story. I am not usually a baseball fan, but this game changed it for me. I cried when the Cubs won, because I know how significant it is. This was history. This game was for all the fans who I know wanted this really badly, and never got to see it because they passed away. Good game!
Anxious_Sherlock_2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit this is amazing. Truly historic, normally I would root for Cleveland, but this time I was chanting Cubs.
Shmiverson ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Epstein is a curse killer, first with the Red Sox and now with the Cubs!
americancorkscrew ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This has to be one of the top 10 games of all times. Every minute was a heart attack! Well played Cleveland. Fly the W!
KittyCone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The apocalypse must be upon us.
modernDayKing ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
and to think, after all these year all they needed was a big screen scoreboard!!
EMHGAMES ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a wild turn of events. They certainly deserve it.
Geekitgood ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit, they actually did it. I busted my ass at work tonight to keep the game on for people after we closed, and the rain delay gave me just barely enough time to run home(literally-I have no car) and pull up the game again. I called my mom to see if she was watching, and she up to that point had no idea the game was on tonight. I quickly filled her in and put the game on loud enough, just after they switched the pitchers, for her to hear the Cubs win the series. Totally made her night. She's a kindred spirit to the Cubs, since being raised a Red Sox fan from birth in Boston.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only wanted the Cubs to win because of yearbook guy! The prophecy is fulfilled!
FloofLorde ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
NO WHY I did not want this to happen I'm going to fucking bed smh
RadarRequired ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Unbelievable game. Cubs needed that win. One hundred and eight years atoned for.
LefthandedLunatic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is a game to remember.
The-poeteer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Until now... It's likely there was not a single living Cubs fan to have seen the Cubs ever win the world series.
historylesson ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
some dude fell of a light pole and needs an ambulance
Inallahtent ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That game was G.O.A.T.
crazyonerob ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guess hell has frozen over for sure then.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://m.imgur.com/RIfSnis
/r/baseball right now.
http://m.imgur.com/eN4S9QL
Bonus Bill Murray
LargeTeethHere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Change that theme to dark mate
AfroClam ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats to the Cubs and the city of Chicago.
Fuck you Clevelandites and your shit hole city
MarioStern100 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Here's to 2124 everyone! Go Cubs! see you there!!!
icecreamsandy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So EVERYBODY'S a Cubs fan now.
BassFaceNYC ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man, I am fully convinced that we just saw the most exciting game of baseball ever played. Cubs fan or not, you have to admit... That was a fun one.
LordOfCows ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just dropping by to say that I was here.
Camotiger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now if the Cubs player didn't trip the second base man....
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chicago police scanner update : "we need an ambulance at Park and Waveland for a man who fell off a light pole".
RUN_B ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the Future was SOOOO close
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I pretty much never watch sports, and I moved away from chicago a year ago but goddamn did i shout when we did it! Congrats Cubs!!!!!!!!!!!
atrain56 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Incredible game, one of the tensest and gripping baseball games I've ever seen. No one can say Cubs fan didn't earn this.
smokedspirit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what is it with these sporting achievements - first leicester city - a no body team win the english premier league 5000-1 outsiders!
and now this!!
Bro_dell ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Give a listen to the Chicago police scanner. They were saying some dude just fell off of a light post and some drunk asshole is passed out on the street.
tavenlikesbutts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One of the best baseball games ive ever watched. And its hard to watch baseball sometimes.
HVY_METAL ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn you for ruining my dvr experience.
adi2412 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn. No Christmas now.
AndreT_NY ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So I guess this is it until the 2124 World Series for the Cubs?
bushrod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A lot of people say baseball is a boring sport but it can be as exciting and stressful as any. That game was phenomenal.
Jay_Eye_MBOTH_WHY ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back To the Future II
The-poeteer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
USA WON THE WORLD SERIES AGAIN! SUCK IT OTHER COUNTRIES (besides sometimes Canada....)
vandy17 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I put up with the stupid random stats , it was so worth
Athena_Mark ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Heard screaming from other rooms in the dorms! Must have been an insane game
keropipi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe the Indians will change their name now ๐
whysocereus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How does Charlie Sheen not get picked to throw the first pitch?
winterequinox007 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
From r/all, and this seems like a pretty big deal.
ColoradoHughes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:18:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This win breaks the longest-standing Championship drought in all of sports - 108 years.
El_Barto_227 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think it's been decades since they last won.
krannabis ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
108 years ago it was this election - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1908
snacksders ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
South side Chicago here, happy for you guys but stop shaking the city I have to work in the morning.
Daelum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/edkQdkZeeFg
Ky0suke ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No one in the stadium had any fingernails by the end of the 9th inning. Great game.
waitingtillnextyear ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Next year is finally here.
horatiopinkerton ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One of the best games I've ever seen. Unfortunately I had to be the slut between two good friends all night
Chewberino ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the Future was pretty spot on
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm spamming at this point, but I've been crying with joy since the final out. This is just so beautiful!!!! I love my fellow Cubs fans!!!!
MAN_TO_GALAXY ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/3uOyt_ofYCo
FREE_REDDIT_REPORT ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One of the best World Series I've ever seen. Congrats Cubs, you deserved it. Hope we meet again next year. Go Tribe!
PersianMG ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So are we in the future now?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can't call them the lovable losers anymore
VisenyasRevenge ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So the apocalypse is happening now?
niboosmik ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm just here for the karma!
lor_de_jaja ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Shit's going down. With every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Where? Only God knows.
CocaineAndMojitos ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What the hell is on their heads? VR goggles?
Once_EveryFourYears ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My god I don't think I will ever watch a world series like that again. That is some straight out of Hollywood tension the last 3 innings
kirklandlakesteve ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the future missed it by a year....the biff tannen thing maybe
mcgrotts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Looking at the comments I now feel obligated to watch the game. Even though I'm not a fan of baseball.
FkinSteve ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was a great game. A nail biting, ass clenching, heart attack inducing good ass game of baseball.
JoshuaHaines ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Great. Now Biff is going to be rich.
Sayt__McSpots ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a fantastic game. Go Cubs go!
Idiotwind13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Atta Cubbies and congrats!
Notfromnc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Theo Epstein knows how to bring championships!
diamonddamsel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was literally so stressed out watching this I peed a little when it was done.
zecksy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
My hometown team the Cubs! Yes!
ABoredAardvark ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And what a win it was! The edge of my seat isn't exactly comfortable but holy hell was it worth watching. They deserve it; what a great game!
Dravous ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
1 year late but I'll take it. now where are my flying cars and skateboards?
pimpnocchio ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Go Cubs! What an amazing night! Best November in the history of November's.
TheTrufe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"I wish I could go back to the beginning of the season and put some money on the Cubbies.โ
webtheweb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This country can't go down the drain before breaking the curse?
beesinmybeard ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know enough about baseball to understand that the Cubs being in the World Series is a pretty big deal, so I decided I'd watch and see how this Game 7 would play out. I started the evening out not really caring who would win, and by the end I was pulling my hair out and cheering on the Cubs. Great game.
ReaperInTime ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
After this I can't wait for next October for baseball to start again.
Otis_Gets_Stoned ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
CUBS WIN!! NOW ANSWER MY QUESTION!
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5aubo3/assuming_the_cubs_win_how_much_damage_in_total/?ref=share&ref_source=link
CrispehKitteh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I embarrassed my boyfriend in public via beers and cheers just to lose. Oh well. Heh
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I remember laughing with friends about the cubs and how they won't win a world series in my lifetime. Not even from Chicago but I'm hyped.
BronzeVgametheories ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Question to Baseball fans, I'm an outsider who watched the first Baseball game in about a decade today (From Australia) and I noticed they presented the trophy to the Owner first, then the manager. Is that a common thing in American sports for the Owners to get the silverware in their hands first despite the players doing the hardwork to win it?
TheRhaneMan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How long will it take for each city to burn to the ground tonight?
munchies777 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a Red Sox fan, congrats to the Cubs! We were in the same boat not too long ago. It's truly a great thing to be a part of as a city. Generations have come and gone with only disappointment, and that finally ends now.
NotObviouslyARobot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
That was a damn good game. The Indians and the Cubs played like it was the fucking championship and it came down to the wire.
Dear Chicago: Party as Hard as you like.
deathbatcrash ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Very happy to see them get the win! I can only imagine what the streets are like in Chicago right now.
TheRealAlphaYoda ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what a time to be alive. Well played by both teams. Get Chicago what do you say,
wicknest ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
called it
chaseb35 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Somewhere in heaven, Harry Caray is enjoying a nice, crisp Budweiser, trying to say Zobrist's name backwards and having convulsions.
4inthefunkingmorning ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2016 not so shitty after all.
SigmundRoidd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Heart palpitations all night
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
108 fucking years man god damn im so happy
strokesfan91 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
yeah, i don't even like baseball but congrats!!
don_la ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's kinda depressing to think about how I'll be dead by the time the Cubs win another World Series ๐
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Cubs ... win? That's gotta be a typo. I'll keep refreshing.
Guyra ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Great game for a great team
Zee-J ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As an Indians fan, hats off to those guys. Couldn't possibly lose to a better group. And let the 3-1 memes begin.
christein ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Where is the redditor who predicted this 2 years ago?!?!?!
andrewrosa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh boy , what a game ? its like roller-coaster ride of emotions. big shout out to Anthony Rizzo & addison russell. Great game. will be in history books for ever as one of the best game.
psych4191 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs deserved it after waiting this long. Cleveland will get theirs soon I'm sure
Edit: Theo Epstein is the greatest GM of all time.
JimmytheT ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I am sure fans of the 45 cubs were saying the same thing
rushmid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey Chicago what'd ya say? Cubs are gonna win today!
FrittataSlabs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/baseball is so broke right now my app crashes when I try to go to it, the world is gonna fall apart in the next 24 hours and I couldn't be fucking happier
GO CUBS GO
MadDany94 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can someone give me a link to their last, winning game?
i_bent_my_wookiee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've waited my entire life (just shy of 50 years) and I can finally say I've seen ALL of my hometown teams win their championships!!!
IHv2RtrnSumVdeotapes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My father bloodline immigrated from Germany and settled in Ohio a very long time ago. My mothers side has been in Chicago also for a very very long time. But my heart has always been with the Cubs. Im so happy for the people of Chicago you guys deserved this.
The-poeteer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is it too late to place bets?
HulkMike86 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck yes!!!!!! 108 years. It finally happened. Thank God.
Airiko90z3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hahaha aww poor Cleveland, lost after a 3-1 sounds familiar??! (Sips tea) Fuck You LeBron!!!
N897 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lebron still got the W
zangzude ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If anyone has the ability to listen to the chicago police scanner, do it. That shit is chaos.
I'm listening to it on an android app called Scanner Radio.
Jasonbluefire ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The police scanner for the area is on fire: http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/763/web
Yourfriendkyler ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like I just survived the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan... FLY THE FUCKING W!!!
Muellerr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No better way to break the curse with one of the greatest games there's ever been
gg_2015 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats Chicago Cubs! Don't really follow baseball, but I've watched the World Series occasionally. I believe it was the Cardinals' heroics in the playoffs a few years back that was also one of the best baseball games I've watched. This series was wild, and the winner-take-all Game 7 had it all. Cubs wanted it from the beginning though and they never trailed - Indians played their hearts out especially the 8th inning.
This one will stick with me even though I have no affiliations with either teams or baseball in general. That's a heck of a game to end the series, the season, and the curse!
doubletwist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What an amazing, nail-biting game to end a great series!
And props to both teams for playing great baseball from beginning to end.
Signed, A Yankee fan who was super happy to watch the Cubs finally win it all.
NightRedditor423 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've been a Cubs fan all my life but always rooting for a losing team made me stop watching sports all together. This day brought me back. Wow
SeanStormEh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm still salty as hell about Chicago intentionally walking Bryce 13 times in 4 games, but congratulations for a huge win and an all time classic game. That was amazing to experience.
tripbin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Im going to love reddit the next few days. Go Cubs.
muricabrb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We must find the yearbook guy. Save the yearbook guy, save the world!
typowilliams ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Make this the most upvoted post of the year!!!!!! GO GO GO!!!
NomarRulez ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chicago is going to be a war zone tonight
meppsman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is so good for the sport of baseball. I haven't cared for it since I was a kid, but now I may watch games a bit more often.
guildinho ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What do I do with my hands?
Ydur_Art ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
1000 comments already
armyvet66629 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now all we need is the Chicago bears to win the super bowl
Hayes4prez ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just like Nike, Back to the Future 2 was only off by 1 year.
OsterGuard ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That fucker with his goat is gonna be super disappointed.
sokolov22 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Heavy wait champions?
FreshJuice60 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm just happy for Bill Murray.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Guess that guy in the yearbook was correct
fjodsk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
quick question: did they win the whole thing or just game 7? I'm clueless about baseball
DogBoneSalesman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the future was only 1 year off!
Binary_Omlet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man, wish I could go back to the beginning of the season and put some money on the Cubbies.
gonewildecat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can we just skip the normal process and induct Theo Epstein into the Hall of Fame now? The man is a genius.
Faded-Maestro ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Great game Theo is the curse breaker now I guess. What franchise is next?? Haha
knight2k11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Best baseball in a long time. Fly the W!
megustalife ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chicago is wild right now!
Rosebunse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, how is that going?
megustalife ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:15:03 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wrigleyville was the main excitement epicenter. But I heard gunshots, fireworks, honking cars, and screaming down here in West Loop! The parade tomorrow should be as exciting.
LitrallyCantEven ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That guy who predicted the win in the yearbook is definitely a time traveler.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:25:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I won so much money tonight... wait, nevermind, I bet against them, shit!
moxy801 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:25:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty cool to see the losing streak finally broken in my lifetime!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:25:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now I have seen it all. Trump can destroy the planet, I die a happy man
JediCueball ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:25:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Greatest game i've ever watched
hulkingbehemoth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:25:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs fans have 100+ years of fireworks and bottled up energy to make use of tonight, from the city to the suburbs you can see and hear it everywhere.
Etonet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:25:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what's up with 2016?
baygullchest ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chevy gives a free special edition Camaro away to a rich guy....well done he really needed that
craigers521 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm just bandwagoning for gold... err go Cubbies! Lets bring back the chicago fire!
tsantaines49er ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a damn year... Craziest events in U.S. History going on this year: 1-Cubbies win 2-Trump Wins 3-Ottomans Lose
noodleyone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:27:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Always destroy kebab with Polish space marines.
Guccimayne ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So is Bartman off the hook now?
Amildcaseofutopia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
WHAT GONNA HAPPEN TO THAT HIGH SCHOOLER THAT PREDICTED THIS 20 years ago
TheWhiteWallOfWonder ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What goat?
daphillenium ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I ain't afraid of no goat!
nubosis ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck me, this is amazing
wolf4537 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel happy for Steve Bartman more than anyone now. :)
one-hour-photo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:27:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
this is now the lebron curse. He buried the 3-1. Put a tombstone on it. This killed the Indians momentum. This buried the Indians 3-1 lead power.
lic4ru5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:27:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Incoming Harry Carey/ Bill Swerski SNL sketches.
Razzler1973 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:27:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
108 freaking years, wow!!
Don't follow Baseball but there are a few Baseball stories you kind of know down the years and Cubs not winning was one of them.
Congrats.
So, Cleveland longest time without winning now then?
iComplimentPplAlot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:27:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Michael Lee, goddammit we need an AMA.
I_Am_Not_Jeremy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Somewhere Steve Bartman is smiling
young_thung ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a third generation Cubs fan, this is the greatest thing that both my grandpas didn't get to see... I'm glad they can sleep easy up there now. Stay safe Chicago stay safe
JustThatMatt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think picking Ben Zobrist as MVP was based solely on the one play. Not that he didn't do amazing, but overall in the entire series, other players did better.
ernzo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:39:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought it should have been David Ross, simply for being the sentimental veteran choice
grimydickmonkeys33 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bill Murray--->Bill Hurray
Mahhyz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why can't all baseball games be as wild as this? Easily the best game I've seen hands down.
philk12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The greatest baseball game I've ever seen
JakeThePiggah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not even a big baseball fan, but GO CUBS GO!!!
gobthegilder ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude on my FB has been talking about how terrible Cubs fans are nonstop since the start of this series. I wanted it to end, win or lose, just so he'd move onto something else.
lemanskyc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That Harry Carey Budweiser commercial was pretty sweet. I thought it was just me having a vision and hearing his voice
I_fuck_muffins_alot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn, this will probably be one of the most upvoted posts on Reddit
Fursache ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
anyone else think it's all rigged?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wonder what the celebration at Michael Lee's house looked like
Jackdaw11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The World Turned Upside Down...
soccertown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congratulations to cubs fans on winning the baseball title.
ShockinglyEfficient ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't watch the game. Did the Cubs come back from a big deficit or something?
Kylescorpion ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:51:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
other way around. Went into extras.. The game was just amazing.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey Chicago what do you say?
trevman10 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Somewhere in the world, Steve Bartman is sitting and smiling to himself...
hizzly23 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hope they don't have to wait til 2124 for the next one.
pforum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a Clevelander I thought I was done with this. Surely losses would come, but normal losses. Not losses that had me crying with sadness, happiness, then sadness again. I have learned my lesson; optimism as a Cleveland sports fan is deadly. The Cavs allowed the entire city to put their guard down tonight and it backfired spectacularly.
nocontactnotpossible ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hope no one planned to sleep tonight!
tripbin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well /r/news you guys are the top of reddit for a cub post so its up to all of us to make this the most upvoted post of all time.
nahteviro ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For those who haven't seen it, got watch "Taking Care of Business" starring Jim Belushi.
theHangedGod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I fucking love it!
GO CUBS
Skankmofo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats Cubs fans!
Living in Chicago as a transplant, have often enjoyed the delicious schadenfreude feast of your perennial misery, but have to hand it to you this year, incredible team and series. Almost feel happy for you...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nice to see some good news come out the US! Way to go Cubs!
OriginalCharlieBrown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm the happiest motherfucker alive!
Interceox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude in my history class always talked about the Cubs. We all laughed at him. Look who's laughing now
ItsMagicItsMagic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm so happy. GO CUBS GO!
JerryConn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ok now do it two years in a row.
eldarium ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Almost 13k upvotes in less than an hour, and I'm just sitting here like on that Travolta gif.
E:"won ... for the first time in 108 years" oh, now I see
Box_of_Rockz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:37:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
โง3-1โซโโโโโโโโ โโ(รณ ฬฏ รฒ, )
Flint_Ironstag87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:37:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Does this mean Marty fixed the timeline?
dalatinknight ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:37:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Being from Chicago, and it's still somewhat unbelievable. We've gone almost every year watching the team perform poorly or mediocre. I almost didn't react when I saw them get the third out.
108 years is over!
philk12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:38:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a Chicago Cubs fan, I gotta congratulate my hometown team on a historic victory.
3-1 down, I knew Game 7 was gonna be good, but I never expected it to become the greatest game I've ever seen. Coming back from 3-1 in the series, with extra innings this game, it was literally a storybook ending.
The drought is over, the curse has been lifted, and for the final time this season, the city of Chicago can Fly the W!
mnothstine ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:38:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
happy riots in chicago tonight
biggerdonger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:39:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
looks like Christmas is canceled
Apods10 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a time to be alive
CLG_Jimmy_B ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:41:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The greatest day of my 21 year life.. Feelsgoodman
vidyagames ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:41:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like how it says "But that was all in the past as Cubs fans throughout Chicago celebrated into the early hours of Thursday." but they just won the game and this hasn't happened yet. I mean, it's a fair assumption but still, future news reporting.
Ya_B0y_Bill_Nye ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Coming from Illinois, I couldn't be happier. My grandparents and parents have waited their entire lives to see this, and its finally happened after 108 years. I can't actually process that its all over- the jokes about us never winning, the cardinals always being better, its amazing.
Airiko90z3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh no doubt.. but Cubs won this one, and he doesn't get to take any credit, as he dose for anything Cleveland ever dose.
Probably3rd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2016 just can't stop getting weirder..
wowthisguyoverhere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Curses are meant to be broken. Congratulations to the city of Chicago and the Cubs!!!!!!!!! Unbelievable game 7. How can one not love this sport?
OkieLaw ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This year has been strange (putting it lightly). Celebrity deaths, Trump/Hillary, Brexit, and even friends and family that have died this year. It's all bizzare. Luckily for us Cub fans, the only thing that can make it weirder is a Cubs World Series Victory!! Fly the W!!
Rosebunse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2016 has just not been a great year. Actually, it was on track to be a terrible year. Not anymore!
HelpABrotherO ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:44:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is ump-believable!
dantheman252 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:44:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was wild stuff but not quite rivaling the royals 2014!
submittedanonymously ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:49:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a royals fan I must disagree. But only on principle. 2014 and 2015 was some of the best baseball I've ever seen and it was my royals who did it. But that game tonight, even with the errors, was one of the most tense baseball games I've ever watched and all I was hoping for was Zobrist getting a second series win in a row. I got so much more in that game. I'm still coming down from the tension!
MaziicM ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:46:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy fukkidy fuck. Finally!
candyman192 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:47:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chicago is losing its fucking mind right now
WolfOfBroadStreet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chicago is such a beautiful city that has been going through a rough patch lately, this championship is exactly what it needed.
Toothlesskinch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can't wait for the spike in birth rate 9 months from now.
pixel_juice ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:49:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats Chicago! I know how it feels to get good news and be waiting for the other shoe to drop, so to balance out your karma, I'll have some thin crust pizza and a hot dog-- with ketchup.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:49:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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resonantred35 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:37:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yet Michael Lee was dead on 23 years ago.
Leftconsin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:50:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is the year!
The Cubs are real!
Otohane ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:50:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey Chicago, whaddaya say? Cubs are gonna win today!
Spirits850 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:52:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDGsh-Hrxho
King_Scrotus_IV ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:52:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This thread hits number one of all time, I'm calling it now
mettal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:52:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a Clevelander: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCKKKKKKKK
But I'm not salty, the Cubs won fair and square
COLIE53 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:53:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You mean Bill Murray wins the 2016 World Series.
Leftcoastlogic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:54:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Haven't watched baseball regularly in years... This made me love it all over again!
Trogdor8121 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:54:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Remember when the Cubs were supposed to win last year?
JC_Frost ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:55:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And with that, every college campus in Illinois was overrun by swarms of rowdy Cubs fans!
paul-arized ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:55:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Next stop? The White House! (After the Chicago Bears and the Blackhawks have already been recognized.)
themikeswitch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:56:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man, who woulda thought. 100 to 1 shot.
Wish I could go back to the beginning of the season, put some money on the Cubs
bennnie1177 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:56:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Imagine Bill Murray right now
lankybob ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:57:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why is this less than 100% upvoted? They haven't won in 108 years. That is more than all the bots or humans on this site that have been alive.
Storm137 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:58:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Where's my Sports Almanac Biff?
noxnoctum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:58:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Posting here for posterity.
metalmania7778 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:00:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All you non chicago fucks. I just got back from Wrigley and I got a small cut on my wrist. It's painful. I'm also a white sox fan but you know what, the first thing is I'm a fucking chicago fans. I hate the rivalry, I rooted for the cubs during this whole season, and I'll root for any Chicago team that makes, don't care what you call me. I was born there, and god damnit I'm proud to be there, regardless of what happens.
ZeroLAN ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:00:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Apples are indeed green!
TechnoSpirits ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:01:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chicago is fucking lit right now. This is awesome it's so loud in the streets
Slipsonic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:01:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Think about being the team with the title of "first team to get beat by the Cubs since the Ottoman Empire.
Maybe they just passed the curse on?
DreamWeaver714 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:01:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't watch sports and decided to tune in, really crazy how my adrenaline was pumping and i got really excited. What a nerve wracking game! Man the streets of Chicago are so crazy now! So cool that our home team won after all this time
slim_shadey ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:02:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've never been so relieved, stressed, mad, happy, terrified, and ecstatic in such a small amount of time
Applejuiceinthehall ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:02:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wonder how many people will take tomorrow off...
letsgethead2toe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:03:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The announcer during the post game for game 6 said it would go to extras...
Jewstun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:03:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is it too late for the karma train? I don't watch baseball but I do watch Reddit watch baseball.
CorpseZero ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:04:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Welp, looking forward to the fan edit of Back to the Future II that changes the dates to 1986/2016. Good for the Cubbies, and all of the aging fans who've been hoping for this day for their entire lives.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:04:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So this means the Blues can finally win a cup, right? Oh, who am I kidding, they're the fucking Blues. Goes to cry in a corner
n0xz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:05:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Was a well fought match for both team! Congratulations to the Cubs and hope it's Indians next year!
RyDub42 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:05:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Of course it ended this way. Still, so unreal. Will be processing this for days and years to come.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:05:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep! Now they probably won't win for another 108 years
OregonMAX13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:05:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Did Pete Rose just say they need to find room for Schwarber next year?
Winsstons ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:06:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Reporting from Chicago. It is confirmed lit.
swb0nd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:06:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They are also built for years to come
Spazmanaut ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:06:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't know anything about baseball but I'm happy for Bill Murray
d3adbor3d2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:06:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's the most uncubs game ever
ElementOfExpectation ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:08:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Woah. 15000 points in an hour?
BeadyEyed123 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:12:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
An hour later, checks score, yup, Cubs still won the World Series. Congrats, Cubs! That was huge! Hopefully, the next 946,079 hours go more smoothly for you, Cubs fans! Curse(s) over!
SourKrautish ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:19:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They'll just have to rely on talent now. No more excuses about goats and cats to fall back on.
BeadyEyed123 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:23:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget Bartmans.
Cool to watch history either way. Theo Epstein knows some stuff!
SourKrautish ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:27:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Glad it was a nail-biter of a game, too.
BeadyEyed123 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:31:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah. And the rain added extra drama and intrigue. Worth watching even for casual fans.
HoosierStateRN ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:13:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a Cubs fan for as long as I can remember and an Indiana native with the Cubs being the closest MLB team to me.. a Chicago Cubs tattoo is in my near future!!! Go Cubs Go!
ShadySim ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:15:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That last inning was intense.
MidnightCalico- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:17:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All i can think of is how close Back to the Future came to being right. Dont watch sports but definitely a big thing here.
Darviticus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:17:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And I will love you again. Like I used to.
omni_wisdumb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:18:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This was my first time watching a game, and it was quite exciting
TessaigaVI ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:19:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is time travel real?
BrassBass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:19:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Looks like I have to fuck my own ass after all...
God damn it.
datgenericname ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:20:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was at that game and even though my Indians lost in the end, I gotta say that both teams played not just the best game of baseball I have ever seen, but played out probably the most memorable series of baseball in prolly the past 20 years.
Congrats on breaking the curse Cubs and winning your first title in 108 years! Hoping the Tribe can possibly pull it off next year.
willyt1229 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:22:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a lifelong Cubs fan who grew up just outside Chicago. That was such a roller coaster. I wasn't sure I'd ever see it in my lifetime.
quotesforlosers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:23:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congratulations Cubs! That rain delay really screwed with the game though
psicopbester ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:26:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I was a kid. My little league team was the Cubs. I loved them. Later I found out that apparently the Cubs were a horrible team that hasn't won and was apparently cursed. It kind of made me sad. Our team was, well just like the cubs at the time, a horrible team. I always wanted the cubs to do well. They finally won one for little Psicopbester.
Ghost_of_Hicks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:26:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That can only mean one thing.. President Evil & Armageddon.
camdoodlebop ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:26:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm in Chicago and Michigan avenue is busier than during the day! Also car honks galore
TheDwarvenGuy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:29:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just think of the suspense. 108 years + an extra game + an extra inning + a rain delay!
This is the kind of game we tell our grandchildren about.
Agent00sonic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:31:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Truly one for the books, never watched a baseball game before, but that was something else.
snoe_bird ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:34:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't even deal. Best year of my life. I got married on October 14th, the last day the Cubs won the World Series in 1908. My "something blue" was my Cubs pin. I LOVE THIS TEAM!
CarsGunsBeer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:34:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
108Years since Cubs won the World Series!BaneOfDane ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:35:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Little known fact here, in the past hundred years only ten home teams have won the final game of the world series.
JLev1992 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:37:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a Rays fan Im happy that Maddon and Zobrist got their win.
adamsclumsy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:37:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2016 has been such a great year for sports!
SharonShar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:37:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Best game , played well
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:37:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kanye gonna be wildin after his show tonight
Sublime99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:39:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Even as a Phillies fan, im so happy for you guys... 108 years of waiting done!
shparky ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:40:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Where's Mike?
Dev7inDarkly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:41:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2016 continues to be the weirdest year ever.
rdldr1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:42:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The crowd in Wrigleyville is 10x crazier than when the last time the Blackhawks won. Its been a couple hours and people are still honking horns and setting off fireworks.
camdoodlebop ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:43:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the last time the cubs won, women weren't allowed to vote in america
SonsofBigboss ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:45:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I now bestow the title of Curse Breaker upon Theo Epstein, Red Sox now the cub's, this guy can break any curse
C_F_D ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:48:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Really pissed I moved out of my apartment on Clark and Waveland this year...
LynxJesus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:49:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Parks and Rec was right!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:50:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Shit. Back to the Future was one year off predicting the right year!
isaac161000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:51:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The internet took a big hit in its Cubs not winning the World Series memes. But it's recovering because Cleveland helped out by blowing a 3-1 lead.
shiroto ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:51:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy Shit the simpsons got it right again....what do they not predict
darkestb4thadawn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:53:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
At least the river didn't light on fire tonight.
balvoll ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:55:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
damn what a long intense game that was
BigChocolateBalls ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:56:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a buccos fan, I was hoping they made it game 7, lost by some fluke in the 9th inning, and made it 109 years. I was almost right...
yaosio ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:56:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish I could go back in time and bet some money on the Cubbies.
Angier85 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:57:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If the cubs win, everything is possible. You know what that means for your election, muricans.
jerry_03 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:00:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
back to the future 2 missed the prediction by a year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Iy5FAuYVVY
In this scene he travels to 2015
Maharajison ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:00:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus, I'm still full of adrenaline after that game, and I'm a Dodgers fan. It's horrible, it's been weeks... I should see a doctor.
AuschetheInsane ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:02:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have to get a bear tattoo'd on my ass. Any suggestions?
Grumpy-Moogle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:03:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congratulations Bill Murray! Or something.
Skarekrows ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:05:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So where is the Bill Murray reaction?
PROJ3CTBM4reel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:06:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
cubs winning the world series? i dont even watch sports and the impact this has made was mind blowing. Holy shit. also i must note that im really baked right now and wanna be a part of world (and reddit) history
ZackusCactus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:07:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I haven't cried in years the feels right now man
Bodacious_Duck ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:08:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So I take it since the Cubs won back-to-back World Series in 1907 and 1908 I'll see you folks here next year??
To 2017!!!
tronayne ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:08:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a brit. What's going on?
Jock_fortune_sandals ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:31:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chicago won the world series (like winning the Premiere League), breaking a 108-year stretch without one
Ivan_Himself ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:10:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But there was also the German, British, Austro-Hungarian and Russian empire? Idk I guess haha
Lux-xxv ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:12:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2016 has been quite a year ..... I'm no baseball fanโพ๏ธ but I'm glad the cubs won and I'm glad Cleveland put up a good fight...
Shanghai1943 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:15:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a basketball fan, holy cow, the Indians pulled a reverse Cleveland Cavs
FamouslyUnknown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:15:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats to Chicago cubs, why is it called world series though?
Jock_fortune_sandals ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:29:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Named back when the sport only existed in America. My guess is they came up with the name because it sounded grand, and it stuck
FamouslyUnknown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:33:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Interesting. Thanks.
treBsti ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:24:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can finally eat at a Billy Goat now. I've been boycotting that place my entire life!
apertureskate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:25:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a year for sports, huh?
Kretchfloop ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:25:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I suppose anything is possible now, right?
LAlakers4life ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:25:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I said I wish I could go back to the beginning of the season, put some money on the Cubbies!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:27:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congratulations Cub fans! I was rooting for Cleveland and yes I was a little upset, but in reality I don't even care cause Chicago earned that damn trophy.
GrijzePilion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:28:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So Back To The Future 2 was being legit?
Carr0t ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:33:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But not against Miami, sadly.
derxfred ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:33:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is baseball, right?
sijc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:34:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
First: Congrats, Cubs fans. Cherish this. As a Yankees fan, I was really hoping to see history in a big way. Impressive ownership, management, culture and everything right now about that entire organization.
Probably going to get lost in the shuffle, but it took 10 innings and 8 runs for the Cubs to do something NO team in the history of baseball had EVER done (Win a World series Game 7 on the road in extra innings).
10 innings, 8 runs
10(i) 8(r)
10(i)8(r)
108.
108 years. Man, sometimes you just have to love sports, and some odd coincidences in numbers, but mostly sports. What a ride.
number4withcurlyfrys ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:35:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Finally some goods news for 2016
singandplay65 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:35:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Parks and Recreation called it!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:36:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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seocurious13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:37:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Shhh! The fucking US election is in a few days man. Let's hope the Cubs winning is it for all the surprises of 2016
Kevoo25 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:36:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats to cubs they really deserve it
mvrander ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:38:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
So back to the future was only one year out? Looks like they may have been thirty one out with the Tannen and Trump thing though
707Guy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:39:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So Back To The Future was only a year off.
JimTheFrenchFry ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:39:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"GG no RE"- Thomas Ricketts
microjupiter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:40:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My 94 year old Grandpa was moved into my parents house this week. During the 5th inning my Dad conference called my brother and I to let us know my Grandpa wasn't breathing get well and could pass at any moment.
We sat and told him we loved him together on the phone, how proud we were of him, it was okay to go, and that the cubbies were winning the world series. He wasn't very responsive, but I can't imagine what it was like for him to hear at 94 from his boys that the cubbies were winning the world series.
Thankfully, he made it another night. I feared the rain delay could press for time with his condition.
But 94 years later, my blind Grandpa, purple heart receiver, decorated marine and widower to my Grandma last year got to hear the Cubs won the world series on what could be one of his final nights.
This was such a special moment on the phone for all of us as we took a step away from the game.
Go Chicago Go! Love this city.
DSnyd87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:30:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That is beautiful, man.
MaryHuntsman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:43:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
6-4 bottom of the 8th ,Good Game
CrotaSmash ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:45:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guess Christmas is cancelled
Cereal_poster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:46:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I donยดt know chickenshit about baseball, so does this mean that Bill Murrays goat saw the shadow of its own nose and you will have a bad winter? Or do I mix up things here? ;-) Congrats to the Cubs and all the fans out there.
whoarethoseguys ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:49:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hibs won the Scottish Cup this year after a 114 year wait and this was their message to the Cubs on Twitter
https://twitter.com/HibsOfficial/status/794080916796796928?s=09
Serupael ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:54:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In the Year 1908:
californicater ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:01:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm game for anything that brings misery to Cleveland. #Warriors #NeverForget
Middleman79 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:02:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
is this back to the future?
thinhotboy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:05:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Condolences to thw employees of the company that will have 14hr work day and Christmas canceled
Just_Todd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:05:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tomorrows headline: Chicago burns to the ground.
2nd headline: Hell freezes over.
upvoter158 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:16:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
next week headline: Trump becomes president. Hell moves up to hell on earth.
civilwarveteran ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:06:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If every game was that good, id have all that baseball shit direct tv is tryna sell me.
HumpyMagoo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:07:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's the power of love!
Megaman0WillFuckUrGF ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:08:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now Cleveland fans also know what it's like to give up a 3-1 series lead in the finals
TurdofFrodo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:08:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So the Cubs didn't get Murph'd. Meh
12mos ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:18:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Where's Kawasaki?
miraflat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:19:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If only I could go back to the beginning of the season and put some money on them.
lurking_in_the_bg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:31:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Steve Bartman can finally move out of the bomb shelter he's been hiding in for the past 13 years.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:38:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I moved to San Francisco in 2010 .. The Giants won the series I just got transferred to Chicago and the Cubs won the series
What a nice coincidence
Freezmaz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:40:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They were supposed to win last year
Vaperius ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:48:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2016 rollercoaster strikes again with another twist !
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:49:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
so this means i don't have to watch memes about the cubs and the world series for the next century!?
fuckin' dope!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:52:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What would the equivalent of this be in football(soccer)?
LarryMyster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:52:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was watching FFDP and Shinedown live when this happened.
PM_MeYourThoughts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:00:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know what's going on but I'm excited
not_haha_funny ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:05:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish I could go back to the beginning of the season, put some money on the Cubs.
shuumatsu_no_fool ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:06:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: Classy Indians fans
Ebriate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:07:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Best thing to happen all year if not in my lifetime. What, a, series. Amazing effort Cleveland, what a team.
Cubbies tattoo has to happen now.
tenfolde ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:17:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Half life 3 confirmed
Everyday-formula ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:17:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Against Miami?
sixthsheik ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:19:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
108-year-old Cubs fan finally sees a World Series win. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqfRshs68pI
Meunahlux ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:22:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is it me or is there some serious brigading going on here? This thread was at 15k up votes not long ago
BenisonBT101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:37:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, it's the Cubs!
Hell_Mel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:40:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The # of upvotes is not an accurate representation of actual upvotes. It probably has a hundred thousand. Upvotes are normalized so that the top of /r/all isn't just all recent content due to the growth of reddit's userbase.
Mirai182 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:31:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not against Miami and a year too late.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:42:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
nate silver predicted it
https://twitter.com/natesilver538/status/730251094614528000
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:46:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We are in the darkest timeline.
PolManning ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:46:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This calls for a Perfect Strangers reunion.
jroddie4 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:48:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish I could have gone back to the beginning of the season, and put some money on the cubbies!
Vipre7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:49:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish we would have never sold Chapman to you!!! (and I bet you Cubs fans wish, too haha) He throws great ONLY with a Reds jersey on ;)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:52:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Great now Al Bundy has died.
playge ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:57:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a series! What a game! This is so surreal.
foma_kyniaev ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:07:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the future was almost right
jrowlands8 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:18:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They were due I guess.
toptots ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:21:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the future was one year early.
truemeliorist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:24:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Goats worldwide rejoice!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:26:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yesterday I didn't even know that Cubs existed, today I couldn't be happier for them.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:28:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I wish i could go back to the beginning of the season and put some money on the cubbies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEXk6TO-_q4
PayForYourGas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:28:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a fan of watching history, congrats to the Cubs. As a Brewers fan: go screw shitlords. God Miller Park is going to be an awful place to be when the Cubs come to town. Learn how to drive FIBS
devilabit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:31:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
2016 will go down as the year of underdog. Leicester won the league in England , odds of a 1000/1. Cubs win the World Series after 106 years absenteeism, and wrinkled apricot head Trump might become president with nobody giving him a chance 6 months ago. Crazy
TheAC997 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:32:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I still remember Marco from the Animorphs saying that the Cubs never winning the world series is a fact of the universe.
ortund ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:47:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hope somebody bet on them. The odds against them winning must have been astronomical so that would have been an enormous win.
B2sxy4u ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:52:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now what is WWE going to do when they go to Chicago?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:53:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can only imagine the celebrations going on in Chicago right now...
wankawitz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:00:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
My only request is I want to see video of Munenori Kawasaki celebrating and/or being interviewed after this game.
here's a few videos of him back when he was in Toronto:
video 1
video 2
video 3
video 4
Spamakin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:03:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't even watch baseball. The world series was the first set of games I truly watch and I loved every moment
Kratovil_lavelle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:06:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you hear that? That's hell freezing over
Dodgycaster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:11:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Where's my picture of Bill Murray? Also was quite impressed with the quality of the goat curse.
tingulz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:18:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Someone's screwing with The Matrix.
90sBrooklyn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:19:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
10 innings scored 8-108....illuminati is strong,jk...bout time Cubs
Skandranen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:44:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was just talking with my wife this AM and the fact that 108 has shown up in conjunction with this win is quite interesting.
damattdanman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:19:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Will Ferrel needs to show up on live TV n do his Harry Caray impression.
Sp00nD00d ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:29:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No... just... no...
It's such a terrible impression I'm not even sure how it keeps getting air time...
DiddlyDiddler805 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:22:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So how bout that curse? Congrats Chicago!
mikepc143 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:28:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So I guess this means the world is coming to an end.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:33:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think this means it's the apocalypse.
McBain_letsget_silly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:40:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wish I could go back to the beginning of the year and put some money on the cubbies!
PunkZdoc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:42:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So Back to the Future 2 was right. They were just one year off
Eman5805 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:47:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So...can Theo Epstein GM a basketball team? Because there's this team down in New Orleans...
thirdofthetimelords ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:55:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Something, huh. 100 to 1 shot. I wish I could go back to the beginning on the season, and put some money on the Cubs.
Skandranen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:35:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wasn't worth it, they were very highly favored to win this year.
GnaeusQuintus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:56:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Someone upstairs decided that if America was going down the tubes, at least the Cubs should win first.
twinklenuts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:13:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Harey Carey is singing in the heavens. This is awesome news...
veritasserum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:49:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time for curried goat.
president2016 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:54:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Reddit Admins, How come all these posts weren't put into a single "Mega thread" so they don't clutter up the main page like you've done with other stories? Oh, right...
alerionfire ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:55:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Back to the future pt 2 saw this coming. Wish I had a time machine.
sozimdrunk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:07:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a Brit, this means nothing to me, but I imagine it's like Leicester winning the Premier League last year. Anyone who follows football/soccer and baseball confirm please?
Rosebunse ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:39:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's just...it's really special. Every single time before, something happened to keep the Cubs from even getting that far. And even during the game, it felt like they could lose at any single moment. It was amazing.
Skandranen ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:27:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If Leicester had not won in 108 years then yes.
desmondhasabarrow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:42:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not quite. The Cubs were absolutely the best team in baseball this year, and were favorites to win the World Series, but the fact that they hadn't won since 1908 made them underdogs. Typically the Cubs' season ended in heartbreak, no matter how good the team was.
GeorgeWBush2016 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:10:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its different because in US professional sports every team is expected to win eventually.
Jock_fortune_sandals ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:31:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kind of, except that there's no relegation so winning the world series once or twice is expected. These guys hadn't done it in 108 years
TheLonelyDevil91 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:52:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs are sort of similar to Arsenal. Good players and a big club but the team could still lose WS or im Arsenal's case finish 4th or KO rounds in CL. i said to myself years ago im sure Arsenal will win a CL before Cubs win WS. somehow i feel good this is an omen for Arsenal.
xana452 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:09:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Someone predicted this last year, I guarantee it.
BigOldCar ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 13:14:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, Marty and Doc Brown.
Wynner3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:27:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's about time. Now my Uncle can finally shut up about his beloved Cubs not winning one.
YouLoveMoleman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:29:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is the World Series exactly?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:34:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The championship series of Major League Baseball.
_-Zed-_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:39:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Being an Englishman, can someone explain why this is such a big deal?
typowilliams ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:44:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Cubs have not won a championship game in 108 years. The longest drought of almost any sport. The Titanic Was built and sank since the last time the Cubs won. The Ottoman Empire still existed.
tiffanydisasterxoxo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:44:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They haven't won in 108 years
slass-y ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:33:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Think of it like Leicester winning the top flight for the first time in 100+ years. But on the way to that first win they came extremely close many times, only to blow it in every way imaginable (look up the Steve Bartman incident). In between those close calls, they had some unbelievably bad seasons. All the while, their city rivals and regional ones too have all had their turn winning the whole thing. As time goes on, this feeling that the club is cursed grows and grows to the point that it becomes folklore almost, and they gain the nickname the "loveable losers" which becomes engrained in the psyche of both the fans and generally just those that live in that part of town. Generations of fans endure this, being born and then dying without seeing their club win a title. And then one day, in as dramatic as fashion as you could imagine, they actually win.
That's the best I can explain it.
cle_de_brassiere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:52:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://www.shmoop.com/the-republic/book-1-summary.html
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:01:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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kykypajko ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:13:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How about Trump come from behind to win the presidency
Lol
_heisenberg__ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:03:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't even like baseball and I enjoyed the hell out of the last two games.
MyBigBadBurner ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:17:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So is Bartman off the hook now ?
KyuuAA ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:34:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This:
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161103/wrigleyville/1969-cubs-steve-bartman-that-billy-goat-youre-all-off-hook
Depleted_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:21:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can someone TLDR this for a non-American with no knowledge of baseball? What's the huge significance?
Jock_fortune_sandals ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:28:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The World Series is championship of baseball in the US. These guys had become really ingrained in baseball folklore because of the fact they hadn't won it in 108 years
slass-y ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:31:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Think of it like Leicester (or any football club) winning the top flight for the first time in 100+ years. But on the way to that first win they came extremely close many times, only to blow their chance in every heartbreaking way imaginable. In between those close calls, they had some unbelievably bad seasons. All the while, their city rivals and regional ones too have all had their turn winning the whole thing. As time goes on, this feeling that the club is cursed grows and grows to the point that it becomes folklore almost, and they gain the nickname the "loveable losers" which becomes engrained in the psyche of both the fans and generally just those that live in that part of town. Generations of fans endure this, being born and then dying without seeing their club win a title. And then one day, in as dramatic as fashion as you could imagine, they actually win.
That's the best I can explain it.
prototype31695 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:27:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs haven't won a world series since 1908.
hummelaris ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:22:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He saw it coming! https://youtu.be/LcdtVJS28gA
murmalerm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:35:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sobbing still....from Cleveland </3
Daniilvb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:47:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I go to school at Loyola University Chicago. I'm gonna go to class today and ask people "So who won that game last night?"
CameronHaug ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:50:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Enjoy it while you can. It won't happen again in your lifetime.
CameronHaug ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:51:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This just in, Cubs win 2124 World Series after 108 more years.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:51:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nevermind. I had things to say they were wrong.
Still. That was a fucking headtrip of a game.
hurts2bme ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:17:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
OMG! Wow the back to the future movie was only a year off!
kendel-fox14 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:17:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
See you guys in 2124, when the cubs win again!
GMY0da ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:19:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Amen
I'm not even a Cubs fan, but it's nice to see it finally happen
AU_Cav ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:20:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can't be true. The World is still here
Psyconaut-115 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:21:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
โI wish I could go back to the beginning of the season and put some money on the Cubbies.โ -Every Back to the Future fan
fistkick18 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:34:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In reviewing the list of supercentenarians, it is very likely that no one alive has a memory of the last time the cubs won the World Series. The oldest person born the US was only 5 at the time, and every supercentenarian from the US is a woman, which would have been a factor in that day in them being aware of or physically attending the game at such a young age.
fungoid_sorceror ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:40:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hell, I remember it like it was yesterday.
Diablo89234 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:40:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now they don't have to win for another 70+ years
NeuronalMassErection ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:47:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
From a Bostonian, congrats to all you Cub fans!
Rassl3r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:11:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was watching blacklist last night and it said that "and the cubs win the world series" so it is a big thing? I am from europe and kinda know that this is a big thing but how big is it
ratherunclear ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:40:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can someone explain to me why this post's score dropped to 5000 from yesterday's twenty billion?
IndianBlizzard ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:41:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
First baseball game I've seen in it's entirety. Shit was dope af!
PlayerOwnage ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:05:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All of the baby furs are gunna get a kick out of this on /r/furry
ThreeDollarHat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:09:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Been a Cubs fan my entire life, never knew if I would get to see this day. Boy, it feels good. GO CUBS GO!
nybx4life ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:21:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats to you Cubs fans and the team.
once a perma-joke of baseball, you guys got the big one.
Respect.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:10:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No jokes, just a big congratulations to the people of Chicago and their team. Hat's off and glad the drought is over for you.
maya0nothere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:05:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Next un-expected thing?
A non politician becomes president.
2016 the year of wtf.
The_Truthkeeper ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:47:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's happened plenty of times. Used to be all you needed to become president was to have been a high ranking military officer or a secretary in the cabinet.
KyuuAA ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:23:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, first Female President.
maya0nothere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:33:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
either would be a 1st
markpas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:57:38 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The people of Cleveland should not be sad. This an opportunity. In only another 43 years they can beat Chicago's record for most years without winning aWorld Series.
ArrrOne ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Good for them! So how many other countries did they beat in this "world series"?
ForTheBacon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:07:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One team from Canada!
ReasonablyBadass ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:12:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like how it's called "World" Series
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:22:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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ReasonablyBadass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:37:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sure. And the rest of us can consider it a little bit douchy.
StephenshouldbeKing ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:29:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The players come from all over the world.......?
fordahor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:55:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Many players from all over the world play in Premiership (the English football league), Primera Division (Spanish football league) etc, but nobody is calling them "world" anything.
ReasonablyBadass ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 07:45:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series#International_participation
JS-a9 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:57:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Genuinely the best sporting event in the history of the world. This will do so much for baseball.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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iemploreyou ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:07:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The World Cup is great but I will always love the FA Cup as the best tournament.
Catch22ismybible ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:50:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The FA Cup is great but the Intertoto Cup will always be the pinnacle for me.
iemploreyou ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:53:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
InterTwoBob cup!
b_knickerbocker ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know, I actually got into the Cubs spirit this year. I said, "I don't care about sports, but this is a big deal. Good for the city!" And I watched games. And I cheered.
And then we won the World Series and I watched three assholes in Cubs gear run out of the bar on my street, screaming "Cubs win! We're gonna burn this city down!" before jumping onto the windshield of a car parked in front of my building, shattering it into bits.
That's what good vibes are about, apparently. Thanks for reminding me why I don't like sports.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:49:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Two people that don't play sports were stupid. This is why /r/IHateSportsball."
Inmate002 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Please tell me they were promptly arrested..
b_knickerbocker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep, by all of the cops that AREN'T stationed within 2 blocks of Wrigley.
/s
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:41:15 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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slass-y ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:28:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Think of it like Leicester winning the top flight for the first time in 100+ years. But on the way to that first win they came extremely close many times, only to blow it in every way imaginable. In between those close calls, they had some unbelievably bad seasons. All the while, their city rivals and regional ones too have all had their turn winning the whole thing. As time goes on, this feeling that the club is cursed grows and grows to the point that it becomes folklore almost, and they gain the nickname the "loveable losers" which becomes engrained in the psyche of both the fans and generally just those that live in that part of town. Generations of fans endure this, being born and then dying without seeing their club win a title. And then one day, in as dramatic as fashion as you could imagine, they actually win.
That's the best I can explain it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:52:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All praise be to the goat
gmsc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Great job, Cubs! Not so close next time, OK?
zac428 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:54:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a time to be alive!
shane_c ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:55:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its because Cleveland Indians are cultural appropriation.
Engineer32 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:59:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And now the nation watches in horror as the town of Chicago implodes over the next week.
Drewpacabra ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:01:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hope someone in the Cubs organization gives a special shout-out to Bill Murray. Strong work Cubbies!
oneburntwitch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:01:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When that last out happened, I was watching the cam outside Wrigley Field. Chicago, you just gave me chills. I'm happy for you.
Fat_Chip ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:02:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm so glad I was able to witness it. 108 years, that truly is history.
JDandJets00 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Greatest game of all time.
crimsontideftw24 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cleveland blew a 3-1 lead in the World Series
Where's Kevin Love now?
WHERE'S LEBRON NOW?!
Yerpster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The cavs come back from a 3-1 deficit and the Indians blow a 3-1 lead in the same year. Instant karma
GY- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chicago will be ash tomorrow.
gristly_adams ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought this was tomorrow?
I'll just watch it next time, I guess.
Dick_Justice15 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish I could go back to the beginning of the season and put some money on the Cubbies
JasonDJ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit spez, the new algorithms are working. Hit my frontpage 18 minutes after posting. Thats the real story here, folks.
Is it wrong that I can't wait for a catastrophe to happen to see this thing really shine?
the_time_quest ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:47:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah algorithm is amazing at not stopping Donald spam and having the same shit on the front page numerous times.
Smaxh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn, Cleveland Indians sucked 3-1 blowout. Good thing I had my money on the CUBS!
Zakamaru ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm going to see so much Chicago Cubs gear tomorrow on campus. It seems like every other person is from Chi-city at this school.
shrimpsiumai02 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
LeBitch 3-1 eat a dick!
joseph56g ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
CUBS WIN YES
nazislowpoke ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only two countries play m8
MagicInOrlando ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For many who are not baseball fans but tuned in to this game, this will show a lot of people why baseball is such a great game. If they can shorten the season and figure out a good way to make games faster without bastardizing the integrity of the game, we may see a renaissance in baseball viewership.
pibroch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously, if every game was this exciting, I would watch and attend. As it is, this is a historical event that likely will not be matched for awhile.
netseW ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just can't believe it. Game gets tied up in the ninth inning AND there was a fucking rain delay. What an epic game 7
chinpropped ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
half of them are gonna be sad in a week when their choice of President lose. LOL
Rosebunse ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:39:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We have tonight. Let us drink, sleep, and be merry!
Lancaster2124 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:27:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Okay Chicago, we get it. Now quiet down so I can sleep.
Sincerely, A tired University student.
Rosebunse ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:31:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude, you knew that wasn't going to happen no matter who won.
Lancaster2124 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:33:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm well aware. That doesn't stop my two midterms from happening this week.
Rosebunse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:51:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well...use the Cub's magic to help you pass!
Adama82 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is this why grown men are crying on my TV, and my Facebook hasn't had any political shitposts tonight? If so, there is a God.
America: please for the love of GOD go back to watching sports and insulting each others teams. You sound much more intelligent when you're all armchair quarterbacks vs. armchair political science majors.
nrbartman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:44:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The curse of my family name is lifted! Hooray! You're free, Steve Bartman!
the_disco_pimp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:07 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
but I thought cleveland had a 3-1 lead?
PatrickKanesLawyer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:53:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Looting reported. Shit's happening. Chicago is losing it, but I don't care because the...
CUBS ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS
http://www.chicagoscanner.com/
kilrog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:13:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What sport is this?
The_1st_Name_I_Chose ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:28:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
15k upvotes in an hour
Wow
Something's fucky
shamelessjedi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:28:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/iPaACIEnQMg?t=43 "But that will come. As sure as God made green apples, someday the Chicago Cubs will be in the World Series."
I still have this old ball I had handed to me by Derek Lee. I have my Kerry Wood shirt from the day he retired. I have an opening day ball from 2004. I have a Beanie Baby Cub from the 90s craze., the tag all worn out I have my thrift store Sosa jersey. My Baez jersey. Pictures from my first baseball game (for guess who). I have my Sammy Sosa corked bat toy. And I have years upon years of memories of walking out onto Wrigley Field.
Everything leading up to the moment was so worth it. Every kind of emotion hit me and probably a lot of Cubs fans. We were probably reminded of family members who never got to see this, of grandparents hoisting us on shoulders to get a view when we were young, of learning how to keep score. The thrill of being in a ballpark or seeing the old scoreboard in the back. Even of the old shitty McDonald's outside the ballpark.
Take everything that happened in the last two months and think about how much it meant to have that 108 year struggle culminate in this. It's a happy time, but also a reflective time, sometimes a sad time. Maybe a little overwhelming at times...it's a lot of emotions rolled into one. Even writing this ramble feels at times like the emotion of it is going to swallow me up, it feels unreal. The chain of events was--at times--unreal. Cubs fans years from now will doubt how heroic the game was--they didn't REALLY give up their lead with one inning left? There wasn't really a rain delay where the Cubs had a pump-up session before their astounding 10th inning? They came back from 3-1?...but we all know it was.
@Cleveland; hold your heads high. Not only is your ballpark one of my top 3, your team was absolutely outstanding. It could have SO EASILY gone the other way. We know that, we salute you and your team. Your time is near, you're too crazy good to NOT have your own success soon. Let's begin our countdown to the next season together.
SYNTHES1SE ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:29:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish I could go back in time, but some money on the cubbies!
drilldor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:48:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When did people start caring about baseball again I don't get it...
Gonzo_goo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:38:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was game seven of a tough series. Many people who don't really watch the sport can appreciate a great match-up. Not tough to understand that ,bud..
PhyterNL ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:06:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tonight's win wasn't just a Cubbies win. It wasn't just a Chicago win or an Illinois win. It was an American win!
It was an American win because this win happened during a tumultuous election cycle riddled with divisive rhetoric threatening to rip apart the foundations of the very institutions our nation was founded upon!!
With this win Americans everywhere, Clinton supporters, Trump supporters, that.. other guy.. supporters threw aside their differences and came together for a common cause against a Common Enemy!!!
Cleveland.
ScooberSteve ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:41:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
1 year too late, victory doesnt matter.
Blizzando ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:05:30 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Cubs win revoked after steroid scandal"
Skandranen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:45:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry, we don't have Sammy Sosa anymore.
Zubinator117 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:23:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a guy that lives in Chicago suburbs, HELL YEAH
FoxBattalion79 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:42:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
that lady that bill murray gave his seat to just had the best day of her life.
TheRyanatorM8 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:03:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel left out because I don't even watch baseball :(
xproofx ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 05:13:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs win the World Series and a misogynistic casino owner with bad hair is ruining lives!
Back To The Future, you scary.
mtbaga ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish I could give you gold for that.
xproofx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:20:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't take credit for it, I saw it on twitter. Too good not to share.
Decado7 ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 06:19:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Stupid question but why is it called the world series? Arent they only american teams?
Causeway7 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 06:23:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because it's the best baseball league in the world, with the best players from all over the globe.
iemploreyou ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 08:05:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Best baseball league in the world is like being the most attractive person in a care home. Nobody cares.
kgarv3 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:43:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The upvotes on this post and millions of worldwide baseball fans disagree with you.
iemploreyou ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:49:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Millions of fans! Good for you.
Gonzo_goo ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 08:22:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think you might be the only one with that opinion here. Bless your souls though, because you felt the need to share that.
iemploreyou ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 08:27:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I did, thank you for noticing. Its like a rustic, colonial game of cricket but you've gone and done it your own way so you should be proud :)
Its like watching a toddler walking into a wall for the first time, I'm so proud of what you have achieved :)
Gonzo_goo ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:20:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know this sport has been around for awhile ,right? Why are you trying to be cute?
iemploreyou ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 09:23:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That you for calling me cute :)
And yeah, it is a "sport" that has been around for a while and you can thank Daddy England for giving it to you. It is a sport like speed walking is a sport. Nine hours of watching fat blokes hit a ball with a stick, plus another nine hours of adverts a hundred times a season.
Gonzo_goo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:49:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What point are you trying to make? England is responsible for baseball? Do they even play baseball in England? Why does that even matter?
iemploreyou ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:51:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, unfortunately we are responsible for the dearth of excitement that is baseball. I just feel bad for what my ancestors did by bringing this "sport" to the New World.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 08:53:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So the Champions League should be renamed the World cup?
iemploreyou ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:37:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That would the World Club Cup. A tournament that nobody gives a shit about.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:04:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The most popular sport on earth?
iemploreyou ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:52:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The World Club Cup? Don't get it mixed up with The World Cup.
adambuck66 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:29:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
and Canada.
Jock_fortune_sandals ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:34:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was named when the sport only existed in the US. I'm guessing they came up with the name for marketing and it stuck. This is a major technicality but there's a team from Canada too
Decado7 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:55:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah right gotcha
reinvent_yourself ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 06:35:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because according to the United States there are no other relevant countries in the world.
[deleted] ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 07:05:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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slass-y ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:20:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Was just a name to market the event make it sound more attractive to fans. Remember, this is the early 1900s (possibly before)
Lord_Augastus ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 06:13:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
World series, only america... Haha noice
AaronQ94 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:17:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
There's a MLB team in Canada, and most of the players are from outside of the US and Canada.
onlysane1 ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 11:31:13 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Starting in five years: "The Cubs haven't won the world series since the Clintons got arrested!"
Ringo308 ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 07:12:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why is it called world series if only american team compete?
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[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 05:39:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:48:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Fuck American sports!" he said, as he tuned in to a Counter Strike match.
"Who gives a fuck about America anyway?" he cried out, as he watched the US election coverage.
The microwave dinged. His Hot Pockets were ready.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:31:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Hell_Mel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:38:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs haven't won the World Series in 108 years. It's the longest drought in the history of sports, as far as I'm aware.
silentjay01 ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 05:07:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Between this and President Trump, how can you tell me that the Apocalypse is not Very Fucking Nigh?
Gcookiem ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:37:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'll take zombie apocalypse for $400, Alex.
shadowslayer978 ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 11:01:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I fucking hate the Cubs.
sherip22 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 07:44:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why is it called world series if only North American teams play? Is there an actual would championship?
whorunit ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:49:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The best players from all over the world come to play in the MLB. It is far and away the absolute highest tier of baseball competition and talent that exist. If you are good enough to play in the MLB, you do. If you aren't playing in the MLB, it's because you are not good enough. They're the "World Champions" because they're objectively the best baseball team in the world.
sherip22 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:03:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But if you look at say, the English premier league, or the Spanish football league, or the Irish hurling league and so on. All these have the best players of the sport, from around the world, but none of them claim to be a "world" series since its not a world series, but a local series.the world cup for soccer is a world league, since it takes countries from all over the World - you don't see the English claiming their league is the "world league"
Is there a proper world championship in baseball, where countries do compete against each other?
whorunit ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:15:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Baseball isn't like that, though. The best players in the sport are literally all in the MLB (Major League Baseball). I'd say the Nippon Professional Baseball League in Japan is the second best league in the world but it just isn't comparable to the MLB. Any Nippon player good enough to play in the MLB comes to play in the MLB. I don't know much about Soccer but comparing the MLB to the Nippon League would be like saying 'the best players in the world play in the English Premier League and the Ecuador Series B League'. Clearly if a player from the Ecuador Series B League was good enough to play in the EPL they would. Think of MLB = EPL and Nippon (2nd best league in the world) = Ecuador Series B League.
For reference, the average Nippon league salary is a couple hundred thousand dollars and the highest paid player in the Nippon League makes $4.2 Million USD per year. The average MLB salary is about $4.5 million per year and the highest paid player makes $32 million per year. That will likely jump to between $40-$50 million in the next couple years. So, the average MLB player makes more money than the absolute best player in the Nippon League.
Yes - there is the "World Baseball Classic". That's when all of the players in the MLB (and some others) disperse to represent their various native countries in a world championship tournament.
nohmi ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 08:46:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How can it be a 'World Series' if only Americans participate
Freshestemo412 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:25:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Finally.. baseball is over with! I'm hella stoked!๐๐
Insomniacrobat ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 12:08:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hooray sportsball team for winning the sportsball award for best sportsballing!
Jock_fortune_sandals ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 14:32:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
you're an edgy one, aren't you?
Insomniacrobat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:44:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://m.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/5awwus/heres_the_thing/
GentlemenOfLeisure ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 05:37:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe now that Cleveland also blew a 3-1 lead they can also change their racist ass name and logo.
IamYourGrace ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 10:41:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How could it be called World Series if it's only American teams?
Madenmann ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:51:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i dunno. Probably the same reason as to why we have a miss universe...
IamYourGrace ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:15:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So are the cubs also gonna make a sex video now?
Madenmann ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:27:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
we can only hope...
Ironfist ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:55:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because our teams are the best teams in the world. If you think you can compete you're free to start an MLB team over in Europe.
vahntitrio ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 04:54:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And thus the Cubs claim to fame has ended, now disappearing into the obscurity that is just another MLB franchise.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:18:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe a little but the Cubs have the largest fan base in the MLB by a lot so they will always be one of the most beloved teams in baseball
juel1979 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:20:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And the second oldest park in the league, second only to Fenway.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:25:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I love the old ball parks!
juel1979 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:47:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same. I went to Wrigley in 1994 and it was probably like some folks walking into church. Picture that Blues Brothers scene in the church. Like that heh
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:52:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Haha. Some day I will retire and my wife and I are going to travel around America. There are two things I want to see - the Grand Canyon and Fenway. If I could watch a Cubs game in Fenway that would be the best day ever.
juel1979 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:03:57 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fenway was a goal of mine, too. My husband is from just outside of Boston and it took until we had been married seven years and I was six weeks pregnant to get my Fenway tour. It's funny to tell my kid she was there before she was here. Heh
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:08:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I live too far away from Fenway. I need a reason to go to Boston!
vahntitrio ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:21:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They had the largest fan base because of their history of ineptitude. They'll lose a fair share of those fans on the first downward cycle.
Member when the Red Sox were likeable?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:26:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They have the largest fan base because it used to be that all their games were aired nationally so people all over could watch every Cubs game.
whatmeworkquestion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:19:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a Cubs fan since 4th grade (I'm 35) I've never wanted anything more than for this "fame" to finally end with a WS win. Happily welcoming the era of being "just another MLB franchise"
dirtymoney ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 09:56:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
damn, I was hoping they would lose since everyone was making such a gigantic deal about it. Silly sports fanatics.
bslow22 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 12:59:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now affluent people of North Chicago really do have everything.
forevertomorrowagain ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 09:53:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why is it the world series when almost the whole world doesn't play it and doesn't care about it either?
In my country for instance it's played by girls and called rounders.
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 09:58:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
It's not american arrogance or other such nonsense it's that you're assuming too much.
The championship was named after the long defunct New York World. In 1903 the World was a major American newspaper and they sponsored the event. It's the same thing as a stadium being named by the company that buys the naming rights but in this case the name has outlasted the company. You've take the word world to refer to the earth and that's not correct as the series belongs to the World news paper.
forevertomorrowagain ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:05:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks that makes sense.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:20:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
no prob mate, unless you're into journalism you probably have never heard of the paper as it's been gone since 1931 but it used to be one of the most influential on the planet. Interestingly the major award in journalism is named after Joseph Pulitzer the publisher of the paper so it's left it's mark.
umagrandepilinha ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:03:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It looks like this is the thread, guys. To the top we go!
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:15:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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spiffypanda ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Phillies fan checking in PUMPED A F
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:51:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When someone tells you, "I'm getting married!" do you loudly shout, "DON'T FORGET ABOUT TIM WHO GOT ENGAGED TWO MONTHS AGO! AND BILL, WHO WAS MARRIED LAST YEAR!"?
A_T_King ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:46:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can hardly bear the excitement.
Neo_Whiz-er ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:48:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cub you handle it?
spockspeare ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:54:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So that's what it takes to get 15,000 upvotes any more...
OFJehuty ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:33:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm an Indians guy ever since I watched major league as a kid but congrats cubs, I'm happy you guys made history.
LesClaypoolOnBass24 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:15:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty sure there's already a thread about this
sfwreddit2016 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 10:05:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All the rioting going on and love how this is okay.
TruckBannon ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:12:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ugh, listening to Joe Buck is bad enough, but seven games of John Smooth analyzing every little thing that the pitchers did. I don't dislike Smooth but there was almost entire innings where he said nothing about the offenses or the guys behind the pitcher, unless of course it was about how it effected the pitcher. Great games but Fox and Fox announcers suck.
rillo561 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 13:47:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congratulations to the cubs and their fans.
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AHomelessWalrus ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:21:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cleveland fan I take it?
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Gonzo_goo ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:26:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Turn the scanner off, and go to sleep.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:02:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The city's gun violence took over the radiowaves.
Cuddlehead ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 07:06:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why is it called a World Series when the only competing teams are from the US?
Jock_fortune_sandals ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:32:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Named when the sport only existed in the US...my guess is they came up with it as a marketing tool and it stuck. (p.s technicality but there's a Canadian team in the MLB)
Gonzo_goo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:35:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wrong. It's the best talent in the world.
Jock_fortune_sandals ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:26:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It is by a long shot, but I really doubt that's why they named it
BangkokGarrett ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks for ruining it for me, reddit! I live in Thailand and watch all the games 1 or 2 days later..... Grrrrrrrr!
N897 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:19:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/mlbstreams
Ghalnan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:46:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you thought no one would talk about the biggest game in sports history you have only yourself to blame.
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BenisonBT101 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:01:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That would be the World Baseball Classic.
PearlJam10 ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 08:20:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Remind me why it's called a "world" series when it's just the US?
sk1wbw ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:21:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Blue Jays?
GreenSage45 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:29:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because fuck you thats why
engrdummy92 ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 08:38:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can we calm the fuck down about this bullshit.. as of right now, we have 3 separate postings on this same news on reddit front page. Im glad this shit is providing white Americans some distraction from the trump apocalypse America is heading into... But we are literally treating this story as if America's apocalypse has begun.
fulthrottlejazzhands ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 07:11:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
That cemented my belief MLB is entirely fixed.
Edit for those PM-ing me: Take a look at some of the analysis out there on the improbabilities of playoff series going to seven (and how like magic they almost always do). I was admittedly sceptical before reading on it and seeing some of the recent NBA, NFL and MLB season outcomes. Follow the money: there's no way the league and sponsors are going to leave the 100s of millions at stake up to chance. For me, it's still fun to watch, but somewhat akin to pro wrestling -- it's not sport, it's entertainment.
manloveworld ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 08:21:58 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why anything USA does has to be name world blah ? No many countries outside the Americas plays baseball.
Jock_fortune_sandals ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:38:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're just gonna ignore the fact that it's hands-down the biggest sport in Japan and parts of Latin America?
Treczoks ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 08:44:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Seems to be important for Americans. Anything special about those "Cubs"?
Meunahlux ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:01:38 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Losing streak of 108 years, so pretty great
Treczoks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:29:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kudos to them that they have not given up. What kind of losing streak was it?
We have a soccer team here in the national league who earned a nickname for being the eternal second (they usually end up in the top five, but not at the very top), and there are teams that are so far down the ladder that even seeing to top from afar is a rare event. For both, a win would be great, but it would also be different.
[deleted] ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 05:17:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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StephenshouldbeKing ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:50:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Usually I would simply down vote you and after cursing your existence, move on. But in this case asshole, I actually wish to curse you and unfortunately for you I know one. Thanks Bruce Campbell. Take this "Klaatu... verata... n... Necktie. Nectar. Nickel. Noodle." Ha, you are so screwed!
gogolmogol ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 05:12:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
God damnit. I'm from Chicago, but I very much dislike baseball. It's not a sport, by any means. Now the whole fucking city is gonna be covered in baseball shit. God damnit!!!
whatmeworkquestion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:26:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
...what?
gogolmogol ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:08:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baseball is not a real sport
[deleted] ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 11:54:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Skandranen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:37:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs vs Sox is a HUGE rivalry, they play each other in a cross town classic every year, this is the Cubs first World Series win in 108 years, most people alive today never saw them win.
grantanamo ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 04:56:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I am happy for them, but I think it would've greatly added to the legend of the cubs if they lost
randomthrowawaytroll ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congratulations to domestic abuser Aroldis Chapman and the rest of the Chicago Cubs.
Bigmacccc ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:30:23 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.google.com/search?q=oh+good+for+you+gif&client=tablet-android-samsung&prmd=ivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjMw7Xu7IvQAhWERCYKHSidAUkQ_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=600#tbs=itp:animated&tbm=isch&q=oh+good+for+you&imgrc=2-KB1C22sWLH4M%3A
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Great now everyone can stop pretending to care about the Cubs
The-waitress- ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:44:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
so much drunk driving in chicago tonight! 'merica!!!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:28:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hope they kill some other drunk drivers and harm no innocent bystanders.
getahitcrash ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:46:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep. Overservred I'm sure by waitresses like you who would never dare cut anyone off because their check is huge right now and the tip is going to be amazing.
pedone1 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:56:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn, if Cleveland didn't play like a minor league team most of that game we would have won. Play like shit, get beat, the cubs were the better team out there. Well done! And about time ;)
jbliljoe ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 06:25:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
BBC really summarized it perfectly http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37856319
adambuck66 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:28:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't tell Old Style it was dry.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 07:34:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My grandpa was a cubs fan for 88 years, never saw them win it. He passed away in his sleep right as the 10th innings began.
Upvotes?
MrWipeYaAssForYa ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 07:52:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All the people who had to watch their teams fall out are taking their vengeance with that downvote button.
kijkniet ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 08:11:54 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
genuine question ,how much world is in the world series?
BenisonBT101 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:23:37 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As far as the players in the MLB it's mainly USA, Canada, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico and Japan.
GreenSage45 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:33:08 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The whole word is in the name, thats how much.
Yourponydied ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 08:41:48 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So much garbage curse talk.....
GwaeBloom ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 09:43:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lion cubs? What? More info?
sprucay ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 11:07:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So for a brit, is this like Leicester winning the premier league as they did last year?
Clemalum07 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:13:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No they were the best team this year going into the season.
A_Stoic_Epicurean ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 11:19:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Against Miami?
KissMeWithYourFist ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 15:07:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't believe in curses that's just silly superstitious fictional nonsense, but I do believe the stars are finally right. Congratulations Chicago you've awoken he who slumbers in Ry'leh, and he's probably going to be really pissed off.
armanddarke ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 08:02:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Who cares? Just another example of the dumbing down of the amercian people. Enjoy your hot dogs and beer filled belly.
[deleted] ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 10:42:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm probably alone here but how is this world series when there's only US competing?
obsertaries ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:43:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No. You are not alone. I'm sure millions of Americans like me have wondered that since we were children.
slidescream2013 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:55:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mlb has some Canadian teams so it is international. Technically.
awa224 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:10:22 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They're down to one Canadian team. Even when they had two, Toronto and Montreal are about as close to the US as you can get in a major city.
caine269 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:55:04 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same way super bowl Champs are "world Champs." It sounds cooler.
y2k2r2d2 ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 05:59:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
World series?? That explains America!
whatmeworkquestion ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:21:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You and the hundred other people hung up on this impossibly stupid hang-up are collectively the worst.
y2k2r2d2 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 07:36:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
(Mars National Championships!)Australia Won!
Causeway7 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:30:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not even worth explaining. I hate you
ItinerantBanana ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 05:10:20 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
White sox fan reporting in. Fuck you, you still suck.
TheHeartlessCookie ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:19 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Spoken out of true desperation to find some way of tearing us down.
whatmeworkquestion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:22:29 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Was it really better for you to post this rather than stay silent and not appear as pathetically foolish?
pokeread101 ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 05:40:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can someone please explain to me why this is such a big deal? I mean sports teams win world series every so often right?
griffith12 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:41:31 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hi I'm Earth, have we met?
It's been 108 years since the Cubs last won
pokeread101 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:55:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks man. Sorry if i seemed like an idiot. I don't watch baseball.
Gonzo_goo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:33:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well then Google would be your friend. You are part of many people who couldn't wait to express to Reddit, that you don't watch sports. You will be downvoted because too many people are doing this. It's silly, because I never ask a question like this on here. The only purpose it serves to not do research yourself, is to let others know you where to lazy to google, and you wanted to express your lack of knowledge. It's very strange
pokeread101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:54:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well lets be honest here. The top of Reddit is usually something that has a huge impact. For example, sad to say but catastrophic events such as the tsunamis hitting Japan in 2011. Personally i thought that something miraculous had happened during the game that must've got all this attention because being honest here. A sports team winning a competition in their own sport that they are set out to do is not that surprising. I mean it's just another sports team beating others. Sure they hadn't done so in 100+ years but its still a common thing that you would expect to happen like about any other team.
Gonzo_goo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:51:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You just said that a team winning a championship in the first time in over a hundred years isn't common. It kind of is. If you don't care about sports ,that's fine . To millions of people, this is a big deal.
pokeread101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:41:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh i get you. Have a nice day bro.
froggymcfrogface ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 06:02:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And yet, they are still losers.
froggymcfrogface ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:24:07 on November 8, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You should feel bad but don't take your frustration out on me. You should evaluate why you like losers in the first place.
chucknades ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 04:59:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Biggest karma post incoming.
mtoenies ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:15:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kids in Africa could have eaten the food served at that game
Kiefyking ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:31:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Booooo, fuck the cubs, sincerely, a person from St louis
thhgttg69 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 07:19:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
now Donald Trump will become President.
bltonwhite ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 12:49:24 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Where did England come in this great clash of the nations?
hawkwing11 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 13:23:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Joe Maddon had no idea what he was doing
_jughead ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 13:57:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Was the rest of the WORLD participating too?
wishiwascooltoo ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 16:42:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We can finally forget about all the murders that happened in Chicago over the weekend.
TheTruthTeller1337 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 17:01:59 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why world series if only teams from the USA play?
Malaney2004 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:45:17 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Toronto, Canada has a team. Cleveland beat them to get into the World Series.
The_Truthkeeper ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:56:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was originally the World's Championship Series. Wikipedia says that it might be named after a newspaper, the New York World.
And it isn't just the US, Canada currently has one team in the American League, the Toronto Blue Jays, and there have been others at various points. Presumably no other country has ever cared enough.
ihateargentina ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 05:08:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's great, but please shut the duck up. I'm trying to sleep. Car horns are great for scaring stupid pedestrians, but not for celebrating.
Inmate002 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:22:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude let the people have their fun
Inchkeaton ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 07:52:33 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, they beat every team in every country in the whole world? Amazing.
Alice_Ex ยท -11 points ยท Posted at 05:27:36 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
this isn't fucking news, keep it to the sports subreddit so i dont have to see it on my front page
N897 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:29:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
wow someone has sand in their vagina
Alice_Ex ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:14 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i don't really care about sports, celebrate all you want but why the fuck are people co-opting unrelated subreddits like /r/news and /r/askreddit
N897 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:34:52 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Idk about /r/askreddit but this is definitely news-worthy
And also, I'm not celebrating, I was pulling for the Indians
Alice_Ex ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:46:02 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guess, it's only news-worthy because of how absolutely massive baseball is, meaning unrelated people can't help but be affected by shit like riots from happy and angry fans alike
ZBQ10 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:43:21 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because it IS news. It's not another world series game like any other year. It's a team that hasn't been in the world series in 108 fucking years. This is crazy ass news and just because you don't like it doesn't mean it isnt.
Alice_Ex ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:48:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
my toilet flushed clockwise today for the first time in 10 years, is that news
ZBQ10 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:52:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe you should call a plumber
Alice_Ex ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
baseball is a self-contained world, like all sports and my toilet, so the news is only relevant to the fans of the sport and me as the owner of my toilet. there's a place that all the fans of baseball congregate, it's called /r/baseball, that would be a great place to post the news
/r/news is for things that aren't artificially created
the only claim it has as news is that it's relevant to stockholders and people trying to avoid riots and traffic
ZBQ10 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:10:01 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Look, I don't give a shit about baseball typically, but it's part of American history and I'm a Chicago fan. Like I said, just because you don't care doesn't mean it's not newsworthy. I'm saying that as someone who has just watched more baseball in those few hours than I ever have in my life.
Alice_Ex ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:17:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
my toilet is part of american history, being that it exists in america, and i'm a toilet fan. that doesn't mean it's newsworthy
ZBQ10 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:20:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That is literally the worst attempt at a rebuttle that I've ever seen. Are you even trying?
Alice_Ex ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 06:25:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
herp derp muh old american pastime patriot good feelings
nah, everything that needs to be said has already been said
ZBQ10 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:08:32 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
herp derp sports r dumb and I don't liek them!! Grow up, child. Everything will calm down after a week or two.
Gcookiem ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:44:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So you live in Australia and the water company just installed service to your home. They turned it on today. So fucking what.
whatmeworkquestion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:23:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Chicago Cubs winning the World Series is the biggest news story to happen this year.
Alice_Ex ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:58:55 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
grow up and look out the window. there's fucking wars everywhere, police brutality, global warming, korea's a puppet democracy, and on the flip side there's new science, new gestures of peace, new discoveries. american sports are not important in the same way. they're entertainment.
whatmeworkquestion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:37:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"The one constant through all the years has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Itโs been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again. Oh people will come. People will most definitely come. -James Earl Jones, Field of Dreams
Alice_Ex ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:47:09 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what is this quote supposed to accomplish? it's obviously not true in a literal sense.
there are many constants and metrics by which to mark american history. sport is far from the most important or useful.
america is a continuum of what it was in the past, it has never been erased.
the fact that it's part of our past is
vacuouslytautologically true.it can certainly remind us of good things. that's called nostalgia.
all that's left is an appeal to emotion. this quote has no place here, it's meant to put stars in the eyes of a baseball lover, not to contest the importance of baseball with a critic.
TheTruthHurts1908 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 05:16:26 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This sucks. Fuck the Cubs.
sarcastroll ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:18:00 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry, I couldn't hear you over the sound of all the cheering here in Chicagoland. =)
OrangeinDorne ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:38:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time for a new username
BioBanane ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 07:04:51 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
14000 up votes for some fucking sport? wow.
BenisonBT101 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:08:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
not just a sport, but the for the Cubs!
nazislowpoke ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 05:11:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
This is a proof that baseball is shitty. A team which hasn't won for 108 years wins it. Imagine how shitty the other teams are.
I_ONLY_BOLD_COMMENTS ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:17:16 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your comment makes no sense.
whatmeworkquestion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:30:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You mean the team that had the best overall record this season won?
[deleted] ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 05:15:47 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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HoosierStateRN ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:19:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Someone is salty... go to bed.
whatmeworkquestion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:30:46 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your anger is hilarious. Have a great night!
chokingkojak ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 05:57:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
The WWE World Series lol. Talk about a rig. I can see the narrative forming now, commissars: The Cubs (Hillary) finally win it after 70 years since their last National League pennant (Hillary is herself going on. -- wait for it -- 70; she's supposedly always hit the glass ceiling for all those years (wow, just like the Cubs watching the World Series from behind a TV screen until now!).
And the Cleveland Indians (Cleveland being the home of the recent GOP convention) are defeated and sent packing.
It must be magic, it must be a miracle, This is Hillary's time, commissars! The Cubs are living proof! Lol. Yeah, and Chicago isn't Obama's home town and most of the MLB team owners aren't Democratic supporters either lol.
P.S. I called the Cubs to "win" a half an hour before the game finished, in a different post. I haven't followed MLB in years. Totally clueless. But suddenly I'm Mr. Vegas lol. Obvious rig is obvious -- a manufactured sports "story" to support a certain Dem lol.
Oh, and to boot, I find later that Hillary is a Chicago area native lol. That's just icing on the cake on all this lol. Could you guys be any more obvious lol?
[deleted] ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 12:15:10 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Rambler33 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:38:06 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Worst team on the gridiron.
FedEx_Potatoes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:32:05 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can't tell if you are poking a jab but it's baseball. Chicago cubs are one of those endearing teams. Hince the nickname the "lovable losers" they got. It's been 108 years since they won. Last night made a historical moment in sports.
Thrannn ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 14:54:50 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
wait this is about baseball?
do americans still like baseball? i thought football is the big thing and baseball is just boring
Dondolo-5 ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 11:06:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In fucking what? Nice ... post.
Clemalum07 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:13:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh piss off
Dondolo-5 ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 12:08:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh come down from the "We are everything and everyone should know our 'culture'" throne.
Clemalum07 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:35:12 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hope you get help for your mental illness.
Your trolling is simply a symptom of your intense narcissism.
I sincerely hope you find the help you need. I am not sure what happened to you to make you seek attention from strangers online the way you do but I hope you find answers. Maybe your mommy didn't hug you enough as a child or something.
Good luck to you little troll. Ill put you on ignore with the rest.
Dondolo-5 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 12:59:41 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks Internet-Hobby-Psychoanalyst! What would I do without diagnosis from strangers based on one post! Phew. You just saved my life. And so sad and sorry that this random stranger with his kitchen-psychology ignores me now. :( May I get an DSM-V or ICD-10 code with that please?
[deleted] ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 12:53:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Zackadeez ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 12:57:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I still don't understand your obsession with things you enjoy
[deleted] ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 11:57:44 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait a minute.. Is it called WORLD SERIES? It's just for north america, right? Or is it just USA? Who are competing here? I'm not saying that any european would give a shit about baseball, but are there any european teams competing?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:56:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just the US and a Canadian team.
Ecchievements ยท -8 points ยท Posted at 12:07:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ya dood. Go sportsball! Go team go yay
Lister-Cascade ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 12:56:27 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How is this a headline in /r/news?
FedEx_Potatoes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:27:40 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Might have something to do as being a historical moment in sports.
Lister-Cascade ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:34:51 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baseball is barely a sport.
Skandranen ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:28:56 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why not, it their first WS win in 108 years
desmondhasabarrow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:43:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why would it not be a headline in /r/news?
Lister-Cascade ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:35:21 on November 4, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cubs win World Series means nothing. World Series is not a world event, Cubs is not a team name.
gnarkilleptic ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 13:37:28 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't understand why this is worthy of celebration from Cubs fans. It is statistically impressive that it took them over a century to win a series. It was basically impossible for them not to win at least one by now
jackryan006 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 13:56:53 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Winning a championship isn't worthy of celebration? Get over yourself.
gnarkilleptic ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 15:14:42 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It is absolutely worthy of celebration for the players and coaches themselves. Not so much for the organization and fans. Still just embarrassing that it took this long
jackryan006 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:19:49 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, you seem salty. Indians fan? Lolol maybe next year, bubs.
kilersocke ยท -10 points ยท Posted at 12:05:39 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"World champion"... lawl.. the only Nation i know who likes Baseball is Murrica.. so the World champion is allways from Murrica?
xonthemark ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:32:45 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cuba, Taiwan, Japan
kilersocke ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:04:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A yeah.. cuba.. i remember the TIL Cold war fact with the football fields.
Jock_fortune_sandals ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:34:03 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the biggest sport in Japan and parts of Latin America, so yeah...Murrica.
Kiisuke ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:31:18 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Japan loves baseball too..but yes, you're technically right.
VM1138 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:47:35 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Canada. But to be fair, without a story like the Cubs Americans don't really like baseball either
desmondhasabarrow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:46:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baseball is very popular in the Caribbean, Central America, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Canada, etc.
EdwardTheVindictive ยท -12 points ยท Posted at 12:05:43 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you guys really call this "World" series ? You realize it's actually US series, right ?
desmondhasabarrow ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:45:25 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The MLB is the best baseball league in the world, and the best players in the world come to America to play.
Also the name was made in 1903 to attract fans, and it just stuck.
bballhoops365 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:32:34 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
canada has some teams
Skandranen ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:33:11 on November 3, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
On top of the fact that players come from as far as Japan to play on MLB teams.