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The Cleveland Indians, it was turning out, weren't going along with the plan, not at all, and even the “Let's go Cubs!” that rattled around the old place was beginning to feel less optimistic than desperate. There was an at-bat, and it belonged to Francisco Lindor, which probably won't come as a surprise, which shouldn't come as a surprise, as he'd left at-bats like this on ball fields all over October.