Indians in 1st, enjoying special season (AP)

[ASFN Admin]

They opened the season in snow piled up to their stirrups following a freakish storm. Five months later, as summer's final days dwindle, the Cleveland Indians stand alone atop the AL Central. And in the on-deck circle for the playoffs. With an unmatched starting rotation and a lineup stocked with young players mostly unknown outside Ohio's borders, the Indians, drawing on painful lessons learned in...

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