vs
Game Date:
10/25/2016
8:05pm EST
Lines:
Chicago +1.5
Cleveland -1.5
Total:
Over
6.5 (+111)
Under 6.5 (-123)
Community Picks: Chicago Cubs 0% vs Cleveland Indians 0%
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Team Tweets & News Articles
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Latest on the World Series (all times Eastern): Continue to Article
October 25, 2016 10:39:am EST
World Series managers sent a clear message to their players - pay no attention to the historic title droughts that have created such a tremendous buzz around your games. The Chicago Cubs, who have not won a title since 1908 in the longest championship futility streak in American sports history, worked out on the eve of the opener of the 112th World Series against the Cleveland Indians, whose title drought since 1948 is the second-longest in Major League Baseball annals. "I think we all have a tremendous amount of respect for history and what has happened before us or not happened before us, Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. Continue to Article
October 25, 2016 5:35:am EST
Theo Epstein is restless in a way most of us are not. No one is more invested in finding out whether he can repeat in Chicago what he did in Boston a dozen years ago - win a World Series in a town that measures its disappointment in decades. In the middle of a vacation with family or the middle of an inning surrounded by staff - sometimes even in mid-sentence - Epstein will extricate himself from the group, pull out his mobile phone and laser-focus on the longer-term target: building a dynasty. Continue to Article
October 25, 2016 2:58:am EST
The Chicago Cubs often were the team to beat in the National League early in the 20th century, rather than the lovable losers they became in the decades that followed. Playing in their third straight World Series, and led by the Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance double play combination that was immortalized in verse, the Cubs defeated the Detroit Tigers in 1908 for their second championship in a row. The Cubs haven't won the title since. Continue to Article
October 25, 2016 2:25:am EST
Dave Shovein previews the Fall Classic including matchup breakdowns, predictions and analysis in Tuesday's Daily Dose. Continue to Article
October 25, 2016 2:04:am EST
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