Category: Cleveland Indians
second thoughts on the Tribe
In Tuesday’s DR, my preseason outlook at the Indians wasn’t real positive. But, before the first pitch of the 2012 season has been thrown, I think I need to add a little bit of hope to what’s going to happen this season on the corner of Carnegie and Ontario. Why am I backtracking so soon? [...]
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may be stuck on 40 for a bit
Yeah, yeah, I know – I give the Tribe some love a few days ago, then it starts to fall apart. Thanks to Jonathan Sanchez, Cleveland will now be without Shin-Soo Choo for at least a month after Sanchez broke Choo’s thumb with a wild pitch Friday night in San Francisco. And just when Choo [...]
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40 wins
In 2010, the Cleveland Indians won their 40th game on July 20, and their 4-3 win tonight over the Rockies puts them at 40-33. The bullpen was lights-out again, and helped keep the Tribe a game in front of Detroit in the AL Central. The White Sox are only five back and the Twins, somehow, [...]
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Cabrera deserves All-Star start
Asdrubal Cabrera won’t win the first slot in voting for the American League shortstop to play in the All-Star Game, but the man deserves it. As of June 23, Cabrera was hitting .296, third among shortstops on the ballot behind Baltimore’s J.J. Hardy (.304) and, gasp, Detroit’s Jhonny Peralta (.298). And while the man has often [...]
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one to forget
Perfect weather, perfect seats at Progressive Field. A sweet young lady by the name of Sarah Turner delivered a stirring (if a bit drawn out) version of the National Anthem. Then Mitch Talbot threw his first pitch, Jacoby Ellsbury lined it up the middle, and it was all downhill from there. By the time the [...]
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Ranking the most surprising Indians
CLEVELAND — It’s good to be up at Progressive Field reporting on the Indians, baseball’s most surprising team this season, even if it did take a 1-hour, 35-minute rain delay until the game against the Tampa Bay Rays started here Tuesday night. The Tribe’s AL-best 22-11 record to start this homestand has been unexpected for [...]
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Tribe: for real?
Even though the Indians improbably lost Sunday on two balls that traveled about 60 feet total — and I don’t care what Manny Acta says, it was 100% luck — they come home at 22-11 and as the only AL team playing better than .600 baseball. What does everyone think? Too early to tell? [...]
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Take me out to the ball game
“Tribetastic” is my new favorite word. I use it everywhere — from Facebook wall postings to casual conversations. Heck, sometimes I try and force it in places it doesn’t belong, such as, “Hey mom, those cheesy potatoes are ‘Tribetastic!’” Anyways, you get the picture … I’m beyond excited about the Indians’ start this season. So far, [...]
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phasing out Chief Wahoo
I know what it’s like to be stereotyped – Aaron Dorksen, in the ‘Meet the Staff’ paragraph here in the DR press box, calls me gruff and lovable. In reality, I’m neither, except occasionally, and only when warranted. Like other baseball fans, I’ve been watching the Indians with great interest. In lots of other seasons [...]
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