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Game CL Open Thread - The Racists of Cleveland Versus The Royals of Kansas City

The man who dispatches of racists as his raison d'être makes his Major League debut against the Racists. This is sure to be explosive. Enter Yordano Ventura.

By Josh Duggan
Don't let the smile fool you, Cleveland.
Don't let the smile fool you, Cleveland.
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These are surely wrong, but:

American League Wild Card Standings

W L PCT GB STRK
Tampa Bay 82 67 .550 0 Won 1
Texas 81 68 .543 1 Lost 7
Cleveland 81 69 .540 1.5 Lost 1
Baltimore 79 70 .530 3 Won 1
Kansas City 79 71 .526 3.5 Won 1
New York 79 71 .526 3.5 Lost 3
Los Angeles 72 77 .483 10 Won 2
Toronto 68 81 .456 14 Lost 1
Seattle 66 84 .440 16.5 Lost 2
Minnesota 64 85 .429 18 Lost 1
Chicago 59 91 .393 23.5 Won 1

(updated 9.16.2013 at 10:55 PM CDT)

Your pitchers:

Corey Kluber

#28 / Pitcher / Cleveland Racists

6-4

215

R

R

Apr 10, 1986

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2013 - Corey Kluber 9-5 23 21 0 0 0 0 132.0 131 56 52 13 28 123 3.55 1.20

And:

Yordano Ventura

#30 / Pitcher / Kansas City Royals

5-11

180

R

R

Jun 03, 1991

who has neither a photograph--presumably on account of his wanting to keep a low profile while taking out racists across this great county--nor Major League statistics, as this is his Major League debut.

If the Cleveland nine were a dragon, they'd be the one detailed here:

As was established, Yordano Ventura does not stand idly by while racism runs amok. He will most definitely take these Racists down. Hard.

This is gonna be a WAR [on racism].

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