Cubs win Pennant vs Dodgers - 9th inning of 2016 NLCS Game 6 

People give Joe Buck a lot of grief but he couldn't have handled this any better. The minimalist call of the double play followed by 3 minutes of silence letting the pictures tell the story. This is how it's done.

If you didn’t grow up in Chicago or grow up watching WGN, you could never understand the love for Cubbies. What a moment!!!

I'm a Dodger fan but how could you even be mad about this? This is baseball at its best.

Gotta love that it ended with that picture perfect 6-4-3 double play. A double play we needed 13 years earlier after a foul ball down the line. It ended up being worth the wait. Unbelievable.

That happened on October 22, 2016 - my 56th birthday. Best. Birthday. Ever. #gocubsgo

Two things. The foul ball down the left field line was very close to the Bartman seat. And the double play ball that ended the game was almost exactly like the one hit to Gonzalez that he booted in that same inning in 2003.

It's 2019 and I still feel my heart in my throat watching this!

I'm a die-hard Cardinals fan, and even I wasn't mad about this. such an awesome sports moment.

Imagine Harry Caray calling this: "Here's the pitch by Chapman, it's hit to left field, here's the out at second, AND THE OUT AT FIRST!!!! CUBS WIN!!! CUBS WIN!!! CUBS WIN!!! CUBS WIN!!! THE CUBS HAVE WON THE NATIONAL LEAGUE PENNANT!!! HOLY COW!!!"

It was awesome to see them clinch at home but oh my god can you imagine if they’d won the World Series at home too?! Wrigley Field would’ve imploded on itself.

5:10 i got chills when that dude started yelling "DONT TOUCH IT" as the ball fell right near the bartman seat. a century of pain was loaded into that scream

7:04 Loudest double play in history.

not a cubs fan, but 8:58 gives me goosebumps

I don’t think anyone understands how big this was other than cubs fans. Look at the crowds outside wrigley, the bars, wrigleyville, the cubs have the best fans in baseball in my opinion. I’m Houston born & raised and never converted to the Astros and so glad I didn’t and never will. This organization is so electrifying and love how the cubs long history never kept us ( the fans ) from loving them any more or less. Houston has The biggest bandwagons in the MLB and that is fact. Cub fans can be spotted throughout Houston and proud to be one! GO CUBS GO !!!!!!!!!

Genuinely still can’t believe I was alive to witness this (and the World Series win of course). Brings tears to my eyes even 7+ years later

I've never been a Cubs fan, but I've been a baseball fan all my life. This is incredibly special for these fans, and if you are a true baseball fan, you have to appreciate this moment for these long suffering fans. Powerful.

What an electric moment, the whole crown roaring "go cubs go! go cubs go! hey Chicago what do you say? the Cubs are gunna win today" I was brought to tears and I didn't even play in or go to the game. Beautiful.

It's 2020 and corona has me going back to the good days. I'll always remember watching this on tv and screaming when it happened

Im a Met fan but reasons like 7:39 is why i was rooting for the cubs

My wife bought me the 8 disc Blu Ray set with this game, plus all 7 games of the 2016 World Series. Each game had 4 separate audio tracks: the Hughes/Coomer Cubs Radio Network, the LA/Cleveland broadcast teams, the Fox Sports TV announcers and the Spanish play-by-play. I've watched them over and over, listening to different audio each time but I stay focused on the end of this game and the end of game 7 of the World Series. Every time I watch those 2 games I get cold chills and feel the same emotions over and over. It was the best Christmas gift I've ever received! Thanks for posting. Everyone should get to re-live these moments in history!

Man it's so sad and terribly relatable seeing the camera pan to the anxious Cubs fans at the top of the 9th. Up 5 runs with a beast closer but the years of heartbreak don't let you be optimistic for a second. So happy for the Cubbies. Been on a binge re-watching these moments!

I can’t believe it’s been almost 4 years... i still tear up every time i watch it

I'm a Dodgers fan but I knew 100% that we would lose this series. I wasn't even upset the Cubs were the team of destiny and I feel lucky I got to witness history.

That moment at the third chorus when the "Go Cubs Go" line becomes acapella, that's when I get the chills. How many voices singing at that point in and around the park? 50,000? 75,000? 100,000?

Coming back a year later. I'm still crying. NLDS here we go! #Repeat

I could watch this everyday. As a die hard Cubs fan, this was all a dream come true. Let's Go Cubbies!!

Honestly, this felt better than winning the World Series. Maybe it’s because it was at the home park but I don’t know

Go Cubs Go. I was in Puerto Rico watching the best game 7 in sports. Cubs fan 2 the Bone.

Great atmosphere at the end! Baseball needs more of that

Being Cubs fan since being middle school kid... living in LA and to get text messages, phone calls from friends and family to say congratulations was something amazing then to witness that World Series win is still best feeling as a fan I have had!

This happened on my 30th birthday back in 2016. One of the best presents I'll ever get and savor for the rest of my life! 🙂

Up until the Minneapolis Miracle, the double play was Joe Buck's best call.

I was living on the West side of Chicago, Little Village neighborhood, when the Cubs clinched the pennant (born and raised NW side). I was on our apartment rooftop literally banging pots and pans (it was all I had) in celebration. All the Chicago Police and Fire Department cars/ trucks in the area rang their sirens at the same time. It was an epic night. I ended up repeatedly playing Magic Sam's Sweet Home Chicago blaring out my first floor window (Magic Sam lived on the West side). A million memories. My mom and sister called me from Florida when they clinched and I choked up and cried. Been a Cubs fan since 1984 when I was 12. It's not just a sports thing, it was a Chicago thing. This meant a lot to hard working, blue collar Chicagoans, who were loyal to the Cubs, and their families. Being a Cubs fan during the losing times was something not a lot of people understand. We were loyal to the Cubs, but we were loyal to our families, our jobs, our neighborhoods, as well. It was a bond only local Chicagoans can understand.

all I can think of right now is Harry Caray screaming Cubs Win! Cubs Win!

This was the first baseball game I've ever watched, it was amazing!

Man... just thinking about the Cubs' history, all the misery and heartbreak and seeing them so close to going to the World Series in 2003. Hearing Joe Buck yell, "The Cubs have won the pennant!!!" CHILLS.

This might have been one of the best things i've ever seen when it comes to sports even better then when the Cubs actually won the WS and i'm not even a Cubs fan. Just making the World Series was almost like winning it for these fans. Even Red Sox fans in their 86 year drought at least managed to go to the World Series a few times but most everyone in that stadium with the exception of the very old had never seen their team actually make it to the World Series. It's almost moving how in the final few innings the faces of the Cubs fans young and old went from nervousness thinking they were going to blow it again to tears when they realized what they thought would never happen in their lifetimes was actually going to happen.

I love how the commentators stayed quiet and just let the scene play out.

Hands down, greatest team of all time

I have never heard a crowd reaction that even comes close to this when Rizzo made the last out. Not even when they won the WS. Not being at Wrigley is a factor, but still. Absolutely love it.

Going thru the covid 19 crisis and desperately watching my Cubbie videos. I miss my Cubbies!! April 14,2020

At 9:05 you can see a man leaning on the bar having a moment to himself amongst the chaos and celebration. Not sure what was going through his mind but i know for me it was my grandfather. Born in 1938 in Chicago and lived there his entire life a diehard Cubs fan. He listened to them on the radio at the world series in 1945 when he was 7 years old cuz they didn’t have a TV. He passed away April of 2016 just 6 months shy of seeing his cubbies win. Theres not a single thing I possess that I wouldn’t give to have witnessed him see his cubs go all the way. I still get emotional watching this video 7 years later. Go Cubs Go!

Good luck Cubs! Hope this is your year. You fans deserve it! - From a Red Sox fan :)

Just had to see this again! That Saturday night in Chicago was unforgettable! Even if the Cubs win another one this will be the second greatest moment in Chicago sports history! I still get emotional and this was over a year and a half ago!

This was AWESOME to see the Cubs win the NL Pendent for the 1st time in 71 years is a blessing God Bless the Cubs

The Cubs stared the ghost of the 2003 NLCS collapse right in the eye that night and didn't blink.

I was on a road trip, listening to this game on the radio. Got home just in time to see this inning. Still gives me goosebumps.

5:19- “Don’t touch it! No one touch it!” Cubs fans haven’t forgotten about the Steve Bartman game, and they didn’t want history repeating itself right there!

Now 2016 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS CHICAGO CUBS

this post season made the Cubs my 3rd favorite team, behind the Mets and the Yankees of course

It's 2024 in PA and I still get the chills. Didn't grow up a Cubs fan, but I watch every chance I get now. Love those Cubs.

Anyone that is a SPORTS fan had to be glad the Cubs finally won the NLCS, and then the World Series, in 2016. I'm more of a White Sox fan than Cubs fan .... but being a lifelong Chicagoan, the Cubs OWN Chicago. Literally. 2003 broke my heart for the diehard fans that watched them blow a 3-1 series lead ... so I'm glad 2016 happened for them.

Still get goosebumps when Puig hits into a double play. Just Wonderful

Hopefully they will continue to win more World Series Championships in the years to come ! No more 100 year waits 👍

During the 7th inning , I kept having this fear that the cubs would find some way to blow it. Like Chapman having a sudden case of the yips, our infielders pulling a Gonzalez, or heaven forbid another bartman foul ball. When we made that double play, it was pure ecstasy

Not a Cubs fan. In fact, a fan of a rival (Brewers), but even I got caught up in this while living in the city. Went near Wrigley area, sat myself down at a pub and enjoyed the atmosphere. It was pretty cool, knowing the history of the team, the LONG wait, etc. I just hope to someday experience it with Milwaukee. I was too young to fully grasp it all in 82'.

Still brings a tear to my eyes.

I was in this crowd & I was dispensing madness in my section & we were screaming the words of Slim Shady !!!

Cried tears of joy that night

at 5:15 on u can clearly hear a fan say"DON`T TOUCH IT. DON`T TOUCH IT"!!!!!

Im a Phillies fan..no Chicago ties at all...but this is why sports are the best...nothing else on earth will bring an entire city together like that...i teared up...just beautiful

Was out on the lake fishing and I heard the locals go nuts at the end. Sounds travel on water. Fantastic!

I'm a die hard Rangers fan but i guarantee everyone rooted for the cubs that year

I’m a Yankee fan but I cried when I saw this live bc I just love baseball and I never thought I’d see this in my lifetime

I'm a dodgers fan, but I get chills when I watch this.

What a great night. Joe Buck understood the enormous ramification of the Cubs winning the NLCS. Historic! Wish my father was alive to witness this.

5:08 You have to believe everyone’s heart was in their throat when that ball carried toward the left field foul territory. 😥

im a braves fan so ya its been alil while for me to, but man the emotions these fans are showing during the inning, just shows how much they want this and how long some of them been waiting,,,

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September 4th, 2021 and I got goosebumps. Yankee fan by the way

What a fantastic double play....pure baseball!!

9:02 guy at the bar, that’s a vibe!!!! The heartache, the heart break… and now the joyous feeling of his Cubbies, going to the Fall Classic!!! I can’t wait to feel that feeling when the Lions go to the Super Bowl next January

7 years later and I still tear up. 💙 🐻 ⚾️

Just visiting this because I miss Cubs baseball! Also, Joe Buck was on fire this series, you can't lie and say he wasn't. Not a fan of him, but man when he raises his voice it's so hype.

Gives me Goose Bumps everytime I watch it. As soon as Puig comes up to bat, first pitch double play ball and the crowd erupts. Priceless. ❤❤❤❤

As a DBack fan, you and Houston Are the best 😁

This still gives me chills.

NEVER gets old

Thanks for posting!

Amazing team! Amazing year! Love my Cubbies!

i always comeback to this because this memory will last a lifetime 😭💯 we have the talent this year too if we can fix our bullpen. i’ll give myself an update in october/november😂

Has it really been 5 years. I feel so old

I was there!!!

I’m a big Reds fan but an even Bigger cubs fan when the day after they won everyone at school was singing Go Cubs Go the next day

I was there. I told everyone to get their phones ready for the double play.

I’ve been a cubs fan all my life and lemme tell you. My fucking adrenaline started at 0:23. I’m like this is it. Plus you gotta love the dodgers congratulating them on Twitter. God bless them for doing that. That night was so magical. I’ll never forget that night. Would love to see this again someday

Even though I'm a Phillies fan this always brings tears to my eyes. MAN I LOVE BASEBALL!!!!!!!!!!!

The lights shined beautiful and Bright. This young team thrived to the end...ending a wonderful season with blanking the Dodgers and saying to all ILLINOIS AND CHICAGO FANS. HAVE A GOODNIGHT AND SLEEP TIGHT. 670 THE SCORE GREAT JOB CUBBIES.... LET'S DO IT AGAIN.

I was there! I thought the second balcony was coming down

Returning to view great moments...people together ..dont miss the water til the well is dry

I was at this game. It was absolute madness. and it was awesome.

I was at a friend's birthday party, in the streets of St. Louis of all places, decked out in Cubbie blue gear. Cardinals fans couldn't have been any more supportive. We were leaving to a very tall building with a bar at the top floor. I ran up the stairs while everyone else waited for the elevator, so I could watch the bottom of the 9th from the TV that didn't even have the sound on and ball my eyes out. Let's just say drinks were had.

best fans in all of sports

WE WILL NEVER FORGET!!!!!

Watching in 2020 because it makes me happy during these bad times

As as a life long suffering padres fan I hope I can experience this here in San Diego. I was too young to truly appreciate the last time the padres went to the World Series in 1998. Now that I’m older idk what I’d do if the padres make a run like this this season or in the near future.

Nice to see the marlins man back there... love that guy.. such a nice dude

That's a group of rival fans that i am more than happy for...

I haven't seen this in the city of Chicago since the Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls won their 6 NBA titles in the nineties and the 1985 Chicago Bears went to the Superbowl

Everytime i watch this i get tears of joy....This is fantastic By the way a S/O to Joe Buck he was quiet the whole time..The atmosphere is all we needed.