Kipnis lives dream with WS homer at Wrigley

CHICAGO — There were wrinkles in the plot, perhaps, and surely the details weren’t exact, but Jason Kipnis’ childhood dream that played out many a time in the backyard of his home in Northbrook, Ill., came to life in a storybook scene for the infielder Saturday evening.

The location: Wrigley Field, of course. Except the hometown kid became the heartbreak kid in reality, casting an eerie quiet upon the Friendly Confines with a three-run home run in the seventh inning of Game 4 of the World Series, his blast putting the exclamation point on a 7-2 Indians victory over the Cubs for a 3-1 series lead.

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“Everyone makes that situation — T-ball or Wiffle ball in the backyard — and I just got to live it,” said Kipnis, who pointed at his family on his way back to the dugout. “You can imagine what kind of high I’m feeling right now.”

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Kipnis grew up roughly 20 miles from Wrigleyville, so it was only natural the script he first thought up as a kid had him wearing a Cubs uniform. In dress rehearsals, mom was sitting on the sidelines, dad throwing him pitch after pitch. …

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