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Sizemore out for season

June 4, 2010

Grady Sizemore ended up needing microfracture surgery on his left knee, meaning that he will be out six to nine months. He is expected to be out until spring training. Here is the rest of the statement from the Indians: The 90-minute procedure was performed by Dr. Richard Steadman, who performed the arthroscopic procedure that [...]

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Indians payroll drops about $20 million

March 10, 2010

GOODYEAR, Ariz.: The Indians wrapped up signing season, announcing this morning that every player on the 40-man roster was no under contract. The final active roster won’t be chosen for a few more weeks, so we won’t know how much the club will pay for its 25-man roster, the one the fans care about. However, [...]

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Bill James on the Indians

March 2, 2010

Bill James is at it again, using complex mathmatical equations to tell us baseball fans how good or bad our teams are. James’ latest project – the Young Talent Inventory – ranks the quality of young talent on each of major league baseball’s 30 teams. His results won’t tell Tribe fans something they don’t already [...]

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Morning edition: 1-2 punch

March 2, 2010

Grady Sizemore in the No. 2 slot is getting a lot of attention but it’s success will rely just as much on Asdrubal Cabrera being a successful leadoff hiter. Here is the story. Justin Masterson won’t be handed a spot in the rotation but the front office really would like to put him in the [...]

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Indians brave threatening skies and chilly temperatures

February 28, 2010

Dark and threatening skies did not stop the Indians from doing their work outdoors this morning. Thunderstorms and showers overnight dissipated into drizzle by 10 o’clock in the morning and then nothing. As Charles Nagy said, “”It only looks like it’s going to rain.” Nagy, who will be the pitching coach at Columbus, is among [...]

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Morning edition: Who’s hitting second?

February 28, 2010

Manny Acta is putting his mark on the Indians right away this spring, announcing that Grady Sizemore will be batting second in his lineup. Some have been calling for Grady to move down in the lineup, and Eric Wedge did tinkering with him lower in the lineup on occasion. Here is the story. Acta also [...]

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Name from the past surfaces

February 27, 2010

GOODYEAR, Ariz.: When is the last time you heard the name Ronnie Duncan uttered in a public place? It’s been years since Duncan’s sports anchoring days on Cleveland television. He went on to be a ring announcer for boxing shows in Columbus, I believe, and today he surfaced at the Goodyear ballpark. Duncan was acting [...]

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Sizemore bares most

November 30, 2009

Cleveland Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore has been all over the internet recently and not in a way the Indians, or Major League Baseball, would prefer. Sizemore is the latest celebrity to have nude, or in his case semi-nude, photos to appear online. The incident forced the Indians to release this statement this morning: “We [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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 games — heading into Tuesday [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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8-3-09 Morning Highlights

August 3, 2009

INDIANS 11, TIGERS 1 — Grady Sizemore, Asdrubal Cabrera, Andy Marte and Trevor Crowe all drove in two runs while Indians starter Carl Pavano held the Tigers at Bay. Pavano scattered six hits over eight innings and struck out four. The Indians have eight of their last 12 games. BOX SCORE Sheldon Ocker’s game story [...]

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Shapiro emotional over Martinez trade

July 31, 2009

When Indians general manager Mark Shapiro went to bed late Thursday night, he had no intention of trading Tribe All-Star catcher Victor Martinez before baseball’s trading deadline the next day. But as Friday progressed, it became clear that trading Martinez was indeed the direction the Indians were headed. The deal was finally reached in the [...]

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7-27-09 Morning Highlights

July 27, 2009

INDIANS 12, MARINERS 3 — Travis Hafner, Jhonny Peralta, Grady Sizemore and Ben Francisco all hit home runs, Peralta’s of the grand slam variety, and Cliff Lee pitched seven strong innings to finish the three-game sweep of the Mariners. The Indians are now on a four-game winning streak and have won five of their last six. [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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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