The Best Tweets From the Cubs' Pennant Winning Night

CHICAGO, IL - October 22, 2016 will surely go down as one of the most memorable nights in Chicago history.

The Cubs won the National League Pennant for the first time since 1945. And fans were able to take to social media to boast about a Chicago appearance in the Fall Classic for the first time ever.

About 100 tweets per second came in during the hours after the clincher about #Cubs.

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With so many to choose from, here's a sampling of some of the more memorable ones.

"Hold off on fireworks calls that don't involve someone on fire." #ChicagoScanner
— Kayla Benker (@kbenker) October 23, 2016

That look when you cap off a day on the trail by watching the @Cubs cement their trip to the #WorldSeries. #FlyTheW pic.twitter.com/94KMWpKHwe

— Nick Merrill (@NickMerrill) October 23, 2016

whoa. RT @ChiCitySports23: Wrigleyville is LIT. #Cubs pic.twitter.com/4fM3Iny9Go
— michaela! (@kaylasea_) October 23, 2016

Until the next time, @Cubs. #Respect pic.twitter.com/hIwroOOZ4g
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 23, 2016

This was to be expected...

Addison/Clark male has climbed to the top of a lightpole#Chicago #ChicagoScanner #Cubs
— CʜɪᴄᴀɢᴏSᴄᴀɴɴᴇʀ (@Chicago_Scanner) October 23, 2016

"Yeah, we've lost it - we've lost Clark and Addison!" #ChicagoScanner #ShitCPDSays
— Just Jamie (@JamieMoncrief) October 23, 2016

No need for lunch next week, our friends @LAPDHQ will be sending Supt Johnson some delicious hot pastrami sandwiches @LAPDChiefBeck #CUBS
— Anthony Guglielmi (@AJGuglielmi) October 23, 2016

#Cubs win! Best friend & I were blubbering incoherently on the phone. It was wonderful!
— Charlotte Russell (@authorCharlotte) October 23, 2016

Here's some other fun stuff I saw: pic.twitter.com/urdN70S6M5
— Marc Filippino (@mfilippino) October 23, 2016

And then there's Bill Murray crying.

We are all Bill Murray tonight. Can you believe it? The Cubs are in the World Series! #Cubs https://t.co/os9426RynS
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) October 23, 2016