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How tanking teams are affecting the Indians’ playoff hopes

As the Indians get ready for the biggest series of the year against the Twins, I can’t shake the feeling that every series for the last few months has been big. Trailing in both the AL Central and the wild card, every game has an added intensity, a must-win feeling. It doesn’t help that every game seems to be against some other playoff team, too.

Then, when I turn my gaze to the scoreboard, there are the Twins and the Rays and the A’s notching a win — the Indians just can’t catch a break. It’s not like the Tribe has been bad lately; since a miserable May (12-17, .