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Terry Francona liked the new team plane so much he 'wanted the guy just to fly around for a while'

For ballplayers, traveling can get to be as routine an experience as any. Airport after airport, city after city, it's an unavoidable part of the job that can probably get pretty tedious sometimes.
However, the airplane the Indians flew on for their flight to Chicago ahead of Game 3 of the World Series on Friday (7:30 p.m. ET air time | 8 ET game time on FOX) was so impressive that, when asked about the team's attitude after their 5-1 defeat in Game 2, manager Terry Francona joked at Thursday's news conference that he wished it had spent more time in the air: 
"I think our attitude last night was tremendous. We had a bigger plane. I wanted the guy just to fly around for a while. I thought it was pretty cool."
Mike Napoli, meanwhile, also commented on the physical aspects of their vessel, though he also noted that "at least two" babies and some turbulence (which he coined "the Knuckleball Express") made for an up-and-down excursion: 

We've all been there ... right?

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