The biggest curse-ending moment in baseball history demands a deep rewind | 2016 World Series Game 7

This is perhaps the most important at-bat in baseball history. With two outs in the bottom of the tenth inning of Game 7 of the 2016 World Series, the Chicago Cubs stared down Cleveland looking for one final out.
The difference between an out and a hit -- potentially a walk-off hit -- would determine which curse reached its end: Chicago's painful, generations-long "Billy Goat Curse" or Cleveland's own long history of defeat on the biggest stage.
This moment was so big that it kind of buried how absurd the whole game was. Chicago had come back to tie the series, but experienced some bad breaks, then fully blew their substantial lead when Rajai Davis homered off typically lights-out closer Aroldis Chapman. After more bad breaks, Chicago finally pulled ahead again thanks to more heroics in the top of the tenth, but in this moment, stood one big hit-- and more scoring from Davis-- away from blowing it all again.
Before we watch this monumental baseball event, we have so much rewinding to do.
Written and produced by Seth Rosenthal
Shot and edited by Jiazhen Zhang
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[@MLB]

What a game! What a World Series!

[@lidl981]

oh crap, hi MLB

[@roguishpaladin]

Aw, crap. MLB's here. Watch out, folks...soon Greg Gibson, the home plate umpire, will be along to motion to both players.

[@eclectica1]

@@roguishpaladin And the Dodgers are anticipating a celebration.

[@PiperAtTheGatesOfYourMom]

Hi MLB! Punish the Astros...

[@stoppit0]

This is the ultimate praise

[@superduperm1]

Game 7 of the 2016 World Series, going into it, was arguably the most hyped and most significant game in the history of baseball. As a Giants fan with no horse in the race, I was excited to watch history. The game itself, very fortunately, did not disappoint, and only elevated its significance IMHO.

[@TrYED84]

We Cubs fans at least got to feel the joy that you Giant fans felt 3 times within the last 9 years, what an amazing experience to see your team winning it all.

[@oldpotatoman4838]

We Indians fans continue the tears

[@GC-yw1mn]

I remember thinking that the cubs had it in the bag during the fifth inning. Then the game got way more interesting. I am happy to say that the team I’d been rooting for my whole life managed to pull it off.

[@brianking2365]

I had to work during it 😭😭

[@dusk6159]

The greatness of the 2016 US sports season all around is crazy, and Imagine if Cleveland was the winner (also both involving 3-1 lead, though the baseball one in reverse) of both the most important Games/Game 7s, sheesh.

[@Vyse_Nevets]

I still remember seeing a shot of Chapman wiping away tears in the dugout, thinking he blew the series for his team. Wasn't his fault and the dude was exhausted giving his all, I just really felt for the guy that moment.

[@AEMoreira81]

Chapman was basically rented out by the Yankees to the Cubs for that postseason, and he would be back with the Yankees that offseason.

[@Burt_Sampson]

I swear that man be giving up the most crucial homers tho 😂

[@danmelland1320]

Honestly Joe madden nearly blew it for us Honestly

[@Alexander_Grant]

I saw that man pitch in person that season and walked away thinking he was a superhero. I always loved closers, that’s what I was in high school, a cannon for an arm but no control. Seeing him with tears hurt since I knew a similar pain of losing it for your team.

[@davidpolaski4051]

He never should have pitched game 6. The Cubs had a huge lead late in the game, and Madden put him out there anyway and made what was an already tired pitcher, exhausted. Had he not done that, he probably has enough gas left in his arm to get through the final 4 outs of game 7 without giving up any runs.

[@BIGGUY0683]

It’s amazing at how 17 minutes of rain could end a 108 year long drought.

[@mmundle941]

Video was exactly as long as the rain delay lol

[@joshuapatrick682]

@@mmundle941 yeah but I’m not convinced it was intentional.

[@MercMadam]

That was the curse lifting. 💯

[@notNajimi]

Cleansing rain

[@brw3rd]

"A 39 year old homering in his last game ever...." Impressive. But, Ross hit a homer in a World Series Game 7 in his last At-Bat ever - EPIC

[@joshuapatrick682]

Yeah, that’s how to end a career, extra epic factor for breaking a century long championship drought…that’s the stories I live for. Like Michael Taylor homering on a first pitch in his only at bat in the World Series in 2019. Just great stuff

[@huncho5005]

@@joshuapatrick682 well said

[@crimsonking440]

Things like this should be legendary in the world of baseball. The only way that could be better is if it was a walk off homer, but that'd be so unbelievable they couldnt even put it in a movie.

[@jacksondavies1451]

@@joshuapatrick682 Like David Tyree having the helmet catch in the superbowl be his last catch ever

[@waldothewalrus294]

Certainly epic, but Ross was walked at the top of the 9th

[@mooseot]

Pre-2016 me: "Please god, just let us win 1 in my lifetime!" Post-2016 me: "Did you have to take me so literally?"

[@treq2112]

As an Eagles fan I feel this.

[@Claricio]

Ya’ll are too impatient it’s been 3 years

[@Videogamelover58]

@@Claricio IKR, I'm just happy we won it all. I think we'll win a title in the 2020 decade.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@treq2112 Maybe, but, beating the Patriots definitely made all that pain worth it.

[@Blade-hf9po]

Yes, yes he did. You took your time to be VERY specific. I'm just happy they Won, after beating the other team who had the best shot at winning, the SF Giants.

[@jimtimmy93]

This game took several years off my life.

[@Arichram45]

You're not the only one...

[@mikepuppetz9]

Only several? I don't think I'm gonna make it to 50 after sitting through that game.

[@jo23bulls]

Worth it

[@Scorpious187]

As the game wore on, I was telling my friends that all my medical bills due to heart failure should be forwarded to Joe Maddon.

[@JokersRWildStudios]

Davis’ home run caused my soul to leave my body I didn’t speak until the top of the tenth.

[@DrumBum561]

Me, an Indians fan: Oh man I can't wait to see the next episode of Rewinder! SB Nation: You sure? Heartbreaking to come so close, however I'm glad we lost to the Cubs, because they were the only team I was comfortable losing to. To go that long without a WS win, and decades without even a WS appearance, we couldn't have lost to a more deserving team. Wish we had our pitching staff at full health, but this was a great series, and even though it ended in heartbreak, Rajai's homer still gets me amped every single time despite knowing the outcome.

[@dman5527x]

As a cubs fan, I couldn't have asked for a better opponent to share that stage with. Thanks for making the series what it was and i really hope you guys win

[@DrumBum561]

@@dman5527x Believe me, so do I. Haha

[@danr154]

Yea man, and as a Cubs fan I still feel a pang of.....something when I see that Rajai homer too. In real life when that happened I fell to my knees like I'd been shot. It was one thing to lose to another deserving team but it was like "oh god if we have to lose fine but just please not like this". I was so emotionally drained when they won I didnt even have an over the top reaction left in me. I let out maybe one yell but just kinda sat there in shock and fought back a tear. Then my friends from Chicago started calling and sending me videos of them partying in Wrigleyville cause they knew I wished I could be there.

[@dundermifflinregionalmanag5607]

Spencer Snitil as a cubs fan I hope you win soon

[@seanflamand8354]

Cheers. I don't think I know another Cubs fan who doesn't pull for Cleveland every time they can since 2016.

[@CZsWorld]

I was nervous just watching this video.

[@CooperDog183]

same 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@brko289]

Ya lol and I knew the Cubs already won edit: I’m a Cubs fan

[@SFAviation]

sad to see the indians lost...

[@TheLozzzzzzz.]

I was devastated when I herd the Indians lose

[@SFAviation]

@@TheLozzzzzzz. still devastating to this day

[@dennissologaistoa3376]

Long live 2016 Chicago Cubs... I will never forget that year of tears. Till this day R.I.P to all diehard Cubs fans that passed away that didn't get to witness that World Series win, may God bless you all... To my fellow Cubs fans who are alive now. GO CUBS NATION !!!!

[@shroomie108]

How can the Cubs beat a curse..... I know!!! Face cleveland

[@aidanschmidt5324]

Now 103 more years to our next world series

[@TFGA_tFoMS]

@@aidanschmidt5324 please I dont want that. But it seems like what it will be.

[@tommychoochoo69]

@Dennis Sologaistoa Go Cubs Go

[@dennissologaistoa3376]

@@tommychoochoo69 ... GO BLUE BEARS !!!!

[@afamilyofone4591]

The home run by David Ross was simply poetic. A mediocre but serviceable veteran on the brink of retirement, gets called into Game 7 of the World Series as the backup catcher, and after getting brained by a wild pitch, still stands up there to hit a huge home run off of one of the most feared pitchers in baseball, leading his team to a championship. If that's not a beautiful way to go out, I don't know what is.

[@0mathgaming]

Especially since it was his last at-bat ever. It wasn't his final plate appearance as he drew a walk later in the game before being replaced, but it was his final at-bat. There are few players in the history of MLB whose final at-bat was a home run, and only one other player did so in a World Series game.

[@saracin]

Wait, Brandon Guyer did something good without being hit by the ball?

[@edwardcook7568]

No way

[@brozier6672]

He had a bases loaded HBP in game 1 lol

[@RC.41]

Brandon Guyer was a Mack in this game. My favorite player 😢 Clutch in a losing effort

[@evxnk2153]

Michael Foley happens, lol

[@thechief00]

you saw that SB Nation video too eh lol

[@djtrankilo231]

I'm a Cardinals fan. But this night made me feel happy for Cubs fans. Especially my cousin (may he R.I.P.). After the win, I bought a World Series pennant in Chicago and placed it on his grave in Mexico. It's been decolorized ever since, but it's still there practically unharmed.

[@senororlando2]

😢 might be the sweetest thing I’ve ever heard RIP cuz #IdoPeroNoOlvidado

[@ninjatacoshark]

That's a really cool gesture man

[@morganw2492]

Was not expecting to cry reading a KZbin comment section today. That was a great gesture

[@mr.woowoo8826]

Beautiful comment. R.I.P to your cousin.

[@mario2montano]

That’s awesome

[@Avvura]

2015 to 2019 world Series teams include: Cubs, Astros, Indians, Nationals, Mets, Royals. Aint that crazy to think of?

[@skipbayless557]

Avvura that's what I like about baseball because it's balanced and unpredictable in the postseason compare to the NBA.

[@Avvura]

@@skipbayless557 Well its starting to change a bit. Golden State came out of nowhere to be a dynasty. Cleveland won a title. Raptors won a title, 76ers and Bucks are at the top of the East. Portland and Denver rising in the West.

[@skipbayless557]

@@Avvura Three different teams won the NBA title compare to the teams that you mention that went to the World Series but it's changing a lil bit tho.

[@ajb6777]

Avvura Dodgers and Red Sox?

[@Avvura]

@@ajb6777 big market teams and Red Sox have won recently. Talking about small market or teams that have sucked for years.

[@Evan-cw7vi]

Watching this with my dad will forever be one of the best moments of my life. We’re both lifelong cubs fans. Best baseball game ever played

[@AngusArtEntertainment]

And now with the Nationals in the WS, that only leaves one more team to even get that far... The Seattle Mariners: Cursed since 1977

[@The_General_Zubas]

Detroit Lion's. Cursed since 1957

[@wdfmidevil]

Mariners fan here. I’ve given up hope it will ever happen

[@kelamullah1999]

@@wdfmidevil 122 win team!!!!!

[@dynad00d15]

Ex-Expos fan here.. we got stolen our chance in 1994. :(

[@łłłłłłłłłłłl11IIlł]

Henry Walsh theyre team isnt the worst. Its the power of their opponent. The astros and yankees are both very good teams and the nats will likely have a tough time facing one. But we'll see. Only one way to find out

[@zach346]

You should rewind Roy Halladays no hitter in the 2010 NLDS As a Reds fan it still hurts

[@sportsboy85]

RIP roy

[@ItMeT0ken]

Roy had the makings of a HOF career. And he was becoming one of my favorite pitchers.

[@FDAPO]

First NLDS birth in 20 years. Get no hit. Thats my life of being a Reds fan, born in 1991.

[@JoshuaResnick-qd7ln]

InGamesWePlay the makings? He was inducted into the hall of fame this year.

[@ItMeT0ken]

@@JoshuaResnick-qd7ln sorry I meant a longer career if he didnt die in the accident.

[@trharrington22]

1:06 kiss your homies after you win the WS

[@GooseGumlizzard]

back when men were men

[@aspentalbot6148]

Maybe on the cheek but on the lips

[@trharrington22]

baller cheek is gay

[@aspentalbot6148]

Your right I was trying to make it better

[@GinkgoPete]

@@user-73a Yo i got some bad news. Both your dads are gay!

[@thehoodedteddy1335]

The weekend after this game, my family went to visit the graves of my Grandparents, who were cubs fans, to leave flowers, and to let them know the Cubs finally did it. Seeing just how many other graves had red and blue ribbons, cubs hats, and newspapers about the win really made it sink in just how much this win meant to chicago.

[@clevelandindiansweekly456]

As an Indians fan that lives in Cleveland I’m absolutely obsessed with every pitch of this game and this video was perfect thank you

[@BigDsportsfan92]

One of the greatest games I’ve ever seen, & I didn’t even have a dog in the fight. Must’ve been murder for each fanbase.

[@wrigleyishome4764]

You have no idea lol

[@dougg2012]

You have no idea the relief I felt when they won. It was like thank god they can’t blow it anymore.

[@Sticktothemodels]

Bro lol even as a neutral I was vexed when Chapman got bombed

[@nathanhensn8717]

I was at the game as a Cubs fan. No one, I mean no one was talking, blinking, or on their phones. At the rain delay the stadium needed an airdrop of zoloft. It was max aniexty followed by short boughts of celebration.

[@ericvansickle4305]

That's an understatement.

[@spacejamsham2440]

Watching Rajai take Chapman deep is forever engrained into my mind

[@moeron13]

Redsox706 1066 truly a nightmare moment

[@boppo16]

yeah, a slapstick contact hitter taking the best closer in baseball deep.

[@WillAyeAmNot]

Not as engrained as me taking my boyfriend deep is in my brain (Disclaimer: This is a joke, I swear I'm not gay lmao...nor is there anything wrong with gay people. Just covering my bases *Ba dum tss*)

[@boppo16]

@@WillAyeAmNot not funny didn't laugh

[@WillAyeAmNot]

@@boppo16 I'll be here all week

[@Kylora2112]

Watching that moment live as a Cubs fan made me cry tears of joy almost as much as the recut with Harry Caray making the greatest call he never got to in life.

[@ericvansickle4305]

You'd have to know how Anheuser-Busch was able to have that ad ready to go right when the Cubs won it all?

[@stevek2340]

Do you have a link to the recut?

[@Cassie-Nova-]

I still remember that final out and Rizzo throwing his hands up in the air. Absolutely the highlight of 2016 for me

[@jaycutlerfan666]

I can never forget this game, I’m a Cubs fan and this game meant the world to me, I’ve had family members live and die without ever seeing the Cubs win it all. When Rajai Davis ties the game in the 8th all of our hearts dropped, I was outside of Wrigley Field with hundreds of Cubs fans watching the game on a tv inside the vip room from outside, there was confusion and tears when he tied that game, but boy oh boy when the game was over it was an eruption of pure happiness. I often wake up and can’t believe that they won it all.

[@HistoryNerd808]

As a Cubs fan, this game took 10 years off my life. I'll always remember Zobrist's hit, one of the clutchest hits in the history of the game. Greatest game in MLB history, even without the history involved.

[@Videogamelover58]

I was frozen like a stone when rajai davis tied it.

[@HistoryNerd808]

@@publikaccessusa Did you actually watch that game? Also, I said "even without the history involved." I wasn't judging by the outside stuff, simply by the game itself

[@wrigleyishome4764]

I was numb and had chest pains following that homer. I was scared shitless.

[@DanielLee-bk6dz]

It's not as historic but Game 5 of the 2017 WS was crazier

[@rcracer8872]

As a cubs fan myself i know what you mean i was nervous the whole day of game 7

[@Matt92Machine]

The greatest baseball game of all time, and I'm not saying that just because my Cubs won. Was truly a great game. That rain delay was absolute torture btw

[@bevrosity]

but def added to the drama

[@zachfritz3398]

2011 game 6 ;)

[@dougg2012]

@@zachfritz3398 Both games were fantastic, but I think 2016 holds just a slight edge over 2011 because it was Game 7 vs Game 6.

[@roguishpaladin]

I dunno, I think The 2004 ALCS game 4 between the Red Sox and Yankees might be greater - but I'm probably biased as well. Still, it's so apropos that the two major curse breaker games were two of the greatest games of the sport

[@bjornolofson5176]

My dad and I had to go on a walk to release some stress doing that 5 hour long rain delay (we cubbies fans)

[@liammccaul7438]

Doesn’t matter who you root for this was the best game in baseball history

[@boyderv2317]

I would alter that wording slightly. It was the most historically significant game in history, but it wasn’t really the best game

[@senororlando2]

2017 game 5 was better but this meant more

[@Tombomb615]

HANDS down.

[@prod.justjae9957]

Liam McCaul nope

[@Interstella-ni3vh]

Apparently you've never watched the 2001 or 2011 World Series before....

[@FuzzyFromYT]

I shall not watch this... I shall not

[@CYROMERO2]

Mikey K nobody asked bud

[@CYROMERO2]

Mikey K ya because nobody was talking to you

[@scoobydoo4595]

@Mikey K true

[@kylestrohm5501]

Mikey K me too

[@matthewmartin7171]

3-1 ha

[@kevinryan459]

Rajai Davis was nothing short of spectacular in this game. Dude deserves a statue for that legendary 8th inning homer and his performance throughout the entire series. Even after a victory, that screaming homer still gives me nightmares.

[@JennaLeigh]

I STILL feel queasy when I see it. The feeling I got in the pit of my stomach when that HR was hit ..... That took years off my life.

[@CZsWorld]

You mean the greatest moment in baseball history?

[@Zwalie]

Yea im chicago fan

[@joeblow9657]

Not even close

[@risengrind8059]

that or freeses homer

[@firezombie2731]

I’d say arguably Mike Piazza’s homer after 9/11. Not really beneficial to them in the long run but helped to heal not only the city but the nation.

[@Minivanmusician]

Nah that was in 04

[@Verlisify]

17 minutes? Thats a D E E P Rewind

[@Fazillah]

Verlisify FULLY deserved for the greatest baseball game played in history

[@Garbgaming]

Verlis

[@WillJM81280]

One of the best ones I’ve seen

[@EpicTyphlosionTV]

Almost as deep as your narcissism

[@willphillips2522]

@@EpicTyphlosionTV I’m glad somebody else knows who this is

[@thelynchmeister]

I have been waiting for this one since I started watching this series. Being down in the city of Chicago when the final out was recorded as a life-long Cubs fan is something I will never forget for the rest of my life. Chills. Thank you!

[@tylercherwenka1656]

Greatest KZbin video of all time. No debate. I come back and watch this every couple months to remember the old cubs.

[@hand_and_justin_entertainment]

I love how the video recommended after this is the winner if the 2016 World Series. RIP anyone who didn't want spoilers, but got it anyway by KZbin itself. Not even the comments could do it lol

[@theTwiKing]

This has to be hands down the best sports moment of the 2010's. A team that had this much futility for this amount of time finally broke through. Not sure what else could top that.

[@matthewdaley746]

Defeats of Boston sports teams, they say, that losing feels worse than winning feels good, I say, not always.

[@troywilliams03]

I think that someone could argue that the patriots coming back from a 28-3 deficit but I agree that this moment is the best!!

[@michaellewis631]

2016 Cavaliers coming back from a 3-1-game deficit, not even gonna argue.

[@PatsandSox]

@@michaellewis631The Cubs came back from a 3-1 deficit in this series - how is the Cavs comeback better?

[@michaellewis631]

@PatsandSox Because a 3-1 comeback was never done in the Finals before it, and it was against the 2016 warriors, one of the greatest teams to ever play. Not saying that the Cubs world series win wasn't impressive, I just think the Finals win was more iconic.

[@nadeemalia8485]

I will never forget seeing Zobrist skipping towards the infield with pure joy after the W. Chills.

[@Trevor_Leach]

I went to game 5 of this series and was watching every game live. I’ve never felt more emotions than that game 7. It was insane

[@roccos9777]

As a die hard cubs fan, season ticket holder, person who grew up with the Cubs as their life. this was the greatest day of my whole life and my parents said it was a better feeling than their wedding. my family all cried watching the final out. i could rewatch this video daily and would love it every single time. i was there when steve did his little mishap and i was there to see the cubs win their last game at wrigley in 2016.

[@MikeAltogether]

This might be the best one yet. You guys are crushing it with these. I'm not even the biggest sports fan but I love these rewinds.

[@penguinraids2723]

This kills me as an Indians fan. Kipnis' foul ball always gives me chills.

[@DINO0SAUR]

PenguinRaids the whole thing makes my stomach upset still :(

[@dman5527x]

As a cubs fan whem rajai davis hit that homer i got chills. I knew i was watching one of the best series ever at that moment

[@lilhito9498]

And it looks like kip is gone after this season 2016 was a magical year for all Cleveland sports fans like me

[@jamiesqrs]

I’ve watched all of the Rewinds and Collapses and it was only a matter of time until one of these brought back nightmares

[@m.haydenhudson9172]

This was my own personal Pearl Harbor day. It was hell on earth

[@VivekBabbar]

The year of 2016 is priceless for every single Cubs fan. Loved the way they played, everyone counted them out after the 3-1 lead taken by the Indians but they fought against all odds to make it happen. What a legendary series. Thank you Cubs ❤️❤️

[@Jassourtop101]

This game actually got me into baseball.

[@FernandoMartinez-om2nj]

This one and game 5 of the Astros-Dodgers WS

[@chrisr10cr]

Fernando Martínez what got me was 2010 WS

[@TheXev]

This is the game that started to get be BACK into baseball. I stopped watching baseball after the 1994 Strike as a kid. Between this World Series and watching the anime Ace of Diamond... and then the meme's of Ace of Diamond plays HAPPENING in this World Series... it made me wish I'd never gave up on baseball in 1994 and had kept playing.

[@redben1252]

@@FernandoMartinez-om2nj well the Cubs didn't cheat in this one.

[@drewvertical25]

Toronto Texas game- bat flip game

[@TheMegaDudeBroski]

The only time I have ever legitimately, uncontrollably cried tears of joy was this exact moment, seeing my favorite sports team of all time finally win it all

[@jordanw5833]

As a Cubs fan in Chicago for the World Series, I will absolutely never forget this moment, still makes me tear up to watch. Unbelievable.

[@jaggerhaas9137]

YES I've never clicked on a video so fast in my life, I remember jumping up and down with my dad in the living room like a couple of kids, I've never seen him so happy

[@notangel8328]

Still get the goosebumps from that last play. Watching it at home screaming with my old man was the greatest feeling in this world. Love my cubs, thru the downs and the ups.

[@THEBILLYSOLSON]

One crazy thing that Mike Montgomery mentions in Tom Verducci’s book about him coming in is that in the bullpen and in his warmup he did not throw a single strike and Maddon did not know that. So the only strikes he threw that night were the two that he threw when he came in.

[@AGore88]

I'm not even a huge MLB guy, but this series ALWAYS gives me goosebumps. SB Nation, you guys are fantastic editors, narrators, and most of all, story tellers.

[@augustwest5356]

I cried like a baby when the Cubs won this game. It still gives me chills. Rizzo catching that ball and the game ending was absolutely surreal. I know it's just baseball and I shouldn't care so much but being a Cubs fan is in my blood. Its's not just my lifelong fandom but generations of it. Great video!

[@trendsports3136]

I will never forget where I was , my whole family got in one room together after Davis hit the tying homer , we all thought we saw a gohst, but when the last out was made you can hear my neighborhood scream and my family went bezerk, and we live in ny... Imagine Chicago

[@jasoncarpenter4129]

Extremely loud. The ENTIRE neighborhood went out of their houses and chanted "Go Cubs Go" until 2 am.

[@burnsy3454]

me and my brother were freaking out in our room, and we are reds fans

[@thatonefan_1371]

chicago was absolutely insane. at the time, where i lived i was able to see wrigley, and i was able to see the whole neighborhood, and oh my goodness it was so loud. one of the best nights of my life. just amazing.

[@ChicagoMadePunk09]

Arguably the best game in baseball history. I watched it with my dad (lifelong Cubs fan), and I'll never forget it as long as I live

[@SpinoKingandSports99]

This was not only a World Series, But a Race against two Teams who were trying to end their Droughts. And we all know which Team would come out on top in the End. As a Cubs Fan, So is my Dad, We were both born in Chicago, Plus my Older Brother. In my Opinion this will always be the Best World Series and this Cubs Team is also be the Best i've ever seen. Thanks Joe!

[@kingpig8577]

This is the best baseball game ever regardless of what team you’re a fan of. Very emotional and heavy game that was legitimately exciting.

[@Randoms12468]

I’m a big cubs fan and honestly cried like a baby when we won the World Series

[@BeeHatGuy]

Same here. I've only cried for joy 3 times in life: when my daughter was born, when the Cubs won the pennant, & after they won the WS

[@TexasSportsTV]

I know the feeling. I did the same when we won in 2017. After yelling getting exciting and nearly punching a hole in the ceiling. I cried a lot.

[@ChiTownOriginator]

I screamed for about 5 minutes then started crying lol

[@charziard35]

Wow it’s kinda crazy to think that I’m the same year two teams from Cleveland either came back from a 3-1 deficit in the finals and one team lose a 3-1 lead in the World Series

[@michaelloi9921]

Who's here after the Cubs literally just took apart their entire world series squad?

[@Justincredible24]

I’m gonna cry again dude, don’t remind me

[@cassianandor4103]

One of the weirdest things I've ever seen in sports. I don't understand how you blow up a team so recent off of a world series win so casually, that's not been done often, not through trades anyways cuz when it does happen it happens cuz 1 or multiple of the big players on said team become free agents and don't choose to resign with the team. But in this case the cubs simply decided to trade everyone away at once.

[@marshallcook2740]

It's not like they were going to make the playoffs the Brewers are too far ahead also LA and San Diego are very far ahead in the wildcard, also teams have dismantled faster like the late 90's Marlins. Just so you know I'm a Cubs fan who understands that teams go through up's and downs it's all part of the game unless your the Yankees or Dodgers.

[@tofji8858]

they are coming back during offseason don’t worry

[@tofji8858]

@@cassianandor4103 they are coming back during offseason don’t worry

[@adamcheek2244]

Tearing up and getting chills watching this. Glad you guys finally got around to possibly my favorite sports moment of all time.

[@ooSyzygy]

Thank you for finally leaving it on long enough after the "moment" to enjoy the instant excitement on the field

[@JSchaffer214]

Grew up a Braves fan but spent a year working in Chicago and developed a soft spot for the Cubs. That year was 2003-04 in which I spent my 3rd week there hanging around Wrigleyville during the home night games of the playoffs. I remember watching some fans march over to Wrigley field looking for Steve Bartman (I felt so bad for that guy). Needless to say, I was absolutely ecstatic for those fans and still get chill bumps when I watch footage of their win.

[@smvoptr76]

One of the greatest moments in my life and the way it looks another freakin’ 108 years to another title

[@The_General_Zubas]

LOL, that's how it is.

[@Packsuperbowl]

Worst team to EVER win it all #FlyThatL

[@devildog621]

@@Packsuperbowl you're salty af lmao

[@sammywarne5900]

R bruh that team is one of the greatest, you’re probably a salty Indians fan 🤣

[@jasonmilly3320]

I strongly disagree. It's no longer our grandfathers Cubs. There's a whole new generation who hasn't witnessed bad Cubs baseball all the time. Me for example. I'm 25, started watching in 2000 at age 7. Since then, the Cubs have a top 10 record in MLB (4th in NL) some division titles and a World Series. I'll guess they'll have another one soon.

[@samhood5568]

I have some rewinder ideas for you guys that may be cool: 2010 Stanley Cup: The Patrick Kane Goal to end the Blackhawks 49 year Stanley Cup drought 2006 Indianapolis 500: Possibly the greatest finish in race history plus the Andretti Curse Just some cool ideas that would make great episodes! Love these videos and the channel!

[@Marz997]

2011 Bruins Stanley Cup run or the 2013-14 LA Kings run.

[@chrilmill2964]

you should do a rewinder of game 7 of the 2019 semi finals, the sixers and the raptors. it could be about the sixers process and how they got there and same with the raptors

[@jaywaz680]

ChrilMill Maybe we should wait a year or two. It only happened 4 months ago fresh in our minds

[@mikepuppetz9]

I knew the Raptors were going all the way the very moment Kawhi's epic shot went through the mesh. It might be the greatest moment in all of Toronto sports outside of Joe Carter's homer.

[@LorenzoLol1111]

A bit too early

[@roccos9777]

trust the process

[@shrek8651]

ChrilMill give it a year or two, it’s way too early

[@jamesbenedicts.minoza5438]

Not a Cubs fan, but this was the sweetest championship scene I have ever seen. As a sports fan, you gotta love the perseverance. I really thought they would string together consecutive championships after this, but I figured they just emptied their farm on that Chapman trade, and some other trades as far as I could recall. They would have Gleyber, Soler, and that slugger who's currently playing for the White Sox; forgot his name.

[@Drumwannabe17]

Well done SB nation, my stomach was in my throat the whole video just like it was during this game. As a Cubs fan, this was one of the greatest nights of my life, glad you guys could do it justice.

[@user-ei7ed6zy9k]

Y'all still need to do one of these about Leicester city

[@pablomedina88]

"It's May 2, 2016. We're in Jamie Vardy's living room..."

[@AEMoreira81]

Absolutely NO ONE saw that one coming.

[@alexjeffries5276]

BRO YES

[@infomatters.]

20 min of calling Football as Soccer. No Thanks

[@alexjeffries5276]

@@infomatters. - Not a good enough reason not to watch 😅🤷🏼‍♂️💯

[@Ameri86520]

I can quote the entire joe buck line at the end of the World Series even getting the timing right

[@dougg2012]

SAME. It’s in my head forever. So is Pat Hughes’ call

[@Puddlef1sh]

Same. And the WGN call.

[@nickspillers9290]

This episode actually made me start tearing up

[@siphillis]

Still the single greatest sporting event I’ve ever seen. You couldn’t script it any better.

[@Tdull-tv1ds]

Steve Bartman isn’t in hiding anymore and everyone can bring their billy goats to Wrigley Field. Even though I’m an Astros fan I felt happy for the Chicago Cubs. They deserved it and their fans deserved it. Too bad Back to the Future was about a year too early on the prediction lol.

[@mistarhymes68]

This series was so good for baseball. I am a die hard Yankee fan (currently hoping they have a little comeback of their own) and I was so invested in this series. I didn’t care too much if either team won but deep deep deep down inside I had so much hope for the cubs. So many years of just bad luck were thrown out the window on this final play. I remember I went to a sports bar with a girl I met on Tinder and I was so into this game that I paid her virtually no mind. We never hung out again but I’m ok with that because I was able to witness history.

[@americangiant1003]

Steven Delgado Same here Bro. I am also a Yankees fan with no dog in the fight. However this game 7 will always bring a smile to my face on a personal level for this reason. My Mother had died just a couple of weeks earlier in Mid October. Between losing the most important person in my life and also even around the backdrop of the circus aka the infamous 2016 Presidential campaign dividing America and much of the world as well, caused even a tear in eye when the game ended. Not so much the Cubs ended their so called “curse” but how watching this legendary game 7 on November 2, 2016 kind of put a closure of a very sad 😢 month for my family. So this is why this game will always be remembered on a personal level to me almost as much as the entire 2001 World Series for 9/11.

[@matthiasplatz5919]

Great video! One small correction. Chapman's hideous workload was in game 5, where he got eight outs. Maddon DID put him in game 6 for 1.1 innings, but game 5 was where he was really stretched.

[@jsonr]

I think the real problem was putting him in for 1.1 innings in game 6. he's probably rested enough to pitch 1.1 clean innings in game 7 if he hasn't pitched 3.1 innings in the last 2 games

[@mastod0n1]

​@@jsonrand it was completely unnecessary to use Chapman in Game 6. The Cubs were up 5 runs when they brought him in. My dad and I were at Game 7 and we and every Cubs fan around us were saying that Maddon was trying to outsmart himself with all the decisions he was making. Still, we won.

[@bigdawgtojo1998]

Life long Cubs fan and I’ll say 9:48 I truly felt the weight of 108 years at that moment, I’ve truly never experienced any kind of sports dread like that until then or even up till now.

[@MrBird2007]

Little did I know that this World Series win would change my life in more ways than one. I had started following the Cubs in 2003 thanks to my grandmother. When they won it all in 2016, I realized that I stopped paying attention as much as I had done in previous seasons. I also realized how my bias blinded me to appreciating talent on other teams. I had a a ha moment during 2021. I got a recommendation for the Cubs on KZbin and had no interest in watching the video. I now appreciate other teams for what they are. Not too sure if other fans felt this way, but I didn't want my identity to be wrapped up in one sports team.

[@mastod0n1]

I was at that game as a Cubs fan and it still feels like a dream that I was able to be there and that it also happened to be one of the best games and best series ever played in baseball.

[@Trevor_Leach]

I cried when it happened and I’m crying now watching all of this. Greatest day of my life

[@jhupp8707]

I wish I could relive that whole postseason run. That was legit the best time of my life.

[@danballe]

So do I bro, SO DO I

[@petebrown3715]

This still never gets old as a long time Cubs fan.

[@Adam130694]

When rain approached I was positive that there will be Game 8.

[@williamlancaster4881]

Came back to this several times and man I still get chills at the end of this video. Thank you

[@blackhart64]

This is still, by far, the best night of my life. Being able to watch all of the games thanks to breaking my foot the day before the first game of the NLDS. Going to bars and restaurants to watch the NLCS and World Series. Thanks to some political ad, I started tapping my foot to a rhythm and chanting whichever Cub was at the plate ( I started it when the Cubs weren't hitting well against the Dodgers and right after I started, Rizzo started hitting again, so I kept on doing it). I remember watching game 7 with some classmates and during the rain delay, I was the only one who stayed and I got to see the curse end. Everyone left at the bar hugged each other and I walked home, which took longer than normal because every few steps I would just stop and be amazed that it actually happened. Thanks, SB Nation, for making this video and reminding me of those good times.

[@cerdic9]

Watching that moment the Cubs won still gives me chills. It's like baseball ASMR.

[@catmanfish007]

this game lasted into 1 am my birthday morning cause of where I live and my whole family was crying. one of my favorite memories ever. hands down. 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@jaywaz680]

Greatest World Series in MLB history

[@aaronjohnson8786]

The 1991 and 2017 World Series's would beg to differ.

[@robertrogers7938]

Did you see the 2001 WS and 2017 WS?

[@jaywaz680]

Aaron Johnson It’s just my opinion

[@jaywaz680]

Robert Rogers Of course I did. I’ve been watching baseball for 30 years. 2016 is in my opinion the best in history

[@jaywaz680]

KROCKOHOLICSHTOWN That’s totally fine if you think that. Another example of a series like in the 2016 WS was the 2016 nba finals where all the games were blow outs. Except for game 7. Many nba fans think it’s one of the best finals ever because of the storyline and the game 7. Similar to what I think of the 2016 WS

[@Slenderbanana880]

When the Cubs lost their last game in the 2015 season, I distinctly remember watching it on tv as they opened a gate and let in a bunch of billygoats to mock them. I think the curse got lifted that night ;)

[@redlion45]

Plus the Mets would go on to get crushed in the world series that year, and then completely fall apart.

[@cloroxfreshmeadowbleach9860]

As a family of cubbies fans this still gives me chills. Watching this again a year later I still get the knot watching the ending. Heart just dropped I remember going to school the day after the easiest day ever everyone was so happy teachers assigned nothing

[@ryanbrock8001]

As a Cubs fan I tear up every time I see the final out and the celebration from the Cubs

[@williammontesinos7643]

This game and especially that final play gives me the chills even to this day, no matter how many times I watch it, always get the chills

[@Magooinvesting]

I remember studying for midterms in the library and a bunch of us screaming during the final innings. Incredible baseball game

[@matthewdaley746]

What library is open that late?

[@JennaLeigh]

@@matthewdaley746 almost every major college or university library stays open late during midterms/finals.

[@spookytruth9307]

Thank you for this video. In an April without baseball it's so vital for me to have content like this to remember the game I love so much.

[@danpierce8862]

I'm a lifelong cubs fan who grew up in CT and actually worked in the gym with Davis in a few sessions with my highschool team... back when he played on the As. You couldnt imagine what I was feeling watching this game. that night, I called out of work as a preloader for UPS starting my shift 3 AM...

[@americangiant1003]

Dan pierce I think hundreds of thousands of Tv viewers even Millions probably on the morning of November 3 either called in “sick” or was late to work or school lol. And that not counting those in Northern Ohio and in Chicago as well.

[@aboxofbroken8tracks983]

@@americangiant1003 They might want to think about starting games @ 6p local time. Just throwin' that out there.

[@americangiant1003]

ABoxOfBroken8Tracks Agreed. Another issue is how there are tons of commercials during these fall classic games as well. With that said Ideally the World Series first pitch should no later than be at 735pm et. And then return 1 late afternoon game as well as was played every year until 1987. Under for instance using the current 2019 Series format, I would use one of the middle games at Washington Nationals Park. Probably Game 5 on Sunday afternoon 10/27 with a 5pm ET start to avoid going up Sunday Night NFL match-up. Plus it’s Start of the new work and school week as well for most viewers and fans at the game as well. An alternative day for late afternoon game using the ‘19 series schedule would be on Friday for Game 3.

[@KevinHernandez-fn4op]

Remeber this day like yesterday longest night of my life and It was a beautiful moment

[@deanjo57790]

And that rain delay?!?!?! Just gut-wrenching!!

[@blinkyxx7789]

We’re almost at the point of making a Collapse about the ‘16 Cubs. 😔

[@FilmPassionprod]

You know what, we should be at the point of making a Collapse. I don’t care that we got Dansby today. The moment Willson went to that “boring city” that’s when an episode should’ve been start being made

[@ScottWaa]

Watching this series was phenomenal. Once the cubs won, the fans started singing the cubs victory song. I'll never forget that moment.

[@alexandergilles8583]

Scott W I have

[@noahyi642]

Alexander Gilles Go Cubs go!!!

[@m.haydenhudson9172]

Alexander Gilles we don’t talk about that city of West of Indiana

[@HuffsHoops]

As a major NBA basketball fan that has a causal interest in baseball, no game will ever compare the the rollercoaster of emotions and storylines that was this game. I’ll never forget it.

[@Tipzyyy]

seth...you and sb nation did a PHENOMENAL job capturing how huge this moment was.

[@fse2520]

I was literally just rewatching this game before you came out with this video.

[@Headbanger142]

Game 7 was definitely one of the best games of baseball I've seen in my lifetime. It was all based on the drama of the Cubbies, a team who has not won a World Series in over a century and they defied all odds to come back and finally get the win even with the Indians breathing down their neck when they tied the game. It was a perfect ending and it's only a shame the Cubs just haven't managed to relive that glory since this win.

[@cybercrasherstv]

Watch it take another 100 years. The cubs winning a world Series will be like Haley's comment

[@bkhighlights6855]

1:07 wtf is that picture on the right

[@murygordyH]

BK Highlights love is love

[@coletrickle1775]

Dudes being dudes lol

[@matthewkudray4840]

So you’re saying you don’t kiss your homies after winning the World Series?

[@rudytabooty8640]

I mean that’s Cleveland

[@javianjohnson8746]

I'll NEVER forget watching that game. EVER.

[@stoytrivia1126]

Cubs fan since 1977...I'll never see that play and not shed a few tears.