--- title: Bill Murray Celebrates Chicago Cubs World Series Win Game 7 description: Diehard Chicago Cubs fan (and actor) Bill Murray's celebration after his team's win last night is pure, unadulterated joy. canonical: https://time.com/4556121/bill-murray-celebrate-chicago-cubs/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-03T12:06:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:20.444Z og:title: Bill Murray Celebrating the Cubs is a High Point for 2016 og:description: After their World Series win, the Cubs fan showed joy that's rare for this year. og:url: https://time.com/4556121/bill-murray-celebrate-chicago-cubs/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26fb99be595b6b1a/6988acd2e20a870a61a93130/bill-murray-cubs-world-series-win-locker-room1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5001 og:image:height: 2813 og:image:alt: bill murray cubs world series win locker room og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bill Murray Celebrating the Cubs is a High Point for 2016 twitter:description: After their World Series win, the Cubs fan showed joy that's rare for this year. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26fb99be595b6b1a/6988acd2e20a870a61a93130/bill-murray-cubs-world-series-win-locker-room1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bill Murray Celebrating the Chicago Cubs Win Will Make You Feel Better About This Crazy Year > Sponsored content. 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President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs Theo Epstein sprays a bottle of champagne in Bill Murray's face in the clubhouse after the Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in Game Seven of the 2016 World Series at Progressive Field on November 2, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. Elsa—Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Nov 3, 2016 12:06 PM UTC Diehard [Chicago Cubs fan](http://time.com/4549552/bill-murray-cubs-world-series-take-me-out-to-the-ballgame/) (and actor) Bill Murray’s celebration after [his team’s](http://time.com/4541417/bill-murray-crashes-white-house/) win last night is the [pure, unadulterated joy](http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/11/chicago-cubs-world-series-bill-murray-reaction) you need to witness right now. After the Cubs [clinched their first title since 1908](http://time.com/4555453/cubs-win-world-series-how-chicago-broke-the-curse/?xid=homepage) in Game 7 last night, Murray went all out in celebration that involved trying to honk the horn of the MVP Ben Zobrist’s car parked on the field, and lots of champagne antics as a “reporter” in the clubhouse afterward. At a time of electoral uncertainty in the U.S, instability overseas and gloomy economic signs, Murray’s exuberant bliss comes as a welcome tonic. “I knew I was going to cry, I didn’t think it was because I was blind,” Murray told the Chicago _Tribune_ during the celebration, after [taking a full face](http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-bill-murray-cubs-world-series-20161103-story.html) of champagne. Check out some of his happiness journey below. > [](https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/794045743774339072) > [](https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/794052516837146624) > [](https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/794048735957438464) > [](https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/794053376447123456) Hardly in the mood for long conversation, Murray put a face to the bliss that Cubs fan are experiencing after more than a century of waiting. We’re all better having seen it. > [](https://twitter.com/SInow/status/794132149800669184) \[[_USA Today_](http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/11/chicago-cubs-world-series-bill-murray-reaction)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4556121/bill-murray-celebrate-chicago-cubs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4556121/bill-murray-celebrate-chicago-cubs/"},"headline":"Bill Murray Celebrating the Chicago Cubs Win Will Make You Feel Better About This Crazy Year","datePublished":"2016-11-03T12:06:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:20.444Z","description":"2016 has been a bummer, so try to share in Bill Murray's joy","url":"https://time.com/4556121/bill-murray-celebrate-chicago-cubs/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26fb99be595b6b1a/6988acd2e20a870a61a93130/bill-murray-cubs-world-series-win-locker-room1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26fb99be595b6b1a/6988acd2e20a870a61a93130/bill-murray-cubs-world-series-win-locker-room1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"bill murray cubs world series win locker room","caption":"bill murray cubs world series win locker room","creditText":"Elsa—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/4556121/bill-murray-celebrate-chicago-cubs/","name":"Bill Murray Celebrating the Chicago Cubs Win Will Make You Feel Better About This Crazy Year"}}]}] ```