Bleed Cubbie Blue · Aug 17, 2023
Cubs 4, White Sox 3: Christopher Morel walks it off
As baseball fans, each and every one of us lives for moments like we had at Wrigley Field Wednesday evening, a game in which our team seems headed for an inevitable, crushing defeat and then in a matter of just a few seconds, we are all sent into indescribable joy.
Or, as a friend of mine texted me right after Christopher Morel’s stunning three-run walkoff home run that gave the Cubs an incredible 4-3 win, that this game was:
140 minutes of frustration followed by a momentary flash of pure bliss.
Indeed, you can see some of that “pure bliss” in Morel absolutely tearing around the bases. That’s the story of the game, so let’s look at the ending first [VIDEO].