The Cubs Partied So Hard After Yesterday’s Win They Set Off The Fire Alarms

Chicago Cubs

Whether you want to be reminded of it or not, the Cubs are in the thick of a real high octane season. Sitting 14 games up in the NL Central is some serious next level shit, and it’s downright historic for the lovable losers on the North Side. Literally.

Either the market is about to crash, or the Cubs are on to something good. It seems that the Cubbies are as shocked as the rest of us, because they just can’t stop partying their nuts off. Not just jumping around, either. King Wizard Joe Maddon is going all out.

From CBS Chicago:

As is tradition since Joe Maddon took over as manager ahead of the 2015 season, the Cubs celebrate every win by holding disco party replete with strobe lights, a smoke machine, dancing, music and plenty of smiles and shouting.

Lately, there have been a lot of parties, and it’s apparently setting off the protective measures of Wrigley Field’s infrastructure.

After the Cubs (73-41) pounded the Cardinals in a 13-2 win at home on Friday afternoon for their 11th consecutive victory, the smoke machine in their party room of the clubhouse set off the fire alarms at Wrigley Field.

Show me any other team in the league that could maintain their reputation of “smiling and shouting” after the words “strobe lights” and “smoke machine.” It’s impossible. You just know that these guys are having the time of their lives after big wins, but over a century of catching noogies has made their reputation so Leave It To Beaver that not even raves can taint it. If Mad Bum and his boys were doing this on the coast then they’d be painted as villains quicker than a hiccup.

Personally, I can’t wait until the Cubs start winning titles again so that they can drop their reputation as choir boys. I’ve been a fan for so long that the mere mention of baseball had me cracking sad beers from age 12 to now. The sooner the boys in Red, White, and Blue can pull a Golden State and go full Vader, the sooner baseball will be fun for everyone again.

[via CBS Chicago]

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  1. JohnStamos

    If the smoke machine was filled with Vape smoke, no alarms would have gone off. Too bad Jason Heyward doesn’t Vape anymore, which is probably why he is slumping so bad in Chiraq!

    9 years ago at 10:11 am
  2. Colonel Reb forever

    Their success isn’t relevant because the C on their hats doesn’t stand for Cubs. It means Cursed, and as always they will find a way to flush this season down the crapper just as they’ve done for the past 107 years.

    Go Cardinals.

    9 years ago at 10:28 am
    1. Tuco_1855

      “Their success isn’t relevant”….well its pretty relevant to you Cardinals fans isn’t it? Fighting for a chance at a 1 game playoff this year and likely a lot in the future. Maybe focus on that over ill “fate”.

      9 years ago at 10:41 am
      1. Colonel Reb forever

        The Cubs haven’t won the Series since the days of the Ottoman Empire because they are cursed. A feel-good winning streak doesn’t change that.

        Yes, at present they’re doing well. It’s not the first time. But it still won’t matter because, in the end, it’ll be all for naught (as usual).

        9 years ago at 10:49 am
      2. Tuco_1855

        The fact that you’re making the Cubs “feel good” winning streak a bigger point of interest than the massive 14 game lead they have over your ailing cardinals is surprising to me.

        9 years ago at 12:12 pm
      3. GeorgeH31

        The funny thing is even when they lost 9 of 10 before the all star break they still had control of their division by about 7 games

        9 years ago at 12:25 pm
      4. Colonel Reb forever

        You’re all missing the point. Everyone understands the Cubs are doing well. Everyone knows the Cubs have themselves a comfortable division lead. Even the dumbest among us can do the math.

        What I’m saying is that their season is already over because they are literally cursed. In other words, I don’t give a shit if they go 162-0 in the regular season.

        No matter what happens, the Fubs will find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in dramatically pathetic fashion just as they’ve done for more than a century.

        Your willingness to overlook 107 years of futility is equally surprising. So keep dreaming Northsiders. You’ll always suck.

        9 years ago at 1:54 pm
      5. DamnItRight

        This same story is pretty much what everyone told Cavs fans 3 months ago. Then down 3-1 and won the finals. But being overconfident for little reason is a TFM!!!

        9 years ago at 2:34 pm
      6. Tuco_1855

        Why wouldn’t I overlook 107 years of futility? Digging into history has zero relevance on the future if you consider that every single piece of this Cubs organization has been replaced and upgraded since 2011. So because you believe in magic and wizardry and curses, the Cubs are doomed for eternity? What about the Rangers who have a good shot at a title this year? They’ve never won a WS so by your logic it’s impossible for them to win. Nothing in the history of our existence has happened for a first time because history can only ever repeat itself, is that what you’re saying? So by default, the Giants will win this year because it’s an even year, because it doesn’t matter that only 1 or 2 guys on the ’16 team was on the ’10 title team, “fate” over everything. Idiot.

        9 years ago at 3:18 pm
      7. Hoosier Fucking Daddy

        you guys gave a shit about last year’s regular season and wouldn’t stop talking about it until the Cubs beat you in the NLDS. Keep crying and watch this team win it all

        9 years ago at 12:42 pm