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CLEVELAND — You had LeBron James with a triple-double in the building next door. And you had Corey Kluber raising him at Progressive Field.

King them. The out-of-town guys never had a chance. Not even if the Chicago Cubs had waited 71 years for this night. Imagine, waiting seven decades for something and then playing tree to a wood chipper. That's how good Kluber—the Klubot—was as the World Series returned to Cleveland on Tuesday for the first time since 1997.

At the risk of going out on a limb for a team that hasn't won a World Series in 108 years or even scored in a World Series in 71 years...

Don't worry. The Chicago Cubs still have this.

The Cleveland Indians struck first in a World Series 176 combined years in the making with a 6-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs in Tuesday's Game 1 at Progressive Field.

It was a showdown of aces with Corey Kluber and Jon Lester on the mound, and the Indians' No. 1 prevailed. He baffled Cubs hitters through six-plus scoreless innings, allowing just four hits and striking out nine.

Cleveland Indians starter Corey Kluber was as good as ever in his Game 1 start in the World Series.

It has been a long time coming for the Chicago Cubs, but the oddsmakers believe that Chicago's North Side baseball team will be celebrating at the conclusion of this year's World Series.

The Cleveland Indians used dominant pitching and a few big hits to score a 6-0 win over the Chicago Cubs to take Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday night at Progressive Field in Cleveland.

A pair of first-inning runs—thanks to an infield single and a hit by pitch, both with the bases loaded—were all Cleveland needed with ace Corey Kluber and stud relievers Andrew Miller and Cody Allen combining on a seven-hit shutout, the team's second straight shutout in postseason play.

Cleveland Indians reliever Andrew Miller tossed 2.2 scoreless frames against the Toronto Blue Jays in Wednesday's series-clinching Game 5, striking out one to give him a record-tying 14 in a League Championship Series, per MLB Stat of the Day.

The Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians are hours away from Game 1 of the World Series. The world, to my knowledge, has not yet ended. Hell has not frozen over; a deadly plague has not befallen the human race; Andre 3000 has not released a solo album.

Which means one of these teams will actually win a championship.

The Boston Red Sox announced Tuesday the organization will not fill its vacant general manager position following the Arizona Diamondbacks' hiring of Mike Hazen as their GM, according to Jason Mastrodonato of the Boston He

The last time the Chicago Cubs were in the World Series was 1945. That's 71 years ago. That's a long time.

But most of these Cubs were born in the 1990s. They know very little about curses, and they certainly don't care about Steve Bartman or Alex Gonzalez.

They care about making history, and their performance in the regular season proved that in many ways.

Watch this video and find out more about the Cubs' past and present.