But I know the Indians wanted a quality left-handed starter who could go out there and keep them in the game and grind it out for them and pitch a lot of innings and win some ballgames. We've got a long way to go before we even think about beating the Yankees or Boston or whoever. For the first time in years, the Indians' postseason actually comes fitted with a question mark. So far, the 2000 baseball season has surprised the Tribe with one trapdoor after another, and there has been just enough adversity to make you wonder whether this might not be the year that the string of five consecutive division championships finally ends. The standings say the Indians' 3-2 win was just one game.
Standings sometimes lie.
Indians reliever Paul Shuey said. But I think you can ask anybody in Cleveland, how they felt about Finley starting against the Yankees, and they really wanted to see him beat them. If he hadn't, it would have been a big letdown. He didn't have his best stuff. They sometimes hit him hard.