Some kind Cubs fan please buy 90-year-old Dorothy Farrell a Jäger shot

Dorothy Farrell might be the most committed Cubs fan on Earth.
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Keith Wagstaff
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Some kind Cubs fan please buy 90-year-old Dorothy Farrell a Jäger shot
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Dorothy Farrell has been sitting in the first row at Chicago Cubs home games since 1984.

After the Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night to advance to the World Series for the first time since 1945, Ken Rosenthal from Fox Sports caught up with the 90-year-old super-fan.

"I just love my Cubbies!" she said.

Then, Farrell got a little contemplative, remembering her father and her brothers who died without seeing their team reach the Fall Classic.

"I just wish my brothers were alive to see this," she said, later adding, "They're all dead now, but this old lady is still going."

So, how is Farrell going to celebrate the Cubs getting a chance to win the World Series for the first time since 1908?

"I'll probably have a Jägermeister," she said.

Cubs fans, if you see Farrell at a bar, buy the woman a drink. She's earned it.

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Keith Wagstaff

Keith Wagstaff is an assistant editor at Mashable and a terrible Settlers of Catan player. He has written for TIME, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, NBC News, The Village Voice, VICE, GQ and New York Magazine, among many other reputable and not-so-reputable publications. After nearly a decade in New York City, he now lives in his native Los Angeles.


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