April 6, 2009
Despite his spring training struggles, Travis Hafner will hit fourth in today's opening day lineup. Manager Eric Wedge is very comfortable with that idea (obviously). As spring wound down, Wedge talked with the Indians beat writers about his thought process in picking a lineup — and some of the questions dealt with suggestions by people [...]
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March 31, 2009
Figures.
I spend Monday writing about the Indians and spending a good chunk of time pointing out that Travis Hafner had not hit a home run in the spring. What does he do? Hit a home run Monday night, after I'd sent the story. This is the Murphy's Law of sports writing – and it goes [...]
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