3 things the Chicago Cubs need to do to win Game 6
By Luke Norris
1. The Cubs need to relax and have fun
There are actually a few different ways in which the Chicago Cubs need to relax.
First of all, the Cubs have to be more patient at the plate. They’re simply not making the Indians’ pitchers work for much of anything. In the games that the Cubs have lost in these playoffs, the majority of them could be attributed to this problem.
They’ve been swinging at way too many balls out of the zone, with Javier Baez being the worst offender recently, and haven’t been taking nearly as many walks as they could have throughout this World Series. Along with taking walks, making the pitcher throw more pitches means there’s a higher probability of them making a mistake and the Cubs won a lot of their 103 games by capitalizing on mistakes.
I know there’s a lot of pressure that comes with being the team that is looking to end a 108-year drought, but the team that had the most fun out of any team in baseball during the regular season, the Cubs seemingly haven’t been having as much fun.
Yes, it’s hard to be in a good mood when the other team is shutting you down, but this club’s identity is based around their youthful behavior and there hasn’t been as much of that during this series. When the Cubs are laughing and joking with one another, they seem to play better. It’s that simple.
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To win this game, and eventually this series if it gets that far, the NL champs have to do the things that got them here. The stakes on Tuesday night couldn’t be any higher and Chicago needs to come out and play Cubs baseball. That’s the only way they can win Game 6, because Cleveland certainly isn’t going to hand them anything.