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World Series 2016 picks: Why the Indians can beat the Cubs

Curse of the Billy Goat? The Indians have their own World Series drought to end when Game 1 begins Tuesday in Cleveland against the Cubs.

The Indians haven't won it all since 1948, three years after the Cubs' last appearance in the Fall Classic. But the Tribe aren't the ones playing with a 108-year curse over their heads, an immense amount of pressure to put on a young Cubs team, which to this point has staved off historical adversity.

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The Indians are the underdogs in the World Series, but they been underestimated since September after losing starters Carlos Carrasco and Danny Salazar.