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“I love the smiles, the dives, the slides and the cellies that conjure visions of that curly-haired dynamo, my kid.” @Cubs CF Pete Crow-Armstrong’s parents leave their son voicemails celebrating his MVP award. 🥲💙

FULL BREAKDOWN👀👀👀 Ben Zobrist on THAT BASE HIT that washed away 108 years of being “The Lovable Losers”

The Chicago Cubs went 108 years without winning a World Series. Then they ended it with a rain delay and a team meeting in a weight room. Stat that should be illegal: a baseball has 108 double stitches. The drought lasted exactly one baseball. Their last title came when America had 46 states, and Cleveland hadn't won since 1948. On November 2, 2016, 176 combined years of misery met in Game 7. Somebody's was ending. Somebody's was getting a sequel. The Cubs had already crawled back from 3-1 down. Dexter Fowler opens with the first leadoff homer in Game 7 history, and in the sixth 39-year-old David Ross, playing the last game of his career, goes deep too. 6-3. Retirement speech, delivered by bat. Eighth inning, two outs, 6-4. Aroldis Chapman, who throws 100 for fun, is four outs from ending 108 years. Then Rajai Davis, the AL's stolen base leader, lines one just over the left-field wall. 6-6. The league's best thief just stole the whole night. Nothing in the ninth. Then the sky opens, out comes the tarp, 17 minutes. In a weight room behind the dugout, Jason Heyward, who couldn't buy a hit all October, calls a players-only meeting. The Cubs paid him $184 million to swing a bat. His biggest hit of the postseason was a speech. Top of the 10th: Schwarber singles, Rizzo gets walked on purpose, Ben Zobrist doubles down the line, Miguel Montero singles. 8-6. Best rain delay in franchise history. Davis, of course, drives in one more. 8-7. Then a slow roller to third, Kris Bryant smiling before he even throws, across to Rizzo. 108 years, over. Rizzo pocketed the ball like the curse might want it back. Best Game 7 you've ever watched? Cleveland fans, you're excused from answering.

Today, I was proud to present the Governor’s Medal of Freedom to Baseball Hall of Famer and great Floridian Andre Dawson. His distinguished career in Major League Baseball, his contributions to the sport, and his lasting impact on our state have earned him this award. From his childhood in Southwest Miami, to his college days at FAMU, to his legendary MLB career, “The Hawk” has represented Florida in the best possible way for decades. His generous support of FAMU and its baseball program has helped generations of student-athletes succeed. The Governor’s Medal of Freedom is the highest honor I can bestow on any Floridian, and Andre Dawson truly deserves this recognition.