Although the teams will head back to Chicago for Game 6 of the Championship series, giving the Cubs a home field advantage, Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw will start on the mound, posing a serious threat. Game 6 which will be played at Wrigley Field, will air Saturday night. “You maybe have a little less margin for error facing them the second time, but just be better, I guess”. They boast arguably the most talented roster in the Major League Baseball, and are one game away from making it to their first World Series since the infamous 1945 series.
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As of Friday, Oct. 21, the Chicago Cubs were up three games to two against the L.A. Dodgers in the National League Championship series.
Umphrey’s McGee are noted sports fans and some of the biggest supporters of the Chicago Cubs that you’re likely to find in any one prog-rock jamband, as they’ve sung the National Anthem at Wrigley Field, thrown out first pitches and more. “I mean, as it should be”.
Many fans who don’t have tickets to game six are still planning to watch it at a bar in near the ballpark.
Oh, and about the burden of trying erase 108 years of history that has haunted this franchise?
Pitching in Game 6 does take a potential relief appearance in a possible Game 7 out of the equation for Kershaw, but Game 7 won’t even occur if he doesn’t come through Saturday.
Forget the Billy goats, black cats, Steve Bartman and Leon Durham. After winning Game 1, the Cubs were shut out in consecutive games by three-time Cy Young victor Clayton Kershaw and local man Rich Hill.
Game 6 starts tonight at 7 p.m. “Oh, we’ll beat them”.
“You have to put that out of your mind and think about going home to face Clayton Kershaw”, the catcher said. “I don’t care who shows up”. “I didn’t make good grades as a kid in history, either”. On his way out, it is reported that Sianis shouted, “Them Cubs, they ain’t gonna win no more”. One hundred eight years have gone by without winning it.
WMU Professor and Baseball fan Ron Kramer says a lot of people would like to see a World series between Chicago and Cleveland, especially the fans in those towns who are all suffered with out a Series Trophy for a very long time. Cubs starter Mark Prior got the first out of that inning easily via a fly ball to left.
“Hopefully he’s not the good Kershaw and we get kind of the mediocre guy that gives up a few runs and we’re able to hold them where they’re at”, Jon Lester said. Anthony Rizzo was not far behind.
Budding star Javier Baez was in the middle of everything for the Cubs, a common theme this October. That bucks a general trend for most sporting events, where prices drop steadily in the hours leading up to games, and even more so once they start.
“It’s just insane. We just love being in it and experiencing it”. He emerged victorious, allowing just two hits in a 1-0 win, though his effectiveness appeared to wane during the sixth and seventh innings.
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Fowler led off the game with a single and scored on Rizzo’s RBI double to give Chicago a 1-0 lead. Metal barricades are ready to go, mounted police will patrol the area during and after the game along with added police security, both in uniforms and plain clothed. “We’ve won two games before”. The package features a variety of channels including Fox Sports 1 – which will carry the game – and costs a subscription fee of $20 per month. Big markets. Thrown no-hitters. He will be fully armed with the experiences that he has lived through in this exact moment in the past, as well as with the confidence of knowing that it does not matter either. Chicago has also shown that they can hit off of nearly any of the pitches L.A. throws at them, with three five-run innings over five NLCS games-devastating the Dodgers’ bullpen.
