And I thought being swept back to back by the Twins and the Royals was rock bottom. I obviously thought wrong.
I seriously couldn’t decide where to go with this piece. The weekend in Detroit was an abject disaster. However, it was a mere add-on to a week that was a complete house of horrors from our Wahoos. Whatever could go wrong for this team, has gone wrong. The Tigers outplayed the Tribe in every single aspect of the game. They out-hit, out-pitched, out-ran, and out-defended the Indians. It was more of the same.
The Wahoos have lost nine in a row, going 0-fer during this nine game make or break road trip through three AL Central cities. It was the first time in the history of the franchise they have gone 0-9 on a road trip.
GM Chris Antonetti, who to me is dangerously close to losing his job with the way his moves last season (the Ubaldo trade) and this past winter (re-signing Grady Sizemore and then not properly backing that mistake up, not giving a third year to Josh Willingha...
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Grady Sizemore,
Josh Willingham,
Manny Acta,
Justin Masterson,
Ubaldo Jimenez,
Derek Lowe,
Josh Tomlin,
Jeanmar Gomez,
Zach McAllister,
Corey Kluber,
Chris Seddon,
Roberto Hernandez,
Drew Pomeranz
TEAMS: Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, Colorado Rockies
TEAMS: Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, Colorado Rockies
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