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Seven players added to Tribe’s 40-man roster

November 20, 2009

In preparation for the upcoming Rule 5 Draft, The Indians purchased the contracts of seven players and added them to their 40-man roster.
First baseman/outfielder Jordan Brown, shortstop Jason Donald and third baseman Wes Hodges were selected from the Triple-A Columbus roster, right-handed pitcher Jeanmar Gomez, shortstop Carlos Rivero and outfielder Nick Weglarz were [...]

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Alomar added to Indians coaching staff

November 17, 2009

There’s an old baseball adage that says great players don’t always make great coaches.
It goes with the line of thinking that great players are often so athletically gifted, they can’t always understand why other players aren’t as good, as smart or as gifted as themselves.
But new Indians manager Manny Acta doesn’t buy that old baseball [...]

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Former Akronite top woman exec

November 14, 2009

Former Akronite Katie Dannemiller has been named Rawlings Woman Executive of the Year, an award given annually since 1976. [ep
Dannemiller is vice president of baseball operations in the Class A South Atlantic League and formerly executive assistant to Indians General Manager Mark Shapiro. [ep
“It is very [...]

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Opening Day tickets soon on sale

November 14, 2009

Tickets for the Indians’ 2010 April 12 home opener against Texas as well as the club’s “”six-pack ” plans go on sale Nov. 23 at 10 a.m. [ep
Fans who buy four or more tickets for Opening Day or a six-pack on Nov. 23 will receive a Tribe fleece [...]

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Another Award for Akron’s Dannemiller

November 13, 2009

Akron-native Katie Dannemiller was tabbed as Baseball’s Rawlings Woman Executive of the Year Thursday not long after completing her fourth season as vice president of baseball operations with Class-A Greensboro.
Dannemiller, who joined the Grasshoppers in January of 2006, has helped the team set new attendance marks and landed a handful of industry [...]

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Indians announce spring dates

November 9, 2009

Start the countdown. The Cleveland Indians have announced the tentative schedule for 2010 Spring training in Goodyear, Ariz.
Pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report on February 21 with the first workout scheduled for the 23rd. the rest of the team will report on the 24th with their first workout scheduled for the 26th.
The organization also [...]

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Tribe makes roster moves

October 30, 2009

The Indians made three adjustments to their 40-man roster Friday, trimming it to 33 players. [ep
Left–handed reliever Mike Gosling, left-handed starter Scott Lewis and infielder Niuman Romero were outrighted to Triple-A. Lewis began the season in the Tribe’s rotation but spent much of the saason on the disabled list. [...]

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Talking Tribe with Sheldon Ocker

October 28, 2009
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Acta’s officially in the fold, now on to finding coaching staff

October 26, 2009

Late Tuesday towards the end during his second interview in Cleveland, Manny Acta was asked what he would do if both the Houston Astros and the Indians were to offer him a job.
For as impressed as the 40-year-old managerial candidate was with the people he’d met so far in [...]

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Watch the Manny Acta news conference live at 4 p.m.

October 26, 2009

WKYC.com is offering live streaming coverage of Manny Acta’s introductory news conference. Click here to launch the player (note: may not work in all Web browsers).
Read the story on Acta’s hiring.

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Indians tab Acta as manager

October 25, 2009

Manny Acta spent a majority of the second half of the baseball season paying close attention to the television, watching and then re-watching games by teams he had a hunch would soon be looking for a new manager.
To say that Acta saw his share of Indians losses is an [...]

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Valentine interviews in Cleveland Thursday

October 22, 2009

Listen to the press conference
Bobby Valentine has been in baseball over 42 years. He’s managed in major league baseball for the Texas Rangers and New York Mets. Most recently, however, Valentine also spent six years managing in Japan for the Chiba Lotte Marines, an experience he called “a magic carpet ride.”
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A thought on Mattingly

October 20, 2009

Pure speculation on my part, but it wouldn’t surprise me if Don Mattingly was going through the interview process to keep his name, value and interest at a premium. Therefore when a job opens he really likes he has more leverage.
Mattingly, who interviewed for the vacant New York Yankee managerial position before it was award [...]

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Shapiro updates progress of filling Indians vacant managerial spot

October 20, 2009

Indians general manager Mark Shapiro met briefly with the media late Tuesday afternoon to give an update on where the team is in the process of hiring a new manager. Among a few other things, Shapiro touched on candiates Manny Acta, Bobby Valentine, Mike Hargrove and Travis Fryman.
In short, Shapiro shareed the following:
- Triple-A Columbus [...]

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Mattingly in running for Tribe manager spot

October 20, 2009

Go ahead and add “Donnie Baseball”  to the list of managerial candidates for the Cleveland Indians.
Yankee legend, and current Dodgers batting coach Don Mattingly has confirmed that he spoke with the Cleveland Indians and will do so again after the Dodgers’ season comes to an end, according to Ed Price at AOL Fanhouse.
The Washington Nationals have also [...]

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Acta spends long day interviewing with Tribe Tuesday

October 20, 2009

For eight hours on Tuesday Tribe managerial candidate Manny Acta meet with key members of the Indians front office and then took questions from the media before dashing off to the airport to make a 4:15 p.m. flight home.
It was a day full of thought-provoking questions in addition to a thourough background check as the [...]

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Acta gets second interview

October 19, 2009

This came across the wire today:
CLEVELAND (AP)   Former Washington manager Manny Acta is getting a second interview with the Cleveland Indians.
Acta, fired by the Nationals in July, will meet with Indians owner Paul Dolan, general manager Mark Shapiro and other front-office personnel on Tuesday at Progressive Field. The Indians said Acta will be available [...]

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Indians interview Acta

October 15, 2009

The Associated Press is reporting the Cleveland Indians conducted a phone interview with former Washington Nationals manager Manny Acta for its vacant managerial position.
Acta, who was fired by the Nationals in July, was 158-252 in his three seasons in Washington. It is the only Major League managerial experience he has. Here is a year-by-year breakdown [...]

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A complete list of Indians participating in Winter and Fall leagues

October 15, 2009

Many members of the Cleveland Indians organization will be looking to enhance their skills by playing winter and fall league baseball. Here is a complete chart, passed on by by Indians Public relations manager Bart Swain, listing every member of the organization participating in the different leagues. Although I listed the members of the Arizona [...]

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Indians after Japan’s Kikuchi

October 14, 2009

Count the Indians as one of the seven Major league teams who are after Japanese pitching sensation Yusei Kikuchi.
The 18-year-old left-handed pitcher could be the first high school player to bypass the Japanese draft and sign a contract with a Major League Baseball team.
Kikuchi, who is expected to be the top pick in the [...]

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