I don’t get to claim I’m a die hard Indians fan. I watch the Major League Baseball standings through the season, but that’s about the extent of my involvement. I only watch the Indians if they make the playoffs. So, I am hardly the equal of those who follow the team closely season-in and season-out, good times and bad. I have several friends of this variety which is why I make this disclosure.
That out of the way, how about those Indians? Last night’s victory over the Yankees was practically Biblical. After 7 mostly frustrating innings where the Indians left a small reservation stranded on base, the midges of Lake Erie descended on Jacobs Field like some kind of plague. They disrupted the formidable Yankee pitcher, Joba Chamberlain, enough that Grady Sizemore was able to score after Chamberlain threw a wild pitch.
The midges crawling around on Chamberlain’s neck gave me the creepy-crawlies. *Shudder.* But, if that’s what it takes for an Indians win, I’ll take it.
Many baseball fans owe your Indians a debt of thanks. They dispatched the Yankees with finality, and on Yankee turf to boot. Watching the Indians beat the Yankees is almost as pleasurable as watching the Red Sox beat the Yankees after the Yankees have built a 3-0 lead in a best of seven series. But best of all would be not having to watch the Yankees in the post season at all.
I’m sure they are happy to oblige. It’s nice to see that playoff wins can’t be bought outright.