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- Updated: October 25, 2016
CLEVELAND — The distant past and the distant future were both on Commissioner Rob Manfred’s mind Tuesday as he greeted a gym floor full of kids who attended a Play Ball event at the Luis Munoz Marin Dual Language School, a Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland location 10 minutes from the World Series at Progressive Field.
“I think it’s really important, and for us symbolic, that you begin the day with kids,” Manfred said. “It is about passing the game on to the next generation. A World Series like this that has attracted the kind of attention that it’s attracted is a great opportunity for us to showcase the game and to showcase it to kids.
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“You think about it — one of two great things is going to happen: Cleveland is going to get its first World Series championship in 68 years, or Chicago is going to get one for the first time in 108. Those are both great outcomes for us.”
It was eight hours before Game 1 between the Cubs and the Indians at Progressive Field, and the appreciation for two historic droughts was rivaled only by the urgency to make sure that future generations — like those right in front of him — would help assure that these kinds of traditions are carried forward in the next century of Major League Baseball.
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Manfred said it has been remarkable to watch the surge in ticket interest for both cities since the pennant clinchers. The Cubs are expected to draw double the highest previous average ticket price at a World Series game, and Games 1 and 2 in Cleveland were expected to top previous highs, as well.
“The secondary market, …
