Bill Murray Grabbed The World Series Trophy, Fêted The Cubs & Repped His Clothing Line

By David Colon in Arts & Entertainment on Nov 3, 2016 3:44PM

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He looks a bit misty-eyed (AP)

Having fun during the game (Getty Images)

Meeting young Cubs fans (Getty Images)

Celebrating with Eddie Vedder<br>(AP)

On field! (Getty Images)

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Champions! (Getty Images)

With Eddie Vedder <br>(Getty Images)

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CHUG CHUG CHUG (Getty Images)

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Celebrating with Dexter Fowler<br>

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A World Series is never won by one man alone, unless of course you're talking about the 2014 World Series and Madison Bumgarner. But that exception aside, it's a team effort to fight through the regular season and the playoffs and ultimately come on out on top, so focusing on one person when all is said and done is missing the forest for the trees. But eh, fuck it, viral urban legend/Cubs fan/actor Bill Murray was in full celebration mode after Game 7 and it was pretty Murray.

Murray was on the scene wearing a shirt from his own clothing line, as you do. As the Cubs' number one ambassador to the world, the camera found him freaking out pretty shortly after Bryant tossed to Rizzo for the game's final out.

He was also out there honking the horn of the Chevrolet they roll out to give to the World Series MVP. Hey Bill, that car's not yours! That belongs to two-time World Series winner, 2016 World Series MVP and sabermetric Swiss Army Knife Ben Zobrist!

Murray also got to hoist the World Series trophy in front of some fans who stuck around the stadium deep into the celebration:

Not content to steal the World Series trophy or the MVP's car, Murray also madly seized the power of the CEO of Chicago Public Schools and canceled classes for the week:

A champagne-drinking Murray gave a monologue to the Chicago Tribune about what it all means:

“Whenever you pass from one atmosphere to another there’s a lot of energy. It takes a lot of energy to blast a rocket ship up into space and it takes a lot of energy to blast yourself to the World Series. There’s a force field you have to pass through and the Indians put it up.”

Once he had more champagne though, things got rapidly less eloquent: