Schwarber on Cubs’ World Series roster; starting at DH

Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians, is setup for baseball’s upcoming World Series against the Chicago Cubs and the Quicken Loans Arena is seen in the background on Monday, Oct. 24, 2016 in Cleveland.

Generally, the Cubs have been credited with the edge in starting pitching and defense, while the Indians possess the more diverse offense and the scarier bullpen. And in three career World Series outings – one in 2007 and two in 2013, all with Boston – Lester is 3-0 with a 0.43 ERA (1 ER/21.0 IP).

GREENE: All right, so the grinders in Cleveland, the people who live there, really feel a connection to this team.

Miller worked out of trouble again in the eighth.

Trevor Bauer, trying to come back from a sliced pinkie, starts Game 2 for the Indians on Wednesday night against Jake Arrieta.

Kyle Schwarber (left) with John Lackey.

Schwarber was expected to miss the rest of 2016 following knee surgery but was cleared medically to resume playing on October 17.

The Republican governors of IL and OH are betting cases of beer, pizza and other ballpark favorites on the World Series beginning Tuesday between the Cubs and the Indians. I was sitting in the Wrigley Field bleachers in 1945 when the Cubs played the Detroit Tigers. Allen then struck out Russell as well as pinch-hitter Miguel Montero to end the game in a 6-0 victory for the Indians. It was their longest win streak in the history of the Indians franchise, and that was the start of their post season run and they never looked back.

Ben Zobrist led off the second inning with a double, but the Cubs couldn’t capitalize.

Conditions will be chilly but playable at Progressive Field in Cleveland Tuesday. Schwarber tore two knee ligaments in early April and hadn’t played in the majors since. Lester proceeded to walk Mike Napoli and Carlos Santana to load the bases. The average team scored two runs with the bases loaded and no outs, according to Baseball Prospectus. But, I mean, their team has a lot of work to do to beat the Chicago Cubs.

The Cubs spent their regular season scoring more than all but two MLB teams and allowing the fewest runs in baseball.

That balance of statistics and personalities now has the Cubs four wins away from their first championship in more than a century.

Sianis is thought to have uttered the words: “Them Cubs, they ain’t gonna win no more”.

Let’s get to the important stuff like where fans can go eat, drink, be amongst their home team support and watch some baseball. Cleveland is in the Fall Classic for the first time since 1997, and hasn’t won the World Series since 1948.

The NL Championship Series co-MVP, ace Jon Lester, took the mound in Game 1 sporting a 19-5 record. Will the Indians follow in the footsteps of the 2016 NBA Champion Cavaliers? Normally a defensive-first catcher, Perez crushed his second home run of the night to left field, a three-run, no-doubt shot that put the Indians up 6-0 and all but ended the game.