Red Sox fans have endured a lot over the years. But now that the Olde Towne Team has won two straight elimination games against the Indians, it seems their misery has company --- one Indians fan yesterday, watching yesterday's game on the Jacobs Field jumbotron, said she saw her team slipping into a "vortex of doom".

"The Cleveland Indians and the Vortex of Doom." Crikey. It sounds like a rejected title for a Harry Potter spinoff.

Take heart, Cleveland. If there's one thing we've learned in Boston, it's not over until the fat lady's gargling while the stagehands are striking the set...