It was a awful weather night for baseball but Cubs fans didn't care, they packed Wrigley Field Monday to raise their 2016 World Series championship banner for the first time in 108 years.
"There's not as much anxiety like before", said Bosley, 60, a season ticket holder since 1982 - and a nephew of the late actor Tom Bosley. Not only did Cubs fans get to see a beloved member of the curse-breaking champs dance to "Forever Young", the song he used as his walk-up music past year, but he got the benefit of some of them voting for him by phone.
Utley had appeared to ground into the inning-ending double play at first base, but shortstop Addison Russell's throw to first was wild and skipped into the Cubs' dugout, allowing Forsythe to score the tying run. That being said, he put up a great pitching line and kept the Cubs in the game.
Anthony Rizzo, the hero of the game with the walk-off. he went 1-4 with an RBI.
Cubs pitcher Mike Montgomery empathized with the fans' reaction.
Jon Lester pitched 6 good innings allowing 4 hits, 1 run, 1 earned run, he did give up a walk, But he did have 7 strikeouts.
Still it seemed like there were a number of pitches close to the strike zone that could have been called strikes and Lester did not get the calls.
Posey was struck by an 0-1 pitch with two out in the first and immediately went down. I'm a big believer that if you accomplish something like that show it off.
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The rings, which were designed with input from players, feature 108 diamonds - marking the 108 years between World Series titles for the Cubs. Fans and media cannot see into the bullpens from the field except through video feeds, but pitchers can see out.
A few fans even took it in stride by saying we have waited 108 years what's a couple of hours longer.
This was when it hit you, the Cubs fan who swore it would never happen, sitting in familiar seats with an unfamiliar but warm feeling on a 41-degree night.
"To win last year, like we did, you think about Ernie, you think about Santo, two individuals that were my teammates and tried for so many years to bring a World Series to Chicago". On Monday, April 10, 2017, the team will receive their World Series rings as well as fly their championship banner.
Las Vegas odds makers have the Chicago Cubs listed as the favorites at -150, with the comeback on the L.A. Dodgers +130.
Lester gets the honor of starting the home opener after also taking the ball on Opening Day in St. Louis. They turned Wrigley Field into a place where dreams really do come true. By the end of the year, they had won 103 games, and lost just 58. Now here's the $64.000 question can they do it. They were a winning team.
"It will be a closing of a chapter for me, " Ross says. He is 2-2 with a 3.06 ERA in five career regular-season starts against the Dodgers.
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