2016 A.L.D.S. (Indians vs. Red Sox)

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looooo (GAME ONE)

BOSTON RED SOX

Dustin Pedroia - 2B

Brock Holt - 3B

Mookie Betts - RF

David Ortiz - DH

Hanley Ramirez - 1B

Xander Bogaerts - SS

Jackie Bradley, Jr. - CF

Sandy Leon - C

Andrew Benintendi - LF

Frederick Alfred Porcello, III - RHP (22-4, 3.15 ERA) *

* Led the Major Leagues in Wins (22), and Strikeouts-to-Walks Ratio (5.906)

CLEVELAND INDIANS

Carlos Santana - 1B

Jason Kipnis - 2B

Francisco Lindor - SS

Mike Napoli - DH

Jose Ramirez - 3B

Lonnie Chisenhall - RF

Coco Crisp - LF

Tyler Naquin - CF

Roberto Perez - C

Trevor Andrew Bauer - RHP (12-8, 4.26 ERA)

http://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

Hey, what's the pitch count? Oh, right. TBS.

I am not sure that Cleveland fans should be holding up signs about choking in the WS.

Should be out. Big for Cleveland to only give up just the one run.

The Indians and Rangers are not exactly fearsome opponents. When I think about them I struggle to think of reasons to be afraid of them beyond the fact that they don't suck.

Buddy Bell.

Now there's a name from my 1976-1979 baseball card collecting days.

Buddy Bell.

Now there's a name from my 1976-1979 baseball card collecting days.

I think I was always trying to trade my Buddy Bell's for a Kiko Garcia.

Kiko Garcia. Had the Orioles won game 5 in Pittsburgh and closed out the '79 series, he was arguably your World Series MVP. Check out his stats...

I had forgotten how good Kiko was in that series. My lasting memory of that series was having to watch the last game at my cousin's place in Gettysburg. That is a transition zone, and for familial reasons they were Phillies fans. I think just out of spite they then transferred their sentiments to the Pirates.

I can recall game 7 of the '79 series like it was yesterday. I can still remember my father having to console his sobbing son after the last out. At 13, I was crushed.

Unfortunately, my lasting memories of that series are Omar Moreno's wife and that damned whistle and the song "We Are Family". To this day, I still get physically upset when I hear it.

Three home runs!

Ricky looks rattled.

Balls flying out of the ballpark!!

I think offensive playoff games are far less stressful, even if your team is playing. If balls are flying you somehow think your guys are going to keep letting it fly.

Miller in the game in the fifth.