Rivera thus outclasses at least one of his potential World Series counterparts, the Cardinals» Jason Isringhausen, who had
only one
appearance of longer than one inning in his 14
playoff games.
Since «48, Cleveland has dropped the World Series three times, lost an ALCS they were up 3 - 1 in when the Red Sox outscored them 30 - 5 over the last three games, and then lost their
only other
playoff appearance since 2007 in the Wild Card round.