Schwarbrrr! Cub hot on frigid stage

CLEVELAND — The bright green bracelet on Kyle Schwarber’s left wrist says something about what the Cubs’ slugger has done so far in his against-all-odds World Series, even at a game apiece after Chicago’s 5-1 win over the Indians in Game 2 on Wednesday. It says something about the challenge that lies ahead at the designated hitter-free zone that is Wrigley Field, too.

The bracelet was a gift from Campbell Faulkner, a fourth-grader from suburban Phoenix with a rare form of mitochondrial disease who befriended Schwarber in Spring Training and stayed in touch via email all summer. The two reconnected in person earlier this week during Schwarber’s crash course in the Arizona Fall League.

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Long odds? Campbell Faulkner knows them.

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Schwarber knows them, too.

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“Really young, smart kid, and he’s just always got a big smile on his face,” Schwarber said after collecting two more hits and his first two RBIs in Game 2 of a World Series he wasn’t supposed to play in. “He’s living life to his fullest, even though he’s got something to overcome.”

Were Schwarber’s eyes getting misty? It was difficult to tell for sure.

“That’s a person you want to look up to, right there,” he said.

That, from a player who had just done as much …

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