2016 ALDS: Cleveland Indians (2) Vs. Boston Red Sox (3) - Series Discussion

[John Price]

Discuss.

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[Cassano]

Boston in 4.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Same, Boston in four.

 

[Tecumseh]

Tough call. Going with the Indians in 5

 

[Virtanen18]

Indians in 4. Price continues to suck in plaoyffs

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Indians have too many injuries and not enough on offense. Boston in 4.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

If they were healthy I'd say Indians in 5, but that rotation is too banged up. Sox in 4.

 

[PG Canuck]

Sox in 4 for me as well.

 

[darko]

Indians rotation too good.

 

[Belieber]

If the Indians had their full roatation I'd be more excited about this series, gotta give the edge to Boston.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Indians in 5

 

[SoupNazi]

Indians in 5.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Red Sox in 5. If Carrasco was healthy, I would have picked Cleveland.

Edit: I forgot that Salazar was hurt too.

 

[Virtanen18]

Buccholz is starting game 3. What happened with Pomeranz? Haven't really followed him since he went to Boston.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Bad things.

 

[landy92mack29]

Hope the Indians win but think the Red Sox will

 

[Virtanen18]

Bad things.

Worse things than Buccholz?

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Eh, debatable.

 

[N o o d l e s]

Indians rotation too good.

No Carrasco or Salazar

 

[EON]

Worse things than Buccholz?

His shoulder is pretty messed up, looks like they're gonna use him out of the pen.

Bucholz has actually been pretty good down the stretch.

I'm gonna take Boston in 5 on the strength of Rick Porcello and their offense.

 

[Loosie]

With the injuries to the Indians rotation I'm going with Boston.

 

[DougieSmash]

Red Sox in 3. Juggernaut offense. Bauer, Tomlin and Clevinger can't stop that.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Indians in 5

 

[Fenway]

There is a major sidebar to this series

DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Playoff series is personal for Indians manager Terry Francona

Francona’s never going to go public with how much it would mean for him to beat Boston. That would be like Bill Belichick or Tom Brady acknowledging that winning the Super Bowl this season would be a little more special than all the others. No. It’s far more classy and diplomatic to shower everything with sweetness and ambiguity. Leave it to the carnivorous Boston media to connect the dots.

OK. Will do.

Tito is still hurt by how he was treated at the end in Boston. Knocking the Red Sox out of the playoffs would be sweet revenge. This matchup is more than a professional encounter. It’s a tad personal.

Francona still has fondness for a lot of people and things around Fenway Park. He has great memories of the Starbucks on Route 9 in Chestnut Hill, the Marriott at Coolidge Corner, the Red Lantern, and the powerful shower head in his cramped old office at 4 Yawkey Way. He loves Dustin Pedroia almost as much as he loves his own kids and he’s been friends with John Farrell since they were teammates in Cleveland 28 years ago. Tito was Farrell’s chemo wing man when Farrell went for his first treatment at Mass. General in the summer of 2015.

And now they’re “facing†one another in the postseason.

“I’m not going up against John,’’ said Francona. “Our players are going to decide this. I have mixed emotions. He’s one of my best friends in the whole world — outside of baseball. So it pulls at you a little bit. The way I look at it, it’s an honor to be able to compete against them. And I’m including him in that. That’s kind of how I feel.’’

 

[EpochLink]

Cleveland has this, they got Lebron James