Tom Hanks' adoration for the Cleveland Indians extends beyond giving the Tribe a shout on Saturday Night Live.
Hanks was a guest on Late Night with Stephen Colbert on Monday, and got into it with the Cubs-loving Colbert. Even though the bad luck Cubs are getting much of the attention leading up to Game 1 tonight, Hanks doubled down on the Indians.
"You can all stick your pins in me right now," Hanks said. "I know the entire world, and three-legged dogs and orphan children are rooting for the Chicago Cubs. I realize that, but you do not do three long, hot summers Shakespeare in Cleveland blowing time watching the Cleveland Indians play at a park that I swear was called at the time was called Cleveland Municipal Lakefront Stadium.
"It held 90,000, and I would be there with 4,800 watching "Sudden" Sid Monge, Andre "Thunder" Thornton, No. 21 Mike "The Human Rain Delay" Hargrove. So, yeah, Cubs great. I'm rooting for the Cleveland Indians to win the World Series. Sorry."
Early in Hanks' career he performed in Cleveland for three years for the Great Lakes Theater Festival. Hanks will be in Cleveland in December to help raise money for the Greater Cleveland Film Commission, headlining the "Behind the Camera" event.
Maybe he can come early and throw out the first pitch for Game 6 of the World Series. That is, of course, if the Indians let the series go that long.