In the past 108 years of baseball, players have come and gone, teams have risen to championship statue and fallen into losing slumps and cities have gained and lost teams. However, what remained constant throughout was the Chicago Cubs and their World Series drought. Last week, the drought ended, and in a dramatic fashion. After trailing three games to one against the Cleveland Indians, the Cubs pulled off three straight wins to earn that elusive World Series trophy.

In addition, game seven was one for the ages. With the Cubs leading 6-3 into the eighth inning, the Indians rallied back with an RBI double and a two-run homer to force extra innings. Then, the rain picked up and delayed the start of the 10th inning for 15 minutes. When play resumed the Cubs scored two runs off a Ben Zobrist go-ahead double and a Miguel Montero RBI single, according to The New York Times. The scores provided enough cushion to edge the Indians 8-7 and ample enough cause for the city of Chicago to break out in celebration.

Two days after the historic championship, the city held a victory parade along a seven-mile route from north side ballpark to Grant Park, according to ABC News. The celebration drew roughly five million spectators on that Friday afternoon, making it the seventh largest gathering in human history, as reported by twistedsifter.com. Conveniently, Chicago public schools had already scheduled that day off, so a new generation of Cubs fans joined older fans and lined up to see the team’s motorcade, according to ABC News. After the motorcade passed through the city, the players and coaches made speeches to the crowd. Manager Jon Maddon, addressing the sea of blue, summed up the whole season: “We did not suck.” It was quite an understatement, but a statement Cubs fans have been waiting to hear for a long time.