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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
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It's hard to beat 'em up too badly, afterall they can only beat who they play. But their record against winning teams was awful. The Tribe made the playoffs by beating up on shitty teams. When you watch guys like Swisher give away an AB like that, you definitely understand why they struggled against quality ballclubs.
Put them in the East or the West and they probably win 80 games. The Royals, OTOH, probably don't drop off that much in a harder division because the style of ball they play is pretty equally effective against good or bad teams - pitching and defense will play against anyone.
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Blatantly stolen off of twitter but in their "magical month run to the postseason" Since August 27th, they went 16-1 against teams under .500 and 5-10 against teams with a winning record.