CHICAGO -- In Chicago's neighborhoods on a World Series game day, Indians fans can feel very lonely. They find strength in numbers, banding in a place that feels like an embassy in a foreign land.

An embassy with beer.

Vaughan's Pub in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, a mile south of Wrigley Field, feels like a piece of Cleveland. Browns, Indians and Ohio State banners adorn the walls. Great Lakes Brewing Company beers flow from the taps. And on World Series game days, it's awash in navy blue and Cleveland red.

Many of its patrons are former Clevelanders, now proud Chicagoans. And truth be told, many of them are Cubs fans. Except when the Cubs play their beloved Indians. Except right now.

"I don't mind the Cubs, but if you were born in Cleveland, that never leaves you," said Dan Halligan, a Fairview Park native who moved to Chicago eight years ago. Vaughan's helps him stay connected to home.

"It reminds me of Mullen's on Madison in Lakewood," he said.

Michelle Wilson of Swanton, a lifelong Tribe fan, joined Halligan and dozens of other Cleveland fans Saturday for Game 4 of the World Series.

"I was 10 in 1995. I remember the Indians played Atlanta in the World Series. That might be my first sports memory," she said. "Then 1997 taught me that being an Indians fan is hard. It's gonna be a long road."

She had plenty of travel companions Saturday.

There was Ron Greenfield and his nephew Adam of Lakewood, who drove over to Chicago to band with Halligan and be near the action. They saw Halligan interviewed from his favorite barstool by WEWS TV Channel 5, and Ron said, "I want to go to that bar!"

There were Kim Castella of Oakwood and her boyfriend, Adam Latsko of Bedford. Stacy and Jeremy Batton of Macedonia were there, too, having found Vaughan's in a Google search: "Indians and OSU bars in Chicago."

There was Andrew Busser of Westlake, who moved to Chicago a couple of years ago and was still on a cloud from Friday night's win in Game 3, which he watched from Vaughan's.

"So intense," he said.

He admits to loving the Cubs, but not now.

"I have a (Cubs outfielder) Jorge Soler jersey. I am a fan of the Cubs. But when they play my Indians, when anyone plays the Indians, well, it's Cleveland or die."

The road they're traveling as Tribe fans was smooth as fresh poured asphalt in Game 4. The Indians filled their tanks with hope and confidence with a never-in-doubt 7-2 victory to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven World Series.

One win in three tries and the Indians win it all. Buckle up.

Mark Nelson stopped by Vaughan's on his way to Saturday's game. He's a Cubs season ticket holder, and Friday the woman behind him wondered why he was wearing an Indians jersey.

He turned to show her his Cubs T-shirt underneath and explained that while he's lived in Chicago for 20 years and loves the Cubs, the Bath native will always love the Indians first.

"I am the lone cheerer for the Indians in my section. The guys I share season tickets with are looking at me and wondering what the hell happened to Mark," said Nelson.

"I bled Tribe red before I bled Cubbie blue," he said.

If Cubs fans at Wrigley Field didn't like it, they could take it up with the people at Vaughan's.

Nelson had diplomatic immunity.