No Michael Brantley. No Carlos Carrasco. No Danny Salazar. A banged up Yan Gomes. Injuries have hit the Cleveland Indians with full force in 2016, yet the resilient team won 94 games and earned home field advantage in the American League Divisional Series, never allowing injuries to be an excuse.
Thursday night a sold out Progressive Field will be rocking and all of a sudden a whole new season begins.
It will take the Tribe three huge wins to beat the Beantowners and advance to the ALCS to face the winner of the Texas/Toronto Series. In honor of what will be three difficult–and more than likely gueling–victories if the Indians are to beat Boston, let’s examine this electric playoff matchup with the power of threes:
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*3 Ironic Reasons why History in on the Tribe’s Side in Boston-Cleveland Playoff Matchup
- No Carrasco, No Salazar, No Problem!