For the Cleveland Indians, the key word at the end of that sentence is “relatively.”
As excited as we may be about a ninth-inning rally in the home park of the defending World Series champions, it will be some time before we know whether that rally catapulted the Indians toward a brighter future. We’ll know as soon as tonight, when the two teams play again, whether it accomplished anything except winning that one game.
That’s the reality facing the Indians–and facing me personally, as I write a column in which I attempt to summarize every 18-game stretch of their schedule.