Chicago loves the Cubs
Streetwise vendor Samuel Sanders, left, poses with Cubs fan Raymond Barnes, 85, under the marquee at Wrigley Field on Oct. 24, 2016, ahead of the World Series.
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Photos of the support for the Cubs across Chicago.
Crews install a Chicago Cubs batting helmet on one of two lions outside the Art Institute in Chicago on Oct. 24, 2016. The Chicago Cubs will face the Cleveland Indians in the World Series.
(Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)Brady Harris, 8, left, of Chicago, takes a photo of his older brother, Ari, 12, in front of the Wrigley Field marquee on Oct. 23, 2016, the day after the Chicago Cubs clinched the National League championship.
(Nancy Stone / Chicago Tribune)Three Basenji dogs from La Grange Highlands, Ill., wear handmade “W” scarves in honor of the Cubs as they visit Wrigley Field on Oct. 23, 2016, the day after the Chicago Cubs clinched the National League championship.
(Nancy Stone / Chicago Tribune)Merchandise Mart carpenters Adam Pabst, left, and Brian Beason install the seventh W flag on the south side of the Merchandise Mart in Chicago on Oct. 24, 2016. The Merchandise Mart will install a W for each win the Chicago Cubs earn as they begin the World Series against the Cleveland Indians.
(Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)Merchandise Mart electrician Lou Renzi places a blue film on a light fixture on the 16th floor of the Merchandise Mart in Chicago on Oct. 24, 2016. The blue lights (585 high-pressure sodium lights) are commemorating the Chicago Cubs, who are in the World Series against the Cleveland Indians.
(Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)Large W flags line the side of Macy’s on State Street in Chicago on Oct. 24, 2016. The Chicago Cubs will face the Cleveland Indians in the World Series.
(Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)Customers jam Sports World across the street from Wrigley Field to buy brand-new Cubs merchandise Oct. 23, 2016, the day after the Chicago Cubs clinched the National League championship.
(Nancy Stone / Chicago Tribune)Cubs fan Robert Lyons, 58, who lives in Los Angeles and was raised in Berwyn, shows his World Series tickets outside Wrigley Field on Oct. 24, 2016.
(Michael Tercha / Chicago Tribune)Crews installed Chicago Cubs batting helmets on two lions outside the Art Institute in Chicago on Oct. 24, 2016. The Chicago Cubs will face the Cleveland Indians in the World Series.
(Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)High above the city of Chicago, Tim Hernandez of the Building Maintenance Unit at the Aon Center adds blue gels to the lights atop the building in support of the Chicago Cubs’ World Series appearance. The pink gels for Breast Cancer month were removed.
(Phil Velasquez / Chicago Tribune)A rooftop building is decorated with W flags during the NLCS game between the Chicago Cubs and LA Dodgers on Oct. 22, 2016.
(Nancy Stone / Chicago Tribune)The brick wall at Wrigley Field, along Sheffield Avenue and part of Waveland Avenue, is marked with names and messages from Cubs fans on Oct. 23, 2016, the day after the Chicago Cubs clinched the National League championship.
(Nancy Stone / Chicago Tribune)The Connor family, of Vincennes, Ind., takes a selfie along the brick wall at Wrigley Field on Sheffield Avenue, which is marked with messages from Cubs fans on Oct. 23, 2016. The Connors named one their daughters Addison, for Addison Street.
(Nancy Stone / Chicago Tribune)Even the trees are Cubs fans on Racine and Wellington avenues on Oct. 24, 2016, ahead of the World Series.
(Michael Tercha / Chicago Tribune)A man wears a T-shirt referencing the last time the Cubs won the World Series before Game 6 of the NLCS between the Chicago Cubs and LA Dodgers on Oct. 22, 2016.
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