Of course after the infamous tie in the All Star game in 2002 home-field advantage for the World Series has been decided by the victor of the All Star game.
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Lester gets the first two outs of the sixth before being replaced by Pedro Strop with a runner on 2nd. The left-hander has a 0.86 ERA and 0.76 WHIP this October.
“We were all wondering what kind of talent he had, and then he went 0-for-5 with five strikeouts (in his first game)”, Zastryzny said. As the Two-Way reported earlier, it’s been 68 years since the Indians last won the Series and 108 years since the Cubs were baseball’s champions.
“We had good leadership in Boudreau, and Gordon, and Keltner”, said Robinson.
Once the Curse of the Bambino — the legend based off the Boston Red Sox’s trade of slugger Babe Ruth — was shredded as Boston broke its title drought by winning the 2004 World Series, the Billy Goat curse became baseball’s inarguable top hex.
Kluber painted the corners, and 24 of his 59 strikes were called by plate umpire Larry Vanover.
Things began innocently enough.
Rajai Davis the AL’s leader in steals will find a way to get on and will be inside Lester’s head. He signed the ball “Life-Long Cubs Fan”. Lester is 2-0 with a 0.86 ERA this postseason. Jose Ramirez’s swinging bunt then brought Lindor home to stoke an already electrified crowd.
“I would love to see him throw out a first pitch”, he said.
They may not be thought to have the power of the Cubs, but they have six players who hit ten or more home runs and three who hit more than twenty.
Yet it’s not the home run but the walks that are going to stick with Lester regardless of how comfortable – or uncomfortable – he felt when pitching with runners on base. So just to be safe, let’s say the Cubs have to win the thing to finally do away with the curse. And they got a stern test from both the Giants and Dodgers before celebrating Saturday night at Wrigley Field. They’ve won 7 of their 8 games in the postseason by an average margin of just two runs.
Trevor Bauer, trying to come back from a sliced pinkie caused by a freak drone accident, starts Game 2 for the Indians on Wednesday night against Jake Arrieta.
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“It was a long road, but once we step in between those lines, it’s game time”, Schwarber said. He tried to pitch Game 3 of the ALCS with the finger stitched. Other stunning looks have included Kris Bryant’s choice for warming up before playoff action, Adidas’ newest basketball sneaker, the Crazy Explosive, to field ground balls.
