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Can Hafner return to past glories?

October 4, 2009

BOSTON: The Indians’ lineup hasn’t been nearly as robust since Travis Hafner was regularly hammering pitches into the seats in 2006.

That was the year Hafner hit 42 home runs, amassed 117 RBI and batted .308. Then came the mysterious on and off slump of 2007 (.266, 24 HR, 100 RBI), followed by the injury-filled [...]

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Can Tribe assemble viable rotation?

October 3, 2009

BOSTON: If no new candidates are added to the Indians’ group of starters, will the team be able to field a representative rotation? Manager Eric Wedge thinks so.
“”I think there are enough guys here to potentially do that,” he said
Wedge thinks Fausto Carmona and Justin Masterson need to rise to the top of the pecking [...]

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Wedge has no time to ponder future

October 1, 2009

BOSTON: It’s not often that a man is dismissed from his job and keeps right on working at the same assignment.
But that is the position Eric Wedge finds himself after being fired on Wednesday — he was told several days earlier — with five days left in the Indians’ season. So it was just another [...]

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Wedge fired

September 30, 2009

The Indians fired Eric Wedge.
They are holding a news conference at 1:30 p.m. today.
Sheldon Ocker will have more on the news later today.

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Doubleheader today

September 29, 2009

Tuesday night’s game against the White Sox was postponed because of rain, even though there was very little precipitation in the forecast for 7 p.m. and afterward.

But for whatever reason, Indians officials prefer to play a doubleheader today beginning at 4:05 p.m. It will require only one admission, and [...]

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Does Marte have a future with Tribe?

September 28, 2009

CLEVELAND: One of the many decisions the Indians must make in the off season concerns Andy Marte.

Do they keep him on the 40-man roster and give him a chance to make the team in spring training or leave him unprotected and allow him to seek employment elsewhere?

Marte was [...]

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Peralta’s stats deceiving

September 25, 2009

CLEVELAND: It’s been a struggle for Jhonny Peralta this year.
But when you look at his numbers, there is little indication that this has been anything but a normal season for the Indians’ new third baseman.
Going into Friday night’s game against the Orioles, Peralta was batting .262 with 11 home runs and 78 RBI. Granted, his [...]

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Wedge owes it all to many

September 23, 2009

CLEVELAND: Managers are made not born, but who makes them?

In just 10 days, Eric Wedge will complete his seventh season as manager of the Indians. Even though he has a contract for 2010, Wedge might not be back. More than likely, we will learn Wedge’s fate one or two [...]

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Growing pains making winning tougher

September 22, 2009

CLEVELAND: Lots of attention has been paid to the Indians’ novices lately,mostly because there are so many of them in the lineup or on the mound.

Manager Eric Wedge has cited the team’s inexpierience as a cause of several breakdowns during the Tribe’s recent skid — 17 losses in 20 [...]

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High draft pick at stake

September 21, 2009

What is left for the Indians to play for?
No matter how many of the last 13 games they win, they will not induce the fans to visit Progressive Field next year. Neither can they significantly improve their place in the standings nor come close to finishing .500.
But they can reach for one goal: They can [...]

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Bunt hits are Brantley’s game

September 19, 2009

Michael Brantley has foot speed, but he still needs to refine his techniques. That doesn’t just mean stealing bases.
“”I’m a bunter, and I have to start taking advantage of my speed that way,” he said, referring to bunting for hits. “”I didn’t have as many bunt hits in the minors as I should have this [...]

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LaPorta tries first things first

September 16, 2009

Matt LaPorta doesn’t have an official description yet, as in Indians starting right or left fielder or regular first baseman.
Nothing wrong with that. LaPorta is a rookie with fewer than 40 big-league games on his resume. In most of those, he has played the outfield. But in two of three games against the Minnesota Twins [...]

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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 job [...]

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Smith finally on a run

August 26, 2009

KANSAS CITY, Mo.: It took awhile. That’s the way it works, especially for younger, less experienced relief pitchers who drop their arm down and throw sidearm.
Those pitchers can’t be trusted, according to conventional baseball wisdom. If they throw with their right arm, like Joe Smith of the Indians, left-handers get a longer look at the [...]

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Westbrook shut down six more weeks

August 11, 2009

CLEVELAND: Any hope the Indians had that Jake Westbrook would beat the healing curve disappeared Monday, when they received the report from Los Angeles orthopedist Lewis Yocum.
Monday, Westbrook visited the doctor who performed his right elbow reconstruction in June of 2008, because he was experiencing soreness in the elbow after his last rehabilitation start.
“The purpose [...]

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Tribe still has something to play for

August 10, 2009

The Indians have won 12 of their past 18 games and recently have taken two of three from each of the Central Division contenders: Detroit, Chicago and Minnesota.
If the Tribe were to continue to play at a .667 pace the rest of the season, it would finish with a plus .500 record of 82-80. But [...]

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Paul Dolan makes his case

August 6, 2009

It will be no easy task for the Indians to win back the fans whose disenchantment crested with the trades last week of Cliff Lee and Victor Martinez.
General Manager Mark Shapiro took his turn in facing media questions about the deals and Thursday, club president Paul Dolan, son of owner Larry Dolan, made the case [...]

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New reliever ready to go

August 5, 2009

CLEVELAND: Apparently, Jess Todd is quick study.
In his first two minor league seasons with the Cardinals, he was a starter almost exclusively. Then he came to the spring training this year and got the word.
“They told me I was going to the bullpen,” Todd said Tuesday, after being recalled from Columbus by the Indians. “”I [...]

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Choo big hit in South Korea

August 4, 2009

CLEVELAND: Chan Ho Park remains the reigning baseball icon in South Korea, but Shin-Soo Choo is gaining ground.
As the next big thing in Korean baseball circles, the Indians’ right fielder has seen a quantum increase in the attention he receives from South Korean media members — both print and electronic — who have followed him [...]

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Sizemore injury hangs on

August 3, 2009

Grady Sizemore’s batting average continues to hover below .230, but he says his elbow feels relatively strong.
“My elbow feels good,” the Sizemore said. “It’s just one of those things you have to deal with. You have to be careful that it doesn’t cause bad habits that you have to overcome.”
Sizemore tries to walk a fine [...]

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