DETROIT -- Near the end of last season, when the Indians were fighting to remain in the hunt for an American League Wild Card spot, Michael Bourn stood at his locker in Cleveland and discussed why the club's back was up against the wall. The veteran said it stemmed in part from the Tribe's slow start in April.
"I just think that we have to win early," Bourn said at the time. "You don't want to put yourself in that situation."
As the Indians approach the end of this April, they find themselves in that situation once again.