The newly opened Starbucks Reserve features an outdoor patio facing The Park at Wrigley's turf lawn. The rain eventually stopped, and the party resumed.
Cubs players lined the field for introductions and Julianna Zobrist, wife of World Series Most Valuable Player Ben Zobrist, sang God Bless America. The cold air was followed by a storm, delaying the ceremonies for almost two hours and threatening to put a damper on the much-anticipated evening. Obviously, I've been to Wrigley Field before, but to go down to the field and to meet a player or a coach, and quite frankly I don't care if it's the water boy.
Forgive Cubs fans if they plan to keep the party going.
"I've been in every ballpark in the big leagues, and there are some really good ones, great fan bases and wonderful traditions", Maddon said.
If the fact that the Cubs became a championship team did not sink in for them during the off-season it may of officially sunk in recently. First, Ryne Sandberg was called upon to hoist the 1907 World Series champs flag. Following the flag ceremony, he led the Cubs from the outfield to the pitcher's mound while carrying the World Series trophy in his arms.
Kyle Schwarber could envision the atmosphere at Wrigley Field on Monday night.
"That pregame ceremony, I wasn't expecting to get hit with that many emotions", Rizzo said. The overwhelming majority of seats in the historic ballpark were empty by the time Anthony Rizzo singled in Jon Jay in the ninth inning for a 3-2 walk-off victory for the Cubs.
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The Cubs told Ross, "Ask and you shall receive", because he had, in fact, made such a request earlier on Monday in the event of a rain delay. Lester held the Dodgers to a single run over six innings before leaving with 100 pitches on the nose.
Logan Forsythe, He went 2-5 with 1 run, but he did strikeout 3 times in the ballgame. It was his arrival as a lauded free agent before this Cubs group had actually won anything that hinted to the baseball world what was to come.
"I literally thought they were just pulling a joke", said Wakefield, looking back on when he found out the Cubs had chosen him. "But that pregame ceremony, I really, honestly, didn't think it will be that, how unbelievable the job the Cubs did and the video and the tribute, it was fantastic", Rizzo said. The videos, the tribute, it's wonderful. Rather than use Jansen at the start of the ninth, manager Dave Roberts opted to bring in Jansen with a runner in scoring position and one out, with the dynamic duo of Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo due up.
It was Rizzo's sixth career walk-off RBI. Hey, it has been a century since the Cubs were the best team in baseball, so they can get away this move without any flack! But the renovations won out, and then the Cubs won the World Series.
Wrigley Field's massive, multiyear renovation project continued in the offseason, including moving bullpens from cramped spaces along the foul lines to underneath the bleachers. "But we're not ready to say when that day will be".
Turns out, it was the ideal spot. It was the second consecutive day of challenging weather for the Dodgers and they did not handle it as well as Sunday's heavy winds at Coors Field.
And who would have it any other way?
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