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Brantley welcomes fatherly advice

September 6, 2009

CLEVELAND: Michael Brantley knows his father is watching and for him, that’s a good thing. Mickey Brantley batted .259 in a four-year big-league career with the Mariners, finally ending his playing days with a stint in Japan. He moved on to coaching and managing in the Giants and Mets farms systems before briefly landing a [...]

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Dellucci rips Cleveland fans

July 21, 2009

TORONTO:  David Dellucci doesn’t understand it, and he doesn’t think it was right. Until he was released by the Indians on June 1, he was a constant target of the fans, though it remains unclear why he became the whipping boy for the sporting public of Northeast Ohio. “I’m disappointed at the treatment I received [...]

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Where does Peralta stand? At third base

July 19, 2009

CLEVELAND: On this date last year, Indians shortstop Jhonny Peralta was batting .263 with 16 home runs and 50 RBI. Today, Indians third baseman Jhonny Peralta is batting .256 with six homers and 39 RBI. This is one and the same person, of course, which makes it more difficult to explain the disparity in the [...]

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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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DeRosa still seeking comfort level

May 10, 2009

CLEVELAND: You can tell that Mark DeRosa is new to the Indians. The Tribe third baseman didn’t see much of the darker side of baseball in his years with the Braves and Cubs. “I haven’t gone through a record like this,” he said after the Tribe’s 5-3 loss to the Tigers Sunday at Progressive Field. [...]

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Relievers wanted: Call Tribe

April 17, 2009

The knee bone’s connected to the thigh bone, and the thigh bone’s is connected to the hip bone… Depending on whether all the parts of work together, life will be easier or a struggle. Eric Wedge is painfully aware of this fact, which is a key component of the Indians’ 3-8 record.  The Tribe’s relief [...]

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Manny (probably) can’t go home again

April 13, 2009

It didn’t take long for Manny Ramirez to realize he never had it so good playing for the Indians. After signing an eight-year, $160 million contract with the Red Sox after the 2000 season, he communicated his desire to return to the Tribe to clubhouse personnel and some of his former Tribe teammates, particularly utility [...]

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