<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no,shrink-to-fit=no"><title>The Chicago Cubs Are Your NL Central Champs</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://htlbid.com/v3/barstoolsports.com/htlbid.css"><script async src="https://htlbid.com/v3/barstoolsports.com/htlbid.js"></script><script async src="https://www.caffeine.tv/embed.js"></script><script>window.htlbid=window.htlbid||{},htlbid.cmd=htlbid.cmd||[],htlbid.cmd.push(function(){htlbid.setTargeting("pagetype","blog"),htlbid.setTargeting("authorId","45"),htlbid.setTargeting("tags",["baseball","chicago","cubs","playoffs","big cat"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_keywords",["chicago cubs","nl central champs","barstool sports","hats","beanies","hoodies","flag","big game | new football t-shirts","first ticket","name","more shop","nl playoff","home field","star","dance"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_IABv1",["IAB17","IAB17-26","IAB17-12","IAB17-2"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_IABv2",["488","545","490","483"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_IABv3",["483","545","490","488"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_positive","0.1"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_neutral","0.9"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_GGT5_conf","VERY_HIGH"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_GGT5_risk","HIGH"),htlbid.setTargeting("is_testing","no"),htlbid.pubads().setPublisherProvidedId("PPID-GOES-HERE"),htlbid.layout()})</script><script src="https://d9rde3y35j061.cloudfront.net/script.js"></script><script src="https://htlbid.com/v3/barstoolsports.com/htlbid.js" async></script><script src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/embed.js" async></script><style>.union__content{font-family:-apple-system,HelveticaNeue,Roboto,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-size:18px;color:#5a5b5d;word-wrap:break-word;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0 5px 32px 5px}.union__content p{padding:0;margin:16px 0 0 0}.union__content img{display:block;width:100%!important;height:auto;margin:16px 0 0 0}.union__content video{display:block!important;width:100%!important;height:auto;margin:16px 0 0 0}.union__content .articleAd{text-align:center;margin:16px 0 0 0;background-color:#f5f5f5}.union__content .htlad__container{display:inline-block}.union__content p a{color:#377dc4}.union__content .oembed__wrapper{margin:16px 0 0 0}.union__content blockquote:not(.twitter-video){display:block;margin:16px 0 0 0;padding:4px 12px;border-left:4px solid #77889a;font-style:italic;background:#f0f4f8;text-align:left;border-radius:0 6px 6px 0}.union__content blockquote:not(.twitter-video) p{font-style:italic}.union__content blockquote,q{quotes:none}.union__content iframe{max-width:100%}.union__content .bs-image-hidden{display:none}.union__content div.hq-image{width:fit-content;margin:0 auto}.union__content span.image-attribution,.union__content span.image-attribution a{color:#757575;font-size:12px;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:.1px;line-height:14px;text-decoration:none;padding:0;margin:0}.union__content .bs-videoPlayer .bs-videoPlayer__container,.union__content video-js,.wp-video{width:100%!important;height:0!important;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;overflow:hidden;margin:16px 0 0 0}.wp-video video{width:100%!important;height:100%!important}.hq-image video{width:100%!important;height:100%!important}.union__content .bs-videoPlayer__container>iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:none}@media (prefers-color-scheme:dark){.union__content,body,html{background:#1c1c1c;color:#f1f1f1}.union__content blockquote:not(.twitter-video){border-left:4px solid #367dc4;background:#272c35}}</style><script>window.addEventListener("applicationDidBecomeActive",()=>{document.querySelectorAll(".hq-image video[autoplay]").forEach(e=>e.play())})</script><script>window.htlAdUnitPath="57249056/in-app-iOS/Article-Page_In-Article-Unit",window.htlKeyvalues={authorId:"45",category:"Chicago",tags:["baseball","chicago","cubs","playoffs","big cat"],brandName:null,brandId:0,pagetype:"standard_post"}</script></head><body class="union__content"><p><a href="https://cdn.barstoolsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/16/image.jpeg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-626437" src="https://cdn.barstoolsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/16/image-1024x768.jpeg" alt="image" width="1024" height="768" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="eager"></a></p><p>Yeah so it was technically on a late night Cardinals loss out on the West Coast after the <a title="Cubs" class="aalmanual" target="_blank" href="https://seatgeek.com/chicago-cubs-tickets/?aid=12060">Cubs</a> lost to the Brewers but who cares, the Chicago Cubs are the 2016 NL Central Champs and just a few more wins away from home field throughout the NL playoffs. Put that star next to their name, first ticket punched to the dance. What a season, what a fucking team. And the best part? The ride is just now about to begin. I want to close my eyes and have tomorrow be Friday October 7th. Now We Go. Now We Go. Also I feel like I’m going to puke.</p><figure class="barstool_oembed barstool_oembed--twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/776646530140823552" data-iframely-url="//iframe.ly/BBcJab" data-template="inline"></a><script async src="https://cdn.iframe.ly/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script></figure><figure class="barstool_oembed barstool_oembed--twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/JBoogs08/status/776645911367786496" data-iframely-url="//iframe.ly/TO9BP9" data-template="inline"></a><script async src="https://cdn.iframe.ly/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script></figure></body></html>

<p><a href="https://cdn.barstoolsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/16/image.jpeg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-626437" src="https://cdn.barstoolsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/16/image-1024x768.jpeg" alt="image" width="1024" height="768" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="eager"></a></p><p>Yeah so it was technically on a late night Cardinals loss out on the West Coast after the <a title="Cubs" class="aalmanual" target="_blank" href="https://seatgeek.com/chicago-cubs-tickets/?aid=12060">Cubs</a> lost to the Brewers but who cares, the Chicago Cubs are the 2016 NL Central Champs and just a few more wins away from home field throughout the NL playoffs. Put that star next to their name, first ticket punched to the dance. What a season, what a fucking team. And the best part? The ride is just now about to begin. I want to close my eyes and have tomorrow be Friday October 7th. Now We Go. Now We Go. Also I feel like I’m going to puke.</p><figure class="barstool_oembed barstool_oembed--twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/776646530140823552" data-iframely-url="//iframe.ly/BBcJab" data-template="inline"></a><script async src="https://cdn.iframe.ly/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script></figure><figure class="barstool_oembed barstool_oembed--twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/JBoogs08/status/776645911367786496" data-iframely-url="//iframe.ly/TO9BP9" data-template="inline"></a><script async src="https://cdn.iframe.ly/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script></figure>

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