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It was something of a shock to see the Red Sox succumb to Terry Francona’s Cleveland Indians in three games. “Something of a shock?” Well, Cleveland had a slightly better regular season record and an identifiably better bullpen going in. In those three games, we saw the Indians outscore the Sox 15 to 7 – more than double Boston’s output. And the Red Sox’ combined ERA for these three games was 5.00. So, what could we expect? Briefly, the plague of inconsistency that bothered the Red Sox most of this summer returned with a vengeance in October. And it was a bittersweet departure for David Ortiz, who is one of the few athletes to retire while still at the very top of his game, even [...]