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Danny Salazar’s only chance to pitch in the postseason was if the Indians made the World Series.

They both met their goals.

Salazar, who hasn’t pitched since Sept. 9 because of tightness in his right forearm, will be on Cleveland’s roster and is expected to pitch against the Chicago Cubs. Salazar’s 2016 looked to be over when the All-Star was shelved in September, but he’s worked his way back to help the Indians.

An 11-game winner, Salazar cleared his final hurdle by pitching three simulated innings on Sunday night with manager Terry Francona, pitching coach Mickey Callaway and Cleveland’s front office keeping a close eye on every delivery.

“He threw three innings and under those circumstances, it’s not the easiest to probably reach your best velocity, but he was getting after it pretty good,” Francona said.

So after juggling his rotation for weeks with both Salazar and Carlos Carrasco (broken hand) out, Francona suddenly has another option to throw at the NL champs and their deep lineup.

After Corey Kluber starts Tuesday night’s opener, the Indians plan to use Trevor Bauer in Game 2 as long as his stitched pinkie is OK. From there, Josh Tomlin will start Game 3 and Francona can start either Salazar or left-hander Ryan Merritt, who shut out Toronto for 4 1/3 innings in the decisive Game 5 of the ALCS.

“We’ve talked about using three starters, then after the third game we’d kind of see where we are,” Francona said. “We have Merritt, we have Danny. Neither one would pitch a

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Indians first baseman Mike Napoli. AP PHOTO

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CLEVELAND — The last time the Cleveland Indians won the World Series, Dewey led Truman in the polls. The Chicago Cubs’ last title was 13 days after the first Ford Model T car was completed.

Lovable losers known for decades of defeat meet in this year’s championship, a combined 174 seasons of futility facing off starting Tuesday night at Progressive Field.

Cleveland’s last title was in 1948, when 16 teams from the East Coast to St. Louis competed in a just-integrated sport. The Cubs are trying to win for the first time since 1908, a dead ball-era matchup at a time home runs were rarities along with telephones.

No player is alive from the last championship Cubs or even the last to make a Series appearance — Tuesday marks the 25,948th day since the Cubs’ Game 7 loss to Detroit in 1945.

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The military shot down Clay W. Bihl’s dream of being a pilot.

Bihl was so excited about learning to fly that he spent his free hours as a boy building model airplanes. When Uncle Sam drafted him for World War II, Bihl’s job was to become an anti-aircraft gunner. He and other soldiers practiced at Wrightsville Beach in North Carolina, firing the guns at targets above the Atlantic Ocean.

“It didn’t suit me. I took the test to become a pilot and was reassigned to pilot training in San Marcos, Texas. There was a sudden change in plans. The camp was filled with young men from college and the Army Air Force, and we were unceremoniously transferred to the infantry. There was a compelling need for manpower because of the upcoming  Battle of the Bulge,” Bihl said.

After sailing across  the Atlantic, he and thousands of other soldiers took their turns clambering down rope ladders tossed over the side of the troop ship and hopping into landing crafts that ferried them to the port at Marseille, France.

“The staging area was windswept, rocky and rain sogged. Our equipment was scattered everywhere on the back of the wharves,” the 93-year-old recalled of the arrival.

Bihl then quickly encountered the devastation of war when he and other members of the 103rd Infantry Division marched into St. Die, a town in the Vosges Mountains that had been set ablaze by the retreating Germans.

And for the first of what would be many times, he took in the sight of a

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A new wave of technology is making its way through the doors at Aitkin High School via the air. Although learning about drones in school is not a widespread phenomenon across the country, interest is growing. When considering STEM education, drones have all four bases covered – science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Interest in drones at AHS began last spring when technology guru Jason Roos and seventh grade math teacher Chancy Nordick were brainstorming ideas for student clubs.

“It’s a very informal club, if you want to call it a club,” said Nordick. “About a dozen students, mostly seventh graders, met a few times during eighth hour. … We started with four small plastic drones, about 12 inches by 12 inches at a cost of about $50 each. However, the white high-flying crafts soaring around classrooms and the gymnasium are pretty sophisticated science and math

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