I was young during the Cleveland Indians heyday. The mid-90s saw lineups of Kenny Lofton, Omar Vizquel, Jim Thome, and Manny Ramirez (among others) mash their way into the record books.
But, they never won a ring. After our good friend Jose Mesa blew that save in 1997, there was an eerie feeling that Cleveland might never be back. Even though I’d rather blame Tony Fernandez for ’97 (I don’t know why more people don’t), it’s time to put the past in the past and look at the present and future.