One thing is certain Wednesday night: The Chicago Cubs or Cleveland Indians will finally end a long championship drought.
Much harder to predict is the player most likely to win World Series MVP honors.
After a back-and-forth struggle that’s now gone the distance, both teams have several legitimate contenders heading into Game 7. Whoever takes home the trophy will become the first winner in franchise history.
Rarely have so many candidates stood out at once. Arizona Diamondbacks pitchers Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling shared the 2001 award, exactly two decades after a trio of Los Angeles Dodgers split the prize: Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager.
Perhaps co-MVPs are a possibility again – that’s what happened in the NL Championship Series last month, when Cubs teammates Javier Baez and Jon Lester were both selected.