Indians one win away from ending World Series heartache

Just when you thought that Steve Bartman was the most hated man in his neighborhood of Chicago Blackhawks Jersey, he arrived Cleveland Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis. Kipnis, who grew up on the north side of Chicago, across the street from Bartman, and even attended the same school as the man accused of bad luck that extends Cubs sure knows how to make a long and cold winter in Chicago. It was Kipnis' three-run homer in the seventh inning Saturday night that broke the heart of Chicago Cubs fans around the world, sealing the fate of the Cubs, and leaving about to utter that old refrain: "Wait until next year. '' The Indians, who have made all their own postseason pitching showcase, Clobbered the Cubs, 7-2, with 3 games to 1 lead in this best-of-seven World Series. Just one more victory and first since 1948, the Indians are champions of the World Series. One more defeat, the Cubs will go home for the 108th consecutive winter without World Series title, only this time, anguish hurts a little worse. "I love it, '' Kipnis said." I hope you break all of them. I hope that when I go home for Thanksgiving, Christmas, low season, I have a smile on my face when I look at all these Cubs fans. '' The sellout crowd of 41,706, which has now seen his team score just two runs in two games at Wrigley Field, can hardly believe what they are seeing. Come on, this is not supposed to be happening. Would not it was inevitable, from the first day of spring training, with its 103 victories in the regular season, through the first two rounds of the playoffs, this would be the year of the Cubs? The world is going to stop, and millions of baseball fans pay tribute to the end of the longest drought of World Series baseball. The Indians, of course, Kane Jersey, have been in this position before, only to be headaches. They were up 3 games to 1 in the ALCS 2007, needing just one win to reach the World Series, only to be outdone, 30-5 in the next three games. They were two outs to win the 1997 World Series, only to blow a lead in the ninth inning and losing in 11 innings. Now, here they are again, on the threshold of the ultimate prize of baseball, the coveted World Series trophy. Only a win on Sunday in the last game of the season at Wrigley Field, or one in the last two matches scheduled at Progressive Field in Cleveland, and the Indians will join the Cleveland Cavaliers to Titletown USA, 2016. So what can go wrong? Moreover, these are not 'Cleveland Indians, or even their grandparents parent club. This is a team that has absolutely dominated the postseason, and only now that the Cubs are on the brink of elimination, has anyone noticed. "I know we've plateaued, '' said Cleveland manager Terry Francona, who has had one of the best postseason of any manager in history." I mean, we have not swung the bats well the last couple of weeks . I think it shows what kind of team we can be, however. You know, just try to find a way to win the game you're playing tonight, if you are making a career or 10. And I do not think you have to reach a point in the season in which his team is special. "You know, in my mind, I really like, and they are very special. I do not think you have to have the seal of a World Series team to feel that way. "Sometimes things happen that can not be overcome. They have done a very good job of overcoming a lot. But if it came to a point where it was too much, that does not take away what I feel for them. '' The Indians have launched overcome all obstacles in their way. They lost two starters in the last two months. His two receivers are injured. Another receiver, Jonathan Lucroy vetoed a trade to Cleveland. They even had a drone shoot down one of its owners. No problem. It is the Indians. They build them tough in Cleveland, a team that ranked only 21st on the roster when the season began, and with a starting rotation that actually earns less than Cubs starters John Lackey and Jon Lester. They refuse to let anything stand in your way, no matter how many hearts are broken along the way. It was Indians as Corey Kluber, who else, who launched another masterpiece, allowing just five hits in six innings. two hits and one run for the first three batters he faced, then retired 16 of the next 20 batters he faced no other base runner Cubs play third base was allowed. He will pitch Game 7, if necessary, or else it will end their postseason having produced an ERA of 0.89. Yes, the guy is very good. The Indians, with a 7-1 lead after Kipnis' home run, then turned to Andrew Miller and Cody Allen to close the door, not only for the game, but it is likely that the Cubs season. "We know what we have," Kipnis said. "We know it will not always look pretty. Nobody really cares what gets it, as long as get it done. '' Only a victory remains for a year the Indians never forget.