incredible moment. >> the cleveland city is on a roll. talk about ending a drought with some style. we are going all out to bring you live team coverage of the spirit, enthusiasm and pure jubilation in our amazing city today. at the center of it all, newschannel5 anchors rob powers and janessa webb. guys, i can see the q and pr corner of the cleveland sport's fan paradise as we get ready for the big night tonight. even though the monster's won a championship the cavs ended the cleveland sport's championship drought. the stakes are still so high for the indians. >> yes. the last time they won was 1948. we made it this far in 1954, 1995 and 1997 and lost the tonight is the fourth attempt at yet another title, almost a major hick-up. the indians hall-of-famer kenny lofton was invited to throw out the first pitch tonight ahead of game one. he was a member of the 1995 alcs championship team. he ended up on standby for his red eye flight to cleveland last night. a marble head ohio man posted on twitter his neighbor gave up the trip. this is what i love. here he is, here at the airport. that is right. the neighbor is already calling for him for series tickets. i am telling you, this is great! the action tonight doesn't really begin for another couple of hour, but you know, this is pretty much being treated like a cleveland holiday. i hope a of you went to work today. people are already packing what this is all about. that is cleveland. >> those are the tribes fans. we call it cleveland christmas, october 25th. john kosich on the streets, mingling with the fans and waiting for title tuesday to really get going. john? >> reporter: the excitement downtown is at a level i haven't seen at some time. the bad news for you, when i get excited i rime. this is a day -- rhyme. this is tent. the cubs and indians without a world series title so for many it is vital. to the bosses and teachers of cleveland, i am warning you now, make sure this week you will vow to follow the festivities that will market our productivity. our eyes will be red, our voices all horse, but we are playing passionate roles to a second world title of 2016. coffee. our founder said pity the teams that oppose us. the chicago faithful are supporting their cub's hat, blue and white. we say welcome. we are that kind of town. you will leave with great memory, but with warned, you won't leigh with a crown. john kosich, newschannel5 all right. i have to follow that. are you serious? [ laughing ] we are backed up from east 55th street all the way to downtown. 77 not much better. the left lane is closed. there is an obstruction in the roadway. look at the drive times. 09 westbound, east 122nd to the shoreway, just over half an hour on 77. southbound from 90 to 480-6789 let's look at the odot view and talk a quick peek at that. moving. this is 90 at the shoreway. danita and rob? all right. if you can believe it, this time 19 years ago was the last time the indians played in the world series and some fans had an attitude because they had $20 parking fees. >> it is hard to believe it was that long ago and it was $20 parking fees. tonight people are shelling out a lot more parking spot downtown. we are here with more guidance on where to park when you come downtown tonight. sarah? rar. >> reporter: that is right, rob. today we are seeing $100 parking in the city of cleveland. in 1997 jaws were dropping at $10 to $20 but in our 19 year history cleveland fans say our sports are worth it. the lots have jumped. >> reporter: then and now. >> we have a $50 parking spot pretty close. >> reporter: $50, when it looks cheap it is a pretty crazy day. >> reporter: in 19 years the sticker shock has changed a bit. >> that is right. >> reporter: but that one thing has changed the same, cleveland sport's fans. our archive video. >> it is a long time. >> reporter: capturing the same attitude we encountered >> it is good just to be in the parking lot. it is worth it. >> this place will explode again. >> it is the biggest night in the history of cleveland. it really is. >> reporter: we checked out parking across the city. we found lots with $40 to $100 fees. fans are paying the price and all of them are telling me pricing parking is the last thing that will keep them out of downtown cleveland tonight. huge energy here. buduson. >> you can see -- tera blake. >> you can see them everywhere. thank you. new at 5:00. our 52-year-old world championship drought was officially broken by the cavaliers, the monster, steve fay, earlier this year. >> 108 years for the chicago cubs. 68 years for the indians. >> in the 1948 world series, it is all over, the cleveland indians win. >> reporter: that is how long two teams have won a world series title. >> it would be the coolest world series to be a part of. >> reporter: some acknowledge the history. >> the cubs have, you know, a lot of history. we have a lot of history. it is just, the big things are the droughts. being able to win a world series. so, that is why i wanted to be here. >> reporter: others don't really care. >> i think that stuff is for fans. i don't feel responsible for that was his fault. >> reporter: what everyone the does agree on is the atmosphere tonight will be amazing. >> all people talked about locally is how great the parade was for the basketball championship. we are all aware of how this city would react. i think we are seeing it already. everybody is very excited. >> reporter: with game one steadily approaching, two teams are going to battle, but only one will see it rain. there and play the game the right way, as a team, as we have done, we can win a game tonight. >> we just want to win a world series. it doesn't matter who we are playing. >> reporter: history aside, many people are calling the indians the underdogs. the players telling me they are confident in themselves and each other and they are not listening to any of the noise as game one steadily approaches. reporting live from downtown cleveland, lauren jones, newschannel5. >> reporter: well, this year the indians aren't the only team with a decade long drought. rob, you know something about this. >> yes. on the other side the cubs haven't won a world series title in 108 years. the indians fans are hoping to keep that curse going for the cubs. a triumph fan brought a goat down to pregnantive field. legend has it during is 1945 owner of the wrigley field, tavern took his goat to a world series game, a cub's game. fans complained about the smell. the tavern owner was kicked out of the ballpark and so was the goat. he left saying the cubs ain't going to win no more. the ones never made it back to the world series again until today. >> we wanted to bring the goats down to kind of rub the goat in the cub's face as little bit and remind them the curse is alive and the world series in 1908. >> rob, say it again, how did he say it? >> no win no mo '. >> i like the way he said that. . all right. let's get a check of the weather. mark johnson, are you still hanging out on the corner, my friend? >> reporter: i am. how are you feeling dan? -- danita harris? chilly in the shade. >> no, it is cold. not just chilly, it is cold! >> reporter: we have a june- like sky, like the sky we had in june when had cavs won their championship. i think it is a good omen. we have a mix of clouds and sunshine. let's look at the temps. 70s back then, not so much now. 50s downtown. 53. 47 in parma, 48 in ridgefield and orange. all right, area-wide 50s and 40s, ? so here we go. 51 right now at progressive field and the q. we will drop you into the 40s as we head through the ballgame. we will stay dry but the chill is on. bundle up if you are going to a watch party or to the ball game. back to the studio with frank and lee. >> it is much warmer in here. we have a lot more tuesday title coverage ahead at 5:00. >> and a trip through the next, our leon bibb speaks with the only surviving member of the last indians championship team from 1948. >> and another blast from the past. from our john kosich today, he has what may be the very last autograph ever given by the great satchel paige, a pitcher from the 1948 team. >> and we haven't forgotten the current champion. if you thought you knew the cavs, we are here to let you know you don't know nothing. live in eagle and ontario with the store of how he thinks of the indians and how he thinks the team will do. >> well i tell you eddie robinson of the 1948 team was part of the do-okay, well, do better than okay team of 1948. eddie robinson hit 254 this year, 16 home runs and 83 rbi. good glove man, too. i tell you that. down' we reminisced about the 1948 champion indians. it had to be wonderful winning it all. the cleveland ball players celebrated the season, winning cleveland's last world series championship, 1948. the boys of summer took it all the way into the fall. long retired now and living in texas, first baseman eddie ron inson remembers with a smile his indians team of '48. >> it was a memorable year. so that year. we were up, we were down, but we prevailed and we had good leadership. we had our senior citizens on the team. >> reporter: a nod to the older veteran players. eddie robinson has long had senior status himself. he is the last surviving february of the four year indians. was a wonderful guy, he was a great promoter. >> reporter: in a one game american league play-off to break the tie for first place, the indians beat the boston red sox, moving on to tangle with the boston braves in the series. in six games the indians claimed it all. winning in boston. so the clevelanders train ride home was a ruckus party on the rails. >> we had the club car and the diner. the champagne was dripping from the ceiling. >> reporter: when the train pulled into the cleveland union terminal, the railroad station and all of cleveland turned out to welcome home the 1948 world series champions cleveland indians. two days later they had a big parade in downtown cleveland. they rolled in in the convertible cars. the city said thank you for bringing us the world series victory. to do it, in 1948, cleveland the center of the universe. this year could be a duplicate of what the indians did before, win it all. eddie robinson is rooting for the indians, the hope for another championship in cleveland. we know the way, we have done it before, back in '48. yes, that is the way we were. [ laughing ] i want you to know this year marks the sixth appearance for the indians in the world series. we won in give me the ball. those were years we won big. we had good hitting, good clutching, good pitching, we had it all and we had good base running. i think we can do it again. this is leon bibb reminding you of what we did in 1948 when we threw the fastball. >> that is right. leon bibb, setting the tone for tonight and the rest of the series. >> absolutely. [ laughing ] it is wonderful to hear those memories firsthand. >> i know, and only leon can do it, right? meteorologist mark johnson who is down there with all the fans. i know you guys are getting ready to watch all the action there tonight. mark? >> reporter: absolutely. the fans are lining up. how are we going to do tonight? are we going to win? [ cheering & applause ] there you have it. unanimous. the tribe is alive. we are raising the flag. we are american league championships. now let's go to world champions. people in t shirts and shorts, everybody else dressed to the 9s. jon rudder is high up above the plaza. folks are gathering. the cavs to the left, the indians game one of the world series to the right. in between, there is a fan test going on for the ages -- fan fest going on for the ages, i should say. let's check in on the weather forecast. as i told you yesterdayers story is the chill. we may clear it out a little bit, but it won't save us much from having the chill overhead with the clouds. well, you can see up around minneapolis, you see that rain there? oh, no. you know where that is coming? that is headed our way, folks. believe it or not tomorrow night's ball game may be impacted by scattered rain showers. it is something we will i warned you a about it last night -- i warned you about it last night, as well, the the potential for rain. let's take it in. 8:15, looks like we are trying to keep the rain to the north at 8:15. that is good news. let's hold back the rain until after 10:00 p.m. that is great news. we may get this ball game in dry. that is our hope. these are the latest computer models now showing the rain after the ball game, after a tribe win. let's talk about the forecast for the evening. the temperatures will cool down. if you are downtown near the lake you will be slightly milder. we have scattered rain showers coming in late tomorrow. 38 tonight. partly cloudy. frosty cold, frosty cold indeed. inland areas could see 32 or 33 degrees for the low. then tomorrow we will warm you up to 52. we will be right back with more of newschannel5 at 5:00. it is a tribe celebration right our title tuesday team coverage continues here on newschannel5 at 5:00. >> we are joined live now from tracker, jonathan walsh. you are braving the downtown traffic for us. what are you seeing? >> reporter: there is a fine line between brave and stupid! we are trying to make our way downtown. people are here near east 4th and huron. the streets are lined with fans. you can see it right now in front of you. the cops are all over the place. the bars are they are packed even outside in this chilly weather. this is plenty of traffic here. people are trying to park. we are right by the at&t road show. there is music playing, horns honking, people crossing right where they shouldn't be in front of the title tracker! go, tribes! we are ready for a victory tonight of the let's do this cleveland, all in-believe- back to you. all right. the indians and cubs are dealing with a decades long world series drought, but the similarities go a lot further than that. >> plus, a 24-year-old pitcher credited with taking the indians to the series. he was not the only player that helped spur the team to victory. we will hear from one of the tribe's older players about how the newbies are keeping him right now it is pretty much christmas in cleveland with airtracker5 downtown with a birthday's eye view of the q where the cavs are about to get their rings in 90 minutes or so and the indians will host their first pitch at 8:08. we have the cleveland city flying high on two world titles with the monsters and the cavs. the feeling we are getting this year is hope. the indians have one of the longest major league droughts in all of baseball but there aren't many clevelanders that don't believe this is the year the indians go all the way. we have live at carnegie and ontario, right in the middle of the action. what a great time to live in cleveland. >> reporter: it is an incredible time, frank and lee, to be here. lots of energy downtown. the indians are four more wins away from a triple title year for us here in guess what, we believe! >> we are not in the minority, either. we are the majority, at least here in cleveland. but to get to the title the tribes players will be going head-to-head with friends on the other side of the diamond right now, at least former classmates and teammates. let's start with former team jon lester who helped the red sox win the world series in the our 1st baseman mike napoli. jason kipness is from chicago. and trevor power and mike montgomery played on the first high school team, the team nicknamed the indians. >> interesting. >> it doesn't end there. there will be plenty of story lines as we get ready for game one of the world series, the indians against the cubs. stories like base running. >> and the indians are one baseball this year. that is a fact. and it was an old guy leading the way for our tribe, hakeem, in it to win it dernis, joining us live from progressive field with that story. >> reporter: i love it. you mentioned jon lester. he really struggles to keep runners on first base. the cubs gave up the second most steals in all of baseball. the indians had the most steals in the american league, led by he just turned 36, are jay davis.-- are shea davis. rajai davis was having fun when he swiped 43 bags this year, the most in the american league. >> it looks like i will have bragging rights with all the young guys in the american league, i will have the bragging rights so i will brag about it a little bit. no, i am land fall i am i am thankful a -- i am thankful that i am healthy. i learned a lot in the course of ten years in the major leagues. >> reporter: he manufacturers runs on the base paths, creating mustang problems for opposing pitch -- creating major problems for opposing pitchers, reading a pitcher's pickoff move and timing the delivery to home plate. his knowledge and instincts give him an edge, ultimately giving him the green light. consider this, c elite base running team, thanks to the old guy with speed. >> he don't run like a 35-year- old. sometimes i feel 35 with how fast he is. >> he can disrupt a game and he does it very well. he has done it all year. hopefully he has another couple weeks in him. >> i love me some rajai davis, one of the fan favorites here. another benefit of having rajai sometimes the pitcher will throw a pitch right down the middle of the plate, leading to a home run. we hope to see it more here in the world series after the post season. back to you. >> all right. thank you, hakeem. let's tack about what is happening across the street from progressive field. the reigning cavs begin their quest to three-peat. can they do it? the kick-off against the knicks, it is about celebrating the cavs first title in franchise history. sport's director andy baskin is live inside the q as the cavs get set to hand out some bling tonighters right, andy? >> it will be a big night. the guys will get their rings, they will hang their banner. there is an open spot in the ceiling where they are getting set to hang the championship banner for the cavs. energy. the question is can the cavs repeat? we have more. is this team better today than they were when they walked off the floor against the warriors? >> i think you can make the argument because of continuity of the whole group. yes, they are missing him, but having everyone together and the stability of the organization. the organization has not had a lot of stability for a few years. bringing everywhere back will make them better. >> they are contract friendly, even lebron signing up for two more years, if not three. >> yes. he is upbeat in terms of on court shooting. he will spread the perimeter. he is good at that. >> reporter: the shortest off season in cavs shift history. did you have any fun? >> no. two weeks of off season. that was it! [ laughing ] >> reporter: back to you. >> andy, thank you. we will check in with you again in a bit but right now to kristin byrne with traffic as everybody heads where we are. yes. further south of the city 271 south of chagrin, seeing mainly congestion around the ramp to 480, extending all the way to 77. 77 north not looking good right now. we have a stalled out crowd, slow traffic and obstruction in the roadway. harvard avenue north to the city. let me show you what it looks like at 77 south of east 30th street. cars not moving. all right, so your option, 490 to 77. the best option is ride the rta. back to you. you thought you knew a lot about the cavs after their championship run. >> but we were able to uncover secrets from the players' pasts. is known for polar plunges. how about a new player that sells art on the side? we have those fun facts straight ahead. >> and we have a look at our own john kosich's deeply personal connection to one of the members of the 1948 world series championship team. and here is a look at today's winning lottery we are here in downtown the stage is all set up. the wiz, the cavs, the indians, it is a great night here. but there is a chill. yes, we expect this kind of weather this time of year. 49 in medina, 40s in relative humidity and ashtabula. everybody will be in the 40s within a couple hours including downtown. inland areas by 10:00 p.m. in the 30s. we will be right back with more we are back. we are here with jonathan walsh. you found the good stuff with the cavs, right? >> reporter: we all are hoping for if final grand prize. so, i enlisted my highly trained investigative skills to search out some things i bet you didn't know. player. his grandfather was a member of the highly retire ared tuskegee airmen and his mom stars in her own show calls k frye. and jr smith starred in a music video, known for his deep freeze, the song is how deep is your love. his re iii. and james jones' uncle is ricky gutierrez who plays two years with the cleveland indians as a short stop in in 2002 and 2003 averaging one hit in every game he played for the tribe. and richard jefferson made the jump from the dallas mavericks over the the cleveland cavs last year. but did you know in high school he was the high jumper? reaching heights of 6'10". straight over kevin love. you have to love that fun fact? >> actually, i went in there twice. >> reporter: speaking of love, ken has shown much love to the special olympics in minnesota where he started his career. he raised thousands of dollars through polar bear plunges. newcomer mike dunleavy plunged into the seeds of peace camp, bringing kids together from kinds of backgrounds including the middle east and other colorful areas. and when he was a child he enjoyed playing a number of instrument, including baritone, saxophone and the trumpet. and offing, we are trumpeting the winning ways of the cavs tonight and soon, i am telling our tribe and getting this as the grand prize! go, tribe! rally together. go cavs! reporting live down here in downtown cleveland, i am on your side investigator jonathan walsh. >> i love his optimism. >> you found a picture of the title tracker. >> what is going on out there? >> i think it is a party. mark johnson is in the middle of it. on! ? ? >> the band is playing behind us, folks! we are rocking out in downtown. ? celebrate good time, come on! ? ? yes, cleveland, the epicenter of the port's world. we can do this -- of the sport's world. we can do this, tribe's fans. leon bibb has the moves. you guys have the moves. i just threw out a hip. 51 in cleveland to akron, 50 47 in ashtabula with a isolated sprinkle. it is about the cold for tonight. we knew it, we knew it. right? 38 tonight. partly cloudy. frosty cold. a north wind at 5 to 10 miles per hour. but, i am a little bit more worried about tomorrow night's ball game. we will talk about that in just a moment. let's go to tomorrow. tomorrow 52. kind of like today. the clouds are going to thicken up during the afternoon and i threat for showers toward the evening and the overnight. now, the current computer model suggests -- let's keep our fingers crossed -- we can hold back the rain until after the game, until after 10:00. let's hope. all right? after 10:00 tomorrow. there we have it. there is our -- all our future- cast. this is 11:30 p.m. weaponize. you can see the rain stays million after 10:00 -- model until after 10:00 p.m. the temps will be chilly tomorrow just like they are tonight. generally 50 degrees to start and then 40s to end. there you have it. 6:45 thursday we let the rains arrive. it will be a soggy thursday morning rush. chilly tonight, a little breezy. holding back the rain showers tomorrow tonight. still chilly. rain likely thursday. we will go 56. friday lake affect showers an saturday, could this be a bonus? a morning shower and 71 degrees? sunday, could be a isolated shower. we will go 64. then tuesday 70 degrees. monday, look at that. that is halloween. that is not bad weather for trick-or-treating, folks. you are in 50s for the beggar's night celebration. boy, oh boy. the crowd is excited. go cavs! go tribe! you are on tv now. back to the studio. more dancing. you want to see more dancing, don't new. >> come on. icy hot. >> nothing like a guy on a corner dancing by himself! [ laughing ] >> it is that june feeling all over again. >> that is right. as the championship banner rises to the ceiling of the q in an hour, the indians will be getting ready to take to the field for the first game of the world series. we have an eye on downtown and the world has an eye on us. >> he is a rookie heading to the world series of all places. we have an update on ryan merritt and the outpouring of help his wedding registry is getting for frans. >> that and more when the last time the indians won the world series in 1948 they picked another winner in july of that year, satchel paige. you have the unique story of why paige is forever one of your favorites. >> reporter: yes. saith chel paige is like a hall of fame globetrotter. as a fluke he will became as a child indian. we quickly found the treasures rise not with the busy modern players but the retired great. i came across address with safal paige, he signed in 19 -- satchel annual. i sent a letter off in february of 198 the 2 along with a baseball card i cut out of a magazine and waited patiently like a fishermen with a line in the water. i heard in the news the great satchel paige got away. >> no big deal. it wasn't like a card i would never get back. a couple weeks letter a letter arrives. i find the replic blank piece of paper both now bearing the signature of satchel paige. did he sign it before he died and never got around to sending it? his widow maybe sent it in the mail. to this day i don't know the answer. i don't need to know. while my collection includes some of baseball's great, those two flimsy pieces of paper are forever my favorites. his quote, as well. my favorite from the one-time rookie sage is mind over matter.-- rookie is age is mind over matter. if you don't mind, it don't matter. >> love it. that is it for newschannel5 at 5:00. >> let's send it back to rob and danita for a look at 6:00. championship fever has hit cleveland now of the it is hitting hard. the land is the envy of every sport' now. we are about to celebrate one championship and make another run at another championship. >> it is all about the cavs, the indians and all the fans out there supporting them tonight when newschannel5 at just think. you look too far back or too far forward and you miss what is right in front of you. >> reporter: welcome to title tuesday. proud to be in the cle this is by far the biggest day in cleveland sports and it is happening right now! all eyes are on our city once again. >> it has been a fun afternoon so far. it continues tonight. in just an hour the cavs get

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