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Martinez: I wanted to stay

October 2, 2009

BOSTON: Victor Martinez didn’t get his wish, but maybe a he got something better: a trip to the playoffs and a chance to win the World Series.
If the Indians hadn’t traded him to the Red Sox July 31, his season would be ending on Sunday rather than continuing with the Division Series against the Angels [...]

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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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Bullpen better, but Perez, Lewis still shaky

August 12, 2009

CLEVELAND: It took more than half a season, but the Indians’ bullpen finally is becoming an asset.
Manager Eric Wedge credits the relievers’ recent success to the rotation, at least in part.
“We are in that position because of what the starting pitchers have done,” he said Wednesday.
Because the starters have been staying in games for six [...]

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8-05-09 Morning Round Up

August 5, 2009

NOTE: It looks like I will no longer have access to posting the ESPN highlight videos on the blog. It comes as no real surprise today as ESPN also put the kabbash on Twitter yesterday.
The World Wide Leader wants to break news on its television shows and its Web Sites, and wants the audience [...]

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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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Who’s no. 46?

August 1, 2009

It wasn’t quite a busload, but three players were added to the Indians’ roster and two were given pink slips on Saturday.
As promised, newly acquired right-hander Justin Masterson was added to the team and reliever Jensen Lewis was called up from Triple-A Columbus, where he was sent June 26 to make adjustments to his delivery. [...]

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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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Wedge challenges relievers

July 9, 2009

CHICAGO: Eric Wedge doesn’t get it. The manager of the Indians fails to understand why so few among the 19 pitchers who have tried to find employment in the bullpen have fallen short.
Rafael Betancourt is not one of those. He returned Thursday after spending more than five weeks on the disabled list with a strained [...]

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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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5-23-09 Morning RoundUp

May 23, 2009

The Indians seemed like they were finally making strides to piece together the season. That was before Anthony Reyes and Aaron Laffey were bit by the injury bug yesterday. 
Reyes lasted three innings before inflammation of the elbow sent him to the locker room. Laffey felt pain in his side while pitching in the eighth inning. 
Oh [...]

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Where is Luis Vizcaino?

May 11, 2009

The Indians are still milling around about decisions with  right handed relief pitcher Luis Vizcaino, according to Paul Hoynes of the Plain Dealer.
Vizcaino, 34, has had an extended workout with the Tribe, but they are are unsure whether the former Chicago Cub should go to Columbus or come straight to Cleveland. 
The right hander was released [...]

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Laffey assigned to save bullpen

May 6, 2009

With few moves to make and lots of holes to fill in the Indians’ bullpen, General Manager Mark Shapiro and manager Eric Wedge are using the creative approach.
Why not ask a starter to become a reliever, at least temporarily, or maybe not. At this point, nobody can say when the bullpen crisis will end, or [...]

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DeRosa back on track

May 3, 2009

The siege appears to be over for Mark DeRosa, whose batting average fell to .195 in the middle of last week before his bat began to spit out a few hits.
The slump cost DeRosa the No. 2 spot in the batting order, which now belongs to Asdrubal Cabrera, who does not intend to surrender it [...]

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May 2, 2009 Morning RoundUp

May 2, 2009

If only they could get that bullpen straightened out as well.
On Friday Carl Pavano and the offense already built a big enough lead so the bullpen couldn’t blow it, but they still tried in a 6-5 win over the Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit.
Put April behind us, it’s a new month, wrote Sheldon Ocker. 
Pavano [...]

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Searching for answers

April 21, 2009

Rafael Perez is lugging around a 16.71 ERA and has made just one praiseworthy appearance in seven outings.
Jensen Lewis has pitched six times and given up four home runs and four walks in 6j innings; two of the longballs were lethal to the Indians’ chances of sweeping the New York Yankees last weekend, a series [...]

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4-20-09 Morning Roundup

April 20, 2009

It may or may not have been Jeffrey Maier out in the right field stands Sunday at the series finale between the Indians and Yankees, but the results were still the same.
This time though, there was replay to save the day make it more confusing in the Indians 7-3 loss.
Stepping in as a pinch hitter [...]

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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 corps is [...]

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Wedge holds early team meeting

April 15, 2009

Indians officials did not send an advisory to the Guinness Book of World Records, but when manager Eric Wedge addressed his troops after only eight games Tuesday night it might have established an American League mark, at the very least.
But there was no use waiting around, inasmuch as the Tribe had only one win.
“I talked [...]

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4-13-09 Morning Roundup

April 13, 2009

The Cleveland Indians played their best baseball game yet in this early, early season. The result?
It’s first win.
It’s amazing how that works.
Trevor Crowe pick up his first major league hit, a two-run double in the fifth.
Travis Hafner hit a home run in his third consecutive game.
Anthony Reyes, unlike the other starters, made it to the [...]

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4-6-09 Morning Roundup

April 6, 2009

The start of the season is finally here as the Indians are set to face the Texas Rangers at 2:05 today at the Ball Park at Arlington. More on that though in a later post.
Not too much information to “roundup” this morning. It appears as though the beat writers are recharging their batteries for [...]

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