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Cleveland Indians: 7th ALCS berth
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“Well folks… how about that! The Cleveland Indians are movin’ on to the ALCS for the seventh time in club history — and the sixth time in the past seven seasons. That’s right. If you’re keepin’ score at home, and I know you are because you have nothing better to do, this team practically has season tickets to the ALCS at this point.
And what does that set up? Why, it’s everyone’s favorite matchup: yet another Yankees–Indians ALCS. Yes, the rivalry that refuses to die. The Yankees? The big, bad Bronx Bombers with the payroll bigger than the GDP of several small nations. The Indians? Well, they’re the team that keeps makin’ them look silly every October — except that one season. We don’t talk about that one. It ruins the narrative.
Final score today: Cleveland 2, Seattle 1. Nail-biter. Real pitchers’ duel. Could’ve gone either way but the Indians decided they wanted it more — or maybe the Mariners decided they wanted to go home. I’m not here to judge.
David Girard goes seven strong innings, gives up only four hits. Not bad. No walks, no homers, no nonsense. Then Grondin shuts the door for the save. That’s good, because I’ve seen him try to close games, and let’s just say… medication was involved.
Series MVP? Jesús Satiago. Hit .312, got on base almost half the time, drove in six runs. Solid citizen. Hits like he owes the ball money.
Attendance: 39,344. Weather: partly cloudy, 56 degrees. Wind blowing right to left at six miles per hour. Perfect weather for the guys in the outfield to misjudge fly balls — but miraculously, nobody did.
So here we go again. Yankees. Indians. ALCS. Buckle up. Or don’t — I’m not your father.
Stay tuned for more postseason baseball, or as we like to call it… the month when Cleveland remembers how to be the center of the universe.”