we were up 3 games to one. we had three chances to end the series and turn our attention to the rockies.

we lost all three games. the combined runs of those three games yields boston 30, cleveland 5. with a score like that, one who only looks at those numbers would be hard pressed to believe that any of those three games were close. by the way, our number one and two starters, who won a combined 38 games in the regular season, started two of these three games.

now, joe borowski has been with two teams that blew a 3-1 lead in an LCS series. his first was with the cubs (against the marlins of course) in 2003, the other being this year of course.

there were records set, both good and bad.
bad: travis hafner's 12 K's tied two others for the most by an individual player.
good: our defense did turn a record 14 DP's. i did not look up what the previous record was.

despite everything, here is the telling stat. this is the one that makes one want to quit being a cleveland fan:

'The Indians have now lost 9 of their last 10 potential series-clinching postseason games.'

boston is responsible for at least 6 of these losses. this series reminded me greatly of another red sox comeback against us. the year was 1999. we were up in the ALDS 2-0. we were leading in game 3 at fenway. then dave burba left the game. he was cruising, but had to leave with an injury. the pen could not hold the lead. we got pummeled in games 4 and 5.

yes, cleveland fans are accustomed to loosing. this one really hurt.