{"id":12899,"date":"2017-09-13T09:52:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T09:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2017\/09\/13\/cleveland-indians-win-20-straight-tie-moneyball-oakland-as-streak\/"},"modified":"2017-09-13T09:52:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T09:52:00","slug":"cleveland-indians-win-20-straight-tie-moneyball-oakland-as-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/cleveland-indians-win-20-straight-tie-moneyball-oakland-as-streak\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Indians Win 20 Straight, Tie &#039;Moneyball&#039; Oakland A&#039;s Streak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/09\/13\/550595787\/cleveland-indians-win-20-straight-tie-moneyball-oakland-as-streak?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\">Doreen McCallister<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/09\/13\/550595787\/cleveland-indians-win-20-straight-tie-moneyball-oakland-as-streak?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2017\/09\/13\/ap_17256074421819_wide-c38520a7807806d2a15bcca19b0fc4b50ae53f78-s1100-c15.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2017\/09\/13\/ap_17256074421819_wide-c38520a7807806d2a15bcca19b0fc4b50ae53f78-s1200.jpg\">Enlarge this image<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                Fans of the Cleveland Indians celebrate a 2-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers Tuesday night in Cleveland. The Indians won their 20th game in a row, tying the American League record.<\/p>\n<p>                <b><\/p>\n<p>                    Ron Schwane\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<p>        Ron Schwane\/AP<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/indians\">Cleveland Indians<\/a> are chasing a<a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/\"> Major League Baseball<\/a> record that few teams in the modern era have managed to accomplish.<\/p>\n<p>The Indians beat the <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/tigers\">Detroit Tigers<\/a> 2-0 last night in Cleveland to win their 20th straight game \u2014 tying the American League winning streak held by the 2002 Oakland Athletics.<\/p>\n<p>Baseball fans and movie goers alike will remember that team.<\/p>\n<p>The 2011 movie <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1210166\/\">Moneyball,<\/a> starring Brad Pitt, told the story of how the A&#8217;s used detailed statistics to assemble a roster of under-appreciated, low-salaried players 15 years ago who went on to become a powerhouse team that won 20 straight games.<\/p>\n<p>The A&#8217;s finished first in the American League West that season with a record of 103-59.<\/p>\n<p>The Indians will go for 21 straight wins when they play the Tigers this afternoon in Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>The 1935 Chicago Cubs, a National League team, currently holds that record.<\/p>\n<p>Tying that record would be bittersweet. The 2016 Cubs beat the Indians 4-3 in last season&#8217;s World Series. Cleveland had taken a three-games-to-one lead in the best-of-seven series.<\/p>\n<p>The Indians, however, haven&#8217;t let that loss define them.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Cleveland&#8217;s winning streak began last month in Boston, and as the streak has continued, the team has done it&#8217;s best to keep it from being a distraction.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press reports Indians Manager Terry Francona has been downplaying the streak but chooses his words carefully whether he&#8217;s talking to reporters, family or friends:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;I got one really good buddy, one of my best friends, but he&#8217;s notoriously bad luck,&#8221; Francona said. &#8220;Everybody kind of refers to him as like the gray cloud. He knows who he is and you talk about superstitions, I will not talk to him. He is a text only.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If Cleveland wins later today, and they&#8217;ve already beaten the Tigers six times during the streak, they can challenge the record held by the 1916 New York Giants.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants had an unbeaten streak of 27 games, but that included a tie. Baseball views the Giants&#8217; winning streak of 26 games as the longest in history.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Hirdt, executive vice president at the <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.esb.com\/\">Elias Sports Bureau<\/a>, which is Major League Baseball&#8217;s official record keeper, is asked all the time which record he would like to see broken.<\/p>\n<p>He tells The Associated Press that he is &#8220;eager to see if Cleveland can topple the Giants&#8217; gigantic mark.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/09\/13\/550595787\/cleveland-indians-win-20-straight-tie-moneyball-oakland-as-streak?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"Cleveland Indians Win 20 Straight, Tie &#039;Moneyball&#039; Oakland A&#039;s Streak\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/09\/13\/550595787\/cleveland-indians-win-20-straight-tie-moneyball-oakland-as-streak?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/09\/13\/550595787\/cleveland-indians-win-20-straight-tie-moneyball-oakland-as-streak?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2017\/09\/13\/ap_17256074421819_wide-c38520a7807806d2a15bcca19b0fc4b50ae53f78-s1100-c15.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2017\/09\/13\/ap_17256074421819_wide-c38520a7807806d2a15bcca19b0fc4b50ae53f78-s1200.jpg\">Enlarge this image<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                Fans of the Cleveland Indians celebrate a 2-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers Tuesday night in Cleveland. The Indians won their 20th game in a row, tying the American League record.<\/p>\n<p>                <b><\/p>\n<p>                    Ron Schwane\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<p>        Ron Schwane\/AP<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/indians\">Cleveland Indians<\/a> are chasing a<a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/\"> Major League Baseball<\/a> record that few teams in the modern era have managed to accomplish.<\/p>\n<p>The Indians beat the <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/tigers\">Detroit Tigers<\/a> 2-0 last night in Cleveland to win their 20th straight game \u2014 tying the American League winning streak held by the 2002 Oakland Athletics.<\/p>\n<p>Baseball fans and movie goers alike will remember that team.<\/p>\n<p>The 2011 movie <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1210166\/\">Moneyball,<\/a> starring Brad Pitt, told the story of how the A&#8217;s used detailed statistics to assemble a roster of under-appreciated, low-salaried players 15 years ago who went on to become a powerhouse team that won 20 straight games.<\/p>\n<p>The A&#8217;s finished first in the American League West that season with a record of 103-59.<\/p>\n<p>The Indians will go for 21 straight wins when they play the Tigers this afternoon in Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>The 1935 Chicago Cubs, a National League team, currently holds that record.<\/p>\n<p>Tying that record would be bittersweet. The 2016 Cubs beat the Indians 4-3 in last season&#8217;s World Series. Cleveland had taken a three-games-to-one lead in the best-of-seven series.<\/p>\n<p>The Indians, however, haven&#8217;t let that loss define them.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Cleveland&#8217;s winning streak began last month in Boston, and as the streak has continued, the team has done it&#8217;s best to keep it from being a distraction.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press reports Indians Manager Terry Francona has been downplaying the streak but chooses his words carefully whether he&#8217;s talking to reporters, family or friends:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;I got one really good buddy, one of my best friends, but he&#8217;s notoriously bad luck,&#8221; Francona said. &#8220;Everybody kind of refers to him as like the gray cloud. He knows who he is and you talk about superstitions, I will not talk to him. He is a text only.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If Cleveland wins later today, and they&#8217;ve already beaten the Tigers six times during the streak, they can challenge the record held by the 1916 New York Giants.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants had an unbeaten streak of 27 games, but that included a tie. Baseball views the Giants&#8217; winning streak of 26 games as the longest in history.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Hirdt, executive vice president at the <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.esb.com\/\">Elias Sports Bureau<\/a>, which is Major League Baseball&#8217;s official record keeper, is asked all the time which record he would like to see broken.<\/p>\n<p>He tells The Associated Press that he is &#8220;eager to see if Cleveland can topple the Giants&#8217; gigantic mark.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}