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A-Rod, Indians' pitching ready to shine in playoffs

By Tim Kurkjian
ESPN The Magazine

Sunday, September 30, 2007

The top five questions heading into the Division Series between the Yankees and Indians: Will Alex Rodriguez's recent postseason slump continue? Only in baseball do we ever ask this. These slumps can't happen in basketball or football. Michael Jordan never scored 30 points per game during the regular season, then 10 a game in the playoffs. Impossible. And yet A-Rod is hitless in his past 12 at-bats in the postseason and has six hits in his past 49 at-bats in the playoffs with one homer and thr ...

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