35,000 FEET IN THE AIR — Airplane mode can go to hell.



When you get word that the Indians are trading away Edwin Encarnacion and Yandy Díaz and are acquiring Carlos Santana, you fire off that tweet, even as your plane gains steam on the runway.



And then you turn around. Four rows behind you is Indians president Chris Antonetti, staring back with a sly grin.



“It’s done.”



He said he could provide full details once we reached our cruising altitude on our return to Cleveland after four days in Las Vegas for the Winter Meetings. Perfect. Purchase the $8 Wi-Fi, collect all of the information, send it out to the world and write up a story. A productive, efficient day.



Ah, but Southwest had other plans.



This is the story of a trade completed minutes before takeoff on a cross-country flight full of team executives and a couple of fingernail-chomping, internally screaming reporters. Feel free to cue up the...