CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Jason Kipnis' uncle delivered one of Ryne Sandberg's children.
Kipnis grew up a little more than a half-hour north of Wrigley Field, one of baseball's most treasured sanctuaries.
Kipnis lived down the street from Steve Bartman, the most infamous man in a green turtleneck, glasses and cheap headphones to ever grace the corner of Clark and Addison.
"The Cubs are part of who I am," Kipnis said Sunday.
The Cubs are who Kipnis and the Indians must conquer if they are to capture their first championship in 68 years. Of course, Chicago's drought has persisted four decades longer than that.