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On Belcher, Rest of the Staff and Free Agents

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"As I mentioned, I think it was just a matter of him making the commitment to be on the field. It was not just the Cleveland Indians, but the whole baseball industry waiting for the moment to have a guy like him because we think he is a special guy."That was Manny Acta on...
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Tribe Hires Tim Belcher as Pitching Coach

The first surprise of the Cleveland Indians new coaching staff was it's first one.Tim Belcher has been hired as the new pitching coach of the Cleveland Indians.
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It's all going according to plan....so far

Remember when I suggested Sandy Alomar Jr. for this coaching staff a few posts ago?That as purely speculation and wild hope.But it turns out that there may be some ideas from the Indians to do this.ESPN's Buster Olney broke the news that the Indians are working on Alomar for their...
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Can anyone here throw a shuuto pitch?

I twitted (tweeted) yesterday about the signing or possible signing of Japanese right hander Takafumi Nakamura.What?That's Hiro Nakamura, from Heroes.Relation? No, but that doesn't mean we can't speculate he has the ability to stop time. Or say that Ole Sheldon is related...
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Sunday Chatter: Acta's Potential Staff, Arbitration, Winter Leagues, Rule V Discussion and More

You would think with Manny Acta doing his thing for covering the World Series for the FOX Spanish broadcast, that we wouldn't have much news to divulge into.But there is plenty to get into about Acta's staff that he'll start putting together once his commitment to World...
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Hahaha Shin-Soo Boo.. You serious?

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Happy Halloween out there to everyone who gives a damn.To me, this is just another Saturday. The novelty of Halloween wore off the year after the last time I went out to get candy door to door, which I believe was eighth grade. And If I remember right, I only went that year (after...
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Facebook Reactions Part II: Acta Hired

And now the second part of Facebook Reactions to the Manny Acta hiring.I think this would conclude Manny Acta week here.. Certainly I think we've killed this to death.There's some more news floating around, we'll get that to it later today or tomorrow. For now, enjoy more...
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Facebook Reactions Part I: Acta Hired

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In case you are new to the internet, Facebook is one of the roots of all evil and as I like to mention, I'm on it along with the other root of all evil twitter.As a fan of the Cleveland Indians on Facebook, I see their postings and so do many many other fans of the Indians. Well...
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Painfully Pleasant is Cliff P. Lee

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I've decided to delay Facebook reactions a day because of what we witnessed last night.I wanted to avoid talking about this here because of how painful it is.And it really is painful.But after what we saw last night.. Wow.It didn't really hit me until I saw Cliff Lee and CC...
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More things to consider: Acta's Cultural Impact and Coaches

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With Acta now fully on board and the flurry of madness that was his arrival sort of over, I think it's time to settle down a bit.First off, read my plea to Cleveland Fans everywhere about Acta. It was my formal here is why he is a good hire for Cleveland right now post and I came...
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Breaking Down Acta: The Press Conference

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HOLY CRAPHas this guy been in the organization longer than one day or something?He talked as if he's been here for awhile.He dropped a Hector Rondon mention! I mean, who does that?!He even dropped Nick Weglarz!Um he was asked about Fausto Carmona specifically and he narrowed in...
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Following Acta... Isn't that a clever pun

Clever ain't it?Everyone is doing it though.Second Act(a) or Re-Opening Acta.Whatever..It's been a bit of a whirlwind since yesterday when the Indians named Manny Acta their new manager. Everyone wants to chime in.But make no mistakes about it. This is the beginning of a new...
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Breaking News: Acta Is the Man?

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Jon Heyman is breaking news via Twitter. He is saying that the Indians are going to hire Manny Acta as their manager. More on this as it develops, but what's causing this if it happens to be true? Was Houston making a press for Cleveland's current favorite? Did Bobby V tell...
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Sniff Sniff Boom... Uncovering Manager Tidbits

Sniff Sniff Boom is me for the past few days.My immune system is as strong as a defense as the Pittsburgh Steelers' 2008 squad.I never get sick unless something tricks me.The last time I was actually sick was when Taco Bell gave me food poisoning. But as far as the last time I...
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BBA AL MVP Award

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So the Cleveland Indians haven't had a legit MVP candidate since Travis Hafner's awesomeness a few years ago.If Grady Sizemore is healthy and this team can contend, he'd be up there.But I can't really make any Indians comparisons here, so let's just get into the...
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Lovullo States Case, Roenicke Now a Candidate

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Let's talk...Yesterday before Torey Lovullo faced the media, we had a bit of news break about another candidate being in the running.When Acta interviewed and Mark Shapiro spoke to the media, he noted that there could be two more candidates added to the process..He also mentioned...
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Valentine Press Conference Impressions

I think I'll say this right off the bat.Terry Pluto put it best... It's hard to imagine, but it is fun to think about.I read initial quotes and was sort of dismayed.An out of touch, former-MLB manager that stepped off the plane from Japan a week ago, went right to work for...
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Offseason Chart, Acta Impressions, Shelton Gone, Manager Chat

Well we have a lot of ground to cover males and females.Let's start with the site.The Offseason Outlook Chart has returned. You can view it here, or click the Offseason Outlook button on the side under Indians Corner.If you forget what it's all about, check out last year'...
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The First Annual All-Daily Team

This year I decided I wanted to take an organizational look at everything and produce something that represented that.I wanted to look over the entire organization and compile some sort of team that took every team into consideration.However it's bland doing the All-Indians team...
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End of the Year Feathers: 2009

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Here we are again, 2009, a year removed from the first time I handed out feathers.I like to take this post as an opportunity to wrap the Cleveland Indians season in a bow. This is where we say goodbye to 2009 and move forward. Last year, there was some optimism if you go back and read...
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BBA AL Cy Young Award

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Two down, two to go.After voting for Manager of the Year and Rookie of the Year, here comes the big guns.In the third award for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, it is now time to select a AL Cy Young Award winner.Mike Scioscia won manager of the year and now Andrew Bailey was named...
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Whittling Down the Candidates

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Well the search is going by with very little information.Mark Shapiro and company are being very closed off in terms of what's going on so far.The people that have been confirmed from one source or another to have at least been on the list of 30 candidates the Indians were targeting...
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BBA AL Rookie of the Year

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Here I am again ready to submit my ballot for the rookie of the year.If you haven't caught on yet, I'm helping represent Cleveland in the BBA, which is the Baseball Bloggers Alliance. We vote on all the awards just like the media does, only we do a far better job. Mike Scioscia...
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BBA AL Manager of the Year

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As I mentioned yesterday, I have the honor of being included in the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, a network of bloggers representing every team in the MLB and then some from all over the internet. We vote on all our respective league's awards, just as the writers covering teams do...
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This playoff thing... Kind of depressing

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I love the playoffs.But in a way, I'm sort of depressed.I'm a regular viewer of First Take on ESPN2 and fellow Indians-commiserator Jay Crawford had a graphic put up of former Indians in the playoffs.It's stunning.LF- Manny RamirezCF- Ben FranciscpRF- Ryan LudwickSS- Mark...
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