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Busted Coverage (Free subscription) | yesterday
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Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Still, we've won four in a row and face a couple really exciting pitching matchups the next two days: Harang vs. Fausto, and Voltron vs. Cliff Lee in a battle of the AL and NL ERA leaders. It really should be a fun weekend. By David Kohl/AP
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Knuckle Curve (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
The Cleveland Indians starting pitchers are blazing. The Indians starting pitchers have now pitched 43 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings. The pitchers responsible for this streak are CC Sabathia, Aaron Laffey, Fausto Carmona, Cliff Lee and Paul Byrd. CC Sabathia was struggling earlier in the season, but he has turned it around. [...]
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Ballbug (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
USA Today : Some stats still anomalies one-quarter into season — By Ron Shandler, Special for USA TODAY — Another week gone and Chipper Jones is still batting around .400. Cliff Lee's ERA is still less than 1.00. Ryan Howard and Robinson Cano are still batting less than .200
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Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
[ Editor's Note: I invited Kyle Boddy of Driveline Mechanics to analyze an Indians pitcher. Here's his statistical and mechanical analysis of Cliff Lee's amazing start to the 2008 season - Ryan] Phrases that I have heard about Cliff Lee throughout the course of the 2007 season: He’s a bum! Good riddance - enjoy Double-A, you idiot. We should have traded you for Matt Murton while we had...
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Mr. Irrelevant (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
This morning I flipped on SportsCenter and caught some baseball highlights, particularly Cliff Lee’s nine-inning, no-run performance that lowered his ERA to 0.67 after seven starts. ESPN's Eric Young was impressed: That's right, according to the silver-tongued EY, Cliff Lee’s success gives Cleveland five “formidle” starters: C.C. Sabathia is one, Fausto Carmona is two and Lee [...]
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ArmchairGM (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
As of May 13th, here are my American League frontrunners for the major MLB awards:MVP Cliff Lee Kevin Youkilis Josh Hamiltion Ian Kinsler Manny Ramirez With no offensive players standing out in the American League, I must choose, with apprehension, a pitcher. Cliff Lee showed promise
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Roto Authority Fantasy Baseball (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
I am in first place in the RotoAuthority League, but not by much. Volvo Stationwagons is at 86.5 points; I'm at 90. My 3.98 ERA ranks fifth; my 1.32 WHIP is sixth. I'm not running away with pitching, but I decided to take offers for Cliff Lee anyway. I figured he has nowhere to go but down (though I do not think he's a fluke). Lee has been historically great this season. The fourth-place team,...
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Signal to Noise (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Indians 3, Blue Jays 0; Blue Jays 3, Indians 0 - Same score, different winner. In the first game, Fausto Carmona destroyed the Toronto line-up. In the second game Cliff Lee and Shaun Marcum dueled, with Shannon Stewart and Aaron Hill winning it on a sac fly and two-run single in the 10th inning. Cabrera [...]
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Bugs and Cranks (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Sweet suffering jebus it takes these guys a long time to score! More than 30 innings of consecutive shutout baseball… against. It took until extra innings yesterday - of the second game - for the Jays to knock a couple across the plate in Cleveland. Sure, Fausto Carmona and Cliff Lee deserve some credit for that, but [...]
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Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
via www.fangraphs.com Highest WPA Lowest WPA Cliff Lee .706 Rafael Betancourt -.456 Unassisted Triple Play .185 Kelly Shoppach -.149 Asdrubal Cabrera -.127 99 years ago, Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball made the first unassisted triple play in AL history. Bill Wambsganss made the second one during the 1920 World Series. And tonight Asdrubal Cabrera made just the 14th unassisted triple play (including...
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Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 10 1 CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 W: B.J. Ryan (1-0) L: Rafael Betancourt (1-2) S: Scott Downs (4) Cliff Lee was out-dueled by Shaun Marcum, who overcame an unassisted triple-play by Asdrubal Cabrera to defeat the Cleveland Indians 3-0 in the night-cap of a twi-night doubleheader in Cleveland. Cliff Lee pitched nine scoreless...
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Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Andrew Marshall writes: Asdrubal Cabrera just turned an unassisted triple play behind Cliff Lee. This offense (Toronto) has become comically bad. The Indians, of course, have the only unassisted triple play in World Series history, way back in 1920. This...
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Fausto Carmona gave Cliff Lee a tough act to follow. Carmona pitched a five-hitter for Cleveland's second consecutive shutout over the struggling Toronto Blue Jays, a 3-0 victory in Monday's doubleheader opener.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Fausto Carmona gave Cliff Lee a tough act to follow. Carmona pitched a five-hitter for Cleveland's second consecutive shutout over the struggling Toronto Blue Jays, a 3-0 victory in Monday's doubleheader opener.
