CLEVELAND, Ohio — On a perfect autumn afternoon at Progressive Field, the Guardians put an exclamation point on what might be the most improbable division title in baseball history. Brayan Rocchio’s walk-off three-run homer in the 10th inning wasn’t just a dramatic ending to a regular-season game — it was the perfect culmination of baseball’s greatest comeback story in over a century.

“Fifteen and a half out July 8, 11 games out on September 4, and they not only clinched the playoff spot Friday night, but they could have backed into today’s AL Central because Detroit lost during their game against Texas, and instead they claimed the title on the field,” marveled Paul Hoynes during the Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast , capturing the magnitude of what we’d just witnessed.

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