Cleveland Indians 2009 tribute
Sunday, August 16th, 2009tedginn65 asked:
Cleveland rocks
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Archive for August, 2009
How do you think the cleveland indians will win the world series?
Sunday, August 16th, 2009
Stuart O asked:
I mean there is history in cleveland that might help them.
LEONARD
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I mean there is history in cleveland that might help them.
LEONARD
Cleveland Indians Ten Cent Beer Night — The Sequel
Sunday, August 16th, 2009SportsMockLive asked:
The 2009 Cleveland Indians aren’t playing well and aren’t drawing many fans. The marketing department is trying to come up with some new promotional ideas but is striking out too. But what about bringing back the most successful promotion in team history?
BEAU
Any chances the Cleveland Indians can make it to World Series?
Friday, August 14th, 2009
RCrumb asked:
It’s no wonder they haven’t all these years, (since 1948), if it meant having to beat the Yankees AND the Red Sox to do it.
Go Tribe!
TY
It’s no wonder they haven’t all these years, (since 1948), if it meant having to beat the Yankees AND the Red Sox to do it.
Go Tribe!
TY
Mlb: Yankees Defeat the Indians With Wang’s Aid
Friday, August 14th, 2009
Stephen Lars asked:
Moments after defeating the Cleveland Indians by 1-0, the Yankees received a hard blow: For the first time in the season the Puerto Rican Jorge Posada will be in the injured list.
New York Yankees catcher Posada stated “It’s very disappointing, it is possibly the most disappointing moment of my career”. Posada has been suffering a chronic shoulder pain for more than a week now situation that has forced him to take a leave.
Before the arrival of the dreadful news about Posada, in seven innings Chien-Ming Wang overcame C.C. Sabathia who surrendered a home run to the Dominican Melky Cabrera; helping the Yankees breaks a record of three defeats.
Wang’s (5-0) contribution was great indeed; four hits, punched nine players basically his greater record of the season; besides becoming the unique winner of five games in the American League. Also, Wang carried out 113 throws taking the Yankees to average .500.
Joba Chamberlain did back up Wang; Chamberlain did a great job in the eighth inning during his first appearance in Cleveland since his second game of the 2007 playoffs.
The Panamanian Mariano Rivera helped during the ninth inning, for his rescue number seven of the season and the 450 in his career, a record that only Trevor Hoffman and Reads Smith had obtained before.
On the other hand, Torii Hunter and the Dominican Erick Aybar achieved three careers each one and helped Los Angeles Angels defeat 6-2 the Detroit Tigers in a series of three games.
The Angels have earned 10 of their last 14 games, which give Anaheim a total of 16 victories very close to Oakland Athletics in the leadership fight in the Western Division of the American League; their next game will be on Monday evening in Anaheim.
Hunter explained that “We can compete against any even in the position that we are in question of health”, “we do not have to our first opener, John Lackey or Kelvin Escobar due to injuries, but when we have them back, we will be even better”, added.
James Shields launched Sunday for the first time in the major leagues and Evan Longoria connected a home run; the Tampa Bay Blue Rays defeated 3-0 the Red Sox completing a series of three games.
Additionally, Tampa Bay won its 6th consecutive game achieving their best record since the July-August 2005 one.
In the American League games, the Athletics won by 4-2 to the Mariners, the Rangers defeated 6-1 the Twins, the Blue Jays overcame the Royals by 5-2, and the White Sox defeated 6-1 the Baltimore Orioles.
On the other hand, Brandon Webb surpassed Jake Peavy in a series of launches that contributed to the previous two Cy Young trophies of the National League; carrying Arizona Diamondbacks to a victory of 2-1 over San Diego Padres.
Consecutively, LA Dodgers James Loney marked a simple career advantage in the tenth inning sweeping the Colorado Rockies in three games by 3-2.
It’s the first time that the Dodgers achieve three consecutive triumphs in a season, under the lead of their new team manager Joe Tower, who utilized his 24th different alignment in 25 games, while continues to seek for efficient players. Tower advanced to the playoffs in 12 consecutive seasons with the New York Yankees.
CLEMENT
Moments after defeating the Cleveland Indians by 1-0, the Yankees received a hard blow: For the first time in the season the Puerto Rican Jorge Posada will be in the injured list.
New York Yankees catcher Posada stated “It’s very disappointing, it is possibly the most disappointing moment of my career”. Posada has been suffering a chronic shoulder pain for more than a week now situation that has forced him to take a leave.
Before the arrival of the dreadful news about Posada, in seven innings Chien-Ming Wang overcame C.C. Sabathia who surrendered a home run to the Dominican Melky Cabrera; helping the Yankees breaks a record of three defeats.
Wang’s (5-0) contribution was great indeed; four hits, punched nine players basically his greater record of the season; besides becoming the unique winner of five games in the American League. Also, Wang carried out 113 throws taking the Yankees to average .500.
Joba Chamberlain did back up Wang; Chamberlain did a great job in the eighth inning during his first appearance in Cleveland since his second game of the 2007 playoffs.
The Panamanian Mariano Rivera helped during the ninth inning, for his rescue number seven of the season and the 450 in his career, a record that only Trevor Hoffman and Reads Smith had obtained before.
On the other hand, Torii Hunter and the Dominican Erick Aybar achieved three careers each one and helped Los Angeles Angels defeat 6-2 the Detroit Tigers in a series of three games.
The Angels have earned 10 of their last 14 games, which give Anaheim a total of 16 victories very close to Oakland Athletics in the leadership fight in the Western Division of the American League; their next game will be on Monday evening in Anaheim.
Hunter explained that “We can compete against any even in the position that we are in question of health”, “we do not have to our first opener, John Lackey or Kelvin Escobar due to injuries, but when we have them back, we will be even better”, added.
James Shields launched Sunday for the first time in the major leagues and Evan Longoria connected a home run; the Tampa Bay Blue Rays defeated 3-0 the Red Sox completing a series of three games.
Additionally, Tampa Bay won its 6th consecutive game achieving their best record since the July-August 2005 one.
In the American League games, the Athletics won by 4-2 to the Mariners, the Rangers defeated 6-1 the Twins, the Blue Jays overcame the Royals by 5-2, and the White Sox defeated 6-1 the Baltimore Orioles.
On the other hand, Brandon Webb surpassed Jake Peavy in a series of launches that contributed to the previous two Cy Young trophies of the National League; carrying Arizona Diamondbacks to a victory of 2-1 over San Diego Padres.
Consecutively, LA Dodgers James Loney marked a simple career advantage in the tenth inning sweeping the Colorado Rockies in three games by 3-2.
It’s the first time that the Dodgers achieve three consecutive triumphs in a season, under the lead of their new team manager Joe Tower, who utilized his 24th different alignment in 25 games, while continues to seek for efficient players. Tower advanced to the playoffs in 12 consecutive seasons with the New York Yankees.
CLEMENT
what day and how many fans attended the famous low-attendance cleveland indians game in the 1980’s?
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
gymiller asked:
in the 1980s, the cleveland indians had a home game where only a few hundred fans attended the game. what day did this happen and how many fans attended? this might have happened in the early 90s, but i am pretty it was in the 80s.
DENIS
in the 1980s, the cleveland indians had a home game where only a few hundred fans attended the game. what day did this happen and how many fans attended? this might have happened in the early 90s, but i am pretty it was in the 80s.
DENIS
What are the chances that the Cleveland Indians’ Joe Borowski is gonna blow a lead in the playoffs?
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Prashant asked:
Dude’s got an insane high ERA (5.23) and WHIP (1.43)…how the hell did this guy get 43 saves?
Dude’s got an insane high ERA (5.23) and WHIP (1.43)…how the hell did this guy get 43 saves?
Did the Indians hand over 3 and 4 run leads when they handed the ball to him in the 9th and he gives up a run or two in every outing or what?
Sooner or later having a guy with such a high ERA as your closer might come back to bite you right? Or can the Indians get away with the shaky bullpen in the playoffs?
THOMAS
MLB Fanpacks Milwaukee Brewers, Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, and Baltimore Orioles
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Sportscardforum asked:
Mike (indyreds) sent out e-mail requests to all MLB teams,except Padres, Yankees, Dodgers and Twins and 27 minor league teams today! So this is the first wave of packages that arrived. As we just wanted to document what people can get. As you see you can probably make request to get the card of a different player if you wanted to. So just a idea there as there where a total of 9 cards from players received which make for great tradebait or PC items if they are your favorite team or player …
DAMIAN
Cleveland Indians 2007
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Pronkvilledotcom asked:
Go Tribe 2007 A preview to our championship run….do you believe?
ELI
James “Big Game Jay” McCormick: 2009 American League Baseball Preview
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Greg Coleman asked:
ng>Best Team in AL – New York Yankees
Let’s just go down the list: CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett, a healthy Chien Ming Wang followed by Andy Pettite and Joba Chamberlain will take this team back to the playoffs and into the World Series. Jorge Posada is healthy again and will catch 110-120 games and Hideki Matsui is back from an injury-plagued year and he’ll be playing for a contract next year. 2B Robinson Cano has a lot to prove and will do so. Mark Teixera brings professional, tremendous presence at the plate and a gold glove first baseman. Add a the ageless future Hall of Famer, Mariano Rivera, bullpen depth and SP Phil Hughes waiting for his turn to make believers out of the Yankee brass and this team is stacked. We didn’t even mention the games second best player coming back in May or June, Alex Rodriguez.
Worst Team in AL – Seattle Mariners
Bringing back homegrown kid Ken Griffey Jr. notwithstanding, the Mariners appear poised to struggle this season. First year manager Don Wakamatsu and Jack Zduriencik’s inaugural season as General Manager will try to take steps toward forgetting their 100-loss season last year. Losing Raul Ibanez (23 HR, 110 RBI) wont help that cause. Not improving the offense substantially will be their downfall. The top of the rotation with Felix Hernandez (an elite starter) and Erik Bedard hopefully healthy is a strongpoint. Brandon Morrow is a talent and will be given a shot to close. Overall I don’t see where the runs will come from this year and because of that I think they’re in for a tough season.
Biggest Turnaround Team – Oakland A’s
The A’s lost 86 games last year for the second year in a row so GM Billy Beane went to work retooling this team. Acquiring SS Orlando Cabrera will provide consistency at the position. DH Jason Giambi hit 32 homers last year in a down year and should add some veteran leadership not to mention significant pop to this offense. Perhaps the biggest addition is one of the best players in the game in Matt Holliday. He hits, scores runs, hits for average and runs the bases along with a good outfield. Those things and a (hopefully) healthy 3B Eric Chavez will drastically improve one the major’s worst offenses. Pitching will be the yearlong question mark as they have lots of young arms that need to be developed.
Team to Watch – Cleveland Indians
This is a team that could make some noise in the AL Central division. CF Grady Sizemore is one of the most talented players in baseball as there’s nothing he can’t do. Adding Kerry Wood as closer will help change a team’s league worst bullpen ERA in 2008. Starting pitchers Cliff Lee and Fausto Carmona lead the top end of the rotation. Carl Pavano will be given a chance to recover from the disaster that was his Yankee career. If a pitcher is needed down the line there is some depth in the farm system to go out and get help. DH Travis Hafner is back healthy and mashing the ball and expect big things out of Mark DeRosa who can play several positions. SS Johhny Peralta is very underrated and he shouldn’t be. Watch this team, closely.
Top 5 Young Players To watch:
Matt Wieters, C – Baltimore Orioles
Wieters is a switch-hitting catcher, drafted in 2007 out of Georgia Tech. He’s widely considered to be baseballs top prospect. Already considered a take-charge leader of the rotation he’s also expected to be able to handle the bat. Although he’ll start the year in Triple A, there’s no doubt he’ll be called up at some point. This way the Orioles can delay his free agency, isn’t it funny how it always comes down to business?
David Price, P – Tampa Bay Rays
You might remember the dominating performance Price displayed in last years postseason, earning his first win and save in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. The Rays will start him off in the minors to monitor his workload and pitch count. Watch out for his emergence in the second half of the season. The 2007 No.1 draft pick will be heard from before the end of the 2009-10 campaign.
Elvis Andrus, SS – Texas Rangers
This guy can play defense at a high level right now and that will be what he’s expected to do right away. The 20yr old is part of a talented infield in Arlington with 3B Michael Young, Ian Kinsler manning second and Chris Davis expected to be one of the better young players this year as well. Andrus is also an automatic base stealing threat. Look for 25 steals or more from this guy.
Matt LaPorta, LF – Cleveland Indians
Right now he’s known as the guy that the Indians got in return in the CC Sabathia trade with Milwaukee. His bat is his strength as he can hit for power to all sides of the field. His defense is coming along and he can also step in at first base. Think of him as a young Travis Hafner who he’ll certainly replace if Hafner has an injury again. They might bring him up anyway because of his potential.
Travis Snider, RF – Toronto Blue Jays
Hard worker and will be in the lineup from day one for the Blue Jays. Good power, hits to all fields and went through three levels of the minor leagues last season. He should be one of a few stars in the Blue Jays farm system.
Best Manager- Ron Gardenhire, Minnesota Twins
Entering his eighth season at the helm of the Twins, Gardenhire finished second in Manager of the year voting in four out the last seven years and rightfully so. Some would argue that it’s one thing to win consistently with a payroll that approaches $300million but it’s entirely different to do with a limited budget, a keen scouting eye, young players a few stars. Gardenhire leads a team that relies on scouting and player development. This year expect the Twins to contend once again for a playoff berth despite C Joe Mauers back problems, a shaky bullpen leading up to closer Joe Nathan and too many guys in the outfield. You can thank Gardenhire for that.
Manager On The Molten-Lava Hot Seat:
Joe Girardi – NY Yankees
Girardi played for the NY Yankees so he knew what he was getting himself into when taking the job. In 1998, with Joe Torre managing and Girardi the primary catcher, the Yankees started the year 1-4 and were under fire despite winning it all two years prior. Long story short, the Yankees ended up winning over 100 games that season including the World Series. The Yankees are expected to win. PERIOD.
After missing the playoffs for the first time in 13 years in Girardi’s first year as manager he cannot afford to get off to a slow start or miss the playoffs for the second year in a row. With a new sparkling ballpark opening and all the talent in the world including a mercurial superstar named A-rod there are no excuses. He must win, NOW.
MICHEL
ng>Best Team in AL – New York Yankees
Let’s just go down the list: CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett, a healthy Chien Ming Wang followed by Andy Pettite and Joba Chamberlain will take this team back to the playoffs and into the World Series. Jorge Posada is healthy again and will catch 110-120 games and Hideki Matsui is back from an injury-plagued year and he’ll be playing for a contract next year. 2B Robinson Cano has a lot to prove and will do so. Mark Teixera brings professional, tremendous presence at the plate and a gold glove first baseman. Add a the ageless future Hall of Famer, Mariano Rivera, bullpen depth and SP Phil Hughes waiting for his turn to make believers out of the Yankee brass and this team is stacked. We didn’t even mention the games second best player coming back in May or June, Alex Rodriguez.
Worst Team in AL – Seattle Mariners
Bringing back homegrown kid Ken Griffey Jr. notwithstanding, the Mariners appear poised to struggle this season. First year manager Don Wakamatsu and Jack Zduriencik’s inaugural season as General Manager will try to take steps toward forgetting their 100-loss season last year. Losing Raul Ibanez (23 HR, 110 RBI) wont help that cause. Not improving the offense substantially will be their downfall. The top of the rotation with Felix Hernandez (an elite starter) and Erik Bedard hopefully healthy is a strongpoint. Brandon Morrow is a talent and will be given a shot to close. Overall I don’t see where the runs will come from this year and because of that I think they’re in for a tough season.
Biggest Turnaround Team – Oakland A’s
The A’s lost 86 games last year for the second year in a row so GM Billy Beane went to work retooling this team. Acquiring SS Orlando Cabrera will provide consistency at the position. DH Jason Giambi hit 32 homers last year in a down year and should add some veteran leadership not to mention significant pop to this offense. Perhaps the biggest addition is one of the best players in the game in Matt Holliday. He hits, scores runs, hits for average and runs the bases along with a good outfield. Those things and a (hopefully) healthy 3B Eric Chavez will drastically improve one the major’s worst offenses. Pitching will be the yearlong question mark as they have lots of young arms that need to be developed.
Team to Watch – Cleveland Indians
This is a team that could make some noise in the AL Central division. CF Grady Sizemore is one of the most talented players in baseball as there’s nothing he can’t do. Adding Kerry Wood as closer will help change a team’s league worst bullpen ERA in 2008. Starting pitchers Cliff Lee and Fausto Carmona lead the top end of the rotation. Carl Pavano will be given a chance to recover from the disaster that was his Yankee career. If a pitcher is needed down the line there is some depth in the farm system to go out and get help. DH Travis Hafner is back healthy and mashing the ball and expect big things out of Mark DeRosa who can play several positions. SS Johhny Peralta is very underrated and he shouldn’t be. Watch this team, closely.
Top 5 Young Players To watch:
Matt Wieters, C – Baltimore Orioles
Wieters is a switch-hitting catcher, drafted in 2007 out of Georgia Tech. He’s widely considered to be baseballs top prospect. Already considered a take-charge leader of the rotation he’s also expected to be able to handle the bat. Although he’ll start the year in Triple A, there’s no doubt he’ll be called up at some point. This way the Orioles can delay his free agency, isn’t it funny how it always comes down to business?
David Price, P – Tampa Bay Rays
You might remember the dominating performance Price displayed in last years postseason, earning his first win and save in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. The Rays will start him off in the minors to monitor his workload and pitch count. Watch out for his emergence in the second half of the season. The 2007 No.1 draft pick will be heard from before the end of the 2009-10 campaign.
Elvis Andrus, SS – Texas Rangers
This guy can play defense at a high level right now and that will be what he’s expected to do right away. The 20yr old is part of a talented infield in Arlington with 3B Michael Young, Ian Kinsler manning second and Chris Davis expected to be one of the better young players this year as well. Andrus is also an automatic base stealing threat. Look for 25 steals or more from this guy.
Matt LaPorta, LF – Cleveland Indians
Right now he’s known as the guy that the Indians got in return in the CC Sabathia trade with Milwaukee. His bat is his strength as he can hit for power to all sides of the field. His defense is coming along and he can also step in at first base. Think of him as a young Travis Hafner who he’ll certainly replace if Hafner has an injury again. They might bring him up anyway because of his potential.
Travis Snider, RF – Toronto Blue Jays
Hard worker and will be in the lineup from day one for the Blue Jays. Good power, hits to all fields and went through three levels of the minor leagues last season. He should be one of a few stars in the Blue Jays farm system.
Best Manager- Ron Gardenhire, Minnesota Twins
Entering his eighth season at the helm of the Twins, Gardenhire finished second in Manager of the year voting in four out the last seven years and rightfully so. Some would argue that it’s one thing to win consistently with a payroll that approaches $300million but it’s entirely different to do with a limited budget, a keen scouting eye, young players a few stars. Gardenhire leads a team that relies on scouting and player development. This year expect the Twins to contend once again for a playoff berth despite C Joe Mauers back problems, a shaky bullpen leading up to closer Joe Nathan and too many guys in the outfield. You can thank Gardenhire for that.
Manager On The Molten-Lava Hot Seat:
Joe Girardi – NY Yankees
Girardi played for the NY Yankees so he knew what he was getting himself into when taking the job. In 1998, with Joe Torre managing and Girardi the primary catcher, the Yankees started the year 1-4 and were under fire despite winning it all two years prior. Long story short, the Yankees ended up winning over 100 games that season including the World Series. The Yankees are expected to win. PERIOD.
After missing the playoffs for the first time in 13 years in Girardi’s first year as manager he cannot afford to get off to a slow start or miss the playoffs for the second year in a row. With a new sparkling ballpark opening and all the talent in the world including a mercurial superstar named A-rod there are no excuses. He must win, NOW.
MICHEL
