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Spring training approaches

January 29, 2010

Well .. the bad news here is that Baseball Prospectus projects the Indians to win just 77 games … the good news is they'll only be five games back.

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Manny Acta talks Indians at the winter meetings

December 10, 2009

New Indians manager Manny Acta met with the media at baseball's winter meetings in Indianapolis this past week. Obviously, I was not there, but MLB provided a transcript of the interview. Here are a few highlights from Acta, and he spoke before the team announced the injuries to Carlos Santana and Adam Miller.
His hopes for [...]

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Regarding Grady Sizemore and those photos … huh?

December 1, 2009

Now that Christmas is here I think I'll get that special someone a naked photo of me with a certain body part behind a coffee cup.
Send her running and screaming from the room, that's what it'd do.
I mean …. I must live in a completely separate reality from some others.

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Nobody says it better

October 29, 2009

Just re-read Posnanski, and you have to love this quote from Charlie Manuel about Cliff Lee. It is classic Manuel, no?
"Most of the time when he starts a game, and he's in control of the game, and everything around it he's controlling — he's throwing strikes and he's getting the ball, what I call he [...]

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Cliff Lee's oblivious to it all

October 29, 2009

OK … so Cliff Lee won the first game of the World Series and looked pretty good doing it.
OK … he looked great doing it.
OK … he dominated. I mean … 10 strikeouts … a complete game, the first in a World Series since 1995. Pretty good.
And … yes … he used to pitch for [...]

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Manny Acta's an impressive guy

October 21, 2009

Manny Acta conducted an interesting interview with the media following his interview with the Indians on Monday. He clearly sounded like he’s the guy for the Indians, though there are others who will interview.
Or it could have just been the way Acta talks.
He used the imperial “we” and “our.” A lot. He said he’d been [...]

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Oh say can you CC

October 21, 2009

How is that CC Sabathia struggled so much in Cleveland when the Indians were in the playoffs, yet with the Yankees he’s 2-0 with a 1.13 ERA in the AL Championship Series and 1-0 and 1.35 in the Division Series? Shouldn’t he have been just as unhittable when he won the Cy Young Award for [...]

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The new Steve Carlton used to pitch in Cleveland

October 19, 2009

That guy who pitched the shutout for the Philadelphia Phillies last night was some guy named Lee. Said Pedro Martinez of him: “Cliff is some kind of phenom.  It’s just something beautiful to watch. From the outside, especially, when you can see the little details. See, pitching is like an art. And Cliff is actually [...]

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News bulletin

October 19, 2009

The Indians will be interviewing Manny Acta tomorrow, the first in a series of interviews to hire a new manager.

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You might have heard of these guys

October 8, 2009

CC Sabathia wins the first game for the Yankees. Cliff Lee pitches a complete game for Philadelphia. Braylon Edwards heads to the Jets. Only from Cleveland.

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Words from Wedge

October 2, 2009

You may continue with the Ted Wiliams cracks if you like, but I'm trying to raise the level. Yesterday I said I'd include some of the transcript from Eric Wedge's news conference the day it was announced he would not be back. He was never better. Here's some excerpts:
Did he get a fair shot?
"I'm the [...]

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Eric Wedge won't return in 2010

October 1, 2009

Trying to catch up on current events while computer issues remain …
The Indians announced that Eric Wedge would not be back next season, a nice way of saying he’d been fired. This produces a lot of ambivalent feelings.
I’m not as virulently anti-Wedge as many folks seem to be. I don’t get all that upset about [...]

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What Pittsburgh's futility says about the Indians

September 10, 2009

Occasionally you stumble across a story or column that prompts thought. So it was with Joe Posnanski’s story on SI.com about Pittsburgh’s 17 consecutive losing seasons. Maybe I’m prejudiced toward Posnanski, because he’s a Cleveland guy. He and I also sat next to each other a few years back while covering a Ryder Cup in [...]

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Yet another complaint about Eric Wedge

September 10, 2009

Let’sgotribe.com has a pretty thoughtful rant on the Indians lineup yesterday. Its main issue: Eric Wedge had no business starting Niuman Romero at first base when Andy Marte needs at-bats.
They have a point. Anthony Castrovince of Indians.com points out that Romero was surprised to find himself starting, that he feels better at second or shortstop [...]

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What is Fausto Carmona's future?

September 10, 2009

Is there a future for Fausto Carmona in Cleveland?
I’m starting to wonder after Carmona gave up five runs in two-thirds of an inning in Wednesday’s game. Carmona now has a 6.48 ERA, which follows his 5.44 ERA of a year ago, which makes his career ERA 4.64, which means that in three of his four [...]

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Look who's been hitting for the Indians

September 3, 2009

After a slow start, Andy Marte has his batting average up to .264. In his last 13 games, he’s gone 16-for-47 (.340), with four home runs and 13 RBI. That’s a nice stretch of hitting.
Could Marte be the Indians third baseman next season? Perhaps. The Indians have to keep him on the 40-man roster after [...]

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An Indians question

September 3, 2009

So Carlos Carrasco got roughed up pretty good in his first start. Well … he got roughed up real good. Eric Wedge said he was nervous, and Carrasco did not disagree.
This is what I wonder. Many times I recall the Indians hitters flailing away when they saw a new pitcher just up from the minors.  [...]

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The Indians are truly worth watching tonight

September 1, 2009

 
They're worth watching anyway, but it'll be very interesting to see how Carlos Carrasco looks in his first major-league start. He only gets one right?

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Some numbers related to the Indians

August 27, 2009

Carlos Carrasco is 4-1 with a 3.57 ERA with Columbus since he was acquired in the Cliff Lee trade. Carrasco has six walks and 33 strikeouts in 35 1/3 innings, and opponents are hitting .205 against him.  This sounds like the work of a future ace. Only problem is the ace the Indians traded – [...]

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Just thought I’d point this out …

August 21, 2009

Heading into Friday night –
Andy Marte: 43 at-bats, nine hits, .209 batting average, nine strikeouts, no walks, four RBI.

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The glacial wait for Travis Hafner

August 20, 2009

Travis Hafner is due to make $11.5 million for the Indians in 2010.
I may be off base here (no pun intended), but $11.5 mil for a guy hitting .270 with 11 home runs is just a tad much.
Manager Eric Wedge said this week that Hafner is compensating after surgery on his shoulder, and he won’t [...]

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One team is happy with the trade

August 20, 2009

Cliff Lee has had four starts in Philadelphia. He’s thrown two complete games, pitched seven innings in one game and eight in the other two. In going 4-0 for the Phillies on Wednesday, Lee threw 106 pitches, 81 strikes, and struck out a career-high 11.
These guys the Indians acquired best pan out.

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It still hurts to see Victor in Boston

August 18, 2009

ESPN.com did an interesting story on Victor Martinez in Boston.
Of all the trades the Indians made, that's the one I get the least. The guys they acquired may be fine, but I just ask myself: Did the Indians really have to trade Martinez? Especially when he wanted to be in Cleveland?
As the story states: "Martinez [...]

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More Indians highlights

August 17, 2009

Joe Posnanski ranks the contracts given to Travis Hafner and Kerry Wood as the ninth and eighth worst in baseball.

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Browns, Cavs and Indians … planes, trains and automobiles

August 2, 2009

I attended and wrote about the first Browns training camp practice Saturday. Wish I could offer some great insights from one workout, but it was really pretty vanilla. Mike Brown also discussed the loss to Orlando, and there's some more Indians financial stuff in Sunday's Beacon Journal.

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