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 this lineup that seems to be pieced together with scotch tape and Elmer's glue, but the Yankees are in first place and after the first two games, just to win one would have been ideal.
Of course two wins would have been better, but after Sunday's big comeback, you had to wonder if the steam that has been powering the Indians train would soon run a little low.
YANKEES - 0 | INDIANS - 1 (GAME 1)
W: Justin Masterson (6-2)
L: David Phelps (1-2)
It wouldn't be in the first game, that was for sure. In fact things started great right out from the start with Jason Kipnis' home run.
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 acting like….well…like a couple whiny and spoiled golfers.
“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 season attendance figures. Yeah, they’re embarrassing. Yeah, Cleveland’s no longer the baseball town it was 12 years ago – that image we still attach ourselves to as if it’s from the recent past and not a distant memory. You know, when Clevelanders cared about baseball for seven or eight years after not caring in the slightest for, oh, about 30 years.
The 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 that at least noodles, even limp ones, have some structure. David Huff made his triumphant return. Nick Hagadone did not.
Indians fever...Be a believer...In the Cleveland....INDIANS!