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Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will sat for a Q&A with area media today just moments before he took the Capitol Theatre stage for his appearance at the Yakima Town Hall Speaker Series.

It's only fitting that what many will say is the greatest World Series ever gets what may be the greatest commercial.

The Chicago Cubs have done what many thought they'd never see in their lifetimes: won the World Series.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Corey Kluber pitched neatly into the seventh inning, Roberto Perez hit two home runs and the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago Cubs 6-0 Tuesday night in the World Series opener. In a matchup between the teams with baseball's longest championship droughts, the Indians scored twice in the first inning off October ace Jon Lester and were on their way...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Chicago Cubs are one win away from their first World Series berth in 71 years. The Cubs head back to Chicago with a three-games-to-two lead in the NL Championship Series following an 8-4 rout of the Dodgers in Los Angeles...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Javier Baez's tiebreaking single capped a four-run rally in the ninth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 6-5 on Tuesday night in Game 4 to win their NL Division Series Chasing their first World Series title since 1908, the Cubs will open the NL Championship Series at home Saturday against the Los Angeles Dodgers or Washington Nationals...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Joe Panik doubled off the wall in right-center field to drive in Brandon Crawford with the winning run in the 13th inning, and the San Francisco Giants staved off elimination yet again by outlasting the Chicago Cubs 6-5 on Monday night in Game 3 of their NL Division Series...

(AP) — The Cy Young Awards are up next in the parade of postseason baseball awards. The finalists in the National League are Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers along with Jake Arrieta of the Cubs. The American League finalists are Sonny Gray of the Athletics, David Price of the Blue Jays and Tigers and Dallas Keuchel of the Astros...

NEW YORK (AP) — The 2015 American League Rookie of the Year is Houston shortstop Carlos Correa. The youngest position player in the majors made his debut June 8 and hit .279 with 22 homers, 68 RBIs and 14 steals to help the Astros make their first postseason appearance in a decade...