CHICAGO -- With a mix of euphoria, relief and disbelief, long-suffering Chicago Cubs fans are shaking off superstitions and setting their sights on the teams first World Series in 71 years.Loyal fans as far south as San Antonio, Texas, and as far west as Washington state restructured their worldviews to include the seductive possibility that they wont be disappointed again.For me, personally I had tears in my eyes. Ive seen them come close, said Chicago native Jimmy Tingas, 47, who owns Wrigleyville Grill in San Antonio where he caters to homesick former Chicagoans still craving hot dogs and Italian beef. We have one more task to do. Im confident theyre going to do it.First lady Michelle Obama joined the chorus Sunday morning, congratulating her hometown Cubs a day after the team defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicagos Wrigley Field in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series.The Chicago native tweeted: Way to go Cubs!! She then recalled her father, saying: My Dad is the reason Im a true Cubs fans. Hed be so proud!Lifelong fan Marilyn Hnatusko wiped away tears after the win Saturday night, recalling other longtime Cubs fans.I thought of all my relatives who didnt see this, my dear Uncle John, and now I cant quite believe it happened, she said.Scattered across the world, Cubs fans make up their own diaspora. Blizzard-hardened folk, their befuddling loyalty encompasses decades of frustration, disillusionment and too many sigh-filled pangs for next year. Many never lived in Chicago, but grew up elsewhere in the nations heartland, listening to games on WGNs powerful AM signal, which could be heard hundreds of miles, especially at night.Theyre often pressed to explain their loyalty. Stephen Kropp, 46, of Mercer Island, Washington, grew up in Chicago and stays true to his Cubs. He and a buddy plan to attend World Series Game 2 in Cleveland dressed as the Blues Brothers.Its a huge emotional investment, Kropp said Sunday. Its dumping all these emotions into something that never gives you anything back. Hanging out at Wrigley, having a beer and knowing youll never get to the promised land. These fans have more credibility (than other teams) to say theyre the best fans in baseball.A Midwestern impulse toward redemption is welling up on social media with a ForgiveBartman hashtag campaign pulling for Steve Bartman to throw out the first pitch when the World Series returns to Wrigley Field.Kropp favors forgiving Bartman, the fan whose interference with a foul ball in the 2003 playoffs added to the sense of a hovering curse. But they should seat him five rows back or higher, just in case, Kropp said.Restaurant owner Tingas, too, is having some trouble letting go of some traditional Cubs beliefs, like the infamous billy goat curse: When we win the World Series were going to have roasted goat, Ill tell you that.Steve Zucker, whos been coming to games since the 1940s, said before Saturdays game that if the Cubs won, he would go to his fathers grave and leave a Cubs hat and T-shirt.My dad died playing cards, listening to the game on a little transistor radio, so I may bring that, too, Zucker said. Before this year, I never thought I would see this.Cubs All-Star first baseman Anthony Rizzo said the fans deserved to see this team make the World Series.These fans have been amazing since the time I got here, Rizzo said. We got four more big ones to go, but were going to enjoy this.Chicago faces the Cleveland Indians in Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday.---AP writer Don Babwin in Chicago contributed to this report. Fake Nike Shoes . -- PGA TOUR Canada member Steve Saunders took a three-stroke lead Saturday in the Web. Wholesake Fake Nike Air Force 1 .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. https://www.fakeshoes.net/ . It was the second consecutive win for the Pacers (2-5), who lost their first five preseason games. Jeff Teague led the Hawks (1-5) with 17 points and eight assists and Al Horford had 12 points and seven rebounds. Mike Scott scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half. Fake Shoes . -- San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks was fined $15,570 by the NFL on Wednesday for his hit on Saints quarterback Drew Brees last Sunday. Fake Yeezy . Houston won 3-0 to advance to face New York in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Last in the game, Di Vaio and Romero got into a shoving match with several Houston players. Romero appeared to elbow and kick Houston defender Kofi Sarkodie. Somerset 107 for 1 (Rogers 58*) trail Yorkshire 145 (Bresnan 38*, Allenby 3-16, Overton 3-38) by 38 runsScorecardWhat price Somerset for their first Championship? Their rush through the division has been a sideshow at best as Middlesex and Yorkshire have flexed muscles like a couple of rival bodybuilders ahead of their clash at Lords next week. It looks a whole lot different now.Somerset started the penultimate round of matches 18 behind Yorkshire with the leaders Middlesex a further point ahead, but they suddenly have the potential to throw calculations into disarray after dismissing Yorkshire for 145 at Headingley and settling their own innings in reply, losing only Tom Abell for a second-ball nought before Marcus Trescothick and Chris Rogers cut the deficit to 38 runs at stumps.There is much cause for satisfaction in the West Country. Somersets pace attack swung the ball on a clammy day, there was a bit more in the pitch than might have been expected - both sides would have batted on it - and Craig Overton and Jim Allenby prospered with three wickets each as they never relinquished the pressure.Faced by consistent probing, Yorkshire exacerbated their problems with some ill-judged strokes. Gary Ballance, Jake Lehmann and Andrew Gale, among the top six, should all be disappointed by the manner of their dismissal. This was more a case of too many slack dismissals than general irresponsibility.As a bonus, Somerset would love to see Middlesexs match at Old Trafford develop into a stalemate and, with draw points suiting Lancashires attempts to retain their first division status, such an outcome would not be altogether surprising. Somerset have had to make do with three second-placed finishes in the Championship and they would also be excluded from any T20 city league should it come to pass, leaving a dubious outcome in that Cardiff, a city with a comparatively big ground but a limited interest in the game, would be viewed as more strategically important than Taunton, the county town of a region where cricket is talked about as avidly as anywhere in the country: Yorkshire included. To win their first Championship in this of all years would be one of the finest two-finger responses in cricket history.In Jason Gillespies first Division OOne game at Headingley, in 2013, Yorkshire were dismissed by Sussex for 96 and went on to lose the game.dddddddddddd It remains the only Championship match that Yorkshire have lost at Headingley in Gillespies reign, but there is a danger that he could finish as he started - and a possible hat-trick of titles could disappear in the process.This was the day when Somerset needed their pace attack to retain their conviction and Overton set an example from the outset, removing the in-form Alex Lees for a duck with the assistance of Allenby at first slip.Gary Ballances obsession with the guide wide of slips is becoming more of a caricature shot than a signature shot. His mental muddle occurred in Overtons fifth over with the slips still heavily populated; Lewis Gregory, at third slip, fumbled, but the ball slowed after deflecting off his body and he rescued it by his bootstraps.If Overton was industrious, Allenbys economy was even more startling as he took three wickets and went for barely one an over. Lyth, who scrapped more than most, was the first, a decent delivery and a keepers catch, and he was to produce two more later: Adil Rashid transfixed as the ball left him and a wonderful delivery to unpick Andy Hodd for nought as nipped away to strike off stump.In between, Lehmann and Gale would have left with self-admonishment. They had rebuilt Yorkshires innings with a stand of 49, but Lehmann, after some sumptuous off-side drives, pulled Peter Trego to midwicket on the stroke of lunch and Gale, who had looked solid alongside him, cut weakly at Overton.Had Lehmann been held by Gregory at third slip off Tim Groenewald before he had scored, Yorkshires plight would have been worse. As it was, Tim Bresnan batted staunchly for an unbeaten 38 to give them some chance of pulling the match round.Evening sunshine did not help those chances as conditions eased somewhat and Trescothick and Rogers met the challenge with aplomb. Yorkshire have rarely needed Headingley to live up to its reputation as a haven for swing bowling more than they do now. Never mind the forecast September record of 25C: what about the cloud cover? ' ' '