A Celebration Decades in the Making: ‘Some Day' Finally Arrives for Cubs Fans

After over a century of saying the Cubs would win a World Series "some day," that day finally arrived Wednesday night.

Cubs fans couldn't be happier. 

From Wrigleyville to Cleveland, the celebrations were raucous, they were massive, and most of all, they were heartfelt.

Known as some of the most loyal fans in sports, Cubs fans took to the streets to honor a team that has made history over and over again this fall, broken curses and brought an unprecedented level of excitement to Chicago's North Side. 

It was a celebration 108 years in the making.

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Ending the longest drought in professional sports history, the Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians and captured their first World Series title in more than a century Wednesday night. 

For fans, the journey through Game 7 was heart stopping and thrilling. 

Ben Zobrist, who drove in a run in the top of the 10th inning and was Chicago's most consistent player throughout the series, was named World Series MVP following the Cubs' triumph.

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The Cubs were hoping to get off to a good start against Corey Kluber, and Dexter Fowler ensured that is exactly what happened. The center fielder took a two-seam fastball and hit a towering home run over the center field fence to give the Cubs an early 1-0 lead.

But in the third inning the Indians tied up the game.

Coco Crisp led off the inning with an opposite field double, and after he advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt Carlos Santana drove him in with an RBI single to knot things up at 1-1.

Kris Bryant led off the top of the fourth inning with a single, and with the slugger on third base and one out, Addison Russell lifted a high fly ball to center field. Bryant broke for home on the play, and the throw from Rajai Davis was too high to get him as he gave the Cubs a 2-1 lead.

Willson Contreras then came up to bat, and he put a charge into a ball to deep center field. The ball did bounce off the top of the wall, but it was far enough to drive in Ben Zobrist to extend Chicago's lead to 3-1.

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The power surge continued for the Cubs in the fifth inning as Baez chased Corey Kluber from the game. Leading off the frame, Baez launched an opposite field home run to put the Cubs ahead 4-1.

Bryant coaxed a walk against new Indians pitcher Andrew Miller, and he showed off his incredible baserunning skills to score yet another run for the Cubs. On a hit-and-run, Rizzo smacked a double to right field, and Bryant hustled all the way around to score the Cubs' fifth run of the evening.

Those runs came in handy as the Indians got a pair of scores back in the bottom of the frame. After Hendricks gave way to Jon Lester, Kipnis reached base on an infield single to put runners on second and third with two outs, and a wild pitch by Lester allowed Santana and Kipnis to score and make it a 5-3 game.

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With momentum slipping away, the Cubs got a run right back in the sixth inning, and it was David Ross who did the honors. In his final big league game, Ross drilled a home run over the center field wall to give the Cubs back a 6-3 lead.

That score held until the bottom of the eighth inning as the Indians chipped into Chicago's lead. Jose Ramirez got a two out single off of Lester, and when Aroldis Chapman came into the game, he gave up an RBI double to Brandon Guyer to make it a 6-4 game.

Rajai Davis then stepped into the batter's box and drove a stake into the hearts of Cubs fans. On a two-strike pitch, Davis golfed a home run over the left field wall to tie the game at 6-6.

At that moment, tensions for fans had reached an all-time high and crowds were silenced -- but not for long. 

After Jason Heyward was stranded at third base in the top of the ninth, the Indians had a chance to win in the bottom of the frame, but Chapman worked a 1-2-3 inning to keep the team's chances at a title alive.

After a brief rain delay, the Cubs got the lead-off runner on in the 10th inning and scored the go-ahead run. Zobrist, who has the best batting average of any player in the World Series, smacked an opposite field RBI double to give the Cubs a 7-6 lead.

After an intentional walk to Russell, Miguel Montero came up and delivered another clutch hit, hitting an opposite field single to drive in Rizzo and make it an 8-6 game.

The Indians came back in the bottom of the ninth to score a run, but were unable to keep the momentum going -- giving the Cubs and their fans the victory they've long been waiting for. And the opportunity to revel in arguably one of the biggest moments in sports history. 

The cheers in Wrigleyville could be heard for miles as hundreds of thousands of fans hit the streets in celebration -- flying the "W" flag like never before. 

Even some of the city's most famous sports fans couldn't help but join in the Cubs fandom.

"[The announcers] explained that the last time the Cubs had won, Thomas Edison was alive and they hadn't invented sliced bread yet," President Barack Obama said after the win. "This is actually, for Cubs fans, the greatest thing since sliced bread."

And the moment is far from over. 

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