[JackN]

As much as it pains me, I am rooting for the Indians, but it looks like they are done now. They played the two best teams money can buy, and that is exactly the problem with major league baseball, it is an uneven playing field. Teams like the A's, Pirates, Twins, Marlins and Devil Rays can't compete with the elite teams in terms of payroll. The Yankees and Red Sox can just throw a pile of money at a player that is more than the entire payroll of most teams i.e. Dice-K. I commend the Indians for getting it done the old fashioned way of building prospects and making smart trades.