Takeaways from Cubs’ celebration for 2016 World Series Championship team

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How did the 10-year celebration acknowledge the 2016 Cubs’ impact on fans and the city?

Mark Grote 0:01

When we won, we thought we knew how much this meant to the fans.

Anthony Rizzo 0:23

And over the last 10 years, I think you guys have poured us with your emotions, and I speak for everyone on our team. We appreciate that so much. All the stories, all the graveyard visits, and just one more until I die, to the older people telling me the very next day that we were going to do it again next year, that really aggravated me. But we got one before everyone died. It meant the world to us. For me, 10 years later, I want to thank the fans. You guys don't understand how much that meant to us as players and our families.

Mark Grote 1:03

You're welcome. You're not dead.

Marshall Harris 1:05

Glad you didn't die before 2016, Mark.

Mark Grote 1:08

You're still here. You might be old, but you're not dead. And that's a good thing, as we welcome you back to Rahimi Harris and Grody. What a weekend. What a ride it's been. Like, kind of this whole year, for those of us who have been watching and paying attention to the lovable reunion, you know, starring Anthony Rizzo and David Ross and having multiple players, many players from the 2016 Cubs on that podcast and learning new things, like revisiting revealing things about Game 7 and the Jason Hayward speech and what Jon Lester was thinking when Mike Montgomery came into the game. And Jon Lester was not happy in the moment when they're like, why the hell are they bringing in Mike Montgomery to end this game when you have Jake Arrieta as a possibility?

Mark Grote 1:56

What the hell is going on? It was a great ride leading up to a great day at Gallagher Way where the plaques were unveiled and champions were displayed. And Anthony Rizzo and Tom Ricketts and Kyle Hendricks, everybody getting to the podium and playing their part this weekend.

Marshall Harris 2:13

Former players now dignitaries with the Cubs because those alums, that's how they are. Yeah. They're done playing now, and now they are forever etched into Cubs lore and memory. I feel like the 10-year celebration doesn't just cement that, but it reminds us of what this group of players, manager, coaches, the front office, what they brought to the city at a time when the city was starved. Starved. Starving. Had to have it. Overdue. However you want to put it.

Mark Grote 2:48

Overdue is one word. And based on all of that, I have to tell you what I was feeling. Because the final play was heard and played tons. All you had to do was turn on marquee or listen on the radio. Just hearing the final call of the dribbler to Chris Bryant and the throw across the diamond to Anthony Rizzo. And then the party was on after that. But... I am feeling two things. Two things. Tons of gratitude that the Cubs won the World Series because it was obviously in question. Being down as they were. Down 3-1 and then coming back to win the thing. And the craziness. of game seven like thank god thank god they won that world series and who knows how if they hadn't won the world series how that affects things maybe the band is all back the following year and then they get back to the world series like things could have been different obviously but

Mark Grote 3:50

I felt gratitude, and I did feel some anxiety watching all of that because of the fine line, because of hearing about the rain delay so often. I don't know if you know this, Marshall, but I was doing, at the time, I was there because I was doing pre and post, and I was the one responsible for leading us through the rain delay. Obviously, with lots of help from Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer, that's because that's just the way they are. They are one of those play-by-play teams that is always there to help you through the rain delays, unlike a lot of crews, I think, in Major League Baseball. But it was so stressful at that moment because bad things had happened. The game had been – I'm sorry. There were moments where the game had been mismanaged by Joe Maddon.

Mark Grote 4:33

So you think about all that, and the fine line between winning the World Series and not winning the World Series for the Chicago Cubs – Hit me hard. So I felt so grateful that they did it. But I also literally, my body felt sort of stressed throughout the weekend watching all of it.