Teen cancer survivors treated to World Series

CHICAGO — Ted Shapiro couldn’t have scripted it any better.

The 19-year-old Northbrook, Ill., native was on hand Saturday night to witness his beloved Cubs face Corey Kluber’s Indians in Game 4 of the World Series, which the Indians won, 7-2, to take a 3-1 lead in the Fall Classic.

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Shapiro had a role to play: appearing on the field before the sixth inning for baseball’s Stand Up to Cancer moment, alongside AJ Smallwood, 17, of Flowery Branch, Ga.

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Shapiro and Smallwood are well-suited for the role. They’re both cancer survivors: Shapiro was diagnosed with osteosarcoma during his senior year in high school and was …

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