Congratulations Chicago Cubs and all Cubs fans who ever lived

Finally, the wait is over. 

And what a game seven! Maybe the best ever (non-Mets) game 7 that I've ever seen in my life.

The entire series was one for the ages and I want to thank both Chicago and Cleveland for making this such an exciting fall classic.

 I can't recall the last time I felt so into a non Mets World Series.

I always root for the National League team and I really wanted to see the Cubs drought come to an end. Get that over with. And I also wanted a seven game series so we get max baseball and everything just worked out beautifully.

I'm seriously thinking about doing this World Series up in a card set. It was just such a great one with all kinds of wacky stuff happening and drama out the ying yang. So many story lines.

If I do it will be over at World Series Fantasy Cards but if there's no interest I doubt I'll stay motivated. But we'll see as the game pics come in. This series certainly deserves to be commemorated.

Here's a collection of all the Cubs cards posted during the World Series.

Congratulations Cubs. But next year we go back to pwning you. ;)

Game 7 Cubs Cards-GO CUBS!

This is Cap's real 1888 Goodwin Champs card. 

The card is so perfectly beautiful it needs no fantasy version.

Below is a mash of a number of old style baseball cards.

The large CUBS header was taken from an ancient Cubs scorecard cover.

The painting used is by Arthur K. Miller.

Hard hitting heavy drinking Hack Wilson only played for the Chicago for six seasons but he posted some of the most fantastic numbers of any Cub ever. During those six years he smacked 190 home runs and drove in 769 runs. He averaged .322, compiled a .412 OBP and a robust 1.002 OPS.

In 1930 Wilson launched 56 round trippers (a National League record that held for 68 years) and drove in 191 runs! Couple this with a .454 OBP and 1.177 OPS and you have one of the best seasons ever put together by a ballplayer.

His amazing RBI total that season has still not been surpassed. Only Lou Gehrig (184) and Hank Greenberg (183) have come close. Manny Ramirez, with 165 RBIs  in 1999, was the most recent player to make any kind of a run for the record.

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I also have an '85 mfc Bob Newhart card in which he's holding the CUBS big win "W" flag.
I think to post that one before the game might be a jinx, so I'll keep that one up my sleeve for now.

GO CUBS!!!