Cleveland Indians & MLB

by **TribeinLA** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:12 pm

No thread by gametime? Gotta start it.

Good Guys:

1. Brantley, lf
2. Choo, rf
3. A Cab, ss
4. Pronk, dh
5. Santana, c
6. Fuk You, cf
7. LaPorta the Diver, 1b
8. ChisenHall the kid, 3b
9. Valbuena (damn it) 2b

vs.

Bad Guys:

1. A. Jackson cf
2. Fagglio Ordonez rf
3. D. Young cf
4. M. Cabrera 1b
5. V Mart dh
6. A Avila c
7. Gerber Baby Jahonny ss
8. B Inge 3b
9. R Santiago lf

by **cappy1920** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:17 pm

How does a guy with a 3.54 ERA go 4-13 for a high-scoring team like the Tigers?

by **FortheWin** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:18 pm

cappy1920 wrote:How does a guy with a 3.54 ERA go 4-13 for a high-scoring team like the Tigers?

Because he was on the Mariners most of the year.

by **TribeinLA** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:19 pm

He was with the Mariners before deadline and Det nabbed him. Eric Wedge comes to mind.

by **cappy1920** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:19 pm

Ah...my bad...

by **British_Pharaoh** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:22 pm

Huff not having it going like he did against the Twins. Wish that game wasn't rained out.

by **TribeinLA** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:32 pm

Agreed, Brit. This is cruel. He was on his way to owning Minn on that day. Since then, the 14 inning affair with Sox had to put him in the back back end of pen and get the loss. That kind of stuff can just mess a guy up.

We are where we are due to rain. That's a shame. I wish every stadium looked like Miller Park or Minute Maid. In fact, Minnesota blew my mind when they developed Target Field. Why would you NOT want a retractable roof in Minneapolis? Being as you get 2.5 months of decent weather, you'd think it be deemed imperative.

by **skatingtripods** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:33 pm

With Huff's fastball command so far, I wish it was raining there.

by **TribeinLA** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:35 pm

2 runs...we're ok. Fister, I predict, will be solved by the time lineup sees him for 2nd time.

Huff should settle down. He just needed to get 3 outs after losing the 14 inning game Tuesday night. BUT damn it if I am pissed that we have one more night of Valbuena.

by **TribeinLA** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:40 pm

La Porta...well...you know.

by **andrew6586** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:44 pm

If I have to watch Valbuena have another horrible at bat, I swear I am going to throw something. There has never been another player that has made me as upset as him. I honestly get infuriated when I remember that he gets to play in the major leagues. He is the worst professional baseball player in the game.

by **TribeinLA** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:48 pm

Andrew, who would win a duel between Danny Graves pitching to Valbuena?

This game is gonna get ugly. I guess it's Huff just not able to have a sub 1 ERA forever. BUT he looks awful right now; throwing batting practice and missing targets all in one. He's going to be at 60 pitches when this inning is over.

by **British_Pharaoh** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:48 pm

So long playoff contention. After tomorrow we will be 4.5 out and since we are struggling to win a series these days (especially on the road) or string 3 wins together I don't see us overcoming this.

by **Cerebral_DownTime** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:50 pm

British_Pharaoh wrote:So long playoff contention. After tomorrow we will be 4.5 out and since we are struggling to win a series these days (especially on the road) or string 3 wins together I don't see us overcoming this.

Bullshit. We have plenty of games left.

Buttfucking quitters.....

by **FortheWin** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:52 pm

DON'T EVER QUIT!

by **bac5665** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:56 pm

It's still early.

Now with Choo's blast, a little momentum should help and get us in this game.

by **TribeinLA** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:56 pm

Been waiting a while to see Choo do that again.

by **British_Pharaoh** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:57 pm

It's early but it's Cleveland and I am depressed after the heartbreaking loss against Chelsea today so I'm in a bitter mood.

by **FortheWin** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:59 pm

Choo's last HR was against none other than Doug Fister on May 13th.

by **andrew6586** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:59 pm

TribeinLA wrote:Andrew, who would win a duel between Danny Graves pitching to Valbuena?

I think that the shear suckiness of the matchup would make every human beings head explain so it wouldn't matter. However I give the advantage to Graves for one reason: Although every pitch would be nowhere near the strike zone, Valbuena would still swing because he is awful. So in the battle of the All-Suck team, advantage Graves.

by **British_Pharaoh** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:01 pm

Santana is going to finish the season well. I expect a mammoth season from him in 2012.

by **andrew6586** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:05 pm

British_Pharaoh wrote:It's early but it's Cleveland and I am depressed after the heartbreaking loss against Chelsea today so I'm in a bitter mood.

Did you just mention soccer on an American-based sports forum? Your pain is well-deserved. ;-) ;) :wink:

by **FortheWin** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:08 pm

Throw strikes Huff!
Durbin already up??

by **Kingpin74** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:13 pm

Tomorrow is looking like a pretty important game now. If I were Leyland, I'd go for the jugular and start Verlander. He'd be on full rest.

by **Cerebral_DownTime** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:14 pm

A lot of pressure on the bullpen to pick up the slack......again.

Huff just didn't have an semblance of control.

by **TribeinLA** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:16 pm

British, I know nothing at all about soccer. Everytime I see your avatar, I cannot help to think that whoever that is in the photo is Justin Timberlake getting out of a 3 hour long tanning bed session.

British is right about one thing. This team cannot get a solid win streak going at all. If we could win 4-5 in a row just once more, I'd feel good bc this is the AL Central. We get 2 and that's it these days.

by **CTtribefan** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:17 pm

What a train wreck start for Huff. It was bound to happen sometime. Hopefully the pen can shut the Tigers down and we can chip away.

by **British_Pharaoh** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:19 pm

You still suck you smug bastard

by **CTtribefan** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:22 pm

Come on offense, how about a crooked number this inning.

by **British_Pharaoh** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:29 pm

Fister is not this good. Indians are making him look this good.

by **Cerebral_DownTime** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:34 pm

British_Pharaoh wrote:Fister is not this good. Indians are making him look this good.

IIRC, he wasn't bad in Seattle, he just got terrible run support, even worse than The Masterlock.

by **TribeinLA** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:42 pm

This is painful. Huff and RISP are just disasters. Durbin's doing an ok clean up job. I'd like to see a nice 3 run job soon.

by **Kingpin74** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:45 pm

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:
British_Pharaoh wrote:Fister is not this good. Indians are making him look this good.

IIRC, he wasn't bad in Seattle, he just got terrible run support, even worse than The Masterlock.

He shut us down in May before Wedge worked his magic and Pronk hit the walk-off against their closer.

by **TribeinLA** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:48 pm

Nevermind on Durbin. Damn.

Avila is easily the best hitter this month in AL. I cannot think of a hotter hitter over the last 2 weeks. He's another example of why drafting players who come from the SEC are going to be well-invested (ala Gordon Bekham, Todd Walker, and our own Tony Sipp. Just one problem...La Porta is an SEC guy. Ooops).

by **TribeinLA** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:49 pm

CHRIST Brantley! That right there warrants a benching. NO excuses!

by **andrew6586** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:51 pm

Wow. Just wow. I don't even know what to say after that.

by **TribeinLA** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:53 pm

And my fault...Tony Sipp went to Clemson and is not an SEC guy. BUt Clemson will bean SEC university before long.

by **FortheWin** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:54 pm

Embarrassing.

by **FortheWin** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:55 pm

TribeinLA wrote:And my fault...Tony Sipp went to Clemson and is not an SEC guy. BUt Clemson will bean SEC university before long.

I hope not. Give me Florida State and Texas A&M (which doesn't make sense geographically)

by **YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES!** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:09 pm

What did Brantley do?

by **FortheWin** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:10 pm

YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! wrote:What did Brantley do?

Dropped the ball.

by **RedDawg53** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:11 pm

Just saw the team in the dugout with STO's coverage. They have a look like they don't want to be there. A look that they don't care.. where is the heart at?

by **TribeinLA** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:16 pm

Yeah, I see the same vibe. Much different than when Det was visiting us last week and everyone seemed very excited and pumped -- especially when Ubaldo was pitching. We're going to need to win tomorrow and then destroy Wedge's machine. You're going to have bad games here and there of course, but the pennant chasing swagger and Us vs. The World mentality just doesn't seem to be there. Something just isn't right.

by **TribeinLA** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:22 pm

I would normally turn the game off at this point but I am going to watch til end and see what this team's gonna do to fight. I saw it opening day and other points...it's something about this particular lineup. I cannot pinpoint, but a lot is missing and lost.

by **RedDawg53** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:30 pm

TribeinLA wrote:Yeah, I see the same vibe. Much different than when Det was visiting us last week and everyone seemed very excited and pumped -- especially when Ubaldo was pitching. We're going to need to win tomorrow and then destroy Wedge's machine. You're going to have bad games here and there of course, but the pennant chasing swagger and Us vs. The World mentality just doesn't seem to be there. Something just isn't right.

Perhaps Orlando Cabrera brought some kind of a "veteran leadership", although from what I heard, was also an ass. Could use him instead of Luis. Oh well.

Something isn't right and it's bugging the hell outta me. Team needs to start giving a shit.

by **Am I Here Again?** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:42 pm

andrew6586 wrote:If I have to watch Valbuena have another horrible at bat, I swear I am going to throw something. There has never been another player that has made me as upset as him. I honestly get infuriated when I remember that he gets to play in the major leagues. He is the worst professional baseball player in the game.

I used to feel that way about Marte. In fact I told someone (maybe posted it here?) that Valbuena was going to be this year's Marte. I take that back. 2011 Valbuena <<< 2010 Marte. Sure hope Valbie's gone by the end of this season. Right now his BA wishes it could see the Mendoza line. Paaaaathetic!

by **FortheWin** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:44 pm

With Jason Kipnis on the DL the indians could be in the market for infield help write hoynies.

by **Am I Here Again?** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:59 pm

Hmmm, getting tougher to win that World Series this year. ;-) ;) :wink:

On the other hand this group (what's not on/has been on the DL) wasn't supposed to be experienced enough to compete until next year. As long as the guys don't become disheartened with stumbling against the division opponents I consider this a real proving ground for next year's team. But like some of you who see the game mentioned these guys need to get that fight back in their eyes.

by **Erie Warrior** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:10 am

Wow, Huff really defecated all over the mound. And against a division rival.

And 7 more K's? This team is really missing the baseball as of late.

Fire Bruce Fields.

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