Poor Defense Also Kills Tribe

  Most fans focus on the pitching and hitting of baseball teams, overlooking a key component of the game, defense.  Certainly, the Cleveland Indians pitching staff has not done the job this season, ranking 13th (second last) in the American League in ERA.  However, last night, the gloves definitely let the pitching staff down in a number of ways.   1st Inning.  Craig Counsell, who killed the Tribe in the ’97 World Series, batted with one out, and hit one into the gap in left center that Trevor Crowe played into a triple.  The ball could have been a double, but Crowe dove and didn’t come up with the ball and it rolled to the fence.    That mistake cost the team when the next batter, Ryan Braun, hit a bouncer to third.  Jhonny Peralta, out of the world shortest term doghouse (one game) looked at the Counsell, who was heading home, looking back at the Tribe third baseman, apparently getting ready to get in a rundown.  Peralta ignored this, and inexplicab...