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Chicago Cubs give Kyle Schwarber his own champagne celebration in Arizona

Published Nov. 15, 2016 2:40 p.m. ET

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Rob Perez

It's been a roller coaster past two years for Chicago Cubs slugger Kyle Schwarber. After being arguably the team's most intimidating bat during the 2015 season, Schwarber tore two ligaments in his knee during the third game of the 2016 campaign and has been absent from the Cubs' lineup since.

On Saturday night, after the Cubs clinched their first World Series berth since 1945 -- Schwarber, who is not with the major league squad/currently playing with the franchise's fall league organization in Arizona, got his own champagne celebration courtesy of his AFL teammates:

It must be killing Schwarber to not be in Chicago for this historic achievement, but, give his minor league teammates props for making him feel special during a serious moment of FOMO.

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