August 2008

A familiar face has been spotted in the Aeros clubhouse since the team returned to Canal Park for their final regular-season homestand.
The appearance of a certain former Aeros player gave manager Mike Sarbaugh the perfect occasion to lighten the mood Tuesday with his team coming off a dissapointing 2-6 trip despite trying to nail down [...]

Aeros third baseman Wes Hodges added another award to his outstanding season Thursday when he learned he was named as the team’s lone representative to the Eastern League Post Season All-Star Game.
Hodges, the Tribe’s second-round pick in the 2006 draft out of Georgia Tech, celebrated Thursday by hitting his team-leading 14th home run to give [...]

Here’s the good news from Sunday’s Aeros game – Indians catcher Victor Martinez went 2-for-4 with a home run.
And that’s it…Really.
The rest was a debacle.
The game ended in an 8-2 loss to New Britain (the second-worst team in the Eastern League at 54-72) with Aeros closer Randy Newsom giving up a grand slam in a [...]

As one astute press box observer said late Friday night after the Aeros were shut out 6-0 by visiting New Britain – even Victor Martinez could not save the Aeros.
Not that you expect a guy who hasn’t hit live pitching in two months to show the way, but with as much as the Aeros offense [...]

Indians second baseman Josh Barfield and Tribe catcher Victor Martinez are expected to join the Aeros on rehabilitation assignments beginning Thursday.
Barfield, who underwent ligament surgery on his left middle finger June 17, is expected to play three innings at second base Thursday against the Connecticut Defenders (San Francisco Giants).
Martinez, who is recovering from right elbow [...]

The event I’m about to write about had nothing to do with baseball and came before Saturday’s game even started. But I loved it.
If Aeros fans wanted a glimpse into the kind of person Aeros pitcher Chuck Lofgren is, you should have seen the smile on his face as he led his mother Pam Lofgren [...]