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- Updated: October 2, 2016
KANSAS CITY — Indians manager Terry Francona does not spend much time thinking about streaks, let alone entertaining questions about them. He keeps his focus on the only thing that matters, which is the game that is in front of him on any given day.
On Sunday morning, Francona broke out of character for a moment, though. The manager wanted to take time to address a unique streak that he believes speaks volumes about this season’s Indians team. Cleveland is the only team in the Majors this year not to lose four games in a row, showing how the players have embraced Francona’s stay-in-the-moment mentality.
“That’s harder than it looks,” Francona said of the streak. “It’s a long season, and that’s something I’m really proud of the guys about. They should be proud of themselves for that.”
The Indians are the first Major League team to go through an entire season without a losing streak of at least four games since the 2014 Dodgers accomplished the same feat. As a franchise, Cleveland had not …
