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ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. -- The last living player from the 1945 World Series has been pulling for the Cubs.Ed Mierkowicz didnt play for Chicago. He was on the Detroit team that beat the Cubs in Game 7 at Wrigley Field 71 years ago. Now 92, the Michigan native remains a big baseball fan and was looking forward to this years World Series finale Wednesday night between the Cubs and Cleveland Indians.Id like to see the Cubs win, he said Wednesday. Not because I dont like Cleveland, but its been a long time for the Cubs.The Cubs were trying for their first title since 1908. Before this season, they hadnt even made it to the World Series since 1945 , when Mierkowicz was on the field for the final outs. His only appearance of that series came at the end of Game 7.Chicago had tied the series with a 12-inning victory in Game 6, but the Tigers scored five runs in the top of the first in Game 7 and never looked back. Mierkowicz admits he doesnt remember a lot of the details from games over seven decades ago, but the play-by-play at Baseball-Reference.com helps fill in the gaps.With the Tigers up 9-3, a nervous Mierkowicz entered to start the bottom of the ninth, replacing Detroit star Hank Greenberg in left field.If I took my pants off, my knees would be shaking, he said. I just went along with the flow.Mierkowicz was a 21-year-old rookie who had appeared in only 10 games during the regular season.It was exciting, he said. In fact, it was so exciting, I dont know what the hell was going on -- all the people going crazy.The first batter singled his way, but the final three outs came quickly after that, and the Tigers were champions. Mierkowicz said there was no wild, bubbly-filled celebration the way there would be these days.They couldnt afford it, he said. They probably had a little drink or something like that, but it wasnt like now.Mierkowicz recalls throngs of fans waiting when the team took the train back to the Detroit area. He said there was a party at a hotel -- and he won a car in a raffle.He also speaks highly of Greenberg.I was a rookie. The other guys sort of shunned the rookies, Mierkowicz said. He was good to me. I didnt know him that well, but he was a great guy, great ballplayer.Mierkowicz was born in Wyandotte, which is just south of Detroit. Hes friends with Bob Kuzava, the Wyandotte native whose big league pitching career spanned over a decade. Kuzava was the man on the mound when the New York Yankees closed out World Series championships in 1951 and 1952.Mierkowicz ended up playing only 35 major league games over four different seasons with the Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals. He said it was like a cup of coffee -- but no cream.Still, not many players can say they were in the game when their team won a World Series, and Mierkowicz enjoys talking about his career.At his home in a senior living community in suburban Detroit, he has a team picture of the 1945 Tigers.God gave me the ability to play ball, he said. Made a pretty good living. We didnt make a lot of money, but it was a lot of fun.The game has changed a lot since then, needless to say.Theyve got better equipment, and theyre staying healthy because theyre making big money. Equipment is so much different than we used to have, he said. We used to have to buy our glove and shoes. We have to buy it. Now, they give them 25 pairs of shoes. Its like everything else. It changes. For the better, of course.---Follow Noah Trister at www.Twitter.com/noahtrister Cheap Air Max 90 Ultra . But the quarterback hopes to stay involved in football after officially calling it quits Tuesday. 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LONDON -- Christian Benteke marked his 26th birthday by scoring twice as Crystal Palace beat Southampton 3-0 to end a run of six straight Premier League losses and ease the pressure on manager Alan Pardew.James Tomkins scored at a corner for the other goal at Selhurst Park.Palace started the game just outside the relegation zone on goal difference and ended it 13th place after beating a Southampton team pursuing a third win in a week.Southampton was the architect of its own downfall, with goalkeeper Fraser Forster missing the ball when attempting a clearance and allowing Benteke to tap home in the 33rd for one of the easiest goals of his career.Perhaps itt was bad luck but it happens, Southampton manager Claude Puel said.dddddddddddd The pitch today was bad but it is not an excuse.Three minutes later, Jason Puncheon crossed toward Joe Ledley at a corner, the midfielders flick-on then deflected off Southamptons James Ward-Prowse and Tomkins applied another simple finish.Puel substituted Charlie Austin -- Southamptons only regular scorer this season -- before Palace completed the comfortable win in the 85th minute when Puncheon cut the ball back from the left for Benteke to score. 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