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Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
More photos » by Michael Dwyer - AP Maybe Rafael Perez should talk to a few of these guys in preparation for 2010. Browse more photos » Just like my previous post on positional prospects, I will try to highlight a few of the seasons by pitchers which showed the most improvement on the 2008 season. Here we have a combination of guys. Once again, top prospects show up prominently. But we...
Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Several other tidbits that came out today in reference to management... The two GMs who lost their jobs this week received phone calls to see if they'd be interested in a position within the organization. This isn't the first time that this has happened, Wayne Krivsky was hired as a special consultant after being let go by the Reds but he only finished out the year with the Mets. Towers has a chance...
Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
More photos » by Michael Dwyer - AP Travis Hafner hit .321/.424/.500 over the last two weeks of the season. Browse more photos » It's over. Finally. Tomo Ohka got burned for for seven earned runs in five innings, but I guess that's besides the point, for if he starts another game for the Indians , the team is heading for another season like this one. Rafael Perez , in what may have been...
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
More photos » by Tony Dejak - AP about 4 hours ago: Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera hits an RBI double off Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Rafael Perez in the eighth inning in a baseball game, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, in Cleveland. Placido Polanco scored. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) Browse more photos » Bobby Seay and Brandon Lyon (or "Seay-Lyon," as we like to call them) made the eighth...
Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
More photos » by Duane Burleson - AP Laffey isn't getting any easier to watch. Browse more photos » As if we needed one, today's performance provided another reason why nobody should be betting on the Tribe in 2010. Starter Aaron Laffey , one of our best hopes in the rotation for next season, put up another highly suspect performance. Laffey bobbled the ball at first base in the third inning,...
Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
More photos » by David Richard - AP Carrasco has given up 6 home runs in only 14.0 innings in the majors. Browse more photos » A day after rapping out 17 hits, the Indians managed just two base knocks against the likes of Kyle Davies , Roman Colon and Carlos Rosa . To be fair, the Indians did take 7 walks today. Carlos Carrasco made his third and best start of the season, holding the Royals...
Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
More photos » by Tony Dejak - AP Will Fausto ever get fixed? Browse more photos » It took the Texas Rangers less than 24 hours to sweep the Indians and make much of the pitching "progress" that the Tribe had been clinging to start to look more than a bit shaky. Last night, we had to watch Aaron Laffey and Carlos Carrasco get shelled, as well as witness Jess Todd 's continued unraveling...
WaitingForNextYear (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
A somewhat old version of Fausto Carmona came to play Thursday afternoon, unfortunately so did the bad old Rafael Perez. This was yet another game in which the Indians had plenty of chances to win, but came up short as they ended their stay in Detroit by getting swept. This loss was a 4-3 extra [...]
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
More photos » by Duane Burleson - AP Is Placido Polanco being mobbed by teammates for driving in the winning run for a walk-off 4-3 victory over the Indians Thursday afternoon? Or is the poor guy just being mugged? You make the call. Browse more photos » For all the hand-wringing over the Minnesota Twins still being too close for comfort in the AL Central race (though they are now five...
Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Thanks for nothing, Cleveland. Final in 10: CLE 3, DET 4 Rafael Perez gets a You Deserve A Punch In the Face award for the four batters he faced in the tenth. He could only record an out by allowing the Tigers to win the game.
Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
More photos » by Duane Burleson - AP Carmona was no good in the 7th. Browse more photos » The Detroit Tigers completed the sweep today by prevailing in the tenth inning of a pitchers' duel. Nate Robertson and Fausto Carmona , neither candidates for the all-star rotation, both turned in relatively impressive performances: Robertson went 6 scoreless while Fausto completed 6.1 with 3 ER. Carmona...
Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
by Paul Sancya - AP A baseball that Jhonny Peralta managed to catch. View full size photo uploaded September 2, 2009 This was an ugly game. The difference in this game were two unearned runs given up by the Indians . There were five errors in all committed by the Cleveland defense, with Jhonny Peralta had three of them, all on fielding plays. In addition, the Indians grounded into three double plays,...
Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 08/30/2009
More photos » by Rob Carr - AP Ty Wigginton gets tagged out by Wyatt Toregas in the fourth. Browse more photos » Today's game marked the last game before September, and before the active roster expands beyond 25. Because of that, success in the month of September does need placed in proper perspective because those late-season callups often are playing against other late-season callups....
I Am the Lizard Queen (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
A poem for a rainy day… Chronicle of the Rain One of her nipples was red, tepid, carnal; the other, blue, looked made for death’s caress. They also brought to mind the luxuri- ous faucets of a porcelain tub. There’s a story of a woman who was devoured by the moon. It’s said that her cries were made of silver. Never write [...]
Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 08/23/2009
More photos » by Tony Dejak - AP about 1 hour ago: Cleveland Indians' Luis Valbuena, top right, is congratulated by teammates after hitting a game-winning solo home run off Seattle Mariners pitcher Randy Messenger in the 11th inning in a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009, in Cleveland. The Indians won 4-3. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) Browse more photos » After giving up three first-inning...
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