Celebs & Shows Celebrate As Chicago Cubs Move To World Series
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series hopes were dashed tonight when they were defeated by the Chicago Cubs in Game Six of the Major League Baseball National League championship series. But if it’s a bummer for die hard Dodgers fans, even Angelenos are happy tonight with the win, which sees the Cubs headed to the World Series for the first time since 1945. That’s a long enough time, but should the Cubs win this year’s baseball finale, it’ll be the teams’ first Commissioner’s Trophy since 1908.
So it is that the mood, even among the losing side, is mostly jubilant, with celebs, civilians, and even TV shows, particularly those with ties to Chicagoland, rushing to congratulate the Cubs… and as it turns out, make a surprising number of references to 1980s films. Read on for a sample of how that shook out.
World Series-bound.https://t.co/QCkHma0oU0
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) October 23, 2016
Congrats to the Cubs for going to the World Series for the first time in 71 years! And 'Back To The Future' fans for kinda having a thing!
— Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) October 23, 2016
From one group of perennial underdogs to another – CONGRATS @CUBS!!! #WorldSeries #ChicagoRepresent pic.twitter.com/YqO1n5Q1Au
— Shameless (@SHO_Shameless) October 23, 2016
Congrats @Cubs !!! If not the @Dodgers, I'm SO glad it's you. Keep it going!!
— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) October 23, 2016
For someone who grew up in the 80s the @Cubs vs @Indians in the World Series feels like a weird joke
— jake johnson (@MrJakeJohnson) October 23, 2016
It's been so long since the Cubs last played in the World Series that the 2016 presidential campaign hadn't even started yet.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 23, 2016
Bring on the #Cubs #GoIndians
— Drew Carey (@DrewFromTV) October 23, 2016
The comity didn’t stop with the fans however, as even the vanquished Los Angeles Dodgers were happy for the team that bested them:
Congratulations to the @Cubs for advancing to the #WorldSeries. #Respect
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 23, 2016
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