An Historic World Series Game 7 Tonight And A Prediction

The seventh game of the World Series will be tonight, pitting the Cleveland Indians against the Chicago Cubs. The Indians pitching stud, Corey Kluber, will be trying to win his third game as a starter in the Series, a feat that has not been accomplished since Mickey Lolich led the Detroit Tigers to victory in 1968. The Cubs, on the other hand, have seen their bats, which have been dormant all post-season, finally come alive in the last couple of games. It should make for a great matchup. The fans of both these ill-fated franchises have been suffering without a World Series title since, well, forever. For the Indians, it has been over half a century and more than a full one for the Cubs. If the Cubs do win the game tonight, General Manager Theo Epstein should be immediately inducted into the Hall of Fame. He led the Boston Red Sox to their first title in 86 years in 2004 and he will have broken the Cubs streak of 108 years without a World Series win. On the other side, Indians manager Terry Francona was the manager under Epstein in that 2004 Red Sox win and an Indians victory tonight would break their streak of 68 years without a title, whereupon he too should be immediately inducted into the Hall of Fame. (That will not happen - everything in baseball takes forever.)

Prediction: In their cruelty, the baseball gods have made sure that the long-suffering fans of both these franchises have had to wait until the very last possible game of the season to find out whether their pain will end or extend. So why would gods make it any easier for them now. The game goes into extra innings with the Cubs winning 4-3.