The Chicago Cubs 2016 Magic! Can They Do It AGAIN?

0:00can the Cubs ever capture the magic of 2016 again? Or was it a one time thing because of 108 years? I say this with all due respect, I don't think they can, as a diehard lifelong Cubs fan, I don't think they can ever capture that 2016 magic ever again because it was 108 years. My father had never seen the Cubs win the World Series. You know, there were some people that lived their entire lives that didn't see the Cubs win the World Series. Like now we're going to a point where it's like the expectation is high and we want another one. And trust me, this city will go crazy for another one. But there's just no way to recapture that 2016 magic because of the drought. And you know, and that's okay because now we should expect multiple championships. Like I want to win this year, I want to win next year. You know, so I think it's okay to have different expectations. But 2016 will forever be, I think one in a trillion. I think so too. I don't think you can ever match it. The only thing that will let that happen is what we don't want.

1:01And that is a ton of time, right, right? Like not even 108 years. Let it go, like half a generation or a generation. And then people forget about it. Like I saw the 85 bears. I don't think the bears can ever recreate that. But that doesn't mean I wasn't right there after a bunch of losing years. When they were, when he threw that touchdown, I jumped off the couch like I was watching Walter Peyton go over the top and I was a kid again. Let me ask you a question. The one team that will never do it. Yeah. First of all, I don't think the Black Cocks can top three cups. Right. And six years, but nobody will ever match what Jordan did. No, nobody will ever match that. For sure. I don't think the Cubs can do 2016 again, but it could be right below it. Let me ask you a question. Because some of my friends and I've gotten a heated discussions about this. And actually, it's a pretty good point. Are the 2016 Cubs the 1985 bears? I hope not. Because if you think about it, the 85 bears, I mean, we dominated and then literally you thought

2:02more was coming and it never did come. 2016, listen, we dominated it. I think it was first place front to finish, right? We dominated that year. And then you thought 2017 and I'll see, oh no. And it's like we never recapture that magic. So it's a really good comparison. I'm hoping that, you know, obviously, it won't take 40 more years for the Cubs to win another one. But as of right now, I do wonder if the 85 bears in 2016 Cubs are like cousins. The Cubs were the best team in 2016. And that doesn't always happen that the best team goes on to win the World Series, but the bears were so dominant with the Super Bowl shuffle and all that stuff. There was a different feel. I think people were cocky in 85, how I remember. I mean, I was wearing a Roselle headband and middle school all that stuff. Like we knew they were going to win. It was like the Jordan games, right? You knew they were going to win. Cubs in 2016, because of 108 years was waiting for a black cat to run across. And it did with Davis's run, right? It was like, oh no, you know, that in that way, they're not the same to me.

3:02And also, not everybody in Chicago is a Cubs fan. Almost everybody in Chicago is a bear's fan. So that way, but I know what you're saying. It fell apart fast. It fell apart fast. Buddy Ryan was gone. Joe Madden was gone. And you could say not everybody is a Cubs fan, but I mean, you're looking at, I mean, find the numbers are fluctuating. But a 5 million person parade. I argue that more people than not, or at least Cubs fans in 2016, because that's a parade that, I mean, that's one of the top human gatherings of all time. It was amazing. I hope they can capture something like that. I hope we're starting that right now. I actually hope, you know, everybody's making a comparison, they have 15 Cubs, the bear's just right there, 2015 Cubs season. I don't know, I don't know. I hope the Cubs last season was the 2015 Cubs again, right? Like, hey, they showed up, Kade Horton showed up, and they got into the post season. They went further than we expected them to go. And now, maybe they can do it in 2026. Part of that we'll be figuring out,

4:03who is their superstar? Do they have multiple superstars? We just talked about the Cubs. I don't know how you signal out. One guy, you had superstars on that team, but they kind of went in waves, right? Right, first it was Arietta, then all of a sudden Bryant comes on and he's the rookie of the year in the MVP, but then you have Rizzo and Lester. And who will that be for the next Cubs team? And who will be that guy in 2016? I ask you that. I ask you that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.