When the Whole Stadium Forgot Themselves

On November 2, 2016, the Chicago Cubs won the World Series for the first time in 108 years. Fans who had inherited their loyalty from grandparents who never saw a championship — fans who had waited through decades of heartbreak — erupted into something beyond ordinary celebration. Outside Wrigley Field, strangers embraced strangers. Grown men wept openly. A crowd estimated at five million people filled the streets of Chicago for the victory parade, making it one of the largest public gatherings in human history.…