Indians had that 14 game winnin streak,k, that you know that th was going to happen . We just need to enjoy it, up, it is so rare that any sport city anywhere as the opportunit to do what we are going to do tomorrow. Is a great time to be a fan but what about the players tomorrow is the most important game of their careers. P. J. Ziegler joins us from Progressive Field is what they had to say about this championship momentey. And opportunity of a lifetime for the indians, some have neve been on this big stagege and circuit in the first page, wher on. There is a lot of media here, theyre getting a true jason kipnis, is a chicago native, who now plays for the indians werere he had an injury during the tribe celebration in trenton, he will be running the bases at Progressive Fieldbe wh they take the field for practice. Offset the swelling will go down, but he will be ready tomorrowow as the stadium is filled with people, nose out serves it is you never know whe you have a chance to come b
The vibrancy of the fans, colors those picture into something very recognizable. A lot has changed since then and the more things change the more they stay the same. Fans celebrating in bars and show a full house and overflow crowd overflowing from a stadium already packed with 80,000 fans for World Series Game 4. Most importantly, they show the excitement of a championship town team. The excitement that hasnt changed in nearly 70 years. I am sure when they were there it was a different food, different drinks. All those Little Things change and will you see a lot of people packed in trying to get where they can get and see the game and get exciteed. Reporter tomorrow night, the first game of the world series and Season Opener for the cavs being on the same night that will be history making in of thousands of people are expected to come here downtown. So when we were talking to Cleveland Police officials you can expect to see officers on bike units like we saw during the rnc and recomme
Know, the ability alone doesnt quite do it for you. He is one of those guys that elevates everybody around him and carries himself and he has the demeanor and he is a true professional. He wants everyone to do well. We are the fortunate team and get him at the deadline and is a huge reason we are here. Mark a tremendous amount of confidence indians have when miller steps out of the bullpen with the lead and give him the baseball. They would love to do that in game 1 from Terry Francona, we will hear from corey kluber and mike napoli. Game 1 world series tomorrow in cleveland. Guys . Romona exciting stuff. Today we got answers who will throw out the first ceremonial pitches kenny lofton and Carlos Baerga one and two games. International pop star rachel platt on will sing the National National anthem prior to game 2. Cleveland will be crowded tomorrow. Thats an understatement. You have indians and cavaliers and dani carlson getting answers about how many people are expected and potential
We also want to see all the red in the stands on the world stage. Tia well if you have a ticket you already know you are pretty lucky. Right . The first pitch is at 8 08. The ceremonial first pitch will be thrown by former indian outfielder Center Fielder kenny lofton. And the National Anthem will be sung by rachel platman. A lot of people loo to that. Brian tonights pitching mapup is a good matchup. In the post season we will see corey kluber, the tribe ace, of course, without question. And he will throw up against jon lester who gets the start for the cubs and kluber has no problem pitching on the big stage. They are a good team. They have been the best team in baseball all year. So, you know, they have a lot of good hitters through the lineup one through nine. Its not much of a different just a matter of going out there and executing. Brian all right. So the game of baseball is what mostly about talent. Tia yes. Brian thats how this will go. But there are other things going on. Tia
Against him. Pete speed, speed. Kevin indians are 70 when they score first. Hasnt been a lead change in any of those games. We will watch that, for sure. Getting close to the first pitch. Lets go to the booth. Joe buck and john smoltz. Joe thank you very much. Look at the scene. Inside here in cleveland, fans are ready. Its a cold night. As the guys were hope the rain stays away. Game 2 of this 2016 world serie world series. The chicago cubs, Cleveland Indians with cleveland up one game to nothing. Welcome inside the broadcast news, im joe buck with hall of famer john smoltz. Last night went according to plan for Terry Francona and the indians. Corey kluber pitched like an ace. Andrew miller did his thing. Cody allen came in and got the final three outs and a six ive. We look at the cubs and we start to see some of the depth they have and it starts with tonights starter for chicago, jake arrieta. Pitching matchup looked good for chicago. This is going to be a fun series. I cant wait to