The Indians were not able to match the Cubs’ strong start to the game. In the section of the bleachers closest to center field, it appeared to be 80 percent Cubs fans. If it is not 50-50 between Cubs and Indians fans, then it is 40-60. Yes, you will see a lot of Yankees fans in Tampa in May, but this is Game 7 of the World Series.
I have never seen this many visiting fans invade a baseball stadium for such a big game. But it was Cubs fans celebrating the home run. Kluber escaped having allowed just one run and kept his pitch count to 19, but it was hardly the start he was looking for.ĭavid Waldstein: When Fowler hit that home run, I almost thought for a moment that Rajai Davis caught the ball on his jump because it seemed like the entire stadium erupted. Schwarber, who has three career stolen bases, surprised the Indians (and just about anyone watching) by stealing second with Ben Zobrist at the plate, but Kluber was able to get Zobrist to pop out to end the inning. Kris Bryant flied out to right for the first out of the game, and Anthony Rizzo followed him by flying out to center. The Indians had the shift on, and Francisco Lindor, the shortstop, was able to field the ball, but Schwarber, running on a reconstructed knee, was able to beat the throw for an infield single. It was the first leadoff home run ever in Game 7 of a World Series.Īfter Fowler’s blast, Kyle Schwarber hit a slow grounder to the right side of the infield. He is the Cubs’ top baseball decision-maker, the man who put together a team and an ethos capable of dashing history’s long reach.Ĭorey Kluber is trying to become the first pitcher to win three starts in a single World Series since 1968, but he got off to a terrible start when Dexter Fowler launched the fourth pitch of the game over the center field wall, giving the Cubs a 1-0 lead and quieting the Indians fans at Cleveland’s Progressive Field. championship in June.įor the Cubs, whose long history is riddled with the mythology of billy goat curses, black cats and a fan who was vilified for interfering with a foul ball, theirs is now a history of winning, and their identity changes forever.
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At least the Cleveland Cavaliers, many of whom were in attendance Wednesday at Progressive Field, broke Cleveland’s 52-year span without a major professional sports title by winning the N.B.A. The Indians have not won the World Series since 1948, and they now own the longest drought in baseball without a title.
In Cleveland, a city with its own hard-luck sports history, the wait continues. Back in Chicago, where fans in the North Side of Chicago have waited generations for this day, revelers poured into the streets for party that will probably last days.
Upon the final out the players jumped and celebrated on the diamond while thousands of visiting Cubs fans screamed joyfully in the stands. Making it even more sweet was that the Cubs trailed in the series by three games to one. It is their third title in the World Series, a competition that was introduced in 1903, but this may be the sweetest and hardest-earned championship in the history of American sports.
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