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Former Central Catholic standout, University of Akron Zip, and Houston Astro John Massarelli spoke with Sam Bourquin Monday to talk about the exciting World Series between the Dodgers and Astros. 

Houston leads the series 3-2 heading into Game 6 Tuesday.

 

A Cedar Point ride will temporarily have a name that'll sting for Indians fans.

The Sandusky amusement park made a wager with the Six Flags Great America amusement park near Chicago...and since the Cubs won the World Series, Cedar Point will rename "Top Thrill Dragster" to "Top Thrill Cubster"...but only for 2017's opening weekend.

Cedar Point workers also made a video of them singing "Go Cubs Go".

Making good on our wager with @SFGreat_America. And in May, #TopThrillDragster will be renamed "Top Thrill Cubster". pic.twitter.com/pgsWl7JGF6

— Cedar Point (@cedarpoint) November 4, 2016

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(Cedar Point, Facebook) It wasn't the way we wanted it to end, but we're paying up! Congrats to the Chicago Cubs on their history-making World Series win! In their honor, and to make good on Six Flags Great America/Hurricane Harbor's wager, here's our video. And on 2017's opening weekend, Top Thrill Dragster will be renamed "Top Thrill Cubster". What a great season, Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs!

The anticipation builds as Game #7 of the World Series is about to descend on the corner of Carnegie and Ontario.

John Telich from Fox 8 Sports joined Sam and Brad ahead of the game between the Cubs and the Indians.

 

Joel Hammond, the Communications Coordinator for the Cleveland Indians spoke with Sam Bourquin and Brad Russell ahead of Game 6 of thw World Series.

 

For the full interview, click here.

The Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs are getting ready for Game #6 of the Fall Classic. The Tribe is looking for their first World Series crown since 1948.

Jim Rosenhaus, Tribe broadcaster on the Indians Radio Network spoke with Sam Bourquin and Brad Russell live on site ahead of the matchup.

 

For the full interview click here.

The MLB has announced that former Indians starting pitcher Dennis "El Presidente" Martinez will throw out the first pitch for Game 6 of the World Series at Progressive Field Tuesday night. 

Martinez's 23-year-career included three with the Indians between 1994 and 1996. He started game 2 of the World Series for the Tribe against the Atlanta Braves. 

In 2012, Martinez was named one of the top 100 Cleveland Indians in franchise history. 

Game 6 of the 2016 World Series between the Indians and Cubs is scheduled for Tuesday at 8:08. 

Al Pawlowski, the host of Indians Live spoke with Sam Bourquin Monday ahead of Game #6 of the World Series between the Cubs and Indians.

 

For the full interview with Sam and Al, click here.

One of the pitchers from the great Cleveland Indians teams of the mid 1990's joined the Sam Bourquin Show Thursday to talk about baseball, his landscaping business, and some of his post-season memories.

Former Indians pitcher Chad Ogea spoke with Sam Thursday.

 

After his career in baseball, Ogea opened up his landscaping business, Diamond Cutters in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

 

For the full interview with Chad, click here.

As the Chicago Cubs look to even the World Series tonight in Game #2, former Cub trainer Tony Garofalo spoke with Sam and Brad from Progressive Field to talk about the Fall Classic.

 

For the full interview with Tony, click here.

Ahead of Game #2 of the World Series, Jordan Bastian MLB.com Cleveland Indians reporter joined Sam Bourquin and Brad Russell live on site to talk about the Indians taking on the Cubs and the quality play of catcher Roberto Perez.

 

For the full interview with Jordan, click here. You can follow Jordan on Twitter at MLBastian.

David Gilbert, the President and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission and Destination Cleveland joined Sam Bourquin and Brad Russell to talk about the biggest night in Cleveland Sports history tonight as the Cavaliers raise their championship banner and the Indians and Cubs start Game 1 of the World Series.

 

It's finally here. Game #1 of the World Series between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs has fans of both the Cubbies and the Tribe in a frenzy.

Senior Communications Coordinator for the Indians Curtis Danburg joined Brad Russell and Sam Bourquin on site fom the corner of Carneigie and Ontario ahead of the 8:08 first pitch.

 

Tuesday is the day: Game 1 of the World Series in Cleveland featuring the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs at Progressive Field. 

As any Indians fan can tell you, the team has seen its share of injuries, especially in the later part of the season. One of those injuries was starting pitcher Danny Salazar. He hasn't pitched for the Tribe since leaving the game back on September 9th against the Minnesota Twins with a strained right forearm. 

On Tuesday, ahead of the start of the World Series, the Indians released their official World Series roster. The good news; it included Right-Handed Pitcher Danny Salazar. To make room for Salazar, the Indians removed RHP Cody Anderson from the WS roster. Over the past weekend, Indians Manager Terry Francona said his starting pitching rotation for the World Series is "to be announced" following Game 3. Corey Kluber gets the start in Game 1 Tuesday, and Games 2 and 3 are to be decided between Trevor Bauer and Josh Tomlin. Francona said, of Bauer who is healing from a finger injury that left him an early-exit in Game 3 of the ALCS against the Blue Jays, he wants to give Bauer as much time as possible.

The official World Series roster for the Cleveland Indians is below: 

#        PITCHERS (12/1)                B     T           HT.       WT.               BORN                 BIRTHPLACE                                     

37      Allen, Cody                         R     R           6-1        210              11/20/88               Orlando, FL            

47      Bauer, Trevor                      R     R           6-1        190                1/17/91               North Hollywood, CA

52      Clevinger, Mike                   R     R           6-4        202              12/21/90               Jacksonville, FL

28      Kluber, Corey                      R     R           6-4        215                4/10/86               Birmingham, AL

53      Manship, Jeff                      R     R           6-2        205                1/16/85               San Antonio, TX

34      McAllister, Zach                  R     R           6-6        240                12/8/87               Chillicothe, IL

54      Merritt, Ryan                       L      L            6-0        170                2/21/92               McKinney, TX

24      Miller, Andrew                     L      L            6-7        205                5/21/85               Gainesville, FL

61      Otero, Dan                          R     R           6-3        215                2/19/85               Miami, FL

31      Salazar, Danny                    L      R           6-0        190                1/11/90               Santo Domingo, DR

27      Shaw, Bryan                       S      R           6-1        210                11/8/87               Livermore, CA

43      Tomlin, Josh                       R     R           6-1        190              10/19/84               Tyler, TX

#        CATCHERS (2)                   B     T           HT.       WT.               BORN                 BIRTHPLACE                          

10      Gomes, Yan                        R     R           6-2        215                7/19/87               Sao Paulo, Brazil

55      Perez, Roberto                    R     R           5-11      225              12/23/88               Mayaguez, PR

#        INFIELDERS (6)                 B     T           HT.       WT.               BORN                 BIRTHPLACE                          

22      Kipnis, Jason                      L      R           5-11      190                  4/3/87               Northbrook, IL

12      Lindor, Francisco                 S      R           5-11      190              11/14/93               Caguas, PR

1        Martinez, Michael                 S      R           5-9        180                9/16/82               Santo Domingo, DR

26      Napoli, Mike                        R     R           6-1        225              10/31/81               Hollywood, FL

11      Ramirez, Jose                     S      R           5-9        165                9/17/92               Bani, DR

41      Santana, Carlos                   S      R           5-11      210                  4/8/86               Santo Domingo, DR

#        OUTFIELDERS (5/1)           B     T           HT.       WT.               BORN                 BIRTHPLACE                          

8        Chisenhall, Lonnie                L      R           6-2        190                10/4/88               Morehead City, NC

4        Crisp, Coco                        S      R           5-10      185                11/1/79               Los Angeles, CA

20      Davis, Rajai                        R     R           5-9        195              10/19/80               East Lyme, CT        

6        Guyer, Brandon                   R     R           6-2        200                1/28/86               West Chester, PA

30      Naquin, Tyler                       L      R           6-2        190                4/24/91               Iola, TX  

The Cleveland Indians have announced the official World Series Watch Parties at Progressive Field for road games 3, 4, and potential game 5. 

Tickets are $5 for general admission and $24 for the Club Lounge which includes food. Tickets go on sale at Indians.com at 12 p.m. Monday, October 24. 

More information from Indians.com below: 

Cleveland Indians Postseason Watch Parties presented by Pepsi will take place at Progressive Field during all three potential World Series away games against the Chicago Cubs. Gates will open one hour before each game.

• Game 3: Friday, October 28 @ 7PM (first pitch at 8:08PM)
• Game 4: Saturday, October 29 @ 7PM (first pitch at 8:08PM)
• Game 5 (if necessary): Sunday, October 30 @ 7PM (first pitch at 8:15PM)

There are two ticket options:

• $5 general admission
• $24 Club Lounge option, with food included

There is a four-ticket limit per order. Proceeds benefit Cleveland Indians Charities and MLB Charities.

Seating will be general admission, first-come, first-served.

Important notes:

• Watch parties are rain-or-shine events. (I.e., if the game is played in sunny conditions in the road city, the watch party goes on no matter the weather in Cleveland)
• The Kids Clubhouse is closed, as it's being used as an auxiliary press box.
• Tickets must be printed at home; there will be no digital delivery or management of watch party tickets.
• Watch party tickets cannot be re-sold.

 

All eyes, at least in the sports world, will be on Cleveland, Ohio tomorrow night. Game One of the 2016 World Series just so happens to fall on the night of the Cavaliers receiving their championship rings.

Terry Pluto, long-time sportswriter for the Akron Beacon Journal and now with the Plain Dealer, stopped in studio on the Ray Horner Morning Show. Terry spoke at length about how the Indians got to this point, from the moment the team hired Terry Francona to the day before the 2016 World Series. Pluto went into detail about Francona’s involvement in shaping the team, from the power bats to the analytical number crunchers.

Pluto has a new book out, his thirtieth, called The Comeback: LeBron, The Cavs & Cleveland. It is available in stores and on Amazon.

Jim Rosenhaus, Cleveland Indians broadcaster spoke with Sammy B on a Victory Thursday to talk about the Indians defeating of the Toronto Blue Jays and awaiting their World Series opponent on Tuesday, October 25.

 

 

As the Indians prepare to head to the World Series Tuesday night at Progressive Field,  former Rubberducks pitcher Ryan Merritt pitched a heck of a game on Wednesday for Game 5 against the Blue Jays to propel the Tribe in the Fall Classic.

Rubberducks manager Dave Wallace joined Sam Bourquin Thursday to talk about Ryan's pitching performance and the Tribe.

 

The Cleveland Indians put a limited number of tickets to the 2016 World Series up for sale at Indians.com Thursday morning, starting at 10 a.m. EST. 

As of 10:13 EST, the were "GONE," as Tom Hamilton would say. The Indians have home-field advantage throughout the Series, so will be home for games 1 and 2, and potential games 6 and 7.

Now tickets will hit the after-market websites and likely be sold for well over face value. 

The World Series starts at Progressive Field on Tuesday, October 25th. The Indians will play the winner of the NLCS between the Chicago Cubs and L.A. Dodgers.