Gary Matthews Jr.

Re-signing C.

Fans can point fingers, second-guess managerial decisions and debate incessantly over reasons why Cleveland collapsed in the AL championship series against the Red Sox.

Josh Beckett needs a bigger trophy case: now he has an AL championship series Most Valuable Player Award to go along with his 2003 World Series MVP.

Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dustin Pedroia and these Red Sox are taking a sweet streak into the World Series, too.

Paul Byrd, who pitched the Cleveland Indians to the brink of the World Series with a victory in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series on Tuesday, admitted to taking human growth hormone under a doctor's care.

Paul Byrd, who pitched the Cleveland Indians to the brink of the World Series with a victory in Game 4 of the ALCS on Tuesday, bought nearly $25,000 worth of human growth hormone and syringes, according to a published report.

Dice-K never pitched in a game THIS big.

From the brink of elimination and the depths of a yearlong slump, J.

Trot Nixon, the former Red Sox outfielder who beat Boston with an extra-inning single in Game 2, was back in Cleveland's starting lineup for Saturday night's sixth game of the AL championship series.

Back to Boston they go.

Led by a throwback pitcher who looks as if he stepped out of their 1948 team photo, the Cleveland Indians moved one win from another crack at winning an elusive World Series title.

As October's curtain rose, they were unknown underdogs.

Manny Ramirez broke the postseason home run record and Red Sox teammate David Ortiz tied another October mark Saturday night in Game 2 of the AL championship series.

Eric Gagne's decline from super closer to struggling reliever reached a new low.

Josh Beckett didn't need another shutout to beat the Indians.

The industry regarded John Hart as an imperfect general manager when he ran the Indians and Rangers.

Curt Schilling will pitch for Boston in the second game of the ALCS against Cleveland, following Josh Beckett in the rotation and moving ahead of Daisuke Matsuzaka.

Once Grady Sizemore hit a leadoff home run, the Cleveland Indians were headed to the AL championship series while the New York Yankees were braced for a showdown with their boss.

Eric Wedge, the manager of the Cleveland Indians, was faced with a critical decision: Whom should he send to the mound tonight to pitch Game 4 of the American League division series against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium? Immediately after the Yankees defeated the Indians last night, 8-4, to cut Cleveland’s lead to 2-1 in the best-of-five series, Wedge said he would make no change in his plans to use Paul Byrd.

Swarming bugs, millions and millions of them, bombarded the Yankees at the worst possible time Friday night, covering and rattling rookie reliever Joba Chamberlain and helping the Indians to a 2-1 win in 11 innings and a two-game lead in their AL playoff series.

Rocked right off the bat, the Cleveland Indians quickly found their October swing.

Hideki Matsui will likely be a designated hitter when the New York Yankees open the playoffs Thursday at Cleveland.