Wouldn't that put them less out if you count the win? All this post does is make me more pissed that they didn't win tonight. THANKS.
Man I am pissed.
Yeah, what's still keeping us sort-of in this is the amount of head to head games we have left against Detroit and KC. But we can't really afford to blow the rest of those.
Not mathematically over but if the Indians go 18-7 over this stretch (.720) the Tigers and every other team in front of us would have to play .500 baseball for us to have a chance.
That is where tonight really killed us. The difference between 3 and 5 games back at this juncture is incredibly substantial from a playoff percentages standpoint.
We have to realistically get the next two to have a decent shot. Just don't see how we can exit this series down 5, 6 or 7 games and think we have even a remote chance at getting to the post season.
Last night was the most Cleveland game this team has played all year.
Are you questioning my premise or the fact that I only commented after a loss? I accept the latter as a valid criticism, but not the former.So a hard-fought game where they repeatedly get out of trouble but ultimately the 'bend and don't break' doesthem in the 9th, then Cleveland fans finally show up in the message thread to comment only once the other shoe drops to complain about how Cleveland it all is?
Was actually a fun game with the way they kept getting out of jam after jam after jam, up until the team's best reliever scuffled. Eh, so be it. And I will continue to say, this is what worried me about the youngsters pulling these games out in August- Cleveland wouldn't just sit back and enjoy it. 'It' being a nice run, albeit unsustainable, by a bunch of young guys getting their first crack. All it would become is 'OH THIS SO CLEVELAND' even though it really isn't. Oh well.
It's a trained response by this point. Heart crushing loss -> Only In Cleveland.I was simply clarifying what your former referred to- in which the barrage of messages only once something bad happens as being part of the 'THIS IS SO CLEVELAND' mindset- where fans are great at complaining. You weren't the only one, just the last post I saw on it. The fact is this team, when you look at how the rotation came together and what they are running out there in the field, and with how much money the Tigers have spent, should not be in this situation to begin with. But due to their effort, and the Tigers' actual choking, they are. But hey, our best reliever blew a save, so man, let's all pour out our Cleveland fan angst. Part of THSI IS SO CLEVELAND is apparently missing the forest for the trees.