Cubs Honor Jackie Robinson West
The champions' homecoming.
For the Labor Day matinee at Wrigley Field, the Chicago Cubs honored the LLWS U.S. champion Jackie Robinson West team! The team was given a tour of the clubhouse and ran a victory lap on the warning track. Before the game, the kids took the field at their respective positions, interacted with various Cubs players and head coach Darold Butler threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Welcome to the clubhouse, fellas. #JRW #LLWS #Cubs pic.twitter.com/dg0ffbutiq
- Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) September 1, 2014
#Cubs fans cheered on #JRW as they were introduced and watched their coach Darold Butler throw a first pitch. pic.twitter.com/lPcSx5eM9c
- Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) September 1, 2014
#Cubs and #JRW took a team photo at Wrigley Field today. #OneCity pic.twitter.com/Bgz0QiVIxR
- Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) September 1, 2014
JRW then lead the seventh-inning stretch. So awesome.
LOVED the #JRW rendition of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" | ...our kids are rockstars! So proud! #Cubs #LoveBaseball pic.twitter.com/1ZoFy07PpO
- Michael Bolling (@mikealexbolling) September 1, 2014
Cubs players also donned Jackie Robinson West jerseys in warmups before the game. Nice touch.
#Cubs are wearing jerseys saluting Jackie Robinson West pic.twitter.com/xPzwdKq2nN
- Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) September 1, 2014
Pretty cool for the boys of #JRW to see @ARizzo44 wearing their jersey and hear he's a fan of theirs. pic.twitter.com/0SeHlhR8IH
- Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) September 1, 2014
This is one of the many stops for JRW, with Disney World up next.