Tribe fans talk about next year's starting rotation and how thin it is."We got Lee, Carmona and Laffey" they say. "After that who knows."Better put Aaron Laffey in the "who knows" category.On June 24, after holding the Giants to a run on four hits in 6 1/3 innings at the Jake, Laffey's ERA was   more...
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The Indians brass, led by Mark Shapiro, Chris Antonelli and Eric Wedge met in Minneapolis today to discuss immediate and future changes to the Tribe lineup. As previously noted here at Tribe Report, the Indians will immediately address the bullpen. The first move will be Joe Borowski's removal as   more...
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I never thought I'd be writing that headline this season. After last year's performance and the addition of a few seemingly useful bodies over the winter I thought the closer position might be the only problem with the pen this year.But it seems to be a much larger problem.I knew the relief corps   more...
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Victor Martinez was the obvious hero in Saturday's Tribe win over the Yankees, but the bullpen is the reason why the Indians have taken the first two games of this series.Martinez slapped a bases loaded single to left off of Yanks reliever Ross Ohlendorf for a 4-3 walk-off win at Progressive   more...
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A lot good happened at Progressive Field today.A lot of bad happened as well.And so too, there was a lot of ugly.Let's start with the bad, because it was a big part of the Tribe's win 10-8 over the ChiSox.A lot depends on what side of the fence you are sitting on, but even as a Tribe fan I'd have   more...
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It feels like the circus elephant just got off my chest.After the fiasco last night and six losses in seven games, tonight's blowout win against the Tigers is a huge relief.Just when you were sure this team had forgotten how to hit, pitch and field they did all three tonight.It started out a little   more...
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A busy day on the transaction front for the Tribe, and there is one move I just don't get.Jensen Lewis is back at Buffalo and Jorge Julio is still on the team.Here's how it all came aboutThe Tribe - as I thought might be the case watching the injury occur - put Fausto Carmona on the DL today,   more...
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If you had told me before the Indians' final regular season series ever at Yankees Stadium that the Tribe would take two out of three, I'm quite sure I would have taken that deal.With two games in the bag heading into this afternoon I tried to tell myself that a win today would be the "eating it   more...
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OK tell the truth.How many of you out there felt that, down 2-1 in the third inning against the Sox tonight, things seemed bleak. Almost hopeless.Another night, another miserable performance by the Tribe offense.Just how much more of this can you watch?I know I'm reaching the breaking point.Don't   more...
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CC Sabathia's walk season is not starting out so well, to say the least.The big man - with big salary numbers dancing in his head - is putting up big numbers of his own, big, crooked numbers on the other team's side of the scoreboard.On Opening Day CC didn't make it out of the sixth, allowing 5   more...
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