Bill Murray is America’s spirit animal, celebrating the Chicago Cubs’ World Series win

Bill Murray was every Chicago Cubs fan, ever, when his team broke its 108-year drought Wednesday night by winning the World Series. Not every fan, however, gets to pop Champagne in the locker room after the game — and interview the club’s president.

“Is there anyone you want to say hello to that you haven't thought about lately?,â€� Murray asked Theo Epstein amid the crush of celebration. 

“Yeah, you," Epstein said before shaking up a bottle of bubbly and blasting the actor in the face with it. "Yeah Bill!,� he shouted. “We just won the World Series!"

"Oh, it does burn," Murray said as he tried to get the booze out of his eyes. “It's a good burn. It's a good burn. I guess that means I get a 20-day tryout or something like that.â€� 

Maybe not, but it did mean he got the opportunity to pour a ton of Champagne directly onto Epstein's ballcap. He also explained to Cubs right fielder Jason Heyward, “I've been a Cubs fan longer than you've been growing that beard.� (Actually, Bill, you’ve been a Cubs fan longer than the 27-year-old has been alive. But who’s counting?)

“I would watch 10 more hours of grown men weeping. So much [love]. CONGRATS CHICAGO!!!!,â€� actress Olivia Wilde tweeted after the game. 

Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam had “all the feels� in the stands after the victory, according to Major League Baseball, and celebrated with Chicago native John Cusack.

Hometown Chicago guy Vince Vaughn — who didn’t make it to Cleveland for the game because he was in New York promoting “Hacksaw Ridgeâ€� — told SportsCenter that the win was “surrealâ€� and praised the Indians as a “tremendousâ€� team. 

"What a World Series,� he said. “What a Game 7."

Also, all night long on Twitter people were linking the World Series and the 2016 election, dropping in hashtags like #apocalypse, especially when rain delayed the then-tied game by 17 minutes. With campaign ads running nearly nonstop during commercial breaks, it was hard to separate the streams. 

Alyssa Milano continued that vibe Thursday morning, tweeting: “I had the craziest dream last night. I dreamt the cubs won the World Series and Donald Trump was running for president.�

Not a dream, Alyssa. not a dream at all. 

Meanwhile, Charlie Sheen was there Wednesday night, rooting for Cleveland after complaining the day before about not being allowed to throw out a first pitch at any of the games.

Alas, the bag he packed didn’t include quite enough tricks to ensure a victory for his “Major Leagueâ€� buddies. Give it another 40 years, guys. That World Series slump will end eventually … just ask the Cubs.

Follow Christie D’Zurilla on Twitter @theCDZ.

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