Cubs pennant-clinching celebration includes celebrities and Speedos
A celebration 71 years in the making was every bit as epic as we anticipated.
The Chicago Cubs clinched their first trip to the World Series since 1945, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series on Saturday night, and not surprisingly Wrigley Field and the surrounding neighborhoods turned into party central.
The number of people crammed into those streets in astonishing.
Meanwhile, the scenes inside the ballpark and inside the clubhouse would best be described as pandemonium. Fans, celebrities and Cubs personnel were part of the fray, with everyone from Bill Murray…
… to musician Eddie Vedder…
Eddie Vedder gets a beer shower pic.twitter.com/jf4WaE7mVB
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) October 23, 2016
… to Cubs legend Billy Williams ….
Champagne Billy Williams is everything. ???? pic.twitter.com/2berKOrX4k
— Big League Stew (@bigleaguestew) October 23, 2016
… wearing their emotions on their sleeves.
With that said, we’re just happy bullpen catcher Chad Noble was wearing anything. He’s the guy you likely saw dancing around in the clubhouse wearing a Speedo and goggles.
Bullpen catcher Chad Noble everyone. pic.twitter.com/4jLHuuslA3
— jon greenberg (@jon_greenberg) October 23, 2016
Things are getting weird in the Cubs clubhouse pic.twitter.com/tJ9N8DcJkJ
— Big League Stew (@bigleaguestew) October 23, 2016
We never said it was PG. We only said it was epic, and we’re not lying about that. Isn’t that right, John Lackey?
John Lackey is freedom ???????? pic.twitter.com/oHy72jIehv
— Big League Stew (@bigleaguestew) October 23, 2016
Here are a few other photos and videos from the celebration.
The man who flew the W – Kyle Hendricks pic.twitter.com/Qb1J1JsHoK
— Big League Stew (@bigleaguestew) October 23, 2016
PHOTOS: CUBS CELEBRATION! https://t.co/rNwWF3qKeZ pic.twitter.com/ZVp4DhcWCn
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) October 23, 2016
The Cubs are going to the World Series. pic.twitter.com/NvXbUH7AhQ
— Lindsey Thiry (@LindseyThiry) October 23, 2016
There’s such a wide range of amazing and emotional images and videos that it was difficult to find just one that best described the joy, the passion and the patience that all went into this remarkable night in Chicago Cubs history. But we think we might have found it.
Take it away, Dorothy.
This lady is my favorite person on planet earth pic.twitter.com/1jO2iR4Esb
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) October 23, 2016
Congratulations, Cubs fans.
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