Well, I am no baseball expert, just a long time lover. I am looking at The Cleveland box. Even if they ran away with their division in June with a "14 0r 15 game winning streak" , and even if I sincerely would love for it to be the case (winning by a greater margin , creaming the opponent always good IMO LOL) I do NOT think this is going to be a cakewalk. Cleveland is on top after a long season by a good margin, and ahead of us (barely) percentage wise.
Our guys have had a long arduous away game end to the regular season, and as is normal in baseball, appear to have let down just a bit.
I do not see the Indians as a pushover team. I agree we have a deeper team in talent and we have a motivated team, in part because of Papi's last season, and in part because of the essentials to all winning teams, good chemistry and collaborative determination, and on top of that some good luck with injuries, as in few of them.
But i think this is going to be a dogfight, with plenty of heroics, and will set up the usual grueling post game challenges, after all the divisional fights that have to be fought to win a pennant and a world series. We have fielded a hell of a team this year, the guys have made a brilliant run so far. I look forward to seeing real baseball beauty (although I honestly have never cared if a game is messy so long as we win) in this series with Cleveland, and if our team stays focused , productive, and positive, we will win. I think that if we beat Cleveland we will coast to the AL pennant and have a glorious shot at another WS title.