Baseball season is getting closer and closer. I for one am thankful. These are the dog days: no Football, a month away from the NCAA Tournament, and I’m NBA Free. But pitchers and catchers reported to Goodyear on Sunday, so that means the good stuff – Tribe games 6-7 nights a week – is coming.
That was the open to the piece that I was going to write about the Jason Giambi DH possibility. Well, I’m sorry Jason, your potential roster spot was just taken by….Michael Bourn. Wait…what? Did I just read that correctly? Michael Bourn? You mean the two time-All Star CF, with the speed and two-time gold glove? You mean the durable 30-year old leadoff man who will make the Indians outfield the place where fly balls and line drives go to die? Nah, the Indians couldn’t…The Dolan family wouldn’t pay a second free agent in the same winter…Not a chance…
It happened folks. This is not a test. This is the real thing. Your Cleveland Indians are players.
To me, this is very simple. The Indians had a se...
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PLAYERS:
Michael Bourn,
Terry Francona,
Jason Giambi,
Manny Acta,
Shin-Soo Choo,
Travis Hafner,
Grady Sizemore,
Casey Kotchman,
Jason Donald,
Tony Sipp,
Trevor Bauer,
Drew Stubbs,
Matt Albers,
Mark Reynolds,
Nick Swisher,
Jim Thome,
Scott Boras,
Kyle Lohse,
Sandy Alomar,
Asdrubal Cabrera,
Carlos Santana,
Michael Brantley,
Jason Kipnis,
Lonnie Chisenhall,
Mike Aviles
TEAMS: Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals
TEAMS: Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals
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