Side note about the pace (of the game, not of the Indians or Cubs)...
Per the box scores, Game 1 lasted 3:37 and Game 2 was timed at 4:04. What happened to all those efforts to increase the pace of the game? I'm not a big fan of that, generally speaking, but it does kind of stink that my 11-year-old son who like to watch baseball with me has to go to bed on a school night around the 6th or 7th inning.
Compelling your son to regulation bedtime during the World Series
could be construed as child abuse. ;)
But seriously. If you want to know what's up with the pace of the game, figure out a way to convince baseball government to
convince, in turn, the advertisers who insist on helping to fill three-minute ad blocks to pitch in and help shorten game
times. Which amounts to convincing baseball government that the good of the game isn't always the same thing as making money
for the owners. ;)