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As the Chicago Cubs bid farewell to Wrigley Field for the regular season (don’t worry, they’ve already clinched and all that), we woke up to very sad news as Miami Marlins All-Star pitcher Jose Fernandez tragically passed:

— WorldSeriesDreaming (@WSDreaming_Cubs) September 25, 2016

The news, pictures, gifs, and tributes were plastered all over the internet so I won’t burden you with that any more than necessary. I do love this one, though:

The 1908 Cubs newspaper clipping. Very nifty to see a piece of history.
The 1908 Cubs newspaper clipping. Very nifty to see a piece of history.

I think it’s somewhat fitting that all of the tributes have to do with how much joy Fernandez embodied, and it was only the night before that I took my family downtown to check out Harry Caray’s restaurant and the Chicago Sports Museum in Water Tower Place for the first time.