Rain storms passing through the area delayed the start of the championship banner-raising festivities by almost two hours, giving the home team ample time to play a condensed version of their NLCS Game 6 victory over the Dodgers on the scoreboard video screen and a plea to vote for former Cub catcher David Ross on "Dancing with the Stars".
So, yes, safe to say the Cubs made the most of their championship rings.
Details about the rings were kept closely under wraps as the team prepares for the ceremony, but were released for fans to have a closer look late Wednesday.
While Cubs fans will be celebrating last year's title all season long, the team will be doing their best to make a run at a second consecutive title in 2017.
The Cubs raised their 2016 championship banner, a banner that they will see every time they walk onto Wrigley Field. The rings contain 214 diamonds at 5.5 karats, 3 karats of genuine red rubies and 2.5 karats of genuine sapphires.
The rings have 108 diamonds, marking each year since the Cubs' previous World Series win.
The rings arrived under heavy security yesterday; delivered by an armored truck, escorted by armed security guards, who carried the rings in large lockboxes.
One side of the new accessory features each players' name and number with a W Flag formed from white diamonds. It was evident that the LA Dodgers may be a bit exhausted of all the Chicago Cubs hoopla and are ready to show that they are focused on this season, and they have had enough about hearing how great the Cubs are. An image of a goat representing the franchise's infamous Billy Goat Curse is included on the inner band.
"The celebration is over", Lackey said. "It's nice. It was, I think, better than what we expected". The ring maker said it went through 300 different drawings before creating the final design.
A highlight video kicked off the festivities Wednesday.
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Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts, President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein and President of Business Operations Crane Kenney led the team's design committee with input from the players.
"You get the bases loaded".
In a nod to the support they received through more than a century of heartbreak and frustration, the team had 20 contest-winning fans serve as ring bearers for the players.
"That pregame ceremony, I wasn't expecting to get hit with that many emotions", Rizzo said. "For them, it's family time".
They included Jimmy Thurman, a 90-year-old World War II veteran from Kewanee, Illinois. And as the clock passed midnight in Chicago and the weather grew ever more bitter, more and more fans gave up, seeking the warmth of home and heeding the alarm clocks that would be ringing too soon in the morning. He passed that love down through his family, and he got to hand 2015 NL Cy Young Award victor Jake Arrieta his ring. The game preview will post at 11:30 a.m. CT. Joanne Harrer also showed off an impressive collection of Cubs shirts.
But now they've got the bling to prove it.
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"Just like when I was pitching well, there were days when the velocity just wasn't there", Ryu said through an interpreter. "This definitely will be a lifelong memory".
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