ALCS resembles a family reunion

0 Comments | USA TODAY, October, 2007 | by Bob Nightengale

BOSTON -- It's called the American League Championship Series, but the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians say it's baseball's version of the Family Feud.

They all seem to know each other, and many look as if they're wearing the wrong uniform.

Trot Nixon, who spent 1999-2006 playing for the Red Sox and won a 2004 World Series ring, gazed at the Red Sox clubhouse Thursday and kept walking ... right into the Indians clubhouse.

"It's crazy how this game of baseball works," said Nixon, who attracted the biggest media contingent, about 30 reporters and TV cameras. "Believe me, I'm excited about being here, but it does feel a little weird. ... It's going to be strange for a few of us."

Nixon, who signed with the Indians as a free agent, is one...