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Announcer 1: There's one well hit to left field,

way back it goes, and...

Announcer 2: Very deep ball, left field.

It is a fair ball against the wall in left!

Eddie Vedder: The first time you walk into Wrigley Field,

that you're taken there by, in this case, my uncle...

...it's like stepping into Oz.

And I never left.

Theo Epstein: Thinking about all the fans that you meet

and how long they've waited, and generations that maybe,

you know, didn't get to see it

and the ones that are holding on to see it,

and people like Ed, who it would just mean so much to,

that keeps us going forward every day

trying to make this happen.

It cuts so deep for him, and...

the experiences that he had,

coming to Wrigley as a kid,

and I think he took

a lot of that with him.

1 remember back in '13,

when Pearl Jam played their first show here at Wrigley,

you know, we were in the middle of a rebuilding year.

Some of the band guys, and they had--

Ed's always asking, but the band guys were asking,

like, "What do you think?

When, you know, when's the team gonna get good?"

And I remember saying, "Just give us three years.”

So now it's 2016.

We're now just four wins away from the World Series.

Took the baseball world by storm a little bit.

Man: So, now that Pearl Jam's back at Wrigley...

Radio Announcer: Pearl Jam is playing tonight

at Wrigley Field during this

incredibly magical season for the Chicago Cubs.

It's good, it's been a special year so far.

Radio Announcer: In Cubs history, we've never had a season like this.

The Chicago Cubs have the best record in the major leagues.

Announcer: Cubs haven't been to the World Series since 1945.

Radio Announcer: They haven't won the championship since 1908.

Announcer: So, after almost 11 decades of saying, "Wait till next year..."

Man: The bottom line is, it could be the year.

Theo: The whole band has been a great role model for us,

how we want to run our organization.

Pearl Jam is a family.

The way they're all brothers

and the way they treat each other

and the space that they've carved for themselves,

what they stand for.

The crew is a part of that family,

and then their fans are as well.

They bring people along,

make 'em all feel connected and part of it.

Announcer: Getting ready for this game one...

Theo: It's been great to learn from those guys.

- 1 don't think there's any-- - Unless you call us off.

The only thing, you know, "Evolution,” "Last Exit,"

"Lightning Bolt,"” we kinda keep those tight.

Matt Cameron: Hey, am I counting you off on "No Exit"?

Stone Gossard: Please, if you would.

Sometimes it feels weird, because I'm--

1 can tell that it's not where your kickback goes.

- You wrote the damn thing.

- I'm just gonna look at you and go, "Oh!"

Man: Here we go.

Eddie: 45 years ago in Wrigley Field.

It's been a journey, and I'm just proud to be

a fan of these guys and have that be

a connection to the city and its people.

Everybody feeling okay, or...

We're not gonna feel any better, right?

Till after. - Right.

Eddie: Now we've got this legendary culmination

of all our devotions.

Good evening, Wrigley Field.

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J Wind blows by

J Low light J

J Low light J

3 Can't see my tracks J

J Your scent way back

g Can ll be here all alone? J

J You cut a path to my home J

J Books and jealousies tell me wrong

J All I feel is calm J

J Low light J

J CarcrashJ

J Low light J

3 Can't wear my mask J

J Your first, my last

Jd

J Two birds is what they'll see

J Wind rolis by

J Low light J

J Eyesight

J Low light J

Jd

J 1 don't need the light /

J I'll find my way J

J To what's wrong J

J What's real

J Your dreaml J

J See JJ

All right.

It's gonna be a long night.

J Waitin'

J Watchin' the clock &

J It's four o'clock &

J Tell him take no more J

J Pretends to sleep as he looks her overJ

Jd

J She lies and says she's in love with him &

J Can't find a better man J

S She dreams in color, she dreams in red J

J Can't find a better man J

J Can't find a better man J

J Can't find a better man J

J Yeah, yeah J

Jd

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J Talkin' to herself

J There's no one else who needs to know J

J Yeah $

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J Memories back when she was smooth and strong

J Swears she knew it, now she swears he's gone now J

J She lies and says she's in love with him &

J Can't find a better man J

S She dreams in color, she dreams in red J

J Can't find a better--

J She lies and says she still loves him &

J Can't find a better man J

S She dreams in color, she dreams in red J

J Can't find a better man J

J Can't find a better man J

J Can't find a better man J

Jd

J Yeah, she don't want to leave this way

J That's why she'll be back again J

J Can't find a better man J

J Can't find a better man J

J Can't find a better man J

J Can't find a better &

J Man J

Jd

Wrigley!

J Whoa &

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J Oh oh whoa J

J Uh-huh &

J Uh-huh &

g Uh huh J

Let's go, Michael!

Jd

Everybody out there good?

Third base line good?

Home plate? How's the box seats?

That feeling, it still happens every time.

There's-- there's something incredibly special about that place.

Just going back to when I was a kid

and sitting in the left field bleachers.

Well, for a while 1 was in the right field,

'cause my favorite player was named Jose Cardenal

and he was in right field.

Announcer: Jose Cardenal will stop at third, Mattock has...

Theo: Jose Cardenal, that was his guy.

See the afro and the number one rolling around out there.

Ron Coomer: Eddie, him and I, you know,

shared that when we first met.

Yeah, we both grew up,

you know, coming to Wrigley.

His uncle John brought him here.

- My first game, 1 was right behind one of these poles.

- My dad brought me here. I was probably four years old.

- Bud man, cold beer.

- Hey, man. Just good to see you.

Since I was a kid.

Theo: He grew up really in the '70s.

Those teams were a lot of fun,

but those teams weren't great.

- No one was in the ballpark.

I mean, no one was in the upper deck.

You know, my brother, in the olden, olden days,

used to play hide and seek in Wrigley Field,

'cause there was no one there!

- During the games? - During the games, yes.

But, yeah, the history of the Cubs

has not always been success.

Man: The Chicago Cubs have gone longer than any team

in United States professional sports without winning a title.

Barack Obama: 'Cause the Cubs have been waiting, like, 108 years.

The last time the Cubs won,

Thomas Edison was alive,

and they hadn't invented sliced bread yet.

Man: Being a Cubs fan used to be considered

a kind of a sickness.

Woman: One thing you hear about is the billy goat curse.

- The curse of the billy goat. - Woman: Quickly tell us.

Man: A billy goat and his owner, a Cubs fan,

were kicked out of game four of the 1945 World Series.

Man on Phone: There's been a curse ever since then.

- The burden of proof-- the burden of proof has to be

on the curse believers, right?

- 1 don't believe in goats.

- I-- You know, 1 don't want to say too much.

- It means absolutely nothing to me.

I don't believe in curses.

Curses, goats,

you know, black cats.

Announcer: And who's that crossing in front of their dugout?

It's not Lady Luck.

- Um...

Man: Very frustrating for a lot of years.

We-- We lived with their wins

and we died with their losses,

but we stuck with them.

- 1 mean, one things that Cubs fans are not is spoiled.

Announcer: The Cubs have lost it for their fifth straight defeat.

- So what's the... the reverse of spoiled?

It's... abused.

You know, if you're a lifelong Cubs fan,

your hope muscle, it's been through a lot.

What?

It's sustained a lot, you know?

You've worked out that muscle.

You've got a pretty good hope muscle.

And it's a character builder,

and I think it makes for good activists,

and it make for a community

that comes together

based on not glory and winning

but, you know, comforting each other.

It's been that way for quite a long time.

Now, on game day,

there's stands with t-shirts

and pennants and balloons.

So the players would park here.

Everybody crowds around,

tries to get autographs as they drive out.

So here's Murphy's Bleachers,

right across the way, which is a fine place to get a dog and...

- My husband, Jim Murphy, bought the bar in 1980.

He wanted this bar,

and he had a vision for what the neighborhood would become.

Unfortunately, my husband died in 2003.

That was the first year 1 was on my own here.

That was when the Cubs came very close

to going into the World Series, not winning it.

I'm sorry, you guys with your-- being with rock musicians

all the time, you must be going nuts.

Eddie Vedder, he used to come here when he was a kid

and get a hot dog.

Our friendship just developed over the years.

1 play the ukulele now because of him.

J Buy me some peanuts and crackerjack J

J For it's root root root for...

He, as you know, is a huge Cub fan,

and, uh, he'll tell us stories about the Cubs.

And we're like, "We don't want to hear about the Cubs.

We want to hear about Mick and Paul and Keith and Bruce."

And you know, we-- we see the Cubs.

- Maybe four years ago, 1 think a few of us came

and we got to see Bruce Springsteen play here,

and when he came, he was talking about...

ghosts in places this old and places with this much history,

and he really started talking about

how we all have those people, it's not just Ron Santo,

who he brought up by name,

it's not just Ernie Banks, it's not just...

Versus all-- all the people in us, too, for us,

and all the people that still live in us

even though they might not be next to us.

I'm thinking about all the people

that I wish were here,

and especially when the team does good,

1 wish they were here to see the team do good,

and see all the magic that happens in this field.

One, two, three, four!

Jd

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J Cannot find the candle of thought

J To light your name J

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J With me J

J 1 wish I'd seen the place

J But no one's ever taken me &

J Fade away J

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J Fade away J

Julian!

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3 Nie, wouldn't recall &

Jd

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J Hello &

J Well, my God, it's been too long J

J But now here you are

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3 Away §

Jd

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J Fade... J

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J Whoa oh whoa &

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J Why nothing lasts J

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J Soon be over J

J Then I will relent &

J Let the sun ciimb in &

J Burn away my mask

J Three days and not much longer

J Where they'll find me here 1

Jd

J Under my breath J

J For better or for worse

J Best we began

J Let the sun ciimb in &

J Burn away my mask

J Three days and not much longer

Jd

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J Burn away my mask

J Three days and not much longer

J Where they'll find me here 1

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J Burn away my mask

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Jd

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- Well, we get here early for batting practice.

That's important, see how the wind's--

the wind's acting on the baseball,

and during the game, everybody spreads out,

they take their own piece of land.

- And then we"ll just hang out and wait for a home run

to be hit out here, you know.

- I've been here about 30 years.

There's a couple of guys that have been here 50 and 60 years.

They're not here today because there was a night game yesterday,

and they don't get up this early after-- after a night game.

They're home sleeping probably, still.

- The idea is to catch it.

And my specialty is wait till it stops rolling,

and then I get it, and then that's the way 1 get it.

- And how many home runs have you caught?

- Caught? - Yeah.

- Home runs? - Yeah, game homers.

- None. - Yeah.

Jd

- Okay, who we got out there?

Let's see.

It's a gutsy move, playing this one right here, you know.

Gutsy.

Don't let up!

Jd

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J From miles high J

J Looking for a place to land J

J With her newly planted seeds J

J The weeds are all beastly overgrown

Jd

J You've got to know you'll never let her go J

J She's like a bolt &

J Lightning bolt

J Lightning bolt

J Lightning bolt

Jd

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J Flipping through the worn out pages

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3 Until the lightning strike §

3 Sets you free J

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J You've got to know you'll never let her go J

J Lightning bolt

J Lightning bolt

Jd

J Erode her shoreline everyday J

J Until the castle of her waves J

J Turns to sand &

J Flying towards the great Northwest

J Yeah yeah yeah J

J There is no god with such might

J Your death will soon arrive J

J They won't die with you

J Oh yeah J

J Oh yeah J

Jd

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Jd

- Hey, we got some rooftop action up there.

Hey, freeloaders, hey! Shotgun!

Man: The rooftop thing has exploded.

Woman: It started to be a different way

to watch the ballgame.

Man: You can hear them cheering

just like you can the people in the stands.

And rightfully so, the neighborhood is

part of Wrigley Field.

It's part of the fabric of what's going on here.

- Check out the rooftops.

They've kind of been customized, too.

They all got-- they've all got

kinda little railings and...

1 think for the All-Star game and big things,

they were even, like, kinda building bleachers.

In the summer, it would be a beautiful thing here.

Man: What's in the case?

Eddie: ;) When the train comes

So, we can go over it again tomorrow,

in the back or whatever.

Just to-- when the ending will hit.

- What's he playing?

- "Dirty Work."

Jd

Jd

J Your dirty work no more

- Give me a verse.

- Here we go.

- Are those horns?

- No, it's actually...

- I thought it was "give me some heat."

- Who plays that again?

- "Dirty Work" by--

- Oh, "Dirty Work." Oh, crazy.

- By who? - By Steely Dan.

- Oh, yeah. - Oh, wow.

- It's a fucking-- it's such a great song.

It's like, the chords are the best.

- The production kinda sucks.

- No! - I'm just kidding.

- Sarcasm! That's sarcasm there.

I can do it, too!

- Oh, but it's so dry, it's like the greatest.

- Joe was about to fight there. - I'd never seen him like that.

- I just-- I never-- 1 never--

No!

- I know that you love that production.

- I don't-- Well, the other day...

Pearl Jam came and rehearsed here,

so it was very low key.

Eddie, first of all, asked me,

“Is it gonna be all right with you, or does this stress you out?"

And I'm like, you can do whatever you want up there.

I'll just say I didn't know.

It was probably one of the most exciting things

that ever happened here.

Jd

Jd

3 Counting steps &

Jd

- 1 got here Tuesday night, a little after midnight.

Waiting in the GA line for a Pearl Jam show,

Pearl Jam, Wrigley.

- Of the hundreds of people to have stopped by

and said, "Hey, Pearl Jam,"

you know, most of them are saying, "You do realize

that you're four days early."”

But everybody's been, you know,

just , "Rock on, thumbs up, that's awesome."”

- J Yeah, the questions linger overhead

Jd

J No matter how cold the winter &

J There's a springtime ahead

Jd

- I know that Seattle is where, you know, Pearl Jam was horn,

but Ed being from Chicago,

there's such a feeling of it being home, you know?

And I just wanted to be a part of it, for sure.

- & Thumbing my way back to heaven J

Jd

- The Addison stop here. This is it.

Oh, my God.

This is some serious sod right here.

Man: Gonna have to take some of that with you

up on stage tonight.

- I'm-- oh!

Aw! I'm bringing some home.

I'm gonna plant it and-- we're gonna--

we're gonna have Wrigley Field sod.

This is a-- This is a big score right here.

Man: A box of sod. - A box of sod.

Come back and get that.

Man on radio: Apparently, there was some sort of impromptu

secret Pearl Jam show yesterday

on top of a roof at a local bar at Wrigleyville.

Second man on radio: You know, the whole area is, like,

Pearl Jam crazed right now.

Man on radio: People have been camping out now

in Wrigleyville for days, trying to get a good seat.

- We got here at 1:00 today. - 1:00 today.

- Yeah, we thought we were gonna be first in line, but, yeah...

- J'In my brain J

J It's all that's left of my leg

- We're diehard fans. My uncle, my mom.

It just, like, runs in the family.

- & Black, red, and yellow

J What ya heard, what ya heard J

- This is my first concert ever.

My dad told me, and I flipped out.

Man: Where's your dad? - Right here.

Show number 27. - J Hormones firing &

3 Like a 50-foot Roman, yeah

J Please don't let me explain /

J Doesn't matter anyway J

- My wife and I came from Sydney, Australia,

for this trip, 10,000 miles each way,

and I think our tally, by the time we get home,

this time for all Pearl Jam shows will be

nearly 250,000 miles between us.

- Right, Italy. - Yeah, 48th show tomorrow.

- Street accommodation.

You just got to bring a pillow, and away you go.

It's worth it. It's worth it every time.

- Every show, there's something... that you just remember forever.

- Hey, cousin.

- Eddie.

This is D-Rod calling.

Guess what, brother?

I'm looking for you and the boys.

I looked you up in Japan.

I'm going to Chicago!

And, uh, I just want to know one thing, baby.

Where the fuck are ya?

Jd

- J Hormones firing &

3 Like a 50-foot Roman, yeah

3 Doesn't fucking matter anyway &

3 Hormones firing

3 Like a 50-foot Roman, yeah

Hey, baby!

That's crazy.

I know some of you traveled from far and wide.

I see a lot of flags here.

Uh...

It's like an encyclopedia.

Look at that. Argentina.

Italy. Brazil.

South Africa.

Amazing.

Portugal.

For the Aussies, yeah.

So this is for all the campers

and all the travelers, and, uh...

I'm glad you got to experience Chicago with us,

and I'm proud we were the excuse.

Jd

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J Tattooed everything

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J I'm surrounded by J

J Some kids at play

J Oh, I can feel their laughter J

J Mm-hmm §

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- & How quick the sun can §

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Jd

- So this is just recently completed?

- Yeah, it opened on opening day.

This was just dirt a year ago.

We dug a tunnel underneath Wrigley,

which I'll show you.

This is now our batting cage.

This is our old clubhouse.

So up through 2015,

this was just lined with lockers.

This is-- This was our old weight room up until this year.

It's--

Reminds you of, like, a Holiday Inn Express.

Not quite the big leagues.

Eddie: It was really, the big change was

reaching out and getting Theo from Boston.

Stephen Colbert: At the age of just 28,

Epstein became the Red Sox general manager

and gave them a World Series title,

breaking the curse of the Bambino.

Then Epstein moved on to the Chicago Cubs.

Radio Announcer: He joined a struggling franchise

that had won just a single playoff series

in the preceding 103 years.

- You know, it was a big risk for Theo and his family

to pull up stakes like that,

but ultimately, and I--

there's no ego involved here. 1 know him well.

It was the ultimate challenge.

The ultimate challenge is to win with the Cubs.

- And you'll see, we've come-- come a long way

from the high school locker room that we used to have.

It's kind of like dressing in a nightclub in here,

a Cubs-themed nightclub.

Great place to get ready to play and win a game.

Announcer: Ladled out toward left center,

it's gonna drop-- Rizzo will round third!

He will score!

Cubs win! Cubs win!

- The game is art. There's art to it.

Jd

So it's like a band.

And it's like they make music.

You got some great artists on the field.

It's a collaborative effort.

This is it. This is what it would take.

You didn't know what it could take before

to overcome-- you can't even picture in your head...

what they have now, 'cause this is it.

Joe: I knew when I saw that team begin to play

that there was something else happening in Wrigley.

The right talent is now on the field,

and it had to do with the reconstruction

by Theo Epstein and Joe Madden.

- Joe Madden is so far ahead of every manager in baseball,

in terms of the moves he makes, how he uses players,

how he moves people around.

Announcer: See if Joe Madden will make the pitching change,

and he does.

- When we hired Joe, 1 always thought,

you know, this guy is kinda too good to be true.

All the colorful things he says.

His act on the field.

I said, it must be, to some extent, an act.

The closer you get, you realize,

that's who he is, it's all authentic.

1 remember sending Eddie a long text and telling him,

"Hey, you're-- you're really gonna like this guy.

This is your kind of guy.”

Eddie, he spends so much time here

and is so connected with the team

and the-- and the players.

We had a spare column here

that we didn't know what to do with.

He decided to donate a bunch of guitars

that he's used in concert,

decorated the bottom with Pearl Jam posters.

We're gonna add the--

the new Wrigley Field 2016 Pearl Jam posters

right on top of it, and through the years,

as they play more and more shows here,

we'll just stick the posters on top.

- Well, you all know, 1 always say,

it's a beautiful day, let's play two.

So I'm so happy to see all of you here at my house.

Announcer: That's a fly ball deep to left!

Back, back...

That's it! That's it!

Hey hey! He did it!

Ernie Banks got number 500!

- Ernie Banks, Mr. Cub. He was the man.

Ed wrote "All the Way" upon request from Ernie.

Ernie asked him to write a Cubs song,

and so "All the Way" was the result of that.

- "The Cubs need a song."” He just went right into it.

"The Cubs need a song. Wrigley Field needs a song."

3 Yeah, giving us faith and giving us hope J

J Yeah, Ernie Banks said, "Oh, let's play two" J

Theo: I think everyone was hoping that Ernie would have a nice moment.

It really turned out to be

Ernie's farewell to Wrigley Field in a lot of ways.

His health took a turn after that,

and as we think back on the last chapter of Ernie's life,

it was really that-- that moment with Eddie on stage

and "All the Way" playing, that was his farewell

to Wrigley Field and the fans.

- &' We'll look to the sky and know you were right J

J Yeah, someday we'll go all the way J

- "All the Way" definitely-- that definitely preceded me

here at the Cubs, so I feel no extra burden because of that,

but when I hear it...

when I hear it, it just makes me want to win, you know?

It just makes-- it just makes me want to get to the point

where, you know, we can play it and be toasting a World Series

instead of dreaming of one

that we haven't quite accomplished yet.

- J Summer &

3 Summer, oh, oh, oh

Announcer: Okay, here we are, the fight for the pennant.

If the Cubs win this game tonight,

they'll become the National League champions

and will be going to the World Series

for the first time since 1945.

- & The waiting drove me mad

J You're finally here and I'm amess J

J Can't let you roam inside my head J

J Guess I'll lay alone just like before J

J Push me and I will resist J

J 1 don't want to hear from those who know

3 They can buy but can't put on my clothes J

J I'll pay it off in blood let, I'll be wed &

- & Everything has chains J

3 Spill my tincture §

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J Figure we"ll all be damned J

Jd

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

Announcer: And he will hit a ground ball towards short.

Russell throws to Baez, one, over to first!

The Cubs are going to the World Series!

The cubs win the pennant!

Jd

- We're going to the World Series, man!

Hasn't happened in a while.

The fellas win it.

Oh, how does it feel?

Today, I just want to toast to the most beautiful day

you could ask for here in Chicago.

When they asked if we would be interested

in playing here again,

when we said we'd have to sleep on it,

and then that night I woke up in the middle of the night

with a dream that-- that the Chicago Tribune

was thrown on a doorstep and on the cover, it said--

it said "Pearl Jam," it says, "Lightning Strikes Twice."

We've, uh-- here's some heavy weather coming in.

It's only gonna last a half hour.

But it's gonna take about a half hour

to get everybody into safety.

You trust me on this?

We got to work together, and then this shit is back on.

So, we were there, and we all survived, and we thank you.

You know, Wrigley Field is not--

it'll make you work.

With patience, dedication, determination,

she sometimes gives it up.

So, speaking of that,

we're gonna dedicate this next one to the great Joe Madden...

...and his team full of heroes.

Here we go, Joe!

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Well, you know, July 21, 1991,

so it was-- it was 25 years, one month and one day,

it was our first show in Chicago.

It was right down at the Metro right down the street,

about a block away.

And to think it took 25 years to make it one block.

But that's where you come in, 'cause we couldn't--

we couldn't do it without you all this time,

and we really appreciate you for not just taking the ride,

but giving us the fuel to keep going

and look further into the future.

You're gonna have-- you're gonna have to pardon us

if we lose ourselves, 'cause we're really fucking pumped up.

1 never felt...

Jeff Ament: That was, like, a big show for us, yeah.

Played with Soul Asylum. It was big-- it was a big deal.

It was, like, first time we went cross-country.

1 think we just came up with the name.

- 3 Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey &

- It was our first tour. We were in a van.

Um, and we had-- and we had the first record

and "I Got a Feeling,” I think that's all we probably had.

- 3 Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey &

J How did I get here? Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

- Pearl Jam was the support band their first time through the Metro.

Pearl Jam made $250 that night.

And then the following year, '92, is when they came back

with the release of-- of "Ten."”

The band at this point

is beginning to get some real love.

It sold out very quickly.

- U2 had come to see Pearl Jam perform.

- U2 was thinking about taking us out for a few shows and...

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The Edge is up there, like, watching us.

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Mike McReady: I had just quit my day job and this was like,

oh, this-- something might happen with this, I hope.

We got this good singer and we're a good band.

We're not tight. We"re kinda tight,

but we're just becoming a band.

Jeff Ament: We wanted to make records

and we wanted to write better songs

and be a better player and all that stuff.

At one point, 1 made a giant list

of all my favorite bass players

and thought, what are the guys

that I should be channeling through our music?

And all these guys,

if you're looking to reach down deep somewhere,

certain nights, just sort of look at the back of the neck

and you gravitate towards whichever player.

Doc Dunn, Dee Dee Ramone, John Paul Jones.

Mike Watt.

Andy Fraser from Free,

who might be my favorite bass player.

Jerry Casale from Devo.

Chuck Dukowski from Black Flag.

Tom Petersson from Cheap Trick, Chicago guy.

The whole reason 1 played 12-string bass

in the early days, which was, you know, kind of the sound

for "Jeremy" and "Why Go"

and some of those songs on the first record.

People always talk about, you know,

"What you're doing right now is beyond your wildest dreams.”

It's like, that wasn't even the dream.

Like, what we're-- what we're doing

and what we've-- what we've accomplished as a band...

Those weren't dreams.

Those-- those didn't seem like possibilities.

- Everybody in?

Jeff Ament: Playing Wrigley is certainly

beyond our wildest dreams.

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Yo, that's Jeff Ament on the bass!

So, what do you think? I told you Chicago

is, like, a real city, man.

Mike McReady: The difference in playing the Metro

all those years ago and then playing Wrigley Field now

is immeasurable, and I can't even--

it's hard to quantify what it means.

1 can feel it.

1 can't put it into terms, other than I have 25 years

of-- of perspective on that,

and the music still really matters now,

and it matters more than ever.

It matters more than it did back then, to me, I think,

because we have-- we have more of it.

We have more people listening to it

that tell me that it's changed their lives.

Man: It's not just the lyrics.

They have a way of putting things in perspective

that's applicable to every life situation.

Good, bad, hard, easy, everything in between.

It just-- it seems to apply.

Interviewer: So what's your most memorable Pearl Jam moment?

- Uh, well, um...

Um...

The Joe was special 'cause I had just lost my dad.

When he sang "Release.”

Mike McReady: If you can make something better

for somebody's life, I mean, there's--

that's kind of the-- that's what it's all about,

maybe, you know?

There's not a lot else.

1 was crying on stage the other night.

1 don't ever really do that on stage.

Because it meant so much to Ed to be here,

that was-- there was, like, a palpable poignancy to that.

There was some really heavy stuff going on,

my friend Steve Gleason was up there.

- Mike, do you know if I'm talking

right before "Inside Job"” or during the actual break?

- Right before "Inside Job."

Ed will probably introduce you and then--

- That makes sense, perfect.

- We have a good friend

who's gonna introduce the next song.

A friend of ours, a friend of the band's,

a great friend of Mike McCready,

and he's an incredibly strong person,

and he-- we consider him a man of intense courage

and part of an incredible family,

and his wife Michelle and son River.

And we'd like to introduce you in person,

we're so happy he's here tonight.

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Steve Gleason.

- Hi there, Wrigley Field.

If you want my opinion, this stadium and this field

are most sacred ground.

Like all of you, I'm inspired and strengthened

by the music of these guys.

Mike and I have been friends for almost 15 years

and I'm grateful for the relationship

that my family has with the Pearl Jam family.

This next song is one of my all-time favorite songs, ever.

Everyone who has a heartbeat will face adversity,

but when you experience those moments,

like the message in this song, please remember this.

How we choose to feel is how we are,

and personally, I feel fucking awesome.

Tell them, boys.

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J On my knees to rise and fix

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J Let me run into the rain &

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J Your heart and desire J

J Your heart and desire J

J Your heart and desire J

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J Run in the rain

Thank you again, Steve, for making it all this way to Chicago,

and I know you and your son, your family, wanted to see the game,

and you know, they've adopted the Cubs as their favorite team,

so they're pretty happy about what's going on here, so...

Thanks for-- thanks for being here.

Announcer: Game 1 was all Indians.

On a brisk 50-degree night, Cleveland ace right hander Cory Kluber

shut down the Cubs.

It was even chillier at the start of Game 2,

but the Cubs' offense scored right away against Indian starter Trevor Bauer,

and the Cubs evened up the World Series with a 5-1 triumph.

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J Time young Cubs can go their way

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J Time, they say we don't listen anyway, time... J

Announcer: It was the first Cubs victory in a World Series game

since October 8th, 1945.

- J Time, but we had our fun &

- Back to Chicago for the next three games,

as Wrigley Field hosts a fall classic for the first time in 71 years.

- J'And my soul has been psychedelicized

J Now the time has come

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Crowd: Let's go, Cubbies!

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Announcer: Cleveland wins it!

One to nothing.

And the Indians have beaten the Chicago Cubs, one to nothing,

in a brilliant ballgame here at Wrigley Field,

and the Indians have now taken a two-games-to-one lead

in the World Series.

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Announcer: Now the count's full.

Lindor shoots one into right center field, a base hit.

Fowler over to cut it off, in to score is Kipnis.

It's 3-1.

High drive into right, back at the wall.

It is gone!

Kipnis, a three-run shot!

And around the bases here at Wrigley Field, he's made it 7-1.

1-2.

Back to Otero, and the Indians are now up three games to one,

and one win away from world championships.

- Mr. Boom Gaspar!

Woman: They fly the "W" flag when they win and an "I" flag when they lose,

and that was to show the "I" patrons,

because the "I" runs right close to Wrigley Field.

It was to show them whether the Cubs had won or lost.

And we've had jokes many a year that the "I" flag got real raggedy

because it got flown so often, compared to the "W" flag, was pristine.

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J I've been blessed... &

Man on radio: Now to the World Series--

the Chicago Cubs trail three games to one.

We know there's no billy goat, there's no curse,

there's no black cat circling in front of the dugout.

Scott Simon: They're only-- Rachel, they're only behind

three games to one, and--

Rachel: Only three games to one? I mean...

- And it's happened five times in World Series history,

that, you know, a team is down three games to one.

I mean, I believe in miracles.

- 3 Oh, I believe &

J In miracles &

Man: I'm hoping to see a victory, 1 mean, we all are.

We need this one tonight.

It's the last home game of the season,

but we don't want it to be the last game of the season.

- I decided when they first win in the playoffs,

I'm just gonna take it one game at a time and enjoy it and be very Zen about it.

This is the first time I've ever been like that.

Man: If it doesn't work out, you know, there's always next year.

It's what we've been saying for the last 108 years.

We'll say it until we don't have to say it anymore.

- J Oh, I believe in a better world for me and--

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J I believe... &

All right, we're back.

You're back.

Is there a guy named John in the front?

Where's John?

1 just want to point out someone here in front

'cause he was the first guy in line two days ago.

Four days ago.

And he wanted to be in front for this song because it meant a lot to him,

and he's just gone through some stuff,

and we're gonna help him out and we're gonna...

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Woman: You guys, this is definitely not the situation the Cubs envisioned

and they are well aware of the odds being down 3-1.

- ...knowing the Cubs are facing elimination at Wrigley...

Woman: I get the sense that there"s still a lot of confidence in that clubhouse.

- We can do it.

It's very doable. Just got to show up.

Announcer: Tremendous flat bat through the zone.

That's just short and quick.

That's how you hit .300.

...ever by a player.

22 years old or younger...

There he goes.

Throw by Ross is...

In time! Inning over!

David Ross ends the top of the sixth.

- You know, it's not all about winning and losing.

It's not.

It's about the whole journey.

It really is.

Announcer: Time for the seventh inning stretch.

Man: Ladies and gentlemen,

please welcome the legendary Eddie Vedder!

- Hey, Chicago.

Look at this. Look at you.

Wrigley Field is full, it's October 30th

and there's baseball at Wrigley Field for the first time in history.

1 know we want to thank Theo and Tom and Joe and the team

for bringing the World Series to Wrigley Field 2016!

Let's sing it with Harry!

Come on, Harry!

Harry Caray: A-one, a-two, a-three!

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J Take me out to the crowd

J Buy me some peanuts and crackerjack J

3 Oh, it's root, root, root for the Cubbies &

J For its one, two, three strikes, you're out

- We love you, Rossy! Let's take this show to Cleveland!

Announcer: In one of the better seventh inning stretches

I've ever seen out of Wrigley Field by the great Eddie Vedder.

Man: That was the best seventh inning stretch.

1 watched iton TV. - Oh, my God, it was--

- I watched it on TV. - No, he nailed it.

- That's the best seventh inning stretch.

- We got a win that night, and I'll remember that game forever.

Announcer: The Cubs win by a score of 3-2.

And there will be a game six.

- As Ernie would say, let's play two. Tonight and tomorrow night.

Man on radio: Back in Cleveland for game six.

Announcer: Now he's ready with the 0-1 pitch to Kipnis.

- Popped up. This could be the ballgame, shallow left.

- This is Russell!

Cubs have forced a game seven!

- And either the Chicago Cubs or the Cleveland Indians

will end a long drought for winning a championship.

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each time was like a little investment in this moment.

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And big payoff on the investment already.

Announcer: This historic game seven of the World Series about to begin.

There's a nervous energy in this park.

That's in the air to center...

Back at the wall!

Itis... gone!

What a start!

Second announcer: The numbers against Lester.

And-- oh, it bounces in!

It hits Ross, a run scores.

Here comes Kipnis!

- Safe! - He's safe!

- Sliding in ahead of the tag by Lester, and already the game has changed.

Ross flies one into center.

- And that ball is a home run!

David Ross!

- The 39-year-old in his final game

has made it 6-3!

- Davis drives with a deep left, down the line in the corner!

The ballgame is tied 6-6.

Rajai Davis.

A line drive home run right down the line...

- Game seven is going to extra innings in Cleveland tonight.

- Can you believe it's come down to this?

- Zobrist has stepped up to the plate.

- Slow the pitch down. Slow the pitch down.

- Zobrist! That's a base hit!

Cubs will take the lead!

- It's gonna end tonight.

- Zobrist delivers 7-6 in the tenth!

- I mean, it's Wrigley fucking field.

1 think there's one song, there is one missing.

A little inspiration for me,

and-- and inspiration going back to when I was a kid,

and sitting in the left field bleachers.

And my favorite player of all time is here, number one.

Mr. Jose Cardenal!

- The Cubs need one more out, and the title is theirs.

- Here's the 0-1.

This is gonna be a tough play.

Bryant! The Cubs win the World Series!

Bryant makes the play! It's over!

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J For I've seen other teams, and it's never the same

J When you"re born in Chicago, you"re blessed and you're healed J

J The first time you walk into Wrigley Field J

J Heroes in blue J

J Forever we'll win, and if we should lose J

3 Ne know someday we'll go all the way §

J Yeah, someday we'll go all the way J

J Ne are one with the Cubs &

J With the Cubs, we are one J

J Yeah, hold our heads high as the underdogs J

& We are not fair-weather but foul-weather fans

J Yeah, there's magic in the ivy and the old scoreboard &

3 The same one I stared at as a Kid keeping score §

J In a world full of greed, 1 could never want more J

3 And someday we'll go all the way §

J Yeah, someday we'll go all the way J

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J Yeah, someday we'll go all the way J

- Any good pitcher would like to be fucking famous.

Excuse my language.

- Today we went all the way!

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- & And here's to the men and the legends we've known J

J United we stand, and united we'll fall ;

J Down to our knees the day we win it all J

3 Keeping traditions and wishes made new &

J A spiritual feeling if I ever knew

3 Someday we'll go all the way &

J Yeah, someday we'll go all the way J

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J Yeah, someday we'll go all the way J

J Go on! Oh, someday we'll go all the way &

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3 Hey, someday we'll go all the way §

3 Yeah, someday we'll go all the way JJ

- We fucking did it, man! - We need a new song now!

We need a new song now!

- I never have to play that thing again ever.

Man: What do you say to your ten-year-old self now?

- You were right.

Announcer: The Cubs have done it!

The longest drought...

in the history of American sports is over.

- Play ball. Let's play two.

Although we were gonna-- we're gonna do this next one,

and then we're gonna another one, and then we're gonna do another one,

and then we're gonna another one, and then we're gonna another one,

and then we're gonna another one, and then we're gonna another one,

and another one, then we'll do three more,

then after that we're gonna do six more,

and then after that we're gonna do six more,

and after that, three more, four more.

And then, uh... more after that.

25 years ago, this is the last one we did.

Let me...

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J Everybody had a good time

J Everybody had a wet dream J

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J Everybody misses Andy

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J 1 wish I was the messenger J

J 1 wish I was the full moon J

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