If you are my age or older, you have grown up with the Indians being relegated to playing “spoiler” over the last month of the season more times that you’d like to remember. See, what all of you in your born in the 90′s don’t realize was that September baseball was meaningLESS more than meaningFUL before Jacobs Field was born. It wasn’t all just Albert Belle home runs, Kenny Lofton stolen bases, and Manny Ramirez gap shot doubles. My September’s as a kid had expanded rosters galore and the likes of Luis Medina, Carmelo Castillo, and Kevin Rhomberg getting those late season at-bats to try and thwart the Toronto’s, Detroit’s, and Kansas City’s of the world from making it to the playoffs.
In essence, we are watching 1983 or 1984 or pick any year of my late 70′s and 80′s youth baseball right now. Insert Corey Kluber for Roy Smith. Kluber is one of the Indians “young arms” that they are taking a long look at over the last month and a half of the season. He’s not considered a top pr
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PLAYERS:
Albert Belle,
Kenny Lofton,
Corey Kluber,
David Huff,
Brennan Boesch,
Manny Acta,
Jhonny Peralta,
Ezequiel Carrera,
Alex Avila,
Omar Infante,
Darin Downs,
Ivan Rodriguez,
Shin-Soo Choo,
Jason Kipnis,
Asdrubal Cabrera,
Chris Perez,
Joe Smith,
Cody Allen,
Esmil Rogers,
Brent Lillibridge,
Phil Coke,
Prince Fielder,
Vinnie Pestano,
Casey Kotchman
TEAMS: Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Washington Nationals
TEAMS: Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Washington Nationals
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