LOS ANGELES—As Game 5 of the National League Championship Series finally approached its last out Thursday night after 256 minutes of baseball—one ball in play every 4 ½ minutes—you could look upon the four players on the infield at Dodger Stadium and see beyond the San Gabriel Mountains and all the way to a new tradition in Chicago. Manning the infield positions for the Cubs were first baseman Anthony Rizzo, 27, second baseman Javier Baez, 23, shortstop Addison Russell, 22, and third baseman Kris Bryant, 24. All of them are under the contractual control of Chicago through at least 2021.
Duo of Baez and Russell making beautiful music to get Cubs on brink of World Series
