If he isn't careful, Indians manager Terry Francona might set baseball back 50 years. Not that it would necessarily be a bad thing, at least not in the eyes of some old timers.
Remember the pitching rotation for the Baltimore Orioles during their historic four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1966 World Series? Who was the fourth starter for the Orioles (or the Dodgers, for that matter)? OK, so that is one of the all-time trick questions, since neither team used one.
The Orioles and Dodgers both navigated that series with only three starting pitchers, and there is every reason to believe Francona might try the same formula with the Indians, who lost two of their top three starting pitchers (Carlos Carrasco, Danny Salazar) late in the season.
