Game 7 was also the same day New England’s Patriots had that insane 42 point 1st half in Miami

Manny trying to call timeout in G5 is an underrated Manny moment.

Before they blew a 3-1 lead in 2016, the Indians blew a 3-1 lead in 2007.

Ironically, both years the Cavaliers made the NBA Finals.

Indians blowing a 3-1 lead in the playoffs, it's not like we'll ever see that happen again.

This 2007 Red Sox team was so loaded, best of remaining 2004 heroes met with the next generation in Pedroia, Papelbon, Ellsbury, Youk, and the veteran additions of Beckett & Lowell.

The most complete Sox team I’d ever seen up until the 2018 squad

In a season with many regular season collapses (Mets-Padres-Brewers-Mariners-Dodgers-Tigers), I guess its also expected that we would have have at least one postseason collapse (sadly, it had to be Cleveland).

This was Kenny Lofton final MLB season, as he has retired.

Kenny Lofton is once again involved in a team that had a postseason collapse, and three of those times have been against the RSOX =

- 1999 Indians (against the RSOX in the Division Series)

- 2002 Giants (against the Angels in the World Series, mainly that game 6)

- 2003 Cubs (against the Marlins in the NLCS)

- 2004 Yankees (against the RSOX in the ALCS)

- 2007 Indians (against the RSOX in the ALCS)

Josh Beckett was dominant that postseason, particularly in Game 5.

It also probably helped the Indians brought his ex in to sing God Bless America lol.

Travis Hafner was a ghost this series

I miss these days of the MLB

J.D Drew...So clutch in game 6 and after that!

That was the only good series that we got that year in the postseason. Everything else was a sweep (minus the Indians winning their ALDS series against the Yankees in four).

The best series in the 2007 Major League Baseball Playoffs which were a festival of sweeps. This was the only series that went the distance.

for all intents and purposes, this was the REAL World Series.

I know they had one afterward, but that was just a 4 game ceremonial victory lap for surviving this slugfest. My god, the drama of this series, the Tribe getting one game away from going back to the Fall Classic and doing what was though impossible, defeating NY and Boston back to back to get there...and then the Red Sox did what the Red Sox do: hit hard, hit a lot, and string together a 3 win streak to go back to the Fall Classic.

I remember people saying there was no way the Indians would lose up 3 games to 1 with Sabathia, Carmona, and Westbrook on the mound...

21:45  Joel Skinner holding Kenny Lofton at third base late in the game as the possible tying run.

Also, during the final weekend of the 2005 season, when Cleveland was trying to make the postseason, Joel Skinner also held the game-winning-run in the bottom of the 9th inning at third base, when many felt he should have send the runner.  Cleveland eventually lost that game in extra innings, and Cleveland missed the postseason in 2005 when they had that collapse in the final week of the season.

Skinner was the interim manager for Cleveland during the second half of the 2002 season when Charlie Manuel resigned after the first half of that season.

I liked the job that Skinner did in that second half in 2002, and I was very surprised that he was not given the manager job after the 2002 season.  Skinner was moved to be the third base coach after the 2002 season.

These two situations in the final weekend of the 2005 regular season and at Game 7 of the 2007 ALCS were his revenge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MUHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

Cleveland Cavaliers also got swept in the June 2007 NBA Finals

But both Cavaliers and Indians will be back with more drama in the 2016 postseasons

23:10  Nice play by Coco Crisp (former Cleveland player) to get the AL Pennant

RSOX-Indians, facing each other for the fourth time in postseason history = 1995 ALDS, 1998 ALDS, 1999 ALDS, and now the 2007 ALCS

Kenny Lofton and Manny Ramirez played in each of those previous three postseason series.  Manny played with Cleveland in 1995-1998-1999 ALDS against Boston, and now with the RSOX in the 2007 ALCS against Cleveland.