2010 Cleveland Indians

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heard they have uniforms and everything

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Sizemore jersey sales will get an uptick in the leatherman demo

Can't wait for the uptick! This is what I'm reduced to.

Pencil in Jake Westbrook as the opening day pitcher.

Les Levine:

In over twenty years of doing sports talk in Cleveland on a daily basis, I have never seen or heard anything like I am seeing and hearing now. And the silence is deafening.

Maybe it is because of Cavaliers actually are the best team in the NBA. Or maybe it is because the hiring of Mike Holmgren has made Browns fans forget about the most brutal first twelve games in any season of this once-storied franchise in football.

Whatever the reason, the baseball hot stove league no longer exists, at least in Cleveland. There hasn’t been one phone call to suggest a trade, a staple of the sports talk genre for decades, as invented by Peter J. Franklin. There hasn’t been one phone call, positive or negative, to comment on the non-stories of the signings of Austin Kearns, Shelley Duncan, Mark Grudzielanek, or Mike Redmond. No calls to suggest that Manny Acta, in his first major decision as manager of the Tribe, should move Grady Sizemore to the middle of the lineup, leaving Michael Brantley to learn the leadoff role with on-the-job training.

You know that apathy has set in when virtually the only calls made in the off-season about Sizemore were in regards to his lack of common sense in his use of his cell phone camera.

Really, though, no one wants to talk to Les.

"In a perfect world? Albert Pujols."
—Indians manager Manny Acta on who he'd like his first baseman to be this season. (Anthony Castrovince, MLB.com)

truth bomb

did Grady bring his cellphone?

he's happy to see you

guys Russell Branyan + whoever = division title

^lol drunk

kinda getting excited about opening day

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team leaders in a si.com graphic:

Indians
BA Cabrera .375
HR Grudzielanek 0
RBI Sizemore 2

Grudzielanek was a genius pickup. He's on pace for 0 home runs this year.

Uh, wow.

That was quite hideous.

God this team is awful. Fuck baseball.

i sat there by the radio with my head in hands during the last three innings

when the play by play guy describes your 8-3 lead as precarious you might be in need of a bullpen

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GOOD OL CHRIS PEREZ

C. Perez relieved F. Carmona
- J. Arias doubled to deep right center
- T. Teagarden reached on fielder's choice, J. Arias to third
- E. Andrus walked, T. Teagarden to second
- T. Sipp relieved C. Perez

Ride the cold hand, Manny.

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45 walks in 7 games

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Indians' pitcher Chris Perez didn't exactly take full blame for the wild pitch he threw on Sunday that lost it for the Tribe.

"He (catcher Lou Marson) got a piece of it, but it got by him," Perez was quoted as saying in the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. "He's trying to stop it, but at the same time, it's happened a lot recently. That needs to change, for sure."

2 complete games by Indian starters in a row.

~reflects~

is Choo the best player in the MLB that nobody ever talks about? If this guy goes to a big market team he could be MVP caliber... imho.

he's good! Basically Choo is the entire Indians offense as of right now. However, as a Korean, he has to serve in the military next year. It remains to be seen if he can get out of it.

i <3 him -- totally gr8 for fantasy

grand slam for him today

Indians starting pitching is holding up. Sudden Sam McDowell they not be but damn if this team starts hitting.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5146663

That is fucking weird!

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The Cleveland Indians reliever popped the cork on a fresh bottle of whine after Howie Kendrick bunted his way to a walk-off win for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Wednesday.

“It was a bad baseball play that happened to work out,” Perez told the press. “I don't want to say it was bush league. But you never see that.

“Ninety-nine percent of hitters in that situation would rather win the game with a hit, not a bunt.”

Angels outfield prospect Chris Pettit said as much in a post on Twitter earlier today, saying “if you (Perez) lost 45 pounds and could get off the mound you wouldn't be complaining about losing.”

It should be noted that tweet was quickly taken down as part of Major League Baseball's recent effort to censor players and personnel online.

bunting should be outlawed. no bigger abomination exists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t9-DIKDGGA

he's not normally like that is he?

did not know Sizemore vs lefties was .106/.192/.106!

Team is cursed.

Bruce Drennan (All bets are off host and longtime local sports talker) was arrested a couple years back for operating an illegal sports book and thrown in jail. He came back and called his new show "all bets are off".

the indians may now have the worst hitting 2nd base/shortstop combo in the AL

That collision broke Cabrera's forearm.

worst team in baseball right now

only heard it on the radio, prob for the best - arod hit a linedrive that hit david huff in the head and ricocheted into right field

- A. Rodriguez doubled to pitcher, N. Swisher scored, M. Teixeira to third

he actually got lucky as far as these things go -- it hit him right on the temple -- i'm sure he's concussed, and obv the mental part of it is untold, but he didn't get hit directly in the face, so no broken eye socket/cheekbone/nose etc

wow - the video of that just looks painful.

Oye como va

Cleveland overcame three errors in one inning by third baseman Andy Marte , a 5-0 deficit, then a blown save by Kerry Wood along with an eighth-inning disruption by two unruly fans.

Santana will be hitting third tonight.

Allegedly Frank McCourt was too cheap to take on 2 mil in Casey Blake's salary so he said what the heck and threw in a top 10 prospect named Carlos Santana along with a bullpen arm to make up for it.

Fuckin asshole.

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ho Shelly Duncan

he gives, and he takes

6-0 since the break!

Carlos Santana has been pretty damn good (.292/.443/.566), eh?

July 26, 2008: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Jon Meloan to the Cleveland Indians for Casey Blake and cash.
July 26, 2008: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Jon Meloan to the Cleveland Indians for Casey Blake and cash.
July 26, 2008: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Jon Meloan to the Cleveland Indians for Casey Blake and cash.
July 26, 2008: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Jon Meloan to the Cleveland Indians for Casey Blake and cash.
July 26, 2008: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Jon Meloan to the Cleveland Indians for Casey Blake and cash.
July 26, 2008: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Jon Meloan to the Cleveland Indians for Casey Blake and cash.
July 26, 2008: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Jon Meloan to the Cleveland Indians for Casey Blake and cash.
July 26, 2008: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Jon Meloan to the Cleveland Indians for Casey Blake and cash.
July 26, 2008: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Jon Meloan to the Cleveland Indians for Casey Blake and cash.
July 26, 2008: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Jon Meloan to the Cleveland Indians for Casey Blake and cash.

2nd half indians have been activated

three up, three down for andy marte

His best game as a professional baseball player?

Looks like their best player got his leg broke

Carlos Santana RIP

onion lols

Addressing fans, rival MLB teams, and commissioner Bud Selig, Indians general manager Mark Shapiro delivered a heartfelt apology Tuesday, lamenting the lack of a Cy Young Award–winning pitcher his team could trade to a legitimate contender. “I apologize, especially to the large-market teams like the Yankees and the Red Sox, that we don’t have a starter like Cliff Lee or CC Sabathia whom we can give away for next to nothing,” said Shapiro, adding that he feels “just awful” that teams have worked so hard this season and the Indians have no way to help them. “But I assure you, we’ve been developing a number of prospects we soon won’t be able to afford.” Shapiro, who said the Indians really had no need for a closer, claimed the team was willing to part with reliever Chris Perez for $5,000 and a new baseline field marker.

Miguel Cabrera comes up with runners on first and second in the first inning. Acta doesn't have him intentionally walked, presumably because first base is not open. OK. Cabrera singles, knocks in a run, advances to second on a throwing error. Acta has Boesch IBB'd, presumably because first base is unoccupied since Boesch is hitting .144/.212/.208 in the second half. That loads the bases (with one out) for Peralta, who singles, knocks in two runs.

In the second inning, Cabrera comes up with first base open and is IBB'd. Boesch hits a bases-loaded double. Manny is pushing all the right buttons today.

know who's 3rd in AL in WAR?

CHOO

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2010-batting-leaders.shtml

Choo is a ball player. From what I see, he can do everything quite well.

I saw him play in Tacoma a few summers ago.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11650810

FUCK i have Choo shoring up my OF in a competitive keeper league.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/15/shin-soo-choo-is-trying-to-slug-his-way-out-of-the-army/

Shin-Soo Choo is up against South Korea’s mandate that all able-bodied men must serve in the armed forces for two-years prior to turning 30. Choo is 28, and his military obligation is falling concurrently with his arbitration and free agency years. The straight-from-Hollywood-twist: if he can lead the Korean national baseball team to a gold medal in the Asian Games, he’ll likely get out of his commitment.

would be a bummer if he had to miss 2 years of his prime, he's one of the very best players in mlb right now and doesn't get much notice

EASILY DISPATCHED BY MY ELITE GUARD

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@DSzymborski Doing Indian projections. ZiPS likes the position players. Pitchers? ZiPS likes teh position players.

nice one Choo is coming back to the US, they won the gold: http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20101119001033

That is awesome.