--- title: Chicago Cubs Tweet ‘Super Official Excuse Notes’ for Fans description: The Chicago Cubs have made some extra preparations for their final World Series game, tweeting an 'super official excuse notes' for fans canonical: https://time.com/4554674/chicago-cubs-world-series-excuse-notes/ author: Suyin Haynes article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-02T14:27:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:18.390Z og:title: The Cubs Are Giving Out ‘Super Official Excuse Notes’ for People to Miss Work og:description: If this doesn't get you off work early, we're not sure what will og:url: https://time.com/4554674/chicago-cubs-world-series-excuse-notes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6034326e28008738/6988aca8bc6cfc26b03df2ce/gettyimages-620179712.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: World Series - Chicago Cubs v Cleveland Indians - Game Six og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Cubs Are Giving Out ‘Super Official Excuse Notes’ for People to Miss Work twitter:description: If this doesn't get you off work early, we're not sure what will twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6034326e28008738/6988aca8bc6cfc26b03df2ce/gettyimages-620179712.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Chicago Cubs Are Giving Out 'Super Official Excuse Notes' for People to Miss Work > Sponsored content. 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Jamie Squire—Getty Images by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Nov 2, 2016 2:27 PM UTC The [Chicago Cubs](http://time.com/hendricks/) have made some extra preparations for their decisive Wednesday night World Series game, tweeting out a template for “super official excuse notes” for fans to miss work. The note asks employers to excuse fans from their duties as [the Cubs face a Game 7 showdown with the Cleveland Indians ](http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/11/02/world-series-game-7-cubs-indians-tv)to try and win the World Series for the first time in 108 years. The final game is “kind of a big deal,” as the note puts, as the Cubs have been the [lovable underdogs](http://time.com/4541983/president-obama-chicago-cubs-world-series/?iid=sr-link1) of the competition and count [Bill Murray](http://time.com/4549552/bill-murray-cubs-world-series-take-me-out-to-the-ballgame/?iid=sr-link5) and [John Paul Stevens](http://time.com/4548507/chicago-cubs-world-series-john-paul-stevens/?iid=sr-link6) among devoted fans. See the note below. > [](https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/793784757486104577) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4554674/chicago-cubs-world-series-excuse-notes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4554674/chicago-cubs-world-series-excuse-notes/"},"headline":"The Chicago Cubs Are Giving Out 'Super Official Excuse Notes' for People to Miss Work","datePublished":"2016-11-02T14:27:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:18.390Z","description":"If this doesn't get you off work early, we're not sure what will","url":"https://time.com/4554674/chicago-cubs-world-series-excuse-notes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","Baseball","Chicago Cubs","world series"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6034326e28008738/6988aca8bc6cfc26b03df2ce/gettyimages-620179712.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Suyin Haynes","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6034326e28008738/6988aca8bc6cfc26b03df2ce/gettyimages-620179712.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"World Series - Chicago Cubs v Cleveland Indians - Game Six","caption":"World Series - Chicago Cubs v Cleveland Indians - Game Six","creditText":"Jamie Squire—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4554674/chicago-cubs-world-series-excuse-notes/","name":"The Chicago Cubs Are Giving Out 'Super Official Excuse Notes' for People to Miss Work"}}]}] ```