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COLIN COWHERD–STYLE RECAP: RED SOX 7, INDIANS 1
You know, every year the playoffs give us a team that finally grows up.
A team that’s been wandering around the league for years — no identity, no big moments, no reason for anybody outside their ZIP code to care — and then one day they walk into October and suddenly look like they’ve been here forever.
This year? It’s Boston.
Seventeen years. SEVENTEEN.
That’s not a playoff drought, that’s a mortgage.
And Boston walks in, first postseason game since the Harding administration or whatever it feels like… and they don’t just win. They announce themselves.
7–1. Total control. Road game. Jacobs Field.
Cleveland had the home crowd, the momentum, the pitching plan, the weather…
Boston had John Jordan — who, I’m telling you right now, looks like the guy who goes to the gym at 5 AM, drinks black coffee, and takes everything personally.
Two homers, four RBI, scored twice.
He didn’t just play well — he owned the building.
And the quote afterward?
“I’ll let my guard down when there’s a ring on my finger.”
That’s not a baseball player.
That’s a Navy SEAL with batting gloves.
Meanwhile Cleveland… look, I like Cleveland. Great fans. They show up, they care, they try.
But this looked like one of those games where you can just tell — before they even break a sweat — who’s the challenger and who’s the contender.
Boston’s lineup? Efficient, patient, grown-up baseball.
Cleveland’s? Nine hits and one run — that’s like eating an entire pizza and still being hungry. A lot of activity, no payoff.
And let’s not ignore K. Simmons.
Seven and a third scoreless, on the road, first playoff start…
That’s adult behavior.
That’s the guy in the office who shows up 20 minutes early and doesn’t complain when the printer jams.
Folks…
Boston isn’t wide-eyed.
They aren’t happy-to-be-here.
They look like the guy who finally got invited to the party and immediately starts running the place.
They lead the series 1–0.
Cleveland’s got 24 hours to figure out how to stop a team that waited 17 years… and showed up with receipts.
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