GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The morning after the Cleveland Indians fell to the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series, general manager Mike Chernoff's fatherly duties took him to a local elementary school to watch his 6-year-old son, Brodie, perform in a first-grade concert. Chernoff's heart was in the endeavor, but his mind kept flashing back to the Tribe's 5-2 loss the previous evening and an ending that came far too abruptly for comfort.
"I am sitting there in a fog," said Chernoff, inadvertently lapsing into the present tense. "I'm enjoying my son's event.