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 numbers. The [...]
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April 26, 2009
Tony Sipp was hero for a day on Sunday.
He trotted in from the Indians’ bullpen with bases loaded and one out in the seventh inning, the Tribe holding a two-run lead.
Waiting for Sipp at the plate was Justin Morneau, the Minnesota Twins’ most lethal hitter. Sipp struck him out on a 94 mph fastball. That [...]
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