@mjp28 said:

On another sports board contest.... Geezzz I had 92 and changed it to 90 regular season because I thought I was getting too greedy. And they ended up with 94+3+4+3 = 104 vs a team with 103 regular season wins.

The 14 game winning streak got the INDIANS the home field advantage.

Not bad Indians, more than 94 next year?

So how does 2017 compare? 

@bbedward said:

Napoli frequently watched the best pitch of his at bats sail right by.

And he had a terrific view of it all!

It happens when hitters go into a slump. ...but not good at playoff time especially with three one run games and two on the road, could have used his big bat in fact it might have tipped the series outcome.

@fairhooker11 said:

All can be replaced in my book.

I lost count of the number of times I muttered "go with the pitch... take it to the opposite field" the last couple games. Seemed like only Guyer and Chisenhall listened. Napoli? Not so much...

@baconhound said:

Great season and no one outside of Cleveland would've predicted the success. A young nucleus is a good sign for the future.

The 14 game winning streak got the INDIANS the home field advantage.

Not bad Indians, more than 94 next year?

http://m.indians.mlb.com/news/article/208065784/indians-roster-to-remain-mostly-intact-for-17/?partnerId=as_cle_20161105_67593916&adbid=10154715420294521&adbpl=fb&adbpr=46104914520

FA's Napoli, Davis, Crisp pending...

@pumpkin-eater said:

They could have nailed chapman in the bottom of the 9th

@browns23 said:

To me the most disappointing part of game 7 was the last at bat because you knew it was over when Martinez stepped in. He is a lifer minor leaguer and you could tell we had no shot. I understand why he was put in the game, but it would have been interesting to see Crisp get that AB.

Yeah I did a WTF but then realized that Terry's bench was empty. .... I was hoping for a gapper and the speedy Martinez could run for a while. And Coco? HE only has several game winning hits already not bad for an old dude.

Do remember everyone that the CLEVELAND INDIANS are now the reigning AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS, and considering all that has transpired that was no small fete in itself.

Sure we all wanted just one more victory but in games 3, 5 and 7 all one run games two of three were in Chicago with all of the drama and excitement that a Championship Series could bring.

Now that I'm retired I've seen virtually every single Indians game in the now historic 2016 season and it does seem so strange like going 100 mph and suddenly coming to a complete stop.

But as the weeks and months go on I think we all will better appreciate what an amazing wild ride this has been.

GO TRIBE!

I think there were ~40,000,000 viewers which is quite amazing for 2016.

GO TRIBE, CAVALIERS and of course our lovable losers da' BROWNS!

@dste-ace said:

Figure they made a few thousand dollars off of it. I can't blame them.

@jrb12711 said:

I agree.

@fairhooker11 said:

That's what I said in 95, 97 not going to count on it.

@tour2ma said:

Great game that the wrong team won. Great pitching beats great great hitting every time, but the pitching tires more quickly.

Well we agreed for a moment there... and then on cue you fucked it up...

@pumpkin-eater said:

Fuck the cubs and fuck Eddie vedder he can eat schwarber's dick

@pumpkin-eater said:

And fuck schwarber he can eat hildebeast's shriveled nut sack

Well we agreed for a moment there... and then on cue you fucked it up...

The Cubs and Indians can take enormous pride in this 4-hour, 28-minute thriller that delivered on virtually every level. When it ended, the Cubs had won, 8-7, in 10 innings to capture their first World Series title in 108 years.

Considering the stakes -- a winner-take-all baseball game, for heaven's sake, featuring two iconic franchises -- this was set up to be an instant classic. As it unfolded -- with the Cubs taking control and the Indians clawing back -- as both teams seemed determined to write their own ending and as the whole thing became a war of wills, it was exactly that.

"Look, I think we just saw the end of one of the great World Series of all-time," Commissioner Rob Manfred said.

Game Date Matchup

Gm 1 Oct. 25 CLE 6, CHC 0

Gm 2 Oct. 26 CHC 5, CLE 1

Gm 3 Oct. 28 CLE 1, CHC 0

Gm 4 Oct. 29 CLE 7, CHC 2

Gm 5 Oct. 30 CHC 3, CLE 2

Gm 6 Nov. 1 CHC 9, CLE 3

Gm 7 Nov. 2 CHC 8 CLE, 7 (10)

TOTAL RUNS CLE 27 CHI 27 INCLUDING BEING SHUT OUT TWICE, THE THREE 1 RUN GAMES DECIDED THE WORLD SERIES, THE INDIANS JUST NEEDED A FEW MORE TIMELY RUNS.

The Cubs will be the enduring storyline because this World Series, as wonderful as it was, ended a seven-year quest by Cubs owner Tom Ricketts to construct a model franchise. In hiring two brilliant men -- Theo Epstein, the baseball architect, and Joe Maddon, the manager -- Ricketts has so transformed the Cubs that they'll never be looked at the same way by anyone inside or outside baseball.

No matter how we elevate the Cubs -- and they deserve every last ounce of praise -- we simply cannot allow ourselves to overlook these Indians. This has been a magical baseball summer in Northeast Ohio, and not just because the Indians got to the World Series for the first time in 19 years.

This club showed so much heart and determination during a season that could have been crushed by injuries. Instead, those injuries brought out the best in the franchise, thanks to one of baseball's best managers, Terry Francona, who pushed all the right buttons in a clubhouse with more talent and character than anyone could have known.

"That was an incredible game to be a part of," Francona said. "It is an honor. And I just told [my players] that. It's going to hurt. It hurts because we care, but they need to walk with their head held high, because they left nothing on the field. And that's all the things we ever ask them to do. They tried until there was nothing left."........

....All in all a great WORLD SERIES, just needed a few more Indians runs.