{"id":8915,"date":"2016-11-02T21:12:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2016\/11\/02\/world-series-game-7-this-is-the-ultimate-dream\/"},"modified":"2016-11-02T21:12:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T21:12:00","slug":"world-series-game-7-this-is-the-ultimate-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/world-series-game-7-this-is-the-ultimate-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"World Series Game 7: &#039;This Is The Ultimate Dream&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/11\/02\/500415256\/world-series-game-7-this-is-the-ultimate-dream?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\">Richard Gonzales<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/11\/02\/500415256\/world-series-game-7-this-is-the-ultimate-dream?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2016\/11\/02\/gettyimages-620180462-9f1e1547ffcbde523e7e35d2879f8a422aa77ef0-s1100-c15.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><button>Enlarge this image<\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The Chicago Cubs&#8217; Anthony Rizzo hits a two-run home run in the ninth inning of Game 6 of the World Series at Progressive Field in Cleveland. The Cubs beat the Indians, 9-3, to force a Game 7 on Wednesday. <strong>Chicago Tribune\/TNS via Getty Images<\/strong> <strong>hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>toggle caption<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><span>Chicago Tribune\/TNS via Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Chicago Cubs face the Cleveland Indians in the decisive Game 7 of the 2016 World Series Wednesday night at Cleveland&#8217;s Progressive Field. The teams are tied at three games each. A victory by either team will end one of the longest droughts in the history of Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n<p>The Indians last won the World Series in 1948. The Cubs haven&#8217;t won a championship since 1908. As ESPN puts it, that&#8217;s a combined <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/page\/playoffs16_whosecurseisworse\/who-reverse-their-curse-cubs-indians-face-epic-game-7\">176 years<\/a> of baseball heartache.<\/p>\n<p>The Indians are relying on ace starter Corey Kluber, the 2014 Cy Young Award winner and <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/m.mlb.com\/postseason-schedule\">winning pitcher in Games 1 and 4<\/a>. He will make his <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/B\/BBO_LEADING_OFF?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\">second straight start<\/a> on three days of rest. If Kluber wins, he&#8217;ll be the first pitcher to start and win three World Series games since Detroit Tigers pitcher Mickey Lolich did it in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs will send Kyle Hendricks to the mound. He had the <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/sports\/baseball\/cubs\/ct-kyle-hendricks-cubs-indians-series-spt-1102-20161101-story.html\">best earned run average<\/a> in baseball this year.<\/p>\n<p>The magic of the moment is not lost on any player on either team. Here&#8217;s how Hendricks summed it up for the <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/B\/BBO_WORLD_SERIES?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\">AP<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;This is the ultimate dream,&#8221; he said. &#8220;When you&#8217;re out in your backyard as a kid, playing Little League at the field with your friends, this is the moment you dream about: Game 7, 3-2, two outs, something like that, bottom of the ninth. But it&#8217;s always Game 7 of the World Series.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><span>Article continues after <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/about-npr\/186948703\/corporate-sponsorship\" target=\"_blank\">sponsorship<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Stay tuned for Game 7 updates.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fivefilters\/block-ads\/wiki\/There-are-no-acceptable-ads\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/11\/02\/500415256\/world-series-game-7-this-is-the-ultimate-dream?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"World Series Game 7: &#039;This Is The Ultimate Dream&#039;\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/11\/02\/500415256\/world-series-game-7-this-is-the-ultimate-dream?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/11\/02\/500415256\/world-series-game-7-this-is-the-ultimate-dream?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2016\/11\/02\/gettyimages-620180462-9f1e1547ffcbde523e7e35d2879f8a422aa77ef0-s1100-c15.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><button>Enlarge this image<\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The Chicago Cubs&#8217; Anthony Rizzo hits a two-run home run in the ninth inning of Game 6 of the World Series at Progressive Field in Cleveland. The Cubs beat the Indians, 9-3, to force a Game 7 on Wednesday. <strong>Chicago Tribune\/TNS via Getty Images<\/strong> <strong>hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>toggle caption<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><span>Chicago Tribune\/TNS via Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Chicago Cubs face the Cleveland Indians in the decisive Game 7 of the 2016 World Series Wednesday night at Cleveland&#8217;s Progressive Field. The teams are tied at three games each. A victory by either team will end one of the longest droughts in the history of Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n<p>The Indians last won the World Series in 1948. The Cubs haven&#8217;t won a championship since 1908. As ESPN puts it, that&#8217;s a combined <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/page\/playoffs16_whosecurseisworse\/who-reverse-their-curse-cubs-indians-face-epic-game-7\">176 years<\/a> of baseball heartache.<\/p>\n<p>The Indians are relying on ace starter Corey Kluber, the 2014 Cy Young Award winner and <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/m.mlb.com\/postseason-schedule\">winning pitcher in Games 1 and 4<\/a>. He will make his <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/B\/BBO_LEADING_OFF?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\">second straight start<\/a> on three days of rest. If Kluber wins, he&#8217;ll be the first pitcher to start and win three World Series games since Detroit Tigers pitcher Mickey Lolich did it in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs will send Kyle Hendricks to the mound. He had the <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/sports\/baseball\/cubs\/ct-kyle-hendricks-cubs-indians-series-spt-1102-20161101-story.html\">best earned run average<\/a> in baseball this year.<\/p>\n<p>The magic of the moment is not lost on any player on either team. Here&#8217;s how Hendricks summed it up for the <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/B\/BBO_WORLD_SERIES?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\">AP<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;This is the ultimate dream,&#8221; he said. &#8220;When you&#8217;re out in your backyard as a kid, playing Little League at the field with your friends, this is the moment you dream about: Game 7, 3-2, two outs, something like that, bottom of the ninth. But it&#8217;s always Game 7 of the World Series.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><span>Article continues after <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/about-npr\/186948703\/corporate-sponsorship\" target=\"_blank\">sponsorship<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Stay tuned for Game 7 updates.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fivefilters\/block-ads\/wiki\/There-are-no-acceptable-ads\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}