At long last, Cubs will raise championship banner at Wrigley (Yahoo Sports)

Kyle Schwarber could envision the atmosphere at Wrigley Field on Monday night. The Chicago Cubs will raise a banner as defending champions for the first time since they moved in more than a century ago, then send 2016 NL Cy Young Award runner-up Jon Lester to the mound against the Los Angeles Dodgers. It will be another moment generations of fans wondered if they would ever witness.