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Jake Arrieta, line one is for you. It's destiny calling—and it's urgent.
Don't worry. We're not going to get too melodramatic after the Chicago Cubs' dispiriting 6-0 loss to the Cleveland Indians in Game 1 of the World Series at Progressive Field on Tuesday.
Wednesday's Game 2, which will begin an hour early at 7:08 p.m. ET on Fox because of the threat of rain, isn't a must-win for Chicago.
It's a best-of-seven series; the math is simple.
It is, however, a really-should-win, as well as an opportunity for Arrieta to overcome his checkered postseason past.
Overall, Arrieta owns a 4.11 ERA in 30.2 career ...
At the risk of going out on a limb for a team that hasn't won a World Series in 108 years or even scored in a World Series in 71 years...
Don't worry. The Chicago Cubs still have this.
Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday did not go as the Cubs planned. They presumably planned on preventing the Cleveland Indians from scoring runs while netting a few of their own against Corey Kluber and friends. Instead, Cleveland won going away, 6-0.
And so, the Cubs are still looking for their first World Series win since beating the Detroit Tigers in Game 6 ...
There’s a growing conundrum plaguing the minds of baseball’s best executives. To a man, each is searching for the sport’s most elusive prize: a shutdown bullpen.
See, hundreds of pitchers are drafted and signed by all 30 organizations every year. But none enters the sport’s professional ranks wanting to pitch in relief. Each has intentions on being a starter, as is evident by the oft-used phrase “he was sent to the bullpen,” which has an inherently negative connotation.
Baseball’s best all-time reliever, Mariano Rivera, began his MLB career as a starter. Such was the case for prized closers Kenley Jansen of the ...
For the baseball fan who appreciates the historical aspect of the game, the Chicago Cubs clinching the National League Championship Series on Saturday night with a 5-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers set up a dream World Series against the Cleveland Indians.
Before we get into the final teams remaining, here's a look at the postseason bracket:
Odds To Win World Series
Odds relayed by Odds Shark
Cleveland Indians: 163-100
Chicago Cubs: 50-59
Predictions
Cubs defeat Indians in seven games for World Series title
These will be two teams with conflicting amounts of rest heading into the World Series. Come Tuesday, the Indians will have had over five days of rest ...
I went looking to see how Bleacher Report covered things the last time the Chicago Cubs went to the World Series. No luck.
I couldn't find any of our stories about the last Cleveland Indians' World Series title, either.
We weren't around in 1945 (the last time the Cubs made it) or in 1948 (the last time the Indians won it) or even in 1997 (the last time the Indians played in it).
So yeah, you're going to be watching history when the 2016 World Series opens Tuesday night at Progressive Field. Cubs vs. Indians: Two teams that have been around forever; two ...
The 2016 baseball season is now to two organizations, which just so happen to be the sport’s most tortured.
The Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs will take baseball’s two longest championship droughts into Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday.
But after winning the American League Championship Series and National League Championship Series respectively, each seemed to craft a blueprint for how to get to October’s Fall Classic.Begin Slideshow
CHICAGO — So, 71 years later, this is what it looks like when the Chicago Cubs storm into the World Series…
Anthony Rizzo hitting everything Clayton Kershaw threw him on the screws: a double, a long ball, a fly ball in the first inning that Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Andrew Toles plumb dropped. Was that a goat impeding his vision?
Kris Bryant hungrily taking a seven-decades-sized bite into Kershaw’s 95 mph cheese and looping an RBI single to right field just two batters into the bottom of the first, immediately flipping the switch from anxiety to anticipation.
Javier Baez alertly doing it ...
Kyle Schwarber's powerful bat has been absent from the Chicago Cubs lineup since the third game of the 2016 season, when the outfielder suffered a torn ACL and LCL. However, he is available and will start for his team's World Series matchup with the Cleveland Indians.
Continue for updates.
Schwarber Active vs. Indians
Tuesday, Oct. 25
The Cubs announced Schwarber will be batting fifth and be the designated hitter in Tuesday's lineup against the Indians and starting pitcher Corey Kluber.
Schwarber Comments on Return
Tuesday, Oct. 25
"I'll probably cry at some point today," Schwarber said, per Jeff Passan of Yahoo. When asked when he felt like he ...
The Chicago Cubs acquired Aroldis Chapman because he's a flamethrower.
In the 2016 postseason, he's ignited a disconcerting number of fires.
Yes, Chapman can melt the radar gun with his triple-digit heater, and he's impersonated his unhittable self in stretches.
The recent numbers, however, paint a less flattering picture.
In 6.1 playoff innings with the Cubs, Chapman has allowed six hits, three walks and three earned runs and has converted only three of five save opportunities.
Chicago is up 3-2 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series, so it's not as if Chapman is destined to become a footnote in the ...
While the Cleveland Indians already punched their ticket to the World Series, the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers continue to battle it out in the NL championship. The Cubbies are just one win away from taking the next step toward breaking a century-long drought.
Chicago's offense broke out of a funk in Game 4 and Game 5 to take a 3-2 series lead after trailing 2-1. The Cubs are favored to win the series with a one-game cushion at their disposal, but the Dodgers have a pair of aces up their sleeve with Clayton Kershaw and Rich Hill set to ...
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