A few hours before Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, a Texan walked into the Cleveland Indians' clubhouse wearing a pair of size-10½ Dan Post Cowboy Certified boots with a brown instep, blood-red-and-tan design on the shaft and white piping on the sides. Ryan Merritt moseyed over to his locker, sat down, yanked off the boots and changed out of his civvies into his navy Indians jersey and New Balance spikes. “He was sitting down playing Clash of Clans,” Indians catcher Roberto Perez said.