This year, Cleveland celebrates a historic milestone: the 35th birthday of our beloved Guardians mascot, Slider. And yes, though it was a bit of a rocky start, he eventually did indeed become beloved.

Clayton Kershaw was laboring in pursuit of his 3,000th strikeout. His pitch count soaring, he was down to the last batter he would face, needing one more swing and miss to become the 20th pitcher to ...