When you’ve been waiting for 108 years you go all out and that’s exactly what the Ricketts did for the 2016 Chicago Cubs World Series rings.
These are amazing.
World Champions.
Has a nice ring to it. pic.twitter.com/zH3wuh8qgy
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) April 12, 2017
And guess what, you could get your hand on one of them too if you have some extra spare change. Well, close enough to the real thing.
Replica rings can be ordered by fans, from $200 to $10,000 pic.twitter.com/FtMP67dovY
— Paul Sullivan (@PWSullivan) April 12, 2017
And the Cubs gave out a total of…..1,908 rings.
108: Number of years the Cubs waited.
108: Number of diamonds on ring's bezel.
1908: Last year Cubs won
1,908: # of rings given out.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) April 12, 2017
— Aldo Soto (@AldoSoto21) April 13, 2017
So beautiful.
And then David Ross threw out the first pitch to none other than his good friend Jon Lester.
David Ross throws a strike to Jon Lester for the honorary first pitch. pic.twitter.com/RdMiDqa5OK
— 670 The Score (@670TheScore) April 12, 2017