In Game 2, he drilled one RBI single off Trevor Bauer on a 3-0 count, the other off reliever Bryan Shaw after falling behind 0-2. “The professional at-bats just blow my mind,” catcher David Ross said. And the way this narrative is playing out, Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant predicts, it will soon be coming to a movie theater near you. There is not a more impressive thing that I’ve seen in a long time than the Andrew Miller at-bat (Tuesday). There has never been a position player in baseball history whose first hit of the season was in the World Series until Schwarber came along. He doubled off Cleveland ace Corey Kluber in Game 1, and then went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a walk in Wednesday’s victory. Indeed, the dude is making a total mockery out of spring training, let alone rehab assignments. This is a guy who had no hits in four at-bats in April before he blew out his left knee. Heck, the Cubs will benefit even if Schwarber cannot play the field and is limited to one at-bat per game. He’s a baseball rat.” 
 
 Call Hollywood. He’s got his day in before we start and he stays, does all his rehab, stays for the game, grinds out the game with us, cheering guys on, watching video, doing scouting reports. “This guy has been running in pools, doing rehab stuff the entire summer, hoping somehow he could contribute,” Hoyer said. “He’s got tremendous strength and flexibility in the knee, as demonstrated by what he’s done out there,” Epstein said, referring to Schwarber’s double and walk in Game 1, his two RBI singles and walk in Game 2, the quality of his at-bats overall. If he does end up playing out there, we’ll make sure he’s smart about it. “Mentally, he’s been competing in his mind for a long time with us. Watch Schwarber hit. “He’ll run through a wall. But with him, he’s such a good teammate, he wants it so badly. Epstein, president of the Cubs, was stunned when the six-month medical reports last week revealed Schwarber was a month ahead of schedule. Doctors initially cleared him only to hit and run the bases, serve as a DH. "He may be catching for all we know," Rizzo said. "I'm waiting to hear from our guys from our medical side," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said, "because obviously he looks good. "There's nothing about watching him that tells me that he's inhibited right now. "He’s a different cat, he absolutely is." Or even if Schwarber had told a few teammates that this was his secret plan all along. “All of this was for these guys in the clubhouse and our organization,” he said. If he doesn’t, we’ll put him in a big spot (as a pinch-hitter) to take one of the most important at-bats of the game." Three days ago, a lot of people thought the Cubs were nuts to even consider giving Schwarber his first start since April 7 in Game 1 of the World Series. “It wasn’t for me.” 
 
 The players could not help but notice. But even after two jaw-dropping performances, the climax of “Legend: The Amazing Comeback of Kyle Schwarber,” lies ahead. Filming resumes Friday night at Wrigley Field, in Game 3 of the World Series, with the Cubs and Indians tied at one game each. If he had any possibility he was going to come back and help us, he was going to do it.” 
 
 Most players, Ross said, would have “checked out” after suffering such a major injury; they would have gone home, done their rehab, played with their kids and prepared for the following season.
– Even those not paying close attention to the World Series might be hearing the name Kyle Schwarber being thrown around a lot after the first two games. As in, "The Legend of Kyle Schwarber" as the Chicago Cubs catcher puts it, per USA Today. The 23-year-old suffered a devastating knee injury in the third game of the season on April 7 and sat out the rest of the year. In a surprise move, the Cubs put him back in the lineup for the World Series as a designated hitter. After doubling in Game 1—one of the few bright spots for the Cubs that game, which came after TV analyst Pete Rose predicted he'd strike out three times—Schwarber had two RBI singles in the Cubs' Game 2 victory and scored another run himself. He's batting .429 with two walks. "They're going to make movies about him," says teammate Kris Bryant. No position player has ever recorded his first hit of the season in the World Series. And his "eye" at the plate is astonishing his teammates, notes the Chicago Tribune. The problem for the Cubs is that Schwarber is not medically cleared to play the outfield, but that could change before Friday's game in Chicago, where no designated hitter is allowed. But "the next plot twist— “Will Schwarbs be in left field?'—likely will not be a twist at all," writes Ken Rosenthal at Fox Sports. "He will be in left. He will receive a standing ovation for the ages. He will hit a ball into Lake Michigan, and then ride a chariot down Michigan Avenue, woe to any billy goat that stands in the way."