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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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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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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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8-1-09 Morning Highlights

August 1, 2009

INDIANS 6, TIGERS 5 (13 INNINGS) – Jamey Carroll’s RBI single in the 13th inning made the difference after Carlos Guillen tied the game at five with a two-run home run off of Indians closer Kerry Wood in the ninth inning. Fausto Carmona allowed two earned runs over five innings in his debut. BOX SCORE
RAYS [...]

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Roster moves R’ us

July 31, 2009

CLEVELAND: The Indians’ roster will undergo more changes in the wake of the trades of Cliff Lee and Victor Martinez.
Wyatt Toregas will report to Progressive Field today from Columbus and join Kelly Shoppach to form the Tribe’s tandem of catchers. He will take Martinez’s place on the roster.
Right-hander Justin Masterson also is scheduled to arrive [...]

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the latest on the Lee trade

July 29, 2009

Sheldon Ocker has the story with the Indian’s reasoning for the trade. Indians General manager Mark Shapiro says the moves are not a salary dump and the Dolan family did not give him any directive that such a move needed to be made. Shapiro did say that there is a financial freeze for next year [...]

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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 from the [...]

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Tribe roster on hold?

July 11, 2009

DETROIT: With a roster that includes an inordinate number of pitchers, the Indians can use the All-Star break to rebalance their squad. But will they?
“We have no plan to do that right now,” manager Eric Wedge said Saturday. “”But Mark (Shapiro) and I haven’t had full discussions about that yet.”
Including Toma Ohka, who will make [...]

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Little help for Cleveland pitching woes in Columbus

July 10, 2009

The Indians pitching problems this year go much deeper than just the major-league organization. Cleveland’s Triple A affiliate, the Columbus Clippers, are hurting just as bad for pitching help. The Clippers’ pitching staff ranks last in the International League in ERA (4.67),  home runs allowed (77), strikeouts (534). They lead the league in hits allowed (856) [...]

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Sowers headed for bullpen?

July 8, 2009

CHICAGO: Jeremy Sowers has presented the Indians with their latest dilemma.
Sowers has consistently breezed through four innings before running into certain trouble in the fifth or sixth inning. Manager Eric Wedge has watched this happen often enough to believe that Sowers is not merely going through a temporary slump.
“We can’t have starters who are only [...]

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Laffey stumbles, comes off DL, anyway

July 7, 2009

CHICAGO: How many pitchers are rewarded with a promotion to the big leagues after giving up 10 runs in 7 1/3 innings during their final two minor-league starts?
At least one: Aaron Laffey.
Laffey will the Indians’ starter tonight against the White Sox in his first major-league appearance since May 22, the day before he was placed [...]

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Shapiro fights to maintain normalcy

July 6, 2009

Until this year, General Manager Mark Shapiro had never gone through a season in which the Indians’ performance fell so totally below expectations and the heat on his manager, Eric Wedge, was so intense.
These kinds of seasons take a toll on all of the decision makers associated with a club. But maybe it’s true that [...]

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6-9-09 Morning RoundUp

June 9, 2009

It is draft day for the Cleveland Indians. It sounds like a good day for the Tribe, but will it be?
Traditionally, The Indians haven’t been strong on draft day. CC Sabathia, a 1998 draftee, is the last first rounder to be a major contributor at the major league level. 
As Dennis Manoloff writes about the Indians [...]

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Rotation could turn over by end of month

June 1, 2009

   CLEVELAND: Barring further disabling injuries, by the end of June the Indians’ rotation might include most of the players, and more, who started the season.
Before the end of the month, Scott Lewis, Aaron Laffey and Jake Westbrook might rejoin the rotation.
“Laffey (right oblique strain) played catch from 60 feet today for the first time,” [...]

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5-26-09 Morning RoundUp

May 26, 2009

Could the Rays be cursed in Cleveland? The Indians come-from-behind 11-10 win marked the 14th consecutive time Tampa Bay has dropped a game at The Prog/Jacobs Field.
The midges were unleashed last night (Albeit not as bad as Joba Chamberlain got it). The Seagulls were in attack mode (The guy next to me throwing them food [...]

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5-21-09 Morning RoundUp

May 21, 2009

I had to double check what channel I was on last night. The Cavaliers choked late and the Indians came back to win. That can’t be right can it?
Kerry Wood rebounded to save a 6-5 win as the Indians finally won again.
Sheldon Ocker game story.
MLB.com game story.
Paul Hoynes game story.
Kansas City Star game [...]

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5-16-09 Morning RoundUp

May 15, 2009

It’s nice to see the Indians bats come alive all of the sudden, and well the pitching held up well enough to get the Indians its second consecutive win. Just ignore Fausto Carmona’s sixth inning implosion and you’ll feel much better about it.
Sheldon Ocker game story.
Paul Honyes game story….
This one belonged to the offense [...]

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4-25-09 Morning RoundUp

April 25, 2009

Oh those Cleveland Indians. The cure for what ails you.
The Twins entered Friday nights game having trailed in all 17 games this year. Minnesota sprinted out to a 1-0 lead in the first and never looked back in a 5-1 victory at Progressive Field.
Indians starter Fausto Carmona pitched well. Perhaps the best he has [...]

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4-7-09 Morning Roundup

April 7, 2009

Texas Rangers ace Kevin Millwood was making his fourth consecutive opening day start since joining the Texas Rangers.
The results have never been good (0-3).
They were Monday.
Millwood pitched seven strong innings allowing just one run and five hits, all singles, to pick up the easy 9-1 win.
Millwood has been a disappointment for the Rangers. Over the [...]

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Choo shakes off effects of WBC experience

April 5, 2009

Shin-Soo Choo admits he wasn’t quite himself when he returned from the World Baseball Classic, where he played for South Korea, which lost in the finals to Japan.
“It was a different schedule there, a different program and a different time,” he said Sunday. “My body was different. I came back and I was pretty tired. [...]

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