Even if we hadn't watched Game 7 of the World Series, we would have known what happened. Around midnight on Wednesday, people started setting off fireworks in our neighborhood. That was true for pretty much every neighborhood, based on similar reports of coworkers. Evanston, IL actually set off their emergency sirens when the Cubs won.
We've been watching the Cubs throughout the postseason. It was crazy and historic to see them win. I can't imagine what lifelong Cubs fans must feel.
Dave Winer, the guy who invented blogs and has been blogging since the mid-90s, is a Mets fan. He blogged yesterday about trying to figure out if he's ever experienced anything close to what lifelong Cubs fans must be feeling. He decided he probably has, and created this:
If you made a list of all the things that could happen to increase the drama of the Cubs winning the World Series, many of them actually happened:
- Falling behind 3 games to 1
- Rallying to force a game 7
- Playing game 7 on the road
- Blowing a big lead late
- Going into extra innings
- Having a rain delay
- Allowing the other team to score in the bottom of the 10th
It's craziness. The parade was today and there were a lot fewer people at work than normal.
I can't imagine what Cleveland fans are feeling, either, but I can't help but think: thank goodness they won the NBA title this year. Otherwise, they would have lost the NBA Finals and a World Series in the same year, and their championship drought for any major sport would have continued.
Anyway, go Cubs!