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See stories by Amanda Rabinowitz. In addition to its success on the field, the team had run its major-league record for consecutive sell-outs to In , Jacobs had turned the team into the only publicly traded baseball team, while he retained full control of its operations. The sale was finalized when the shareholders formally voted in the Spring of to sell their shares to Dolan. A fair amount of success marked the beginning of the Dolan era: The Tribe missed the playoffs by one game in , but won its sixth American League Central Division crown in , losing to the Seattle Mariners in the playoffs.
However, it was clear by that the team was in a "rebuilding period": John Hart had left in to join the Texas Rangers replaced by Mark Shapiro , and Charlie Manuel was fired in , replaced by Joel Skinner. Throughout the year, Tribe notables, such as Roberto Alomar, Bartolo Colon and Kenny Lofton were traded, and the team came nowhere close to reaching the playoffs.
At age 35, Wedge became one of the youngest managers in baseball history. Sabathia, improving the Indians from a fourth place finish his freshman season to a division championship in As part of the deal, Progressive also gained sponsorship rights as the official auto insurer of the team. Eric Wedge was fired following a fourth place finish in and Manny Acta was hired to replace him in October of that year.
These years were also marked by the rise and fall of star center fielder Grady Sizemore who never fulfilled MVP potential due to several major injuries. To replace Acta, the club hired Terry Francona in who came in with an incredibly strong resume having won two World Series Championships as the manager of the Boston Red Sox.
In they hosted the American League Wild Card Game after rattling off ten straight wins to close the season. However, they lost to the Tampa Bay Rays ending their playoff run. In and the Indians finished above. He won the Cy Young Award in to make it three for Cleveland in eight seasons. In the Indians broke into the playoffs winning the AL Central with a well rounded lineup of young talent and an elite pitching staff. Infielders Jose Ramirez and Francisco Lindor both batted above.
With the playoffs already in their grasp, the Indians suffered several major injuries. Starting pitchers Danny Salazar and Carlos Carrasco were each unable to log a start in the playoffs and starting catcher Yan Gomes missed nearly the entire postseason as well. In the American League Championship series against the Toronto Blue Jays the pitching remained strong as they held Toronto to two runs or less in four of the five games which led to a lopsided series win.
In the World Series against the Chicago Cubs the Indians jumped out to a series lead but the Cubs took back two games to send the series to a Game 7 which was the first winner take all World Series game ever hosted in Cleveland. However, the Cubs ultimately won in the 10th inning. It marked the fourth straight World Series loss for the Indians and with the Cubs breaking their year World Series championship drought, it gave the Indians the longest active championship drought in the MLB.
Standouts of the postseason included Corey Kluber who started six games and had a 1. Reliever Andrew Miller also excelled in the playoffs striking out 30 with a 1.
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