Chicago Cubs and their fans savour a once-in-a-108 years success
Friday 4 November 2016 23:51, UK
The streets of Chicago were bathed in Cubs blue on Friday as millions of tearful, elated baseball fans cheered their World Series-winning team who had brought the championship home for the first time in 108 years.
Parts of downtown Chicago were shut down as an estimated five million people lined the parade route from Wrigley Field to Grant Park, where the players were hailed at a huge rally.
The Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians in dramatic style, coming back from a 3-1 deficit in the best-of-seven Series to win four games to three, with a 8-7 victory in extra innings in Game Seven.
The last time the Cubs won the Series, American women did not have the right to vote, and sliced bread had not been invented.
The rally ended in fireworks and confetti, and a sing-along of the team's theme song "Go Cubs Go" led by country singer Brett Eldredge.
"We've all dreamed of this so many times over the years, and this has exceeded our wildest dreams," Theo Epstein, the team's president of baseball operations, told fans.
"Let's hope it's not another 108 years," added Cubs manager Joe Maddon.
Click on the video link above to watch the exciting parade as it passes through downtown Chicago on Friday
