CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The baseball plummeted toward Carlos Santana's glove, and to everyone in the Indians' dugout, it felt like an eternity.
When the first baseman finally squeezed it tight and dropped to his knees on the Rogers Centre field turf, everyone could exhale.
"Numb," said team owner Paul Dolan. "It's just such an extraordinary experience, for the weight and the tension to lift."
This is the Indians' first trip to the World Series with the Dolan family -- who are native Clevelanders -- as head honchos.
"First and foremost, we're all just fans," he said.