CLEVELAND, Ohio — The aren’t just playing for a playoff spot anymore. They’re trying to do something that’s never been done before in baseball history.

“What they’re trying to do is historic. They’re trying to run down the Tigers after being as many as 15 1/2 games back in the division on July 9th,” cleveland.com Guardians beat reporter Joe Noga explained on the latest Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast .

To put that in perspective, the largest deficit ever overcome in Major League Baseball’s divisional era came from the 1978 Yankees, who famously chased down the Red Sox after being 14 games back. That legendary comeback culminated in the Bucky Dent game at Fenway Park.

But what makes Cleveland’s pursuit even more challenging is a rule change that removed the one-game playoff for divisio

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