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Wedge issues for Tribe manager

June 16, 2009

CLEVELAND: Manager Eric Wedge doesn’t mind identifying two aspects of the Indians’ game that cause a spike in his blood pressure: walks and strikeouts. Only one American League team’s pitchers have issued more walks per game than the Tribe. The Yankee staff has walked an average of 3.97 batters per game, the Indians 3.95. Among [...]

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Westbrook enters home stretch

June 9, 2009

CLEVELAND: Nothing against suburban Phoenix, but Jake Westbrook is happy to be gone from Arizona and the Indians’ extended spring training program. “I was there four months,” he said Monday. “I glad to be out of there. My tan is good enough. Now, I get to see the guys and pitch under the lights.” Just [...]

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Cabrera out two-four weeks

June 3, 2009

MINNEAPOLIS: The Indians’ body count continued to rise Wednesday with the news that Asdrubal Cabrera was placed on the 15-day disabled list.  Rather than being struck down with a dislocated shoulder, as Cabrera thought, the diagnosis, made in Cleveland, is a sprain. “An MRI and an exam by Dr. (Mark) Schickendantz confirmed that it’s an [...]

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Reyes pitches out of crucial jam

April 23, 2009

Manager Eric Wedge likes to say it starts with starting pitching. The manager of the Indians isn’t being redundant. What he means is winning probably isn’t going to happen if the starting pitcher lets a game get out of hand. With that in mind, Anthony Reyes deserves to be pleased with his outing Thursday, even [...]

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Wanted: clutch hitters

April 14, 2009

Raise the topic of excessive striking out, and Eric Wedge‘s blood pressure doesn’t budge. But mention that the Indians have 21 strikeouts with runners in scoring positon, and the manager begins to bristle. “We’ve been striking out entirely too much with runners in scoring position,” he said Tuesday. “I don’t get too caught up in [...]

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