CLEVELAND (AP) – Wearing the same style Chief Wahoo cap he had in his playing days, Eddie Robinson was hoping to see the Indians win another World Series title.
Like any Cleveland fan, he’s waited a long time.
“It’s been so darn long,” he said with more than a hint of Texas twang.
The last living member from Cleveland’s 1948 World Series title team, Robinson attended Game 6 on Tuesday night as a guest of the Indians, who were trying to close out the Chicago Cubs at home and capture their first championship in 68 years.
As he sat in a luxury suite before the first pitch, the 95-year-old Robinson – who made the trip from Fort Worth, Texas, with his wife, Bette – admitted some pregame nervousness for these Indians while he reminisced about his time in Cleveland.