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Found: Tall right-hander, Answers to the name 'Fausto'
Fausto Carmona - missing in action for nearly two years now - has been found.And he was right where the Tribe left him - on the mound at Progressive Field (though it was Jacobs Field when he was last seen prior to Sunday).For the past two seasons - we have learned - an impostor has been wearing Fausto's No. 55 and taking the hill for the Tribe.It is rumored that Tribe manager...
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August 23, 2009
Discuss
Why we still watch
Wow. Wasn't that fun?Just finished watching the Tribe take it to the Angels tonight.If you're anything like me you ask yourself nightly, Why am I still watching these guys?The games mean nothing for this season.And, as we've learned the hard way time and again in the Wedgie years, what's happening now probably won't mean a heck of a lot for next year either. But...
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August 20, 2009
How's Wedgie doin'?
It was the 4th of July weekend when Tribe GM Mark Shapiro went public with his promise that Eric Wedge and his coaches would be around at least until the end of the season, when all would be evaluated.Since that time the Tribe has played 35 games and put up and 18-17 record. Better than they had been to that point, but hardly an exciting number.But at the time Shapiro said the post...
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August 18, 2009
The Cleveland Indians - forever riding in coach
So how 'bout that Tomo Ohka?.OK. That's not really what I want to talk about.It's been a few days since the Dolan family told us all that the hard reality of MLB in the 2000's is that Cleveland, and other towns like it, has to accept second-class status. At least as long as the sport's current economic system is in place, and it isn't likely to change any...
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August 08, 2009
Is it Rocky Colavito all over again?
The past week or so has been depressing and difficult for Tribe fans. This fan included.That is especially true coming, as it does, on the heels of last year's forced dumping of CC, and his eventual donning of pinstripes. Cleveland fans are justifiably angry by the team's performance, and even more so by it's dismantling. Fans, for whatever reason, become emotionally...
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August 03, 2009
With Victor gone what are we to think?
It's taken me a bit of time to get something up on this site tonight because I've been struggling to put into words just how I feel about the latest punch in the stomach - the Victor Martinez trade.I was wild-eyed angry the other night with the trade of Cliff Lee.I was angry that Lee was gone, but what really lit my fire was the realization that the deal meant another gutting...
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July 31, 2009
Tribe trades Lee, Francisco for underwhelming package of prospects
Let me say right off that as I begin writing this, the Cliff Lee trade to Philadelphia has not been officially announced and the details have not been run through the Shapiro spin machine.I think it's better that way.If there are any more Kool-Aid drinkers left among the fans, and particularly in the blogosphere, this trade should be their wake-up call.Shapiro will be telling...
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July 29, 2009
Bodies on the move, as the Tribe's future hangs in the balance
Wow.Went away for a few days - down to Virginia to help my brother-in-law celebrate a milestone birthday.And while I was away sampling pulled pork in like seven different varieties of barbecue sauce - and darting from car air conditioner, to home air conditioner, to hotel air conditioner - the Tribe was plenty busy on the field and off.As I was packing my bags to go, so was Raffie...
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July 27, 2009
Tribe spinning their wheels in a pointless second half
Not sure what the exact quote was, but as the All-Star break was coming to an end Eric Wedge made the comment that he was looking for stability in his lineup in the second half.And then there's the one about the bishop, the priest and the rabbi...In the four games since the break the Tribe has used the same lineup exactly - nunce. Not at all. Four games, four different lineups...
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July 19, 2009
Battered and frustrated, Tribe heads into break with lots to do
Ahhh, the All-Star break. Where does the time go? Seems like only about six years ago the Tribe began the season (with a loss) in Texas, and now, here we are, already at the break. And if a team ever needed the break, this one does. If a fan base ever needed a break, this one clearly does. Many of the more casual fans have moved on to other pursuits, but if you are still reading...
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July 11, 2009
Tribe "Quotes of the Day"
There's nothing really new to say about the Tribe after last night's disaster - which featured the usual mid-inning disappearance by Jeremy Sowers and a huge blowup by the Tribe's two newest relievers, Chris Perez and Winston Abreu.So I though I'd just have a little fun instead dissecting (alright, taking out of context) some of the quotes from various members of...
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July 08, 2009
Wedged in for the foreseeable future
Finished up my trip to the home front on the 4th with a visit to the MetroParks Zoo. The last time I was there, my cousin and I were pulling around our now-20-something kids in a red wagon.I ran into a big flock of seagulls while I was there (non-residents). Apparently they too got bored with the Tribe and are seeking entertainment elsewhere.I was pretty much incommunicado the whole...
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July 05, 2009
Another Tribe head scratcher
I want to write something positive. I desperately do. You have to take my word for it.But again tonight I find myself with nothing good to say about the latest Tribe development - minimal though it may be.The Tribe added another warm body to its bullpen today. A 32-year-old righty who doesn't even qualify at the level of journeyman, unless the journey through the minor leagues...
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July 02, 2009
Traumatized? Or just bored to death?
This year's summer trip back to Cleveland has been a nostalgic one for me to say the least.It started with a wake for a boyhood friend of mine, which reunited me with neighborhood "kids" I hadn't seen in 30 years or more.Then there was last night's trip to Progressive Field, which transported me back to the days of Municipal Stadium.The crowd was minuscule,...
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July 01, 2009
The Tribe - dead on my arrival
Made the long trek Tuesday from suburban New York to Cleveland for the annual summer visit with the family.As often seems to be the case, the Tribe is pretty much at its worst as I come to town to make my once-a-year trip to the local ballpark.That's scheduled for tonight, and with any luck the rain will be a bit more definitive tonight than it was Tuesday and I can be spared...
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June 30, 2009
The Tribe on a treadmill
Well, ‘that time of year again’ has come a few weeks early this year. It’s the time of year when we as Tribe fans are supposed to get all excited because we ‘stole” one of somebody’s best prospects.And we’ll probably be doing it again at least sometime over the next five weeks. And isn’t it wonderful that we now have this great big bundle of potential under our...
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June 28, 2009
The questions continue to mount for the Tribe and the Dolans
Let's start with the positives - things it was good to see tonight.It was simply good to see the Tribe win a game again.It was great to see Grady Sizemore back in the lineup again, chasing balls down in CF and coming out of the box hitting the ball. (Added bonus - no Ben Francisco)It was a huge relief to see someone other than Cliff Lee throw a good ballgame. David Huff was outstanding...
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June 23, 2009
As another Tribe season crashes and burns, change at the top should be on the agenda
Ladies and gentlemen, the captain has turned on the fasten-seat-belt signs as Cleveland Indians Flight 2009 is in its final descent into oblivion. Another season dead well before its time.In one of the most depressing weeks in the history of the franchise, the Tribe just completed an 0-6 week that has sealed their fate for this season and quite possibly the fate of their manager...
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June 21, 2009
A Tale of Two Ballgames
It was the best of games and then the worst of games.With apologies to Charles Dickens, that pretty much sums up the Tribe's two-night stand on ESPN.Sunday night, of course, Cliff Lee and Chris Carpenter were slinging.Lee, as we all know, was throwing a no-hitter into the 8th inning. Carpenter, after a slow start in the first inning, pretty much kept pace with Lee pitch by pitch...
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June 15, 2009
Back in the basement
Well the flirtation with fourth place didn't last too long.The Tribe has fallen back into the Central Division basement - with a huge THUD! The somewhat re-energized team we've seen over the past few weeks was not in evidence at Progressive Field this evening. In fact all the facets of the horrible first several weeks of the season were on display tonight. Horrible starting...
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June 10, 2009
Is it time to start thinking about punting on this season?
I won't be able to watch the Tribe on TV today. FOX monopolizes Saturday afternoon TV rights and, even though I do believe the Tribe-Sox game might be on where you live, I am forced to watch the Yanks, Mets or Red Sox most Saturday afternoons. When it's not one of those three, it's the Phillies - as is the case today.I guess I won't complain too much though about...
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June 06, 2009
Time to farm out Fausto
He started the season as the No. 2 starter.He was supposed to be the Tribe's next ace.But so far this season Fausto Carmona has proven that 2007, not 2008, was the fluke.And today it has become more than evident that Fausto needs to go back to Columbus to figure out just what the heck has gone wrong for him since his storybook season in 2007.Carmona got blasted again today, allowing...
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June 04, 2009
Good riddance to the Yankees
This most-recent Tribe-Yankee series didn't have the same feel as many others in the past.Sure Yankee TV play-by-play guy Michael Kay (nearly two years after they first appeared in the playoffs) went on and on about the midges - as did the rest of the media, as you can see from the photo to the left. Kay in fact claimed to have done research on the midges and discovered that...
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June 02, 2009
A win for the Tribe, a Wedgie for Pavano
Jhonny Peralta drove a ball past 3B with one out in the 9th today, giving the Tribe an exciting first victory of the weekend against the dreaded Yanks.It was Perlta's third ribbie of the day, putting him and starting pitcher Carl Pavano in the spotlight. Pavano didn't win the game, but he should have (more on that in just a second).Peralta's base hit picked up the ball...
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May 31, 2009
To boo or not to boo, as CC returns to Progressive Field mound
CC Sabathia will take his first trip to the hill at Progressive Field since being traded last summer to Milwaukee.He'll be doing it in a Yankee uniform and if you will excuse me for a moment while I lose my lunch, I'll pick up from here.That's better.Now back to CC.When it became apparent two off-seasons ago that Sabathia was not going to resign with the Tribe because...
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May 30, 2009
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