Hard Work Deserves a Little Champagne

It has been a turbulent season. New management, risky spending and the uncertainty of next years owners, has all added to an already stressful baseball environment for the Chicago Cubs. Add hard work and perhaps some helpful star alignment to the melange and the Cubs are the 2007 National League Central Division Champions.

The Cubs are one step closer to ending one of the most famous droughts in sports history.

For the fans, celebrating your teams victory is sweet, but it is not the same as celebrating a season of hard work with your teammates. In a sports world where all too often loyalties are determined by a paycheck, it is refreshing to see the communal desire to win in our Cubs players. They can feel how badly their fans want to be rewarded for their years of loyalty.

Below is a link to some raw footage taken of the Cubs post game party in the Reds clubhouse. You can see the comradery they have built over the long season fighting to end the drought. The footage looks very similar to a celebration you would see after a little league game (when the players were not getting paid), minus the champagne of course.

http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=35993@wbbm.dayport.com

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