Ah, Finally Some Joy In Being An Indians Fan

I don't want to hear anything about jumping on the bandwagon. I was at Cleveland Municipal Stadium with about 4,000 other die-hard Indians fans when they were losing 100 games a year. We did have that short moment of success in the mid and late 90's. Then it was all rebuilding after GM John Hart traded away all the minor league talent in an attempt at a World Series championship. It almost worked until Charles Nagy gave up the winning run and we lost the World Series.

Now it appears we have a contender.

Joe Borowski threw the final strike and the Cleveland Indians ran onto the infield to start the celebration. Alex Rodriguez, one leg on the top step of the New York Yankees dugout, stared straight ahead. The Indians were on their way to an AL championship series matchup with the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees were braced for a showdown with their boss, one that could cost Joe Torre his job. Believe it, Indians fans. Grady Sizemore homered to put Cleveland ahead for good on the third pitch of the game, then Paul Byrd and the bullpen closed out New York 6-4 in Game 4 Monday night to complete the third straight first-round debacle for the Yankees.

 GO TRIBE!!!