Ep. 95: The Indians World Series chances now compared to the Indians of the '90s

The American League is stacked and the Cleveland Indians have as much of a chance to reach the World Series as any other AL team.

That's the opinion of Yahoo Sports national baseball writer Jeff Passan, a Solon High grad, who joined Takes By The Lake this week.

Jeff and Doug Lesmerises talked about his life growing up as the son of a Plain Dealer journalist, and how being a Cleveland sports fan shaped him. And then we dug in on the Indians.

We compared this Indians team to the Indians teams of the 1990s. We compared them to the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees and the Houston Astros, the three best teams in the American League. We talked about how long the Indians have to stay at this peak.

We also talked about Trevor Bauer in the bullpen in the postseason.

Few have a greater knowledge of the full baseball scene than Passan, who last year published a book called "The Arm," that went inside the most valuable commodity in baseball.

If you care about the Indians at all, this podcast is for you. Next week, we'll get back to the Browns with a full season preview.

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