Cleveland Guardians

The week, game by game

Each game's fan misery, from first comment to the next game. ● marks a blowup.

• Sat, Oct 3L 0-3vs CHW79

The emotional rollercoaster

Fan misery across the week, every six hours. Up is worse. Dashed lines are games.

Worst game: Sat, Oct 3, L 0-3 vs Chicago White Sox

In-game fan misery, every 15 minutes.

What happened

One game, one loss, and the week's entire mood: a 0-3 shutout against the White Sox that put Cleveland down 0-1 and sent the misery index from 29 to 66. The turning point was the scoreboard staying blank long enough for the crowd to start doing math on Paul Dolan's playoff gate receipts — "Guards Ball means doing just enough." Elsewhere, fans relitigated Naylor and rediscovered their Astros grudge. "What a shameful and pathetic performance." Shut out by the White Sox is its own punishment.

What fans said

• “the part that really pisses me off is they'll refund your TICKET cost, but they're still keeping the fees for selling you the ticket to the game that never got played.”

  u/gn3296▲ 89frustration

• “The Cleveland Guardians play the exact same season every year”

  @Jolly_Olive♥ 4.5kfrustration

• “WHAT A STATEMENT WIN. LET’S GO.”

  @ChiSoxFanMike♥ 3.0kjoyRival fan

• “Guards Ball means doing just enough to get Paul Dolan a few games of that sweet playoff revenue.”

  u/turtleboy95▲ 77betrayal

• “Thank you Paul Dolan. I appreciate all the money you have saved for retirement”

  @ctd4_l2361♥ 168sarcasm

• “Never root for the White Sox, ever.”

  u/Squirtle_Squad_Fug▲ 66rage

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What fans posted

The memes and clips Cleveland Guardians fans shared on X and Reddit around this week's games. ⚡ means it was posted during a big swing.