103 wins or 95 wins or 85 wins don’t really matter at that point - not unlike the Warriors’ pursuit of 73 hurting them. This game ended a 162 game, 3-playoff-round season with an EXTRA inning. It could not be more close. It was basically a tie - which is just how awesome the game/series/season were. They were there…

This may be a stupid question but why would fans who couldn’t afford a ticket be crowded outside Wrigley field? Game 7 was in Cleveland.

You guys are working real hard to make me start disliking this whole thing, I’ll give you that.

My grandfather died last weekend. But he wasn’t a Cubs fan. So I guess my family’s grief doesn’t really count.

You know who didn’t fucking do this? White Sox fans, after 88 years. We had some dead family members too but didn’t caterwaul about it endlessly.

I know what the average Cubs fan is thinking: “When I was a kid in Palo Alto in the 1980s a funny looking drunk guy sang about Cracker Jacks and Cubbies on basic cable!”

I don’t understand the pulling on Hendricks AT ALL. Dude was pitching well, he hadn’t thrown that many pitches...it was the 5th! Maddon doesn’t have an Andrew Miller to dominate the middle innings.

When the Cubs won my 127 year old grandfather who was a Cubs fan simply walked out into the yard and evaporated. I assume this has happened to many other people. I immediately took possession of his house and items and sold them so that I could purchase a backup PS4 and some new Uggs.

I’m just glad the Seahawks somehow came up in this conversation.

Says the person whose team won one finally.

That’s an oddball collection of teams you’ve got there.

It’s probably easier to come together after a loss when you’ve just won one, though. The Indians got the excruciating loss but not the win. That’s gotta suck.

I kinda always assumed that in every game defensive players are trying to knock guys out of the game. I don’t mean intentionally trying to injure players, but just making sure that every time you hit them they feel it and think twice about coming your way again

The bloody sock from the ALCS was indeed lost; it was thrown out because sensible people found it disgusting, being soaked with blood and all. No one considered it some holy relic.

He led the league in defensive runs saved though. Yes scoring/driving in runs is important but so is preventing them. Also they didn’t expect him to have this awful of a year, he has been a 5 and 6 WAR player the last two years and this has been his worst offensive year by a several hundred miles. Also the 184 million…

As a Braves fan who watched a whole lot of the Jason Heyward that the Cubs thought they were going to get, I feel a bit qualified to explain J-Hey’s greatness. Jason Heyward’s defense and baserunning are elite level skills. The word “gazelle” gets tossed around a lot in sports for large agile men, but watching Jason…

Always good to focus solely on the old slash line that smart people have pretty much determined to not be the basis of real value in the league.

Arrieta is going to get after it tonight!

The thing is you can also drink yourself silly, get an Uber home, sleep it off and come back in time for the game.

The thing is, you can do it if you pace. Or else you can drink yourself sober.