No matter what the outcome of the wild-card round of Major League Baseball is, this has been a storybook year for the state of Ohio. Let’s start with the Cleveland Guardians.

If the Oakland A’s 2002 season, surrounding General Manager Billy Beane’s moves, could be made into a movie starring Brad Pitt as Beane, then you better believe the Guardians’ 2025 campaign is ready for Hollywood.

Hollywood left out Mulder, Hudson and Zito. In Cleveland, it was six pitchers leading the charge.

The Guards provided the greatest comeback in MLB history after trailing the Detroit Tigers by 15 1/2 games on July 8. They had two losing streaks of nine games or worse. They lost two players to gambling allegations. Most nights, the lineup only had two players hitting in the upper .200’s – Steven Kwan and Jo

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