CLEVELAND, Ohio -- In the Cleveland Indians amazing run to the World Series, as the team played hard and gave every ounce until the final, extra-inning out in a seventh-game loss to the Chicago Cubs, one veteran played hurt.
High in the bleachers, John Adams banged his bass drum, the sound Indians fans have come to know for more than four decades as the heartbeat of the home team.
He banged with fervor, as he always has, despite the blow dealt to him earlier in the series. On Oct. 28, when the Indians were in Chicago winning Game 3, Adams lost his day job.