CLEVELAND -- Sometimes the best insights on the qualities that make a winning team special come from players who parachute in during the middle of it all. In the?Cleveland Indians case, one of the freshest takes is provided by Brandon Guyer, a veteran outfielder with a reputation as a hit-by-pitch magnet and a masher of left-handed pitching.In late July, Guyer was playing for the last-place Tampa Bay Rays in the sterile environs of Tropicana Field. After the Indians acquired him at the Aug. 1 trade deadline, Guyer quickly settled into an environment where newcomers were welcome, togetherness was paramount and each new obstacle was viewed as something to be overcome.Some days are especially fun. On Friday afternoon, Guyer was preparing for Game 2 of the American League Division Series against Boston when he discovered that Cleveland sports teams place a lot of stock in sticking up for one another. In a classic case of intracity sports franchise brotherhood, LeBron James took the field and delivered an impassioned Cleveland against the world speech to the Progressive Field crowd.I didnt know that was happening, Guyer said. When I got done warming up, I was in the dugout and I saw him talking, and I was like, Wow, if that doesnt get you pumped up, I dont know what will. Im sure the whole team got pumped up. That was amazing.Its almost as amazing as the pitching-impaired Indians being one win away from a shot at the American League pennant.After beating the Red Sox 5-4 and 6-0 at home, the Indians headed to Boston to try to finish the job. If they cant put away the Sox on Sunday or Monday at Fenway Park, they can advance to the American League Championship Series with a win behind rested ace?Corey Kluber?in Game 5 on Wednesday in Cleveland.Recent history suggests the Red Sox will be a tough out. In 1999, Cleveland seized a 2-0 ALDS lead over Boston only to lose three straight games by a combined score of 44-18. In 2007, the Tribe suffered an equally dispiriting ending. They were one victory away from a World Series appearance when they dropped three straight to the Red Sox by scores of 7-1, 12-2 and 11-2.The Indians have spent so much time overcoming obstacles this year, they havent had time to bone up on the franchises historical baggage. The first significant setback came in May, when All-Star outfielder Michael Brantley went down for the season with a shoulder injury. That bad news paled in comparison to the devastation in September, when starting pitchers Carlos Carrasco and Danny Salazar both got hurt in the span of a week.The Indians endured. They scored the second-most runs in the American League this season and logged the second-best ERA while ranking 28th in attendance and 23rd in Opening Day payroll. Cleveland was the only team in the majors not to suffer a losing streak of more than three games. (Yes, that includes the 103-win Cubs, who dropped five straight games right before the All-Star break).We dont have big names or the big contracts or any of that stuff, said second baseman Jason Kipnis. We have 25 guys who are baseball players and love to compete and have bought into this team. Thats kind of the way we need to be. We dont have a David Ortiz or a Miguel Cabrera that you can just put in lineup and expect big things. We need to do the little things.Next man up has become a tired cliché, but the Indians have embodied it in the ALDS. Catcher Roberto Perez, who had to close with a rush to bat .183 during the regular season, is 2-for-5 with a homer and two walks against Boston. Right fielder Lonnie Chisenhall, who made only eight starts against left-handed pitchers all season, provided the big hit with a three-run homer off David Price on Friday. Guyer came off the bench to go 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI.Manager Terry Francona is on a roll, too. He used his best two relievers, Cody Allen and Andrew Miller, for a total of 80 pitches and 11 outs in the series opener, leading everyone to wonder whether either pitcher would be available for Game 2. Then Kluber went out and stifled the Red Sox for seven innings, and neither Miller nor Allen even had to warm up. Theyll go into Game 3 with a full two days of rest.First baseman Mike Napoli, who hit a team-leading 34 homers with Cleveland on a one-year, $7 million contract, sees some parallels between this Indians team and Bostons 2013 championship club. The Indians are younger than that Boston team, but the priorities are the same.It starts with checking your ego at the door and coming together as a team and focusing on winning and not yourself, Napoli said. It didnt just happen overnight. It started in spring training -- people coming together and showing that everyone cares for each other and wants to pick each other up and ultimately win. Me personally, I like to bring everyone together and put their eye on one prize. I think weve done a good job of that.Before this series began, some baseball insiders regarded the Indians as a dangerous team regardless of their pitching injuries. The list of believers included Detroit special assistant Jim Leyland, who saw all he needed to when the Indians took 14 of 18 regular-season meetings with the Tigers.Heres a telling piece of trivia: Since Francona took over as manager in 2013, the Indians lead the American League with 352 victories. Thats one more win than the Baltimore Orioles have in that span.This team has a confidence about it, not only to win the division but to make some noise this postseason, Kipnis said. It started when we laid the foundation with some winning seasons. I felt like it was our turn this year.James and the Cavaliers helped change the tone of the sports-related conversation in Cleveland and turn fatalism to cautious optimism, and now the Indians are doing their part to extend the citys momentum. It wont be easy to eliminate Boston, or logging the nine more wins required to proclaim this The Year of Cleveland in baseball. But the Indians sure are playing like a team that plans to stick around. http://www.authenticshopbroncos.com/broncos-phil-taylor-navy-blue-jersey/ .com) - The women will also have a new champion at the Australian Open. http://www.authenticshopbroncos.com/broncos-connor-barth-navy-blue-jersey/ . -- Adam Snyder returned to the San Francisco 49ers this season because the offensive lineman thought it was his best opportunity to win a championship. http://www.authenticshopbroncos.com/broncos-tony-carter-navy-blue-jersey/ . The 18-year-old American had five birdies in her bogey-free round for a 17-under total of 196. 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Anthony Joshua has named Rob McCracken as his full-time coach.McCracken will be in Joshuas corner when he makes the latest defence of his IBF heavyweight title against Eric Molina at the Manchester Arena on Dec. 10.Joshua excelled under McCracken as an amateur, eventually winning an Olympic gold medal at London 2012 before turning professional in 2013.The 27-year-old will now be trained by McCracken after an agreement was reached to combine the new role with his position as performance director of Team GB boxing.Tony Sims had overseen Joshuas impressive progress as a professional but rumours had long persisted in boxing circles of the London fighter spending more time working with McCracken.It is little secret that, as with Carl Froch who McCracken also successfully guided as a professional, Joshua spent a significant amount of time training with the GB boxing squad at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. Sims -- one of Britains busiest trainers -- will continue to assist McCracken.I have remained close to Rob and the GB Boxing squad since 2012, Joshua said. I have consistently turned to him for advice and gguidance so I am really excited to have him in my corner.ddddddddddddI would like to put on record my thanks to Tony Sims who will remain in my corner working with Rob as he did to such success with Carl Froch.The 48-year-old McCracken, who once challenged for the WBC middleweight title having also been the Commonwealth champion, added: Anthony is a special talent.I am looking forward to working with him on the next stage of his career as he looks to defend his titles and, ultimately, to unify the heavyweight division.I know from working with Carl Froch that combining my work coaching a top professional boxer with the role of performance director has mutual benefits and that having a world champion in the gym has a very positive impact on the whole of the GB Boxing squad.It gives the boxers an insight into what it takes to be the best in the world and provides top-class training opportunities that will help to develop and improve the heavyweight and super-heavyweight boxers in the squad. 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