Hey! Hey! Holy Mackeral! No doubt about it! The Cubs are on their way. The Cubs are gonna hit today, They’re gonna pitch today, They’re gonna field today. Come on, man, the Cubs are gonna win today.

Hey! Hey! Holy Mackeral! No doubt about it! The Cubs are on their way. They’ve got the hustle. They’ve got the muscle. The Chicago Cubs are on their way.

There is no more waiting till next year. Anthony Rizzo threw his glove, pumped his fist and leaped into the arms of Travis Wood. Aroldis Chapman waved a "W" flag. David Ross cried. Cubs players formed a blue mound of joy on the pitcher's mound last Saturday night at Wrigley Field after their 5-0 victory over the Dodgers clinched the National League pennant for the first time since 1945. The Cubs have won the pennant. Yes, the Cubs have won the pennant.

"This is an unbelievable win for the city, the team," Kris Bryant said as chants of "M-V-P" grew louder. Kris, you are absolutely right. The city and fans of Chicago have been waiting 71 years. This is the year!

“They’re probably just as excited if not more excited than we are to see that game played there,” Zobrist said of Cubs fans. “It’s been a long time and they’ve been waiting patiently. They deserve to have these games played there at a Wrigley.” Many fans are disappointed in not being able to attend a World Series game as the cheapest tickets are over $2,000 for just standing room only. Bars in and around Chicago are charging up to a $250 cover to get in. This is by no means a "cheap" World Series.

Schwarber, the 23-year-old hitting prodigy who was thrust into the lineup after missing six months because of knee surgery. Two days earlier, Schwarber was playing in front of 900 people in the Arizona Fall League. On Wednesday, only his fourth major league game of the season, he drove in two runs in front of 38,172 spectators. Activating Kyle Schwarber for the World Series after a major knee injury in April might go down as one of the best roster transactions of the postseason. He singled in a run, and then yelled an expletive at his bench after getting on base. No he was not cleared to play in the field, but having his bat come off the bench is still an amazing option for this team.

This was for the 1969 Cubs, Leon Durham in 1984, Steve Bartman in 2003 and any other goat blamed for past choke jobs, even for that cursed creature that belonged to Billy Sianis. This was for Ernie and Ronnie, Ryno and Hawk and Billy, and all the great Cubs who never got the chance to play in the Fall Classic. This is the year!