A big part of the reason Chicago - and the baseball world as a whole - has fallen in love with the Cubs is their youthful exuberance.
That was on full display in Game 3 of the NLDS Monday night as Jake Arrieta absolutely annihilated a 1-2 pitch from Madison Bumgarner for a two-out, three run homer:
Savage. pic.twitter.com/xcpt4PMCmV
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) October 11, 2016
It ended Bumgarner's 24.2 inning postseason scoreless streak and was the fifth-hardest hit homer by a pitcher in the Statcast era:
With an exit velocity of 106.