Best. World. Series. Ever.

[Ken Burch]

A magical end to a magical match-up. Both teams should be proud.

[ham_actor]

1. Best World Series Game Ever!

[Ken Burch]

2. It out did Game Six of the '75 Series.

n/t.

[Egnever]

3. Yup that one will be talked about for years to come

Great final game the crowd shots were awesome. Not sure I have ever seen more nail biting at any game ever.

[Ken Burch]

4. And at the end, it sounded like even the Cleveland fans were cheering the Cubs.

On the field, grown ballplayers were actually crying for joy.

[StevieM]

6. I think that a lot of Cubs fans made the trip from Chicago for the game. (eom)

[Ken Burch]

11. I know, but I think we saw some actual good sportsmanship there as well.

n/t.

[awoke_in_2003]

15. That's baseball. nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

37. Both teams were made up of awesome, upstanding dudes

It was hard to root against either.

The best player for Cleveland (Kipnis) grew up a staunch Cubs fan in Northbrook (a near north suburb of Chicago).

Class acts in both dugouts.

It was right and proper that it should go to seven, and extra innings at that.

[ProfessorGAC]

46. During Kurkschian (sp?) Bit on Sportscenter. . .

. . .there were guys in Cleveland gear standing behind him and they were most civil. There was guy with a Cubs hat on and everybody was quite cool with one another.

Pretty classy given their team just lost the championship.

[First Speaker]

5. I'd say, one of the three best...1975 and 1991 were pretty good, too...

[alcibiades_mystery]

38. People are forgetting Game Six of the 1986 World Series?

Come on, now.

[NNadir]

7. As a Met fan, I'd have to go with '86, but God Bless the Cubs and the Chicago native...

...daughter who will serve as our next President.

Chicago's last President was also a great gift to the country and damn if the Chicago deserves this win for that alone.

[herding cats]

8. I have never been so riveted by a World Series game as I was by this one.

It was amazing!

Full respect to the Cubs. They earned this victory with hard work, skill and diligence.

Go Cubs go!!

[longship]

9. Well, I would put 1968 against this one.

It played out the same way. But in 68, Mickey Lolich pitched three complete games, winning all three.

BTW, he hid his grip on the ball behind his beer belly when men were on base.

But yes, I'll take this World Series as second best ever.

[Coventina]

10. Agreed, and, if it had literally been ANY OTHER TEAM, I would have been rooting for the Indians.

[awoke_in_2003]

13. Hated the outcome

Loved the series. K&R.

[Ken Burch]

22. Liked the outcome but I can relate

I was down at the Thurston County Dem HQ in Olympia phonebanking and listening to the game. When my ride home showed up, it was still 6-3 and there was one out in the eighth. By the time we got home, it was tied. I didn't have the strength to watch the bottom of the ninth.

I wonder if anybody in Cleveland or Chicago had any stomach lining left by the end of that game.

We'll hear more from the Tribe. They are far from done.

[awoke_in_2003]

28. It was nerve racking

Go Tribe, and congrats to the Cubs.

[Ken Burch]

42. Nice.

(During the rain delay...I briefly imagined that the commissioner would say "Screw it...it's a tie!&quot

[kysrsoze]

14. I've never seen anything like it. Unbelievable game. Unbelievable post-season!

Hats off to Cleveland. They nearly took it from us.

[47of74]

16. Attention Cubs

Let's not make it 108 years until the next World Series win.

[Ken Burch]

23. The moral is: Respect The Goat.

n/t.

[ancianita]

17. SO GREAT!

From a 40+ years Cubs fan.

[MADem]

18. I am a Red Sox fan and I didn't watch at all ... until the last five innings.

What a nail biter!

I'm happy for the Cubs fans...believe me, I understand what it is like to wait.

[Warren DeMontague]

45. I don't know if anyone understands what it is to wait like that, though.

As a Chicago expat I can tell you that I never thought I would see this. Ever.

[MADem]

48. The Red Sox had a pretty long wait--and we came close and had our hearts broken, too.

Cubs fans waited 22 years longer than we did; but we came closer more often, which doesn't make it better--it makes it worse.

I always said that if the Sox couldn't do it, my 2nd choice was the Cubs. There is an affinity in the process of suffering.

What Cubs fans don't quite yet realize is that the glow lasts a long time. A REALLY LONG TIME. I can still feel the glow from 2004. It's life - changing and life - affirming!


I think it's a portent -- that's Hillary's team, after all!

[gopiscrap]

20. Been a Cubs fan since I came to America as a kid

and worked for the organization. Got my first check from them. Can't I am almost 60 and this is the first time in my life they have won the series. Made my night!!!

[pressbox69]

21. Great series but

a good friend of mine who is a Cleveland fan is very sad. He wanted to see the Indians vs. the Cubs but he didn't want his team to replace the Cubs as the one with the longest championship drought.

[Ken Burch]

25. As long as the win the Series sometime between now and 2055, they're cool.

I think they're here to stay as a powerhouse team.

[awoke_in_2003]

29. I lived in Cleveland

from 81 to 92. They will, soon, shake it of and say "next year".

[bench scientist]

27. This was GREAT BASEBALL!

I think all involved left all they had on that field.
I'm a diehard Cubs fan and this is awesome night.
Hats off to the Indians though. They played phenomenal ball.

[Lady_Chat]

30. Congratulations! One of the best games ever!

[awoke_in_2003]

32. Cleveland fan here

Congrats to the champions

[lostnfound]

53. Newly made Chicago fan here

Cleveland rocked, too. Two worthy opponents gave us all some great entertainment.
That one Cleveland pitcher especially seemed superhuman.

[C Moon]

33. That was amazing, yes. And I was, happily, rooting for the Cubs.

[montana_hazeleyes]

34. Even though I'm a Giants fan I was rooting for the Cubbies to win it after all these years!

What an awesome game. Both teams fought hard and it was so much fun to watch such an exciting game that meant so much to both teams.

[malaise]

35. A fabulous match down to the rain

[alcibiades_mystery]

36. By a country goddamn mile!

Someday we'll go all the way, YEAAAAAAAH, someday we'll go all the way!

[Jamaal510]

39. 1989 will

always have a special place in my heart (even though I wasn't old enough to see it), but I agree. This WS was among the best I've seen. Each of the games were competitive, and everything came right down to the wire in 7 games and in extra innings.

[Warren DeMontague]

44. 89 was historic too, to be sure.

I remember sitting in a burger joint drinking a beer and watching the game when the quake hit.

[LittleGirl]

40. I had to monitor via facebook live

so it was weird but thankful cuz I live in Europe and couldn't watch it! Happy Dance and Tears!

[Warren DeMontague]

43. It really was one for the history books, in so many ways.

Cleveland should be proud as hell, too. Simply amazing. Not much can make me feel like I'm 10 again. Reminded me why I loved the game so long, ago.

[alarimer]

49. I think Steve Goodman would be happy.

"Do they still play the blues in Chicago/
When baseball season rolls around?
When the snow melts away/
Do the Cubbies still play/
In their ivy-covered burial ground?"

Steve Goodman- "A dying Cubs fan's last request."

I'd have to say the answer to those questions is decidedly no, now. Or at least until the next drought happens.

My team won in 1987 and 1991, but it's been a hard slog ever since. Granted, that's only 20+ years, so we have 80 to go.

[napkinz]

50. might be the best game 7 ever

[longship]

52. Sorry. Tigers 1968.

That entire series was incredible. Bob Gibson for the Cards was awesome -- 17 strikeouts in a World Series game!!!

But the Tiger's Mickey Lolich won three complete games, and even homered in one of them. Now that was excitement!

And yes, the Tigers were down 3-1 before they brought it back and won.

Oh! Before I forget... GO CUBS!!!

[rateyes]

51. Game 6 Cards vs. Rangers was best game ever.

Rangers needed only one strike to win the championship on two different occasions in the game. Both times the Cards got hits (including a HR) to tie the game, eventually winning it in inning 12. Cards went on to win game 7 and the series. Last night was, imo, 2nd best game in World Series history.