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Rough Monday morning for Cleveland sports fans, but hey, the Browns didn't lose yesterday and the Buckeyes are #1. Here's the reaction around from the area newspapers...
Nightmare ends Cleveland Indians season: "This magical season is over. The team that tied Boston for the most wins in the majors, the team that thrilled us with an unexpected playoff victory over the Yankees, is prematurely done. For now, file this one away among the city's sports failures, a list of heartbreaks that's getting way too long. We know the pains by name: Red Right 88, The Drive, The Fumble, The Shot, Game 7, The Sweep. It's quite a resume of suffering, but - let's be honest here - we've had ample time to build it. This town last celebrated a championship with the Browns in 1964. The Indians? The champagne's been chilling since 1948. But this year . . . oh, it should have been different.
Game 7 flukes not the problem; outscored 30-5 is: "Forget the decision to hold Kenny Lofton at third base in the seventh inning. Forget that Lofton was called out at second on a drive off the wall when replays showed he was safe. Forget a lot of that stuff. Because when a team has a chance to close out a series after being up three games to one and is outscored 30-5 in those three games, well, it's not meant to be."
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