Las Vegas Sun

April 25, 2024

Chicago Cubs fan Dan Wessel, 79, of Moline, Ill., gives a passing motorist the thumbs up Thursday morning, Nov. 3, 2016, after the driver honked in celebration of the Cubs winning the World Series. Wessel said he brought his homemade Cubs signs out to the corner of 16th Street and 31st Ave., in Moline, because he wanted to savor the moment of the Cubs winning the world championship. "It's a once in a lifetime thing," said the die-hard Cubs fan.

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Chicago Cubs fan Dan Wessel, 79, of Moline, Ill., gives a passing motorist the thumbs up Thursday morning, Nov. 3, 2016, after the driver honked in celebration of the Cubs winning the World Series. Wessel said he brought his homemade Cubs signs out to the corner of 16th Street and 31st Ave., in Moline, because he wanted to savor the moment of the Cubs winning the world championship. "It's a once in a lifetime thing," said the die-hard Cubs fan.