Joy in Wrigleyville

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  • Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
  • The only way to understand what a lifelong suffering Cubs fan felt in 2016, both during the wild ride and after winning the WS is to actually be one. No other sports experience compares. But this MLB Network documentary (only 35 min with commercials taken out) describes it pretty darn accurately!

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  • @equarg
    @equarg 5 лет назад +240

    One old loyal Cubs man way in a coma and in hospice during the World Series.
    But his daughter would go to his room and tell him the results of every game.
    Right after they won, she went to his room and told them they finally did it.
    He passed away only a few hours later.
    Probably died the happiest man on earth that day.
    #truecubsfan

    • @stevegoehring1610
      @stevegoehring1610 4 года назад +2

      😭

    • @tonybroderick4808
      @tonybroderick4808 4 года назад +1

      I doubt he knew.

    • @FloridaManRacer
      @FloridaManRacer 4 года назад +11

      @Costa Zambaras I'd be the happiest man on Earth if you hadn't been a fucking moron and been so God Damned petty you fucking loser.

    • @sbcburgos2300
      @sbcburgos2300 4 года назад +5

      equarg, I can't imagine the high followed by low for his daughter. To see the Cubs win and then see her father die. That was a lot to stomach!

    • @BALLERBOYS21
      @BALLERBOYS21 2 года назад +4

      @@sbcburgos2300 no she probably was happy, I would be. Knowing my fathers last moment was something he’s waited for his entire life.

  • @JuwanBuchanan
    @JuwanBuchanan 6 лет назад +68

    Chicago Cubs fans are some of the most loyal and greatest fanbases in American sports no doubt about it.

    • @BALLERBOYS21
      @BALLERBOYS21 Год назад +1

      What other team had their own song when their team wins? In any sport?? Sure some teams have songs they play, but they never mention the team let alone have the song be made for the team.

    • @kellancarney810
      @kellancarney810 Год назад +1

      @@BALLERBOYS21 bear down, Chicago bears, weird its also Chicago

    • @E.A.-17
      @E.A.-17 Год назад

      Bear Down, is also for the University of Arizona.

    • @BALLERBOYS21
      @BALLERBOYS21 Год назад

      @@kellancarney810facts bear down as well, but other than that….?

    • @kellancarney810
      @kellancarney810 Год назад

      @@BALLERBOYS21 there is none, like I said before, wierd that their both Chicago

  • @nahhfam7678
    @nahhfam7678 5 лет назад +35

    I don't know much about baseball but the line "the good news is there is another angel in the outfield." got me crying as a grown man.

    • @BALLERBOYS21
      @BALLERBOYS21 Год назад

      Go watch angels in the outfield and you might have a seizure from emotions lmao

  • @mystikka1gaming740
    @mystikka1gaming740 3 года назад +7

    I live in Oregon, Been a cubs fan since i was 5 and i am 41 now..... When the Cubs made the world series, I called out sick for a week and flew out there.... Greatest decision i ever made!

  • @WSK9002
    @WSK9002 6 лет назад +37

    A friend of mine, Dan died a couple of months before the playoffs, he was a big Cubs fan. A mutual of friend of Dan's said that he caused the rainstorm that night to allow the Cubs to regroup and win the title.

    • @soullighttarottarot8358
      @soullighttarottarot8358 2 года назад +2

      oh Yes! and my dad was with him2! my dad was a lifelong LOYAL Fan and Passed that Down to me! i thought that night in 2016-i miss dad and Wished he was here to FINALLY reap that reward of being a Fan for 68 years.. then i realized.. wait he's here and made this happen from above LoL! So yanno.. WE DID watch this together!!

  • @user-eg1qr3tx6r
    @user-eg1qr3tx6r 2 года назад +11

    Ive being a baseball fan for 20years. Last week I went Wrigley field as my first MLB experience. It’s such an amazing moment in my life.
    Now I back to my home country, watch this video and memorize everything in Chicago.
    It’s a beautiful city.
    Go Cubs Go.

  • @junkmail5753
    @junkmail5753 5 лет назад +43

    Why am I crying omg 😭😭😭 I’m a chinese girl from San Francisco but I this is so heartwarming

    • @kumarg3598
      @kumarg3598 3 года назад +1

      That's awesome. In my opinion baseball is the best sport. Plus, I bet if you like baseball, you will find a smart guy who also likes baseball.

    • @puciato7540
      @puciato7540 3 года назад +1

      Thank you. Us Cubs fan love you too. 💗

    • @Yeoldepimpe
      @Yeoldepimpe 3 года назад

      It’s always heartwarming to see the Millionaires play with their balls and do it so good the win more money. Yeah I’m shedding a tear

  • @dereka3341
    @dereka3341 6 лет назад +26

    I was born, raised and still reside in the state of Kentucky. In 1981, my family signed up for cable television. One of those channels, just happened to be channel 24, WGN out of Chicago. WGN aired most of the Cubs game. I was hooked, almost immediately. I've been a cubs fan since 1981, and winning the 2016 World Series is beyond words. To this day, I almost still can't believe it.

    • @aeromedical6750
      @aeromedical6750 5 лет назад +4

      I’m also a Kentuckian who fell in love with the Cubs via WGN. I think I woke up the entire neighborhood the night the Cubs finally broke the curse. What a memory!

    • @BALLERBOYS21
      @BALLERBOYS21 2 года назад +1

      Dude wgn back in the day had the best casters. Ron Santo and Pat hughes were golden and then Len Kasper was probably the only person who could’ve filled Ron’s shoes. So sad both are no longer casting for us/alive.

    • @abitoutside1973
      @abitoutside1973 Год назад

      same here in TX.

    • @devildoc4257
      @devildoc4257 Год назад +1

      I grew up in Ky and watched ryne Sandberg Mark Grace Sean dunston Sammy Sosa mark Pryor Kerry Wood and so many more via wgn. I was the only Cubs fan in my house. Nobody but me ever believed that this would ever happen. It was one of the best days of my life.

    • @andystreepy3146
      @andystreepy3146 4 месяца назад

      From Kansas, and another great thing was they didn't even have lights till 89 and Still played mostly day home games as a kid in the summer would love watching Harry Carey in the daytime

  • @adamtippett4702
    @adamtippett4702 5 лет назад +39

    two and a half years later i still get teary-eyed. #missmyfather

    • @stevegoehring1610
      @stevegoehring1610 4 года назад +2

      Adam, three years later and I also get tears in my eyes. Remember the night they won the World Series like it was yesterday. Remember how I cried. Remember saying this one's for you Harry, Ron and Ernie. This is my favorite vidio. THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

    • @chrisblake2039
      @chrisblake2039 3 года назад +3

      5 years.... Still crying.
      Go Cubs Go!!!!!!###

    • @soullighttarottarot8358
      @soullighttarottarot8358 2 года назад +1

      me 2.. when you say #missmyfather was he alive in 2016 to see it? mine was a fan for 68 years and sadly had passed before they won.. 2015 rip papa.. i was SO wishing we could've been together watching this historic moment.. but then realized.. he WAS there with me in spirit.. he was..

  • @VRQuickDrawMcGraw
    @VRQuickDrawMcGraw 5 лет назад +20

    I can't watch this without crying. I live right outside of Chicago and Northwest Indiana and I've been a Cubs fan my whole life. My aunt and uncle were at game 7 and got to witness it before my aunt passing a few years later. All baseball teams are special but the Cubs just have a little something extra. They bring together friends and family like no other team. That's because in my opinion that's what Chicago does. We have the best sports fans. Period

  • @K20EF8
    @K20EF8 7 лет назад +41

    As a Blue Jays and baseball fan I will never forget Nov 2nd 2016. One of the greatest sports games ever played, the dramatic Rajai Davis HR to tie it up and the Cubs winning it in extras with Kris Bryant smiling as it was all about to go down. Moments like that are what makes sport great.

    • @jeffbenach1
      @jeffbenach1  6 лет назад +5

      Especially when you’ve been suffering with them since 1969, as I have.

    • @kentonclarkson1449
      @kentonclarkson1449 5 лет назад +4

      Here's the thing: the game started on Nov 2 but it ENDED on Nov 3...my birthday. Best one I will ever have

  • @violinplayer101
    @violinplayer101 4 года назад +10

    I remember I was at my parent's house watching the game with my mom, and when they made the final play, we practically jumped off the couch and started crying and screaming....We called my grandpa, who has also been a life-long Cubs fan. He had fallen asleep because the game went so late, and when we told him that the Cubs had won, he cried. I remember praying that he would still be around when the Cubs won a World Series, and so the fact that he was made that last game absolutely perfect :)

    • @alicebergerom1429
      @alicebergerom1429 4 года назад +2

      My Son came over to my place to watch Game 7. He brought cold Budweiser and Panda Express. My fortune from my cookie said "'GOOD NEWS WILL BE COMING YOUR WAY VERY SOON". Did I also tell you it's been taped to the keyboard on my computer ever since?

    • @violinplayer101
      @violinplayer101 4 года назад

      Alice Bergerom No way!! That’s too cool!

  • @seanyiscubsfan1
    @seanyiscubsfan1 5 лет назад +11

    Almost 3 years later and I still love this moment. It’s a day I’ll remember till the day I die. It was better than all of the Bulls championships in the 90s

  • @gregv79
    @gregv79 2 года назад +4

    From my earliest memories of live games in 69, to this. Holy shit. Jack, Lou, Harry. RIP

  • @AnnaWennerholm2015
    @AnnaWennerholm2015 7 лет назад +79

    Thankyou Jeff, -GREAT VIDEO, i was standing on my livingroom table in Stockholm, Sweden, screaming like a mad person when it finally happened, noone here understood, there is no baseball in Sweden, i fell in love with The CUBS in 1979 when my host family, The Dietrich´s from Downers Grove took me to Wrigley and now 37 yrs later-I still celebrate ***

    • @bigal8730
      @bigal8730 7 лет назад +3

      Anna Wennerholm that's awesome Anna!

    • @jeffbenach1
      @jeffbenach1  7 лет назад +5

      Anna Wennerholm so what's wrong with them now?

    • @tasha1982ify
      @tasha1982ify 5 лет назад +3

      i was at work in austria - we had the shift ending... my coworkers were puring in and i was ready to leave my night shift... i held it in until i was home... then the fload broke and i cried myself to sleep... still get goosebumps when i think of that moment

    • @larrysproul9424
      @larrysproul9424 5 лет назад +3

      I never thought I would love to see it happen. Cancer survivor for 15 years and I did see it. !!

    • @anniedotson1165
      @anniedotson1165 5 лет назад +1

      That's beautiful

  • @ericc.c9933
    @ericc.c9933 7 лет назад +43

    That video hits me square in the middle of the heart! The times I was heartbroken by the Cubs I'd say " I inherited a curse from my dad " but I stayed loyal..Now looking back I really inherited a beautiful tradition! I bleed Cubbies blue!

  • @marcuslopez9373
    @marcuslopez9373 5 лет назад +4

    This moment in Chicago sports history will be considered one of the greatest moments in the history of sports. Mind you I'm a diehard Chicago bulls fan and, I've seen the bulls win multiple championships in the 90's. I also happened to be a Cubs fan as well. Watching the cubs finally win the world series was such an awesome moment in my life!!! The Cubs represent optimism, belief, and never quit no matter what!!! When life gets hard, you have to get up. Life has hit me very hard this year. 2019 has not been a good year for me. But i will keep fighting no matter what!!! CHICAGO BULLS NATION FOR LIFE!!!! CHICAGO CUBS NATION FOR LIFE!!!! CHICAGO BEARS NATION!!!!!!

  • @joshaslinger5300
    @joshaslinger5300 5 лет назад +4

    I am a die hard Cincinnati reds fan.. but this doc is amazing..it capsulates everything that is special about baseball...I remember my grandpa used to work 3rd shift..I would go visit during the summer...no matter how tired he was , he always found time to pitch to me..to talk... about the reds.. about life... he put the love of baseball in my heart.. the love of the reds... latter in life I chose to rebel to live the party life...he was extremely disipointed in some of my decision... we would drive back to Columbus from the small town he lived in .. some of those ride's were tense... with some pretty intense conversations ... but eventually the conversation always ended up about the reds...no matter how distant we became..we always had that common ground... when the reds win the world series again...I will be at his grave also.... to some people this may sound crazy... but not to me...and not the people in this documentary....GO REDS... GO BUCKEYES

  • @odalis77
    @odalis77 7 лет назад +25

    108 years but the reward was priceless...

  • @DanielRosenbergPPC-SEO-expert
    @DanielRosenbergPPC-SEO-expert 7 лет назад +72

    Jeff I am a Cubs fan in Israel and I have looked for this video everywhere with no luck. God Bless You.

    • @jeffbenach1
      @jeffbenach1  7 лет назад +1

      So glad I could help.

    • @wmsparkman5171
      @wmsparkman5171 6 лет назад +3

      Hey Jeff, What is Luck? In The United States Of America 🇺🇸 We Say Good God!!!
      May God Bless Isreal Amen 🙏

    • @davidtuchten7842
      @davidtuchten7842 5 лет назад +2

      Will Will Fuck you scumbag

    • @cubnation
      @cubnation 5 лет назад +2

      @Daniel Rosenberg, God bless you. El-Shaddai, El-Elyon na Adonai, Erkamka na Adonai El-Shaddai! 🇺🇲🇮🇱

    • @claypartridge7553
      @claypartridge7553 4 года назад +2

      Rays, including former Rays players and especially JoeMad and Zorilla as well as Cubs team fan ... I’ve viewed Joy of Wrigleyville with various family/friends on no less than 50 occasions.
      Really old timers might vaguely remember my relative Hal Jeffcoat, a Cubs OF whom upon being traded to Cincy was moved to starting pitching going 8-2 in ‘56. But then 12-13 the next. Always loved the Cubs here.

  • @robertleach3335
    @robertleach3335 6 лет назад +9

    I am dying and looking back on life this is one of my top 10. Thank you Cubs!

  • @toriboy25
    @toriboy25 5 лет назад +3

    I was not born into being a Cubs fan. I grew up in Nebraska. My Mom was an all around sports fan. All she really watched was sports and soaps. Her mom and most of her siblings were/are huge Cardinal fans. (They had a very friendly rivalry ) I grew up with my parents being Royals fans. KC was only 2 hours away so we went to at least one game a year and we got KC stations so she could watch the games. Then in the mid-80's we got WGN and that is when she became a Cubs fan. She still loved the Royals but the Cubs were her team. But she liked baseball so much she even like the Braves because she could watch them on TBS when the Cubs were not playing at the same time. She died in 2012 so she did not get to see them win.

  • @phillipthethird42
    @phillipthethird42 3 года назад +3

    To John Cusack,
    To one Chicogoian from another,
    God bless you , no one could have narrated this story better.
    I'll always have a special place in my heart for you.

  • @VRQuickDrawMcGraw
    @VRQuickDrawMcGraw 4 года назад +5

    Mrs.Talhami must of been one amazing lady. I always get emotional hearing her story. Especially when her daughter talks about her sparkly blue eyes and how much she meant to that family. I know she's looking down on all of her family members.

  • @windy.way10
    @windy.way10 6 лет назад +26

    It's been almost 2 years and I still cry like a baby when I watch this or Game 7. I went to my first game at Wrigley this last Tuesday and I had goosebumps the entire time, while slso thinking of my neighbor as a kid (Joe) just like I did during the WS. Wow, just Wow!

  • @bigdbohnen
    @bigdbohnen 4 года назад +1

    I'm a Yankees fan I live in Toronto. I've celebrated a lot of championships. But no championship brought me any near the joy the Cubs brought you and their great fans. You guys deserved it more than anyone else

  • @grievousangelic
    @grievousangelic 5 лет назад +9

    My story started in 1983 in North Alabama when we started getting WGN on cable. I came to love the Cubs and still do! Go Cubs Go! Holy Cow!

  • @adamthomas5915
    @adamthomas5915 5 лет назад +4

    My wife was 9 months pregnant with our daughter during the series, and watched every second with me. My son is as did hard as I am. I can't begin to explain what the cubs have meant to me and what a gift it is to pass it on to my kids. Cubs till I die!

  • @VRQuickDrawMcGraw
    @VRQuickDrawMcGraw 5 лет назад +5

    Mary Beth's Mom with that cigar in her mouth rooting for The Cubbies..... My favorite moment of this documentary. I still get emotional listening to Jen and her Family's story. That's what chicago, family, and being a Cubs fan is all about. I truly believed she had the best seat in the house for game 7!

  • @respecttheface7152
    @respecttheface7152 5 лет назад +4

    I just like seeing people happy and winning. Love from Minnesota

  • @PeterJPickles
    @PeterJPickles 4 года назад +3

    Dear god, I'm an English 50yrd and I have fell in love with baseball in the last few years, what a sport :)

  • @ericjanssen3277
    @ericjanssen3277 3 года назад +1

    On November 2 2015 my father was suddenly taken from myy family, after living through the first year of pain and suffering i got to experience true happiness again, i thank god for that 2016 team and for the world giving me my sign of good things ahead

  • @samlarsson4505
    @samlarsson4505 5 лет назад +3

    I watched my team Hammarby IF win the championship for the first time in 104 years!
    The club was founded 1897 and we won the title in 2001.
    It was pure joy and I have never seen so many grown people cry in my life!
    I tuned in to game 7 because I new it would be really special if you won.
    And you did!!
    Congrats to the Chicago Cubs!!!

  • @jayskull3472
    @jayskull3472 2 года назад +1

    Big Red Sox fan here. Coming from my experience in 2004.. watching them win it all with my grandmother, and seeing her reaction to it.. that moment will NEVER leave my memory. Watching this, and seeing how all the Cubs fans reacted to them winning.. legitimately brought tears to my eyes. Love and cherish these moments, people. Especially with your older parents/relatives. They don't come around very often. :)

  • @billiegoat1194
    @billiegoat1194 2 года назад +2

    Looking back at this year just brings me tears of joy!

  • @danlapidus3827
    @danlapidus3827 7 лет назад +35

    That was my 21st birthday, i remember in August looking at the playoff schedule for some unknown reason, and seeing that game 7 was going to be that day. I kinda put it out of my mind. Then as the playoffs and world series went on i realized that this was going to happen. For the rest of my life, my birthdays will always be marked by what happened on my 21st, and I can't think of anything better.

    • @AkaThePhoenix
      @AkaThePhoenix 6 лет назад +1

      29th Birthday for me. Was an amazing experience getting to see the one thing I wanted - my team winning it all with the parents who raised me as a Cubs fan.

    • @alicebergerom1429
      @alicebergerom1429 4 года назад +2

      If this was not the best reason in the world to get shit faced drunk I don't know what could have been.

    • @jasonmilly3320
      @jasonmilly3320 4 года назад

      My 23rd birthday was shortly after that on November 14. We got lucky to see the Cubs win at these ages. Young enough to celebrate and live it up and also still be able to remember it the rest of our lives. We may see them win again, but nothing will be like the one in 2016.

  • @ThePhunion
    @ThePhunion 4 года назад +3

    These emotions are why we love sports.. grew up watching a lot of chuffing sports and created a lot of emotional connections over the years... the heartbreake always hurt for a few month/years but the victories.. they last a lifetime...
    Go cubs go.. bear down.. swing low sweet chariot.. we'll never die #ggmu. Its coming home (... Eventually)

  • @kentonclarkson1449
    @kentonclarkson1449 5 лет назад +3

    Kris was the league MVP in 2016 as he should have been, but the MVP of the Cubs was Dexter Fowler. Without him setting the table for Kris, Javy, Anthony, Kyle it never would have happened. I am so glad I lived to see my boys win it all. And they did it on my birthday

  • @katealexiss
    @katealexiss 6 лет назад +12

    my baby brother was born the year the cubs won. Named him anthony. Then we got a new dog and named him rizzo. Gotta love the cubs. Emotional video love it

    • @kentonclarkson1449
      @kentonclarkson1449 5 лет назад

      LOL, GREAT story!

    • @bevrosity
      @bevrosity 5 лет назад

      good player to name them after. class act

    • @f2afinito983
      @f2afinito983 5 лет назад

      Kate A u just need a kris pr bryant or a joe or maddon

    • @alicebergerom1429
      @alicebergerom1429 4 года назад

      My Son named his new boy Wrigley. All Great names.

  • @nascar4228
    @nascar4228 7 лет назад +16

    its been almost a year since that beautiful night and I am still emotional

    • @jeffbenach1
      @jeffbenach1  7 лет назад

      Me as well. I wish I could say I'm just as excited now as I was at this moment last year, but I can't. They'll probably make the playoffs again, but they aren't winning it all again. Looks like it's the Indians' year!

    • @wmsparkman5171
      @wmsparkman5171 6 лет назад

      Wrong Again--Billy Goat 🐐

  • @ChairmanMeow1
    @ChairmanMeow1 5 лет назад +17

    Non-Cubs fan will never truly understand the joy I felt that night. Pure joy.

    • @MikePhotoGuy666
      @MikePhotoGuy666 5 лет назад +2

      ST LOUIS BLUES and TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS FANS can sort of relate. 52 years and counting. Here's hoping ST LOUIS ends their drought this year, and next year that I can finally hear the words I've been waiting 38 years to hear...."THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS HAVE WON THE STANLEY CUP!"

    • @marcpell133
      @marcpell133 4 года назад

      Michael Rice dont hold your breathe.

    • @muffs55mercury61
      @muffs55mercury61 4 года назад +2

      @@MikePhotoGuy666 The Blues took the Cup finally.

    • @muffs55mercury61
      @muffs55mercury61 4 года назад

      I do fully understand. That's why i watch these videos even though I'm not from there. Very few things in sports please me more that to see a long drought end and in the last decade several have done that.

    • @Coowallsky
      @Coowallsky 4 года назад

      Bullshit. I'm a White Sox fan and got to celebrate in 2005. 2016 was simply the Cubs' turn.

  • @freddyjefferson4526
    @freddyjefferson4526 7 лет назад +17

    2016.....the absolute greatest year in sports

    • @RyGuy4TwinsFan97
      @RyGuy4TwinsFan97 6 лет назад +2

      Freddy Jefferson Cavaliers winning, Cubs winning, game winning, buzzer beater three for Villanueva to win National Championship. Clemson game winning touchdown with time expiring to win National Championship, Brady’s Comeback. Yeah, possibly the greatest year I have ever witnessed in sports!

  • @ClassicDepravities
    @ClassicDepravities 6 лет назад +5

    if you grew up anywhere near Chicago, you knew what this would mean. We might've lived on the South Side, Sox territory, but we were Cubs fans. Every single year, I would watch to see how far the Cubs would go, and every single time they lost I would say "I am not dying until I see them win". I was at school in San Francisco when the news came out that they made it to the playoffs, and for the first time, I allowed this little bit of hope. Maybe....maybe this time. My friend called me crazy, and I couldn't blame her. They NEVER won. When the last game went to the 10th and a rain delay happened, i almost started praying. And when they won, I screamed. I called my mom. my roommates at the time thought I had gone insane cuz none of them knew the story, none of them were from Chicago. I still see that joy every day, almost two years later. there's not a day that goes by that I don't see SOMEONE wearing blue, the bar across the street flies the W, and we're still celebrating.

  • @espy8937
    @espy8937 7 лет назад +3

    I'm so happy this finally happened. My Dad and older brother are Sox fans. They went to game 1 of the 05' series when the Sox did it and never let up since. My mom, oldest brother, and I who are Cubs fans had to suffer and my Mom really showed me what's it like to be a Cubs fan at a young age. I'm very appreciative of this and it's something I'll cherish forever. Go Cubs!

  • @jayjasper1482
    @jayjasper1482 4 года назад +2

    I dreamed of this moment my whole life. To the ivy my family planted on our front deck. The wiffle ball games hitting homers and imagining the ball landed in the basket in left field. To the games i went to with my uncle and father and friends. To the time a 12 year old boy met Harry Carey and got his autograph and still hangs it in his home. This was the most amazing game I have ever seen. Go Cubs Go! I watched this game in Texas as a Correctional officer and will never forget that night.

  • @jeffbrown9523
    @jeffbrown9523 2 года назад +1

    As a Cardinals and Royals fan (especially Royals fan) I know that the Cubs fan base showed the true fans heart, by never giving up, never stop believing and good things will come your way.

  • @samanthaurban7359
    @samanthaurban7359 2 года назад +1

    ….I will never forget calling my dad and my grandpa SOBBING. They are both the reason I’m a Cubs fan. My grandpa was on hospice when they won in 2016. He died in January 2017. I got to talk to him about it…I’ll never forget.

  • @mikestettenbenz8743
    @mikestettenbenz8743 5 лет назад +4

    I wish my grandpa could have seen this. 😭 Go Cubs Go!!!!

  • @JJMk3
    @JJMk3 6 лет назад +15

    Thank you one million times for this great video, I'm a Cubs fan since 1984 and this was one of the happiest days in my life. GoCubs .

  • @jimmysteene1187
    @jimmysteene1187 6 лет назад +9

    I was so happy for the cub fans watching remembering how it felt watching my red Sox. This is fucking awesome. I love it good job Theo

  • @VRQuickDrawMcGraw
    @VRQuickDrawMcGraw 3 года назад +3

    Here in 2020 still and will be for many many years/tears to come. I love my city! I love my Cubbies!

  • @chn9285
    @chn9285 4 года назад +2

    the guy at the cementery close to midnight. listening to the game with his passed away dad. unreal!!!

    • @markmiller3308
      @markmiller3308 2 года назад

      Told my father WHEN his beloved Mariners Won I would sit at his headstone and watch the game with him. 600 Mile Drive into the Rocky Mountains where that time of a year it snows and freezes. Told my Wife I will have to go myself. It will be too emotional to share it with anyone but him. Made that promise before a Wife and Kids back in 2008 on his deathbed. Now it will be my beautiful late Mom and two late brothers as well joining us to watch.
      Baseball was the family game. Now only I am left to carry it on…

  • @averagejoe8849
    @averagejoe8849 3 года назад +2

    I don’t even like (Braves fan) the Cubs but this even made me cry.

  • @vincentfiore7588
    @vincentfiore7588 4 года назад +1

    Not even a cubs fan but man watching the Cubs win was something that made me smile sad to see how many people didn’t live to see this :(

  • @Keepit-rh4tx
    @Keepit-rh4tx 2 года назад

    Thanks to my grandfather I grew up watching the Cubs, he was the biggest die hard Cubs fan, unfortunately like many he died without seeing them win a World Series. When they won I remember the rush of emotions hit me and I just couldn’t hold back the tears. The day the Cubs won was one of the happiest day of my life.

  • @laurad2483
    @laurad2483 7 лет назад +6

    June 20, 2017.....still have tears in my eyes watching this! #ThatsCub

  • @ChairmanMeow1
    @ChairmanMeow1 3 года назад +1

    Four years ago today!! I will NEVER forget that night.

  • @glasshalffull8471
    @glasshalffull8471 4 года назад +1

    108 years is unbelievable,they all feel good but the first one is always the best.

  • @terrywebb433
    @terrywebb433 2 года назад

    My dad brought us up to be Cubs fans, he cursed at them and praised them but I got to watch the last 4 innings with him and we saw the Cubs win the World Series together. He passed away 5 months later.

  • @sp4csh
    @sp4csh 24 дня назад

    I had tears in my eyes ,I wish my dad could have seen it ,I’ve been a Cub fan all my life ,but my 93 yr old grandma seen it

  • @patriciaarold1270
    @patriciaarold1270 5 лет назад +1

    Great, fantastic video. Cubs fans, there are none more prouder. I'm glad that I'm one of the proudest. 😄😉👏🏼⚾️👍

  • @loridurko3373
    @loridurko3373 6 лет назад +1

    Got to share it with my PoP when he was 72. Best day of my life! My kid was there, too! (when my boy cried, it was sooooooo cool explaining extra innings.) love

  • @yellowflamegaulent3902
    @yellowflamegaulent3902 7 лет назад +3

    As a Padres fan this was amazing to watch seeing the Cubs win in 2016.My Padres will make it there soon and win it all. This also gave me a smile watching this.The Baseball Gods and God knows when it's our year.Padres fans.This gave me a smile.

    • @KWCline91
      @KWCline91 7 лет назад +2

      Yellow Flame Gaulent same thing for me and the Astros. We hope to win it soon. But yeah, seeing the Cubs win is cool.

  • @lucasmann2308
    @lucasmann2308 5 лет назад +3

    i cry every time i watch Game 7 11 2 16 is the greatest day of my life! Go Cubs Go

  • @vinceniederman3235
    @vinceniederman3235 7 лет назад +3

    As a Phillies Fan I Don't Hate The Cubs Since They are My 2nd Team in Baseball I Was So Happy For Them When They Won The WS For The First Time in 100 Plus Years Go Phillies and Go Cubs!

    • @jeffbenach1
      @jeffbenach1  7 лет назад

      Vince Niederman Ryno is our bond!

  • @sharonmills1561
    @sharonmills1561 4 месяца назад

    When you have to fast forward Bartman and the World Series homer by Cleveland because it still makes you sick to your stomach you know you were raised a Cubs fan. My mother used to watch the games from the top of the stairs because she thought it may help them win the farther away she was from TV. She, like so many others, never lived long enough to see her beloved cubbies win, lots of cheering in heaven that day!

  • @williamdiemert2116
    @williamdiemert2116 5 лет назад +3

    Been a Cubs fan since 1990 because my Great Uncle have Alzheimer's. Now I got to root on the Cubs.

  • @digitalutopia1
    @digitalutopia1 3 года назад +1

    The two biggest Cubs fans I knew - my dad and my grandma - died in early 2016. I wish they were around to see it, but I can't help but wonder if maybe they helped make it happen.

  • @BigHurt1776
    @BigHurt1776 4 года назад +1

    One of my favorite videos on RUclips, but wish they had covered the drama of the extra innings/rain delay in game 7.

  • @harlemsfinest141
    @harlemsfinest141 3 года назад +2

    Im a Yankees fan but this made me crack 😭😭😭

  • @ThePhonequeen3
    @ThePhonequeen3 3 года назад

    I'm a life long Chicago area resident. I liked the Cubs certainly but was never a die hard fan of any sports team. I hardly had the time or energy. In my lifetime I had a chance to see every Chicago team win at least one championship. Though I'm not a Sox fan I was happy for them and their fans when the won it all. I saw Michael Jordan and Patrick Kane bring home numerous titles. I experienced the Superbowl Shuffle. Again, I was never a die hard fan of any sport. That being said, I can say without hesitation that the final out of game seven was without a doubt one of the happiest moments of my earthly life.

  • @chrismccutcheon903
    @chrismccutcheon903 3 года назад

    My great grandmother passed away of general old age in 2014, two years before the Cubs win. She was a dedicated fan, and I feel so sad sometimes that she never got to see a Cubs World Series Win. My mother, her granddaughter, says that she had the best seat in the house, next to Harry Caray. I didn't get to know my great grandmother well, but as a fourth generation Chicago Cubs fan, I will support the team in her honor. ❤️

  • @amanchabra8947
    @amanchabra8947 2 года назад

    I read comments of Cubs fans getting emotional. I am an SF Giants fan and I get emotional watching this. Why? Not because the 2016 Cubs eliminated the Giants on the way to the WS. I was mad the night it happened, but now I almost feel honored that my team was a part of the Cubs historic journey. So...not crying out of anger that the Giants lost. I get emotional because I know how it feels to finally break through. I get it. Cubs fans deserved 2016 just as much if not more than Red Sox fans deserved 2004, and White Sox fans deserved 2005, and my fellow Giants fans deserved 2010. That moment when you break through and the euphoria that goes with it is only understandable if you've been through it with your team. Great documentary, and what a great team Theo and the Cubs management put together in 2016.

  • @gerardschrade6823
    @gerardschrade6823 2 года назад

    Greetings from Leverkusen, Germany. May our Club will do the same like the Cups. We didn''t win a title in 50 years Club history. We still believe. Cheers to the Cups
    .

  • @1982sschindler
    @1982sschindler 2 года назад +1

    Amazing game and even better video. Thank you

  • @hdelga5
    @hdelga5 5 лет назад +1

    exactly how the 2004 Red Sox fans felt that year, we sympathize with them now and all the other fans to come

  • @callakracker
    @callakracker 7 лет назад +3

    This make me cry. Great stuff.

  • @bigdbohnen
    @bigdbohnen 5 лет назад +5

    I'm not a Cubs fan at I tear up at 16:04 every time

  • @respecttheface7152
    @respecttheface7152 5 лет назад +1

    This documentary made me cry. Thanks.

  • @aaronspeck1644
    @aaronspeck1644 Год назад

    "I think I blacked out"
    Yep, I remember the night and about an hour after, but I don't remember the last play or anything but just crying, laughing, and hugging.

  • @alh61266
    @alh61266 6 лет назад +3

    prove to me ANY other sport where the fans are this loyal.

  • @MeargleSchmeargle
    @MeargleSchmeargle Год назад

    The sad side of this is the fact that Cleveland's fans have pretty similar stories, and they just had to watch yet another heartbreaking loss.

  • @phillipthethird42
    @phillipthethird42 3 года назад

    Ok, ya had me from the beginning. I'm 60, my Grandfather , who died in 2011 at age 92, was a WWII veteran and a Cubs fan should have gotten a visit from his grandson to tell him that the cubs got the "BIG W" .
    I'm sorry Granddad, I missed that one.
    And I miss you.
    Love you and miss you too grandma.

  • @toddles822
    @toddles822 3 года назад +1

    As a neutral fan, given the circumstances, it was the greatest game I have ever seen, and it's extremely unlikely it'll be topped

  • @anniedotson1165
    @anniedotson1165 5 лет назад +1

    I was watching from outside a bar in Delray Beach fl. Alot of people became Cubs fans for that moment I know I did.

  • @tmacmizzle9039
    @tmacmizzle9039 4 месяца назад

    I'm a cubs fan bc of my grandparents they didn't even get to enjoy the world series win because they had to be put in a nursing home 3 months before the world series. I wish I could of watched it with them.
    Go cubs go

  • @not_my_real_name9500
    @not_my_real_name9500 2 года назад +1

    I remember watching game 7, I was in my house after a trip to chicago for Halloween to celebrate my grandma's birthday, it was game 3 when we went to chicago I believe, I've never seen so many fans in one place, but back to game 7, I yelled so loud my neighbor had to check in on us to see if I was okay😅

  • @eschdaddy
    @eschdaddy 3 года назад

    I will NEVER Forget that feeling!

  • @steve-ti5rz
    @steve-ti5rz Год назад

    Several years later, I still can't believe it actually happened

  • @duckdrop9158
    @duckdrop9158 11 месяцев назад

    84 Cubs came out of nowhere...they finished last that spring in the cactus league. 2003 was the toughest for myself.

  • @stevegoehring9841
    @stevegoehring9841 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you for this great video. GO CUBS GO

  • @hockey4life96
    @hockey4life96 3 года назад +1

    Even as a White Sox fan I was so happy and excited the Cubs finally won a World Series. Still a Chicago team so I’m gonna cheer for them UNLESS they are ever playing the white Sox

  • @ELCHE1284
    @ELCHE1284 4 года назад

    I HAVE WSTCHEDTHIS VIDEO MANY MANY MANY TIMES AND I STILL A BIT EMOTIONAL.

  • @BrianUnderwood-q5u
    @BrianUnderwood-q5u Год назад

    Since 1969 a cubs fan. God bless em

  • @Rugelacharugula
    @Rugelacharugula 3 года назад +1

    So many onions right now...THIS is why Chicago.

  • @bevrosity
    @bevrosity 5 лет назад +3

    i was huggin every fool i saw out in the streets lol

  • @mrredeyes7021
    @mrredeyes7021 4 года назад +1

    Cub fans still have my respect

  • @PrimeGlaz
    @PrimeGlaz 3 года назад

    I remember hearing about the cubs winning the world series on the radio here in england and thinking "wait a sec they havent won in a long time" i got home and read the news that the curse of the billy goat had ended and suddenly it hit me, the fans are die hard loyalists to their club. Well done cubs

  • @Yorker1998
    @Yorker1998 5 лет назад +3

    I remember when I went to class the next day nobody could even begin to focus, everybody was on an adrenaline rush talking about the big win. They should have just cancelled all class that day being in the Chicago area and all.

  • @phildds1
    @phildds1 7 лет назад +7

    If anyone wants a link to the entire show, message me and I'll post it. MLB sent me a link since I was in it talking about my dad. I'm also on Facebook on the Go Cubs Go forum. I'd be happy to send it to anyone. Thank you. Go Cubbies!

    • @willbloom1993
      @willbloom1993 7 лет назад

      Hello, I would appreciate it if you could send me the entire show with the ending. Thank you!

    • @phildds1
      @phildds1 7 лет назад +2

      vimeo.com/194874249
      Password: mlb

    • @willbloom1993
      @willbloom1993 7 лет назад +1

      Awesome! Thank you!

    • @pauldamelio4694
      @pauldamelio4694 7 лет назад +1

      Thank you very much Phillip! Listening to you talk about your dad is very heartwarming! Your dad would be very proud of you. Go Cubs!!

    • @phildds1
      @phildds1 7 лет назад

      Thank you Paul!!! :)