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Silent Turnstiles The Indians probably owe their very existence in this town to their die-hard fans. In the decades of the mid-20th Century, when losses outpaced wins on a yearly basis and postseason contention was a 35-year fantasy, someone had to form the small rind of humanity that barely clung to the dugout wall at Cleveland Stadium. Somebody had to be in that crowd of 3,000 on a chilly April night. If you polled 100,000 people on who was at the Stadium to witness ... Read more Erik Cassano | Friday, May 17 |
The 40-Game Evaluation and A Look Ahead The universally-accepted time to evaluate Major League Baseball teams is now upon the Indians. Friday’s game against the Mariners will be Game #40 and the Indians will be over .500 at the 40-game mark for the third straight season. They were 26-14 in 2011 and 23-17 in 2012 right around the quarter pole. After the 40-game mark, the Indians went 54-68 in 2011 and 45-77 in 2012. This year’s team will not do that. The Indians have won 14 out of ... Read more Adam Burke | Friday, May 17 |
A Tale of Two Tribes: Between 2012 and Now, Talent is the Key Do you remember where the Cleveland Indians were on May 18th last year? Do you want to remember? Trust me, it isn't bad. It's actually quite good. It's what followed makes the memory a touchy subject. The Indians went 46-77 after May 18th. A steady slide down the standings. That record was the worst in the AL Central over the span of May 19th to the end of the year. If they had not caught fire to start the season, they might ... Read more Nino Colla | Thursday, May 16 |
The B-List: 5/15 The Indians returned to recent form by beating Philadelphia in the getaway game, and in today’s B-List, Buff considers Corey Kluber’s second Quality Start, Corey Kluber’s surprisingly effective plate appearances, and digs the long ball in the manner of chicks. He also thinks that Jason Kipnis is just showing off, wonders if there is a situation in which he would feel comfortable with Matt Albers on the mound, and resists resisting a cheap shot at Chad Durbin. Resistance is futile! ... Read more Steve Buffum | Thursday, May 16 |
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The Cavs Pre-Lottery Draft Board The NBA Draft Lottery will be announced on Tuesday, May 21st. Normally I would wait until after this epic event to take a comprehensive look at the Cavs draft. But thanks to Byron Scott (i.e. the human tanking device), we know the Cavs are assured a top six pick in this draft. So I've decided to jump the gun and ... Read more Noah Poinar | Thursday, May 16 |
Cleveland Sports Vault: 4/2/97. This David Justice Guy Just Might Work Out After forty seasons, all of Cleveland was awash in the excitement of playoff baseball. John Hart had completed what Hank Peters had begun. In the late 1980s, working under the anonymity of yet another Indians rebuild, Peters began collecting the building blocks of a true big league powerhouse. He and Hart famously identified a pool of young players who they considered ... Read more Greg Popelka | Thursday, May 16 |
Buckeye Leaves Football at Ohio State is never boring, but in contrast to the last couple of years, the offseason talk has been focused on football, as opposed to tattoos, NCAA investigations, coaching searches and bowl bans. In fact, it says something about how uneventful spring football was for Urban Meyer and his Ohio State Buckeyes that one of the biggest pieces ... Read more Dan Wismar | Wednesday, May 15 |
The B-List: 5/14The Indians dropped a game in Philadelphia, wasting a thoroughly mediocre start by Scott Kazmir and showing little offensive ability against the mighty Someguy Pettibone, who I wouldn’t be able to identify with a copy of his driver’s license. In the past three games, the Indians have managed a grand total of three runs, and in today’s B-List, Buff addresses ... Read more Steve Buffum | Wednesday, May 15 |
Indians Playoff Odds and Analysis 2013 Cleveland Indians Updated Future Odds and Analysis The Indians started off the 2013 season slow out of the gate but have turned it on in recent weeks. Now neck and neck with the Detroit Tigers at the top of the AL Central, Cleveland showed the AL World Series favorites that they will not go quietly. Last weekend, they took two ... Read more TCF Staff | Monday, May 13 |
Funny, Sad—and Crazy I find it exceptionally funny and sad at the same time that the very folks who once flayed a certain talented G-F (after he abandoned his home state and all his rabid local basketball fans) are now imploring him to ... Read more Jerry Roche | Monday, May 13 |
Morning Rundown: Dazzling Masty and Kipnis Help Earn Split If you asked me before the double header if I'd take a split, you know I most certainly would. Yes, I would. Why am I good with a split? Because nothing changes going into the rest of the week and that to me is the important thing. Nothing changing based off two games with the Yankees. Say what you want about ... Read more Nino Colla | Monday, May 13 |
The Weekend Wrap There’s very little to talk about this week in Cleveland sports other than the Indians, unless you’re talking about Jimmy Halsam’s potential indictment (and I’m not). So let’s look at the Tribe and a reclamation project that appears to be working out better than we could have hoped. Just for kicks we’ll also look at LeFlop James and two golfers ... Read more Brian McPeek | Sunday, May 12 |
View from the Porch: All The Green Seats “Where’s Grady Sizemore?” “Who’s this guy?” “I don’t know who any of these guys are.” “The Dolans should sell to Gilbert.” These and other brilliant quips are things I have heard too many times at the ballpark this season. Along with blasting umpires, the flavor of the week for the national media has been to chastise Cleveland for its early ... Read more Adam Burke | Saturday, May 11 |
The B-List: 5/13The Indians finally lost the opening series to the Yankees three games to one by getting outscored eight hundred fifty to four, although the immediate implications were a little more promising. Justin Masterson was dominant in his start, and Trevor Bauer looked awfully acceptable in his. The offense, on the other hand, could not be compared to limp noodles in ... Read more Steve Buffum | Saturday, May 11 |
Morning Rundown: Tribe Put Tigers On Notice With Series Win Indians fever...Be a believer...In the Cleveland....INDIANS! First place say whaaaaat? You just get that feeling, especially after beating Justin Verlander on Saturday, that it didn't matter that the Indians hadn't led for a single pitch of Sunday's game until the top of the 10th inning. That club was going to find a way to take this series and send out the opening ... Read more Nino Colla | Friday, May 10 |
Indians Hot Play May Be More Than Just a Streak Not much has changed since we last talked. The swelling in my face has gone up and come back down in the span that the Indians swept the A's and have won four straight. And to be quite honest, I spent a large part of my three days recovering watching the Indians at night. I did a lot of day naps ... Read more Nino Colla | Friday, May 10 |
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