@wargograw said:

And teams have lost less than 54 games.

That’s why I always liked the 40/40 in a 162 game season, shows how good the 95 Indians were at 100-44.

@mjp28 said:

There are several including:

“No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference.” -Tommy Lasorda

That, then would be 54/54.   

@the-gipper said:

I heard that it was 60/60

There are several including:

“No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference.” -Tommy Lasorda

@mjp28 said:

Old MLB saying:

"You're going to win 40, lose 40 it's the middle 82 that decide how you do in a season."

The 2017 Cleveland Indians did very well, the 22 game win streak will live forever.

I heard that it was 60/60

"You're going to win 40, lose 40 it's the middle 82 that decide how you do in a season."

The 2017 Cleveland Indians did very well, the 22 game win streak will live forever.

........BESIDES THEY BLACKED OUT THE BROWNIES FOR THE DAMN STEELERS HERE IN THE YOUNGSTOWN AREA, HEY YSU REBROADCAST  AT NOON!

@dutch-oven said:

Kluber just won the Cy Young award tonight, without hurling a pitch.

Sale gave up four homers.

Yeah if it were ever engraving time it's now......guaranteed! 

Sale gave up four homers.

Date    Opp    Time    TV    Indians : Pitcher    Opp: Pitcher
Tue. 26    vs. Min    7:10 PM ET     STOh/FSN    J. Tomlin (9-9)    B. Colón (4-6)
Wed. 27    vs. Min    7:10 PM ET     STOh/FSN    D. Salazar (5-6)    A. Mejía (4-6)
Thu. 28    vs. Min    12:10 PM ET     STOh/FSN    C. Carrasco (17-6)    E. Santana (16-8)

Fri. 29    vs. CWS    7:10 PM ET     STOh/CSCh    M. Clevinger (11-5)    L. Giolito (3-3)
Sat. 30    vs. CWS    7:10 PM ET     STOh/WGN    C. Kluber (18-4)    J. Shields (4-7)
Sun. 1    vs. CWS    3:05 PM ET     STOh/CSCh    J. Tomlin (9-9)    C. Fulmer (2-1)

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And play guess the final number......

AL Central
Team    W    L    Pct    GB
X-Cleveland    98    58    .628    -

Minnesota    82    74    .526    16
Kansas City    76    79    .490    21.5
Chi White Sox    63    92    .406    34.5
Detroit    62    94    .397    36
Full Standings - CLEVELAND.COM 

@dutch-oven said:

Might as well hand the Cy Young to Kluber now.

Won his 18th game today, and lowered his league-low ERA to 2.27 while adding another 10 strikeouts vs the Mariners.

Between the MLB, ESPY and other awards the Cleveland Indians should be well represented this year.....but winning in October is needed first.

Won his 18th game today, and lowered his league-low ERA to 2.27 while adding another 10 strikeouts vs the Mariners.

Kluber: 17-4, 2.35 ERA, 191.2 IP, 252 SO, 0.850 WHIP, 5 CG, 3 SHO

Sale: 17-7, 2.75 ERA, 209.1 IP, 300 SO, 0.946 WHIP, 1 CG, 0 SHO

The only thing Sale has going for him is a higher K/IP rate.

@the-gipper said:

Should be 3 games.

Totally disagree, I like the play-in wild card game.

Gets more teams in contention longer into the season, and if you don't want to risk getting knocked out of the playoffs in one game, then win your division. The last thing I want is for the Indians to sit around all week waiting for the 3 game series to conclude.

@mjp28 said:

Notice the crowds since the September 8 game vs BAL? 

Half of the crowd in Anaheim seemed like Tribe fans.

September
Date    Opp    Result    Rec    Win    Loss    Save    Att
Fri. 1    @ Det    W 3-2    77-56    C. Allen    S. Greene    J. Smith     26,093
Fri. 1    @ Det    W 10-0    78-56    M. Clevinger    B. Farmer          24,342
Sat. 2    @ Det    W 5-2    79-56    C. Kluber    J. Zimmermann    C. Allen     25,272
Sun. 3    @ Det    W 11-1    80-56    J. Tomlin    C. Bell          25,244
Mon. 4    @ CWS    W 5-3    81-56    T. Bauer    J. Shields    C. Allen     16,848
Tue. 5    @ CWS    W 9-4    82-56    D. Otero    D. Holmberg          12,369
Wed. 6    @ CWS    W 5-1    83-56    C. Carrasco    R. Lopez          13,403
Thu. 7    @ CWS    W 11-2    84-56    C. Kluber    M. Pelfrey          17,019

Fri. 8    Bal    W 5-0    85-56    M. Clevinger    W. Miley          30,090
Sat. 9    Bal    W 4-2    86-56    J. Tomlin    G. Ynoa    C. Allen     30,459
Sun. 10    Bal    W 3-2    87-56    T. Bauer    J. Hellickson    C. Allen     21,259
Mon. 11    Det    W 11-0    88-56    C. Carrasco    M. Jaye          18,521
Tue. 12    Det    W 2-0    89-56    C. Kluber    M. Boyd          24,654
Wed. 13    Det    W 5-3    90-56    M. Clevinger    B. Farmer    C. Allen     29,346
Thu. 14    KC    W 3-2    91-56    C. Allen    B. Maurer          30,874
Fri. 15    KC    L 3-4    91-57    J. Vargas    T. Bauer    M. Minor     34,025 <--------- the L
Sat. 16    KC    W 8-4    92-57    C. Carrasco    J. Hammel          33,688
Sun. 17    KC    W 3-2    93-57    C. Kluber    D. Duffy    C. Allen     32,313
Tue. 19    @ LAA    W 6-3    94-57    M. Clevinger    T. Skaggs          36,171
Wed. 20    @ LAA    W 6-5    95-57    T. Olson    Y. Petit    B. Shaw     38,424
Thu. 21    @ LAA    W 4-1    96-57    Z. McAllister    P. Bridwell    T. Olson     29,863

Date    Opp    Time    TV    Indians : Pitcher    Opp: Pitcher
Fri. 22    at Sea    10:10 PM ET     STOh/RTNW    T. Bauer (16-9)    E. Ramirez (5-6)
Sat. 23    at Sea    4:10 PM ET     STOh/RTNW    C. Carrasco (16-6)    A. Moore (1-4)
Sun. 24    at Sea    4:10 PM ET     STOh/RTNW    C. Kluber (17-4)    M. Leake (3-0)

Tue. 26    vs. Min    7:10 PM ET     STOh/FSN    M. Clevinger (11-5)    B. Colón (4-6)
Wed. 27    vs. Min    7:10 PM ET     STOh/FSN    J. Tomlin (9-9)    A. Mejía (4-6)
Thu. 28    vs. Min    12:10 PM ET     STOh/FSN    D. Salazar (5-6)    K. Gibson (11-10)

Fri. 29    vs. CWS    7:10 PM ET     STOh/CSCh     
Sat. 30    vs. CWS    7:10 PM ET     STOh/WGN     
OCTOBER 1 vs the CWS

Now that would be for sports not just MLB history!  

@mjp28 said:

Well now they only need to play .500 ball to hit 100 wins. Remember the 100-44 and 99-62 (didn't play last make up game) teams? This team is close to those teams with kluber.

And now forget the Astros they have a shot at the LA DODGERS! 

.......well eventually. 

@wargograw said:

The one-game playoff for WC is lame. 

Should be 3 games.