Cleveland Indians & MLB

by **googleeph2** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:37 pm

Rays have had Masterson's #. But the Tribe beat Hellickson just recently.

It says here Bat is gonna get some run support tonite.
Cabrera and Hafner will hit, spreading optimism throughout Tribe land again.

Tribe
Choo RF, Cabrera SS, Kipnis 2B, Brantley CF, Santana C, Hafner DH, Damon LF, Kotchman 1B, Hannahan 3B, (Masterson RHP)

Rays
Upton CF, Pena 1B, Zobrist 2B, Joyce RF, Keppinger 3B, Scott DH, Jennings LF, Lobaton C, Johnson SS, (Hellickson RHP)

by **skatingtripods** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:06 pm

Lefties are hitting 24 points lower off Hellickson than righties. Take away his changeup.

by **dazindiansfanuk** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:09 pm

I think Hellickson's lost his last 6 decisions..... I'm not sure that's a good thing.

He's too good a pitcher for that streak to go on much longer.

by **googleeph2** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:32 pm

Whew only 30 pitches. Hopefully that was the Rays' chance.

They don't hit much. They might be thinking that.

by **dazindiansfanuk** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:34 pm

Nice hustle Brants!

by **skatingtripods** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:36 pm

It's bad when the infield's back and I still don't trust Santana to drive him in.

by **skatingtripods** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:42 pm

How the hell are we even in the race?

by **Am I Here Again?** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:42 pm

I swear I'm going to write a murder mystery and call it "Death on Third Base".

by **skatingtripods** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:43 pm

Am I Here Again? wrote:I swear I'm going to write a murder mystery and call it "Death on Third Base".

Is Carlos Santana the victim or the murderer?

by **Crooked River** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:46 pm

Holy f---. What a disgrace Hafner and Santana have become. How can Antonetti sit there and justify this piece of shit team he has put together? We have nobody in AAA ball to replace these rags. Fucking giving us a run and those two have two more shitty ABs.

Freaking make some changes!!!!!!!

by **Am I Here Again?** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:49 pm

skatingtripods wrote:Is Carlos Santana the victim or the murderer?

OOO, such a decision! How about murderer - who ends up with the death sentence? Win/win!

In other (bad) news, both Deetroit (5-1 in the bottom of the 2nd) and CHI (1-0 bottom of the 1st) are winning. Great.....

by **skatingtripods** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:50 pm

And one of Tampa's many scrubs drives in a run like it's nothing.

by **bookelly** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:51 pm

Any thought on the Trivia "Last guy to win Batting Title as a player/manager?"

Nap Lajoie?

Frank Robinson was after Nap, but I can't believe he won a batting title.

Pete Rose?

by **skatingtripods** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:53 pm

Probably Lajoie. Boudreau was a player/manager in '48, no?

by **bookelly** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:55 pm

Maybe Tris Speaker...he was after Nap and could really hit.

Or Mel Ott? Pretty sure he was a play/mng.

by **bookelly** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:57 pm

skatingtripods wrote:Probably Lajoie. Boudreau was a player/manager in '48, no?

Yup. Indians have had a long tradition of doing this. Starting with Nap, then Tris, Lou, Frank. I think that's everybody.

by **skatingtripods** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:08 pm

If Santana's not going to play well defensively, he's completely useless.

by **RedDawg53** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:16 pm

Tribe can barely hit it outta the infield. Now small ball is kicking their ass

by **Spanky** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:22 pm

Tampa not destroying the Tribe with bases loaded? Who do they think they are? Cleveland?

by **skatingtripods** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:24 pm

Solid AB from Cabrera. 10 hits in the last 2 months and he swings at the first pitch just after we fell behind by 4.

by **dazindiansfanuk** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:51 pm

Now would be a good time for AC to snap out of his funk!

by **dazindiansfanuk** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:14 pm

Great job by Rogers to get out of the jam.

Now score some more damn runs!

by **dazindiansfanuk** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:47 pm

Witness the Kipnis!

Great AB against a tough LHP

by **Am I Here Again?** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:48 pm

WITNESS the Kipnis!!! That kid totally rocks!

by **Erie Warrior** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:48 pm

dazindiansfanuk wrote: Great AB against a tough LHP

Very much so.

Goodbye Maddon.

by **Am I Here Again?** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:50 pm

I've missed half of this game because I was on the phone with the daughter back home (miss you, Ohio). Glad I missed the sucky part - I got back in time for us to start scoring runs. :woot:

by **dazindiansfanuk** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:50 pm

Fuck yeah Brantley!

by **Erie Warrior** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:50 pm

Jump on the first pitch.

Atta' boy Brants!

His ass needed to be at 2nd on that PB

by **dazindiansfanuk** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:52 pm

Carlos Santana all is forgiven!

by **bac5665** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:52 pm

Except that we're in 3rd place now, that was almost worth the 2 month wait.

by **Spanky** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:52 pm

Thanks for the homer Santana, now get ready to go 0-20.

by **Erie Warrior** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:52 pm

F'n A!

Good inning.

by **RedDawg53** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:54 pm

dazindiansfanuk wrote:Carlos Santana all is forgiven!

Took him 2 months! But he did crush it (flex)

by **Dnthateonthepronk** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:54 pm

AttaBoy Carlos......Now Maybe Tampa will trade you for Hellickson, since they are looking for a catcher and want to dangle their starters

by **bookelly** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:54 pm

And I was this close to turning this game off. Glad I didn't.

by **andrew6586** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:00 pm

Just got home and they were talking about a close pitch that went our way. Was it a bad call or did he miss?

by **skatingtripods** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:00 pm

Well, that was a fun inning.

Luke Scott would win a batting title if he played 162 against us.

by **skatingtripods** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:01 pm

andrew6586 wrote:Just got home and they were talking about a close pitch that went our way. Was it a bad call or did he miss?

It was a strike. At least, it was to Damon to end the inning. We got a gift.

by **dazindiansfanuk** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:04 pm

Really Tony???

We just put up a big inning and you try and give the momentum right back?

Fungus!

by **andrew6586** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:06 pm

skatingtripods wrote:
andrew6586 wrote:Just got home and they were talking about a close pitch that went our way. Was it a bad call or did he miss?

It was a strike. At least, it was to Damon to end the inning. We got a gift.

Nice to see us getting done of those calls every now and then.

by **googleeph2** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:13 pm

Wish I was listening to Hammy. He likes to look for excuses to declare that a given game could be a turning point, or that the season 'has the makings of something special'. Even if hyperbole, it's fun.

by **bookelly** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:13 pm

- Just realized I have Jake McGee on my fantasy team. His ERA tonight was 81.00. Ouch.

by **Dnthateonthepronk** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:17 pm

bookelly wrote::gah: - Just realized I have Jake McGee on my fantasy team. His ERA tonight was 81.00. Ouch.

Ouch, I went against my better judgement and started Masterson......but I have Rodgers slotted in a RP slot so at least that will take away some of the sting.

by **skatingtripods** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:18 pm

googleeph2 wrote:Wish I was listening to Hammy. He likes to look for excuses to declare that a given game could be a turning point, or that the season 'has the makings of something special'. Even if hyperbole, it's fun.

Just wait and see what gets said if we somehow beat David Price tomorrow.

by **jcoke22** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:19 pm

Spanky wrote:Thanks for the homer Santana, now get ready to go 0-20.

LOL... I almost pissed my pants when I read this!

by **andrew6586** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:23 pm

jcoke22 wrote:
Spanky wrote:Thanks for the homer Santana, now get ready to go 0-20.

LOL... I almost pissed my pants when I read this!

I'd hate to see what you do when he actually goes 0-20

by **andrew6586** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:24 pm

Aaaand A-Cab is back. Nice two bagger.

by **Am I Here Again?** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:24 pm

Droobs has gone 3 for 5 tonight? Get the defib - I'm about to go into cardiac arrest. :gah:

by **skatingtripods** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:25 pm

Asdrubal might be en route to getting locked in. He's through that slump and starting to put some really, really good swings on the ball.

by **googleeph2** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:25 pm

dazindiansfanuk wrote:Fuck yeah Brantley!

There is no truth to the rumor he has applied to change his number from 23 to 6.

(sorry)

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