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Maddon rides coffee-shop 'vibe,' crafts lineup

The Cubs manager created the starting nine while sitting in a coffee shop in Chicago. What was the inspiration?

"You know I like to go right, left, right, left," he said of mixing left-handed and right-handed hitters. "I still like [Bryant at] two. After all, he was the MVP, so that was OK. Rizzo, I think if you were to ask him any day of the week, he likes hitting third, and then Zobrist [fourth]. Everybody wanted Zo out of the four-hole until it was the seventh game of the World Series, and he did pretty good."

Contreras' role set to expand
Carrie Muskat breaks down the expanded role Willson Contreras will have with the Cubs during the 2017 season

Zobrist delivered a game-winning RBI double in the 10th inning of Game 7 that lifted the Cubs to an 8-7 victory over the Indians and the team's first World Series championship since 1908.