The Cubs vs. Indians 2016 World Series Is Unforgettable | 1 Big Thing | SC With SVP

Scott Van Pelt explains why the 2016 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians will be one of the best moments in sports history and that fans around the world will never forget it.
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[@roberthunigman4730]

I am a lifetime Phillies fan. I will tell u I was rooting for the cubs. Go cubs. U will win another one soon

[@paultanner7671]

It was the greatest and most memorable US sporting event since the Miracle on Ice, and perhaps ever.

[@stephgrace17]

Annette Skandrick What's hilarious about that is my grandpa was a lifelong cubs fan as well as US Olympics fan. I was a baby during miracle on ice. My grandpa was holding me when the US won and he lost his mind, scared the crap out of me and my mom basically took me away, not mad, just took me so he wouldn't freak me out. I'm a huge cubs fan because of him. The running joke when the Cubs won was it would have been fun to watch with him but from a distance, like across the room. lol. I miss him.

[@joemcnulty6814]

Stephanie Naber I'm sure he was cheering them on, whenever he is.

[@darkjedi74]

Stephanie Naber I’ve actually felt similar comparisons between the Cubs 2016 World Championship, and the Miracle on Ice. Granted, the circumstances are completely different from one another. But in either case, the confluence of events that led to it can never happen again. Both were enormously socially uplifting events during times where the country was kinda down in the dumps, and needed a morale booster. I was too young (5 years old) to understand the Miracle on Ice at the time (although I certainly do now!). However, I was fully baptized into Cub fandom just 4 years after the Miracle on Ice, and understand all too well the order of magnitude of what that 2016 Cubs team did!

[@chrishurn2701]

Damn, Scott! You NAILED it! Waited my whole life for it, and my 91 year-old Grandfather waited a lot longer. Gramps said that was the first time he stayed up until midnight in 25 years, and it meant the world to him. Thanks Cubbies!

[@JH-lu9lx]

As a life long Cubs fan trust and believe I will never forget this World Series either

[@joemcnulty6814]

Jason Holcomb while I've been a Cubs fans since I was born in 1998, I enjoyed the World Series because it was two Teams that longed for First world series in such a long time. Both sides came in and gave it their all. They left everything out on the field, and made sure that other side knew that it would be a 'slobberknocker'. Every one of those player made sure to knock their performances out of the park, and they did. The only time we may ever see something that can rival this will be when the Cubbies and Sox meet again someday in the world series. Which will be the first time since 1906. I look forward to seeing that. Thank you to both Cleveland and Chicago for giving us a lasting performance and the memories that came with it, and who knows, maybe they'll see each other again in World Series some day. Cleveland, from a die hard Cubs fan, I look forward to seeing you again in the World Series someday, facing Your N.L. sibling, The Cub.

[@johnnypinestead7879]

I know how you due to 2004, "Back 2 faulk". However I thought 2001 was the greatest until I saw this. Amazing game and series but game 7 was more then we could of asked for. I was glad the cups won. But Cleveland deserved it just as much. The white sox and red sox got rid of their curse. It was the Cubs turn.

[@theeinfernopowah4887]

Same

[@fan4life345]

MOST EPIC WS IN HISTORY! I'LL NEVER FORGET GM -7 I'm still recovering from depression as a tribe fan.

[@K20EF8]

This guy absolutely nails it and Im a Blue Jays fan. I will never forget game 7, heck I think about it quite abit.

[@daniellinehan63]

Amazing.Following these guys( and Sox)since '67 Sox collapse and then that 1969 COLLAPSE I have seen dozens of last second failures.I went to bed after Raji's great HR.I said to myself "Thanks Cubs- you had a great year".The fireworks woke me up 50 minutes later.Unless you face my ChiSox ...." Go Tribe"!

[@danr154]

And years later I still think about that whole inning of the Bautista home run and I'm a Cubs fan lol. Its great when things are so cool it transcends personal preferences.

[@Pianomn626]

I remember every moment of that game still, 5 and half years later. The joy of Fowler's homer to start the game. Screaming at the TV when they pulled the Professor so early. Taking my pulse in the 7th inning and realizing I was tachycardic and that probably explained why I was light headed. The despair of Davis's home run. The rain delay, during which I turned to my wife and said, "They're going to win now...Cleveland doesn't have anyone left." Turning on the radio and realizing there was about a 30 second delay, and hearing Pat Hughes's call stating the Chicago Cubs had won the World Series and looking to the TV- incredulous, my mouth hanging open, hoping against hope I didn't just imagine it- just in time to see Bryant's play. I know it's cheesy but I fell to my knees and cried. My dad took me to my first game in 1984 at Wrigley...we'd lost him 8 months earlier. His longtime significant other, a die hard fan herself, passed not a week before game 7. Everything that had built to that moment to make it deeply personal. Then came the day after...and just like SVP said EVERYONE felt it. Everyone was talking about it. We reveled in it, enjoyed it, savored it...not just as Cubs fans but as baseball fans. Living in Wisconsin, I was surrounded by Brewers fans but even they were sucked in to the drama and magic. No better actual script could have been written...if it had, Hollywood would have thrown it out as being too unrealistic, a fantasy beyond even ILM and their amazing special effects miracles. That wasn't just a game or a World Series...that was a finite moment in history that reminded us just how f***ing awesome baseball can be.

[@ColinDeWaay]

Can confirm I almost didn't make it as a fan. I actually re-watched the 10th inning again like a month ago and I felt just as sick to my stomach and nervous watching that as I did the first time when I had no clue what would happen.

[@grahamdunbar2702]

Between innings 4 and 9 I screamed and cried tears of joy and anguish so many times I had nothing left almost. As a life long Cubs Fan, I can't even start talking about Game 7 without tearing up.. might be the most incredible, magical moment in sports history with everything that came to fruition that night. 150+ years combined Between the 2 teams, the game itself, the century of families that always believed that next year was our year. And it finally came. Even if die without another one, that moment will suffice me for a lifetime

[@MikeT54]

Is it weird that I’m the same way with the Cavs game 7?

[@thefirstechlon5522]

The miracle on ice is the only moment i think is a better sports moment

[@damosimo11]

Happy 6 years! I’ve watched this 100 times since. It is perfect!

[@bobbyheenan4061]

Wow, he nailed it...Greatest World Series ever!

[@MrDeAdHeAd1989]

I cried that night!

[@devo076]

As a White Sox fan, it was good to see our fellow team win. Game 7 was arguably the best world series game in modern times. The White Sox has good ones too in 2005, but I did not feel the level of intensity that I did in this game.

[@otaviofrn_adv]

The White Sox in '05 was so dominant that you cannot say, aside from game #2 of the World Series and the first couple of games in the LCS, that they had struggles. The team was just that good. Although the Cubs had a better regular year in '16 than the White Sox in '05, the postseason road for them was way harder. Not taking anything away from them though. Cubs was great in 2016, and the Sox was equally great in 2005

[@Da_Fonz]

Best World Series I've EVER seen!!!

[@daniellinehan63]

And it was a gift to America before the udder panic of the next 4 years for our Nation

[@Pianomn626]

@@daniellinehan63 1. I Suggest leaving politics out of this. It surpasses politics, essentially pisses on it. 2. If you want people to take you seriously, I recommend learning to spell. You basically just stated that there were four years of problems with the udders of American cows.

[@jakemcdermott2053]

@@Pianomn626 he can’t come back from that one 😂

[@jackthecardcounter3332]

When Davis hit that 2 run bomb, I felt like I was going to puke. Talk about one of the most stressful/enjoyable games ever! Unbelievable!

[@Pianomn626]

I actually was tachycardic (heartrate > 100 beats per minute) during the last 4 innings, peaking at 140 when that homer was hit. Lightheaded, dizzy...if I'd started having chest pain, I probably would have.....WAITED UNTIL THE GAME WAS OVER ANYWAYS! FLY THE W!

[@juliebraden6911]

I did puke during the rain delay. I wasn't even drinking either.

[@wrigleyishome4764]

I had chest pains and my whole body went numb after Davis tied it. I had genuine fear that the Cubs would blow it.

[@johnnylikestobatman]

I lost 8 lbs watching game 7. Every pitch after inning 7 was like taking a punch to the belly where the pain was inside. Even though my Cubs won..i really dont want to put myself thru that again. But Im glad I did.

[@brandoninglin7566]

I’m praying that Cleveland will go back to the World Series ‼️

[@denniswilkerson5536]

Hopefully before the name change

[@justincarlson2316]

@@denniswilkerson5536 welp

[@MrWicked61671]

Fly the W!

[@aaronmclarnan5734]

MrWicked61671 :)

[@reaganconwell9979]

i was in 5th grade. i vividly remember falling asleep during the 8th inning and woke up in the middle of the rain delay wondering what happened. when we won i couldn’t believe it. i had tears streaming down my face and will never forget it.

[@rgwak]

My first game was when I was in high school in the 90s. In June of 2016, I was at a concert at Wrigley and picked a few blades of grass from the infield and put it in my wallet. My friend asked, "so what's the end game there with that?" I said, "we'll find out in October." Thank you Cubs!

[@rgracia633]

truer words were never spoken. What an amazing series

[@tooeffintrue111]

I still get chills!

[@chn9285]

Most Emotional World Series Ever!!

[@adolfmussolini996]

I waited 61 years for that moment. Could never explain the feeling

[@paultanner7671]

and of course what Van Pelt neglected to mention is that no football or basketball thing can ever be this special to this many people of such quality, bc this was real. these fans didn't learn to care about baseball by advertising in pop culture on stations such as ESPN. ESPN hates and hides baseball, as it hates and hides hockey. baseball fans, like hockey fans, learn it from their parents and families and friends and from the sport itself. it isn't sold to them. it's not a product.

[@jarretthoogerhyde6818]

Annette Skandrick agreed except for football.

[@ravenswod]

Annette Skandrick totally agree!

[@jerryt2669]

very good Annette. It's gotten worse since.

[@aboxofbroken8tracks983]

Baseball doesn't have a culture of pampered, preening individual megalomaniac "stars" all pushing their brand. If it did, ESPN would pay attention to it.

[@pahwraith]

@@aboxofbroken8tracks983 bullshit.

[@CZsWorld]

This year I going to be great. All of the "great moments in Cub history" can be from 2015 and 2016 now.

[@moviefan2517]

This wasn't just Cubs history. This wasn't just baseball history. This was AMERICAN history. Not just the realization of a 108 year old dream shared by generation upon generation of Cubs fans. It was a World Series played with class, competitiveness, and sportsmanship by both teams. There were no egos on display. No grandstanding. Just two teams playing with everything they had for their teams, for their fans, and for their cities. I believe this World Series will go down in American history as the gold standard of what professional sports should be.

[@robertreilly8982]

When they pulled out the tarp for a rain delay as a cub fan I thought here's the curse. Went outside and heaved

[@tonydioguardi8981]

That wasn't rain, it was 108 yrs of tears falling down from heaven

[@darkjedi74]

This wasn’t simply a championship. This was like a demon exorcism and a quickening (Highlander reference) all rolled into one! Words simply cannot do justice to describe how I went from utter sickness one moment, heart pounding out of my chest the next, to abject euphoria when the 30th and final out was recorded! I was at game 5, and it was looking like I made the trip of a lifetime, only to see the Tribe celebrating at Wrigley. What an incredible group of mentally tough young players to not give in after a 3-1 series deficit! Tougher than many of us fans after years and years, decade after decade of coming agonizingly close, only to see our elusive championship snatched away yet again. It can be very psychologically draining. But credit to Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer for forever changing the culture in Chicago!

[@kellyferreter]

I went to games 4 and 7, they were awesome! Cleveland's stadium is awesome and as much as I wanted the Cubs to win I feel bad for Indian fans. They were an awesome host, they were incredibly good sports to be surrounded by, I was very impressed.

[@JennaLeigh]

Yes! I've been saying it since the WS-- I'm a lifelong Cubbies fanatic, but I now have a place in my heart for the Indians. Their fans were all class. If my beloved Cubbies can't repeat, i REALLY wanna see the tribe win it all. #gocubsgo

[@tomlee45]

Cubs fan here, I was at progressive for games 6 and 7. And the Indians fans had so much class. It was a great stadium and I recommend all baseball fans to visit that stadium. I hope they do win soon, Indians fans deserve it.

[@GeneralBulldog54]

The series made sick but game 7 nearly and literally gave me heart palpitations. After all was said and done and the jumping celebration was over, I thought about my late father. He was bawling after the ChiSox won in ‘05, here, I think he would have been inconsolable. It was bittersweet, he would have loved it.

[@joemcnulty6814]

I have no doubt he was dancing around and celebrating in heaven.

[@juliebraden6911]

"...nearly and literally..." The worst misuse of "literally" I've seen yet.

[@GeneralBulldog54]

@@juliebraden6911 It was a long game. I got close and eventually got heart palpitations.

[@alphonzodarty7021]

My brother was a Sox fan who started out cheering for the Cubs. When I started getting into the sport he explained it to me watching Cubs games on WGN. He passed away before spring training, 2016, and he would have absolutely loved this.

[@tkaki6029]

Having one of the three biggest cities in the country break a 108 yr old drought is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity.

[@jacobg7835]

im so glad im alive to see this GO CUBS

[@number51oco]

64 year old life long Cubs fan here. I went to hundreds of games over the years and enjoyed thousands more on radio and TV. My dad was born in 1921 and never got to see this. Apparently I did get to see it, but because of a brain disease I don't remember it. I am told that I had a great time and enjoyed the whole season, the series, and game seven especially. I'm glad glad it happened during my life, I wish it could have happened earlier so I could remember it.

[@ganja420dank]

ITS A BEAUTIFUL THING

[@la142323]

Love that - I was a Cubs fan whole life - ran home from school to see end of Cubs games - knew batting stances of the Cubs - lived & died with them in 1969, 1983, 2003 my parents lived & died without seeing the Cubs win WS - when the Cubs finally won in 2016 - one of the best moments of my life. Love what he said in this video - Thank You!

[@ClassicDepravities]

let's put it this way: almost five years later, you can't go anywhere in my hometown of Davenport, IA without running into the W flag or someone wearing cubby blue. everyone I had ever known lost their minds on Facebook, including myself.

[@neatneatneat815]

That was beautiful.

[@jasonmilly3320]

3 years and 5 months later...SVP still said it best.

[@UndergroundTech]

I will never forget it

[@duzzitmatter8679]

As lifelong Tribe fan I’m 🥺. But as a fan of underdogs everywhere…to the Cubs and their fans I 🫡

[@mc76]

A lot of the interest was attributable to WGN. Although the network no longer carries the games, five generations of people currently alive watched the Cubs on "the superstation" coast to coast. Even if they weren't Cubs fans, for years, people tuned in because the Cubs game was the only sporting event to watch on summer afternoons. I grew up in Indianapolis, and my parents were huge Cubs fans because of WGN, and they passed that on to me. After I moved to Chicago, one of my greatest joys was taking them to Wrigley for the first time. They were awestruck.

[@rvegasguy_5216]

Championship nascar driver Kurt busch is an avid Cubs fan. He grew up in Las Vegas and became a fan just like said. WGN would air the games across the country.

[@OHAREAVIATION]

Well said, Mr. SVP

[@Tom-V]

These were the days!

[@joemcnulty6814]

Amen Scott.

[@asylumharborproductions3364]

I miss that day, everyday. Go Cubs!

[@jacobhearns9724]

Great tribute.

[@hernje]

Wonderfully put.

[@Nick9Three]

The best October playoff run in baseball history. Nothing anybody will say will ever change my mind.

[@themarquisharris]

"What if I told you ... it finally happened?" Catching Hell 2

[@ryandonato550]

Well said.

[@scottdavidson7001]

WORLD CHAMPIONS. END OF DISCUSSION.

[@fan4life34]

2017, the year the Tribe wins it all!! Another epic World Series awaits this October!

[@johnmauceri21]

228candy dude stfu

[@BJRimmoms28]

228candy good lord just get over it I'm Native American and I just don't care

[@joemcnulty6814]

228candy you mean the Redskins right?

[@chrishurn2701]

I'm American Indian and I believe it's one of the coolest logos in sports. Only an idiot would find it offensive.

[@multiyapples]

The World Series win we never thought would happen.

[@williamkoscielniak7871]

I'm obviously deeply biased as a Cubs fan, but it's hard to argue with how incredible the '16 World Series was. Even if the two teams playing each other were teams that had just recently won a World Series it still would have been an incredible series. But when you factor in the two teams playing each other and how it all went down, I think it has the best argument for greatest World Series ever. When Rajai hit that 3 run homer to tie it up in the 8th, I just could not believe it. I could not believe that a curse was actually, truly real, and yet I also could not believe that I had duped myself into thinking the Cubs would actually pull through, because OF COURSE the curse was real! None of that is rational, but how can one be rational in a moment like that? When they finally won it I was so relieved, and also so stunned. It was so damned surreal. I was so happy and grateful and yet so much sorrow was with me. My dad had died 15 years prior, and my grandfather was alive in a nursing home with advanced dementia. They were the reason I became a die hard Cubs fan, but yet only I could experience the triumphal moment. I know that millions of people have a similar story when it comes to loved ones and their emotions with regards to the Cubs winning it all. It really is something that transcends mere sports, and I believe as time goes on it will increasingly be seen that way.

[@dcrucifixx3000]

I believe the Cubs can and will Repeat.

[@IHMadeThis]

Just like 1907 and 1908. It would be fitting.

[@Billsfans34]

Lol, it's not looking good

[@thrillhovanhouten253]

Dan Kweed You were saying? Ha

[@Billsfans34]

Thrillho Van Houten I was saying it's not looking good. Ha

[@big_o_2357]

Ummm..no. And I’m a Cubs fan. Not with this current team that is. No pitching and anemic offense.

[@hushg2000]

Greatest W.S ever 2016

[@mangosupreme3693]

I've only just now watched the game 7 highlights for the first time since 2016. Lol, it's just too much, even though I know there's a happy ending.

[@slavonic7907]

This series and the Super Bowl in the same year

[@REALTRIZX]

great series ... congrats to the Cubs but it's Tribe time in 2017!

[@dickdastardlymuttley1504]

REALTRIZX Thanks for the congrats! You know, I won't be one bit upset if the same 2 teams played again this year and the Tribe were to win it! I am happy for the rest of my life now! GO CUBS GO!

[@ohioagainsttheworld676]

this is why I like Cubs fans. as an Indians fan, yeah, it would've been awesome to see them win it. especially the same year the Cavs won the Title after the city waited nearly 60 years, but even as a Cleveland fan you cant hate the Cubs. and it seems Cubs fans feel the same way about the Indians. you don't find mutual respect in sports very often between two cities when it comes to Title games like these. Cubs fans knew the Indians were awesome, and Indians fans knew the Cubs were awesome. and I think it was part of that that made this series so alluring to other fan bases. it's not like Cleveland-Golden State where nobody does a single thing but talk shit. it isn't like the Cleveland-Pittspuke ordeal. it's actual mutual respect. hard to find in such big games.

[@79beardown]

#flythew

[@thomas.d.peterson]

In this episode where SVP talks about his day...

[@thingmaker67]

I was distracted by the music.

[@evancortez2]

I already forgot who won the World Series

[@rogernguy]

evancortez2 cause you're not about it.

[@dcrucifixx3000]

evancortez2 I haven't GO CUBS!

[@robertdecker7088]

evancortez2 Are you being serious or a douche....i choose douche...Carry on

[@themurph2000]

Good, now you know how everyone feels about you. Except that who would want to think about you in the first place.

[@redwingfan9393]

Honestly, who cares how SVP was moved by a baseball game. He thinks he's making a point but he really isn't.

[@archibaldmeatpants3510]

I'd be depressed too if I was a Detroit fan... Lions all of a sudden have a good thing goin tho.

[@redwingfan9393]

@Archibald Meatpants The scary thing is that of the four Detroit teams the Lions are closest to contending for a title. Now that there are expectations they'll go 3-14, this is the Lions we're talking about. Goff will suck, he'll get booed off the field, some drunk will throw a whisky bottle at him. Rince and repeat with the next loser QB.